Governor Corbett Called the Daily News “Sophomoric”
Governor Corbett Calls Out the Daily News. Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett was on 1210 AM with Dom Giordano. Among other things, they discussed the cover of the Daily News from last week that had a picture of Corbett dressed as the Tin Man and exclaimed that he had no heart. Corbett called the stunt “sophomoric.” [Inquirer]
Flyers Win! Flyers Win! Philly fans were treated to some early playoffs drama and a nice fist pump from Lavs when the Flyers came back from a three-goal deficit to beat the Pens 4-3 in overtime. Danny Briere scored Philly’s first two goals before Braydon Schenn knotted things up and Jakub Voracek netted the game-winner. Knock knock. Shane Victorino was pleased about the win. [Crossing Broad]
31 Texting Tickets Issued. Pennsylvania state troopers have already issued 31 citations for texting while driving after the new ban was enacted five weeks ago. [Newsworks]
Phillies Find the Win Column Again. Freddy Galvis delivered his second RBI double of the season to help the Phils top the Marlins 7-1. [MLB]
Surfer Found Dead in Jersey. Police are working to identify a 35-40-year-old man they found dead in a jetty along the Jersey Shore yesterday. The man appeared to have been surfing and was spotted yesterday afternoon. Authorities pulled him ashore to try to revive him. [6 ABC]
Sixers Beat Toronto. With the regular season winding down, the Sixers secured another much needed victory—this time over the Raptors—on the back of Thaddeus Young’s 17-point performance. [Yahoo!]
La Salle’s Andy Warhol Exhibit. Between now and the end of June, the La Salle University Art Museum has an exhibit of 150 photographs taken by Andy Warhol. [CBS 3]
