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New Jersey Mall Gunman is Dead

CNN reports: “A gunman who opened fire at a New Jersey mall Monday night later holed up in a back room and shot himself in […]

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Former Penn Hoopster Gets Prison for Financial Fraud

The Daily Pennsylvanian reports: “Former Penn basketball player Tyrone Gilliams was sentenced Thursday in New York by a federal judge to 10 years in prison […]

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Why Crazy Rightwingers and Bleeding-Heart Liberals Should Like Philly’s New Gang-Targeting Strategy

Fascinating story from the Inky’s Mike Newall over the weekend about how Philly Police are trying a new technique to reduce violent crime in the […]

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Jersey Man Charged With LAX Murder

The New Jersey man who shot and killed a TSA worker Friday at LAX will be charged with murder and committing violence at an international […]

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No, the Cops Aren’t Banning Protesters From Facebook

It should come as no surprise that police departments monitor social media. After all, as a speaker revealed during a panel at last week’s International […]

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Muslim Extremist Out on Bond After He Admits Threatening Jews

Atlantic City’s Yousef Al-Khattab wasn’t always named that. When he was raised as a Jew in New York City, his parents called him by the […]

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North Philly Woman Says DEA Raid Hit Wrong Home

Maybe somebody should give the federal government access to Google Maps. A North Philly woman says DEA agents busted into her house this week—apparently mistaking […]

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Philadelphia Taxi Drivers Are Officially Scared of Philadelphia

CBS Philly reports that local taxi drivers may follow the lead of their colleagues in New York and install “distress lights” on cars—flashing lights that […]

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A Tale of Two School Lunches: Excess in America, Insecticide in India

It was the juxtaposition, I think, that got to me. The first story in the Wall Street Journal told how the headmistress of that school […]

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Parking Valet Steals $225K from Eagles Lineman

37-year-old Von Ryan, whose name alone makes him a great candidate to play the villain in Beverly Hills Cop IX, stole over $225,000 from Eagles offensive lineman […]

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Philly Court Makes It Harder for Government to Track Americans With GPS

Back in 2009 and 2010, a wave of burglaries hit pharmacies in the Philadelphia region. Most were Rite Aids. The thieves’ M.O. was consistent: they […]

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Fox 29 “Investigative Report” On Don Tollefson Is a Joke

If you were watching Hostages or The Blacklist on Monday night in the 10 o’clock hour, then you missed Fox 29’s investigation into sportscaster (and […]

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Reporter Ralph Cipriano Subpoenaed Over Catholic Sex Abuse Case

Ralph Cipriano hates the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, as he’s demonstrated through his two decades of reporting on and mudslinging at the local branch of the […]

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Man Survives Carjacking, Shooting in Society Hill

Even the police sound disbelieving of this, but it’s true: a 23-year-old man was shot in the back early this morning after resisting a carjacking […]

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Meet Krokodil, the Dangerous New Drug Narcotics Officers Really Hope Doesn’t Make it to Philadelphia

These days, it’ll cost you anywhere from $10 to $50 to get high off of Oxycontin, depending on the size of the pill and the […]