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12 Killed in Washington Navy Yard Shooting, Shooter Still Active

A shooter at the Washington, DC Navy Yard injured several people when he opened fire this morning, hitting at least two police officers in the […]

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Jerry Sandusky Is Back in Court This Week

Convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky will be back in court Tuesday in an apparent attempt to convince a different judge that he simply has an […]

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Vince Fumo Throwing Himself a Giant Party

Ah, you gotta love Philly. A little more than a month since returning home from a four year stint in a federal prison in Kentucky, […]

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Temple Students From Violence-Torn Nations Find Philly Isn’t All That Different

A piece in the Temple News examines how foreign students experience Philadelphia’s, er, elevated crime rate. Nidaa Husain, a photographer from South Africa, made a project […]

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PA Leads the Nation in Juveniles Who’ll Spend Their Entire Lives in Prison

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life sentences for offenders under the age of 18 violate the Eighth […]

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Sedan Smashes Into Parked Cars, Tables Outside Pat’s Steaks

Here’s another reason not to go to Pat’s. Besides the mediocre, overpriced steaks and touristy clientele, people tend to drive their cars right up on […]

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Christopher Moraff Talks Bait Bikes on Dom Giordano

The Philly Post’s Christopher Moraff was on the Dom Giordano show today discussing yesterday’s column about the Philly Police Department’s bait bike program, which he […]

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Police Charge Pimp, Two Hookers in Slaying of NE Resident Francis Zarzykci

Since police found Francis Zarzykci’s dismembered torso in the Schuylkill earlier this week, police had been working to ID his killers. They announced a break […]

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“Bait Bike” Program Is a Publicity Stunt Disguised as Police Work

The Philadelphia Police Department revealed this week that it was employing a so-called “bait bike” to nab bicycle thieves in the city.  The strategy is […]

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Car-Jacking Epidemic Hits the Main Line*

*And by epidemic, I mean two car-jackings in a week! Hey, it’s all relative. This Tuesday, a woman was sitting inside her 2009 black Porsche […]

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Rapper A$AP Rocky Charged With Slapping Woman at Made In America

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged with simple assault by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, reports TMZ, stemming from an incident that occurred over the […]

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Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro Commits Suicide

Ariel Castro held three women captive in his Cleveland home for almost ten years. Today, he is dead, apparently due to suicide. Prison employees found […]

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Banjo Playing Emily Yates Arrested In Independence Park

Over the weekend, the above video began making the rounds on Facebook. It shows a 30-year-old California woman named Emily Yates (right) being restrained by […]

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Undercover Officers Set up “Stings” for Philly Bike Thieves

The Daily News reports today that Philly Police set up occasional “stings” to trap bicycle thieves. This is normally where we’d make a joke—”Now that […]

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Kate Gosselin Sues Jon Gosselin for Stealing Her Stuff, Trying to Ruin Her Life

The latest in the apparently still developing Jon and Kate Gosselin (minus eight) story. Kate has sued her ex-husband Jon, both of whom live in […]