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Nosy Neighbors Are a Dying Breed of Crime-Fighter

As details spilled out of Cleveland’s “House of Horrors,” I asked the same question that you undoubtedly asked. How on earth could three young girls […]

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Local DJ Killed in South Street Haagen Dazs [Updated]

At 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, 36-year-old Tom Watson, aka “DJ Fenicx,” was killed in side the Haagen Dazs on South Street. Watson, who had a […]

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Ku Klux Klan Guy Screening Documentary at the Mutter Museum Tonight

First he was a Daily News Sexy Single. Then he was a guy on Chestnut Street dressed as a Klan member. And now, fresh off being […]

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Can A Court Really “Shame” Justice Joan Orie Melvin?

For her various crimes of political corruption, State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin has been handed sort of an odd sentence. Three years house […]

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Alleged Cleveland Kidnapper Has Local Roots

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man charged with kidnapping and raping three women over the course of the last decade, reportedly grew up in Reading, PA. […]

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Sources: Elderly Man Killed Wife After Sex Argument

NBC Philadelphia says that sex may be the reason a 75-year-old Philadelphia man killed his 74-year-old wife “The sources say the woman’s body was found […]

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Charles Ramsey Is America’s Newest Internet Hero

Even Questlove has love for Charles Ramsey, the man who rescued Amanda Berry, who had been missing for 10 years. Right now? Ramsey is trending […]

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Should Staphmeal’s Joshua Scott Albert Be in Maximum Security? [Updated]

It wasn’t so long ago that Joshua Scott Albert was pissing off much of Philadelphia with StaphMeal, his foul-mouthed gossip blog that took aim at […]

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Clerk Set On Fire At Reading Deli

6ABC reports that a 32-year-old clerk was doused with gasoline and set on fire around 8 p.m.  Tuesday at the Citi Sub & Grocery Store […]

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Ralph Cipriano: Catholic Abuse Convictions Don’t Add Up

Well, this is interesting. Ralph Cipriano—the same reporter who once sued his bosses at the Philadelphia Inquirer for libel over his aggressive coverage of the […]

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This Is How Easy It Is To Overlook Sexual Abuse

Turns out a Philadelphia elementary teacher accused last week of raping his niece for eight years had caused some concern around the school—but not enough […]

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Philly Police Say 10-Year-Old “Stickup Kid” Used Toy Gun

Yesterday, police released this video of what appeared to be a ten-year-old kid brazenly pointing a gun at the head of a young woman in […]

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Police: Mayor Nutter’s Daughter, Olivia, Assaulted

Philadelphia police charged 18-year-old Ciarra Ryan with simple assault after she was accused of punching Olivia Nutter in the face after a track meet in East […]

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Is Rhode Island Body Missing Bryn Mawr Man?

The Delco Times reports: “The Rhode Island medical examiner’s office is trying to determine whether a body found in Providence is that of  student Sunil […]

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ACLU Sues Norristown Over Domestic Violence Evictions

The ACLU today said it is suing the city of Norristown, whose cops last year reportedly threatened to have a resident evicted by her landlord […]