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WATCH Terrifying Shooting In West Oak Lane

Well, this is scary: Philly Police offer the following description: The Philadelphia Police Department’s Northwest Detectives Division is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the […]

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Meet The Guy Who Tried Robbing Girl Scouts

This is Jevon Michael Avis. He’s a 31-year-old man. The reason there’s a mugshot available of Avis is because he was arrested in January. After […]

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Rapists Aren’t Strangers Waiting in the Dark for Women in Tight Skirts

Though the trial against the two Steubenville High School teens charged with raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last August ended with a “guilty” […]

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What CNN and a Rabbi Have in Common: Siding With Abusers

The high-profile Steubenville, Ohio, rape case ended last weekend with guilty verdicts for both defendants—leading to one of the more embarrassing segments in the history […]

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Gosnell Assistant Testifies That She Killed 10 Infants

Testifying against her former boss Kermit Gosnell (a.k.a. the ‘barbaric’ former abortion doctor) in court today,” a tearful Adrienne Moton, who worked as an untrained […]

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FBI: Isabella Gardner Art Heist Has Philly Connection

The FBI today launched a new website to track developments in the 1990 art heist at the  Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston, adding new […]

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While You Weren’t Looking, Philly’s Homicide Rate Started Dropping

Somebody should tell the district attorney this is like pitching a no-hitter: You don’t want to talk about this stuff just in case you end […]

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Delaware Court Rules: Ex-Wife’s Bite Really, Really Hurt

The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that Ewelina Mrozik Kulowiec, was properly convicted of assault in a 2011 attack on her ex-husband, ruling that she […]

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Abortion Doctor’s Grisly Murder Trial Starts Today

CBS Philly reports: “Opening statements and the start of testimony are scheduled for Monday in one of the most gruesome and disturbing criminal cases in […]

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Here’s The Full 60 Minutes Video on Philly Mob Hitman John Veasey

After much anticipation, 60 Minutes’ profile of Philly mob hitman John Veasey finally appeared Sunday night. (Here’s PhillyMag’s profile of Veasey.) “Today, the one-time killer […]

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PREVIEW: Philly Mobster John Veasey On Sunday’s 60 Minutes

Here’s a preview of John Veasey’s Sunday appearance on 60 Minutes: And of course, you can prep with PhillyMag’s 2010 profile of Veasey.

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New York Rampage Shooter Killed by Police

AP: Wednesday, “a 64-year-old loner sauntered into a barbershop in upstate New York, coolly asked if the man cutting hair remembered him and then opened fire […]

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Ex-Dean of Northeast High School Turns Himself in for Having Sex with Student

Mark Preston Williams, the former Dean of Students at Northeast High School, turned himself in yesterday morning for having sex with a 17-year-old student. The […]

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40 People Eagerly Apply for Philly’s Most Corrupt Job

Only in Philly would this seem like a promising job opportunity: Thirty-nine candidates — 38 Democrats, one Republican and one who filed for both parties […]

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Is MMA the “Child Porn” of Sports?

South Dakota lawmaker Steve Hickey wants to ban mixed martial arts fighting in his state, calling MMA cage fighting “the child porn of sports.” “Decent […]