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No Flash Mobs in Philly This Weekend
Curfew Crackdown Leads to Quiet Weekend. Friday and Saturday nights were the first sporting Mayor Nutter’s new bedtime for minors in Center City and University […]
Philadelphia Pension Board Votes to Get “Tactical”
Philly Pension Fund Gets “Tactical.” Philly’s pension board voted yesterday to sell off $40 million in domestic stock and reallocate the money in “strategic and […]
Philadelphia Police Officer Accused of Assaulting Teen
A Philadelphia Police officer is under investigation after a teen accused him of sexually assaulting her in a patrol car early Thursday morning. The officer […]
Two Delco Workers Fell in Well
Two workers fell down a well in Delaware County just before noon today. Rescue efforts proved successful as both men have been pulled from the […]
Is Arlene Ackerman Being Bypassed in District Decision-Making?
Ackerman Being Bypassed? Philadelphia School District Superintendent Arlene Ackerman was mysteriously absent from yesterday’s School Reform Commission meeting. Her supporters insist it’s because she’s being […]
Cliff Lee Homers, Gives Phils 2-1 Edge
Cliff Lee Homers as Phils Beat Dodgers 2-1. Clifton Phifer Lee gave up only four hits and zero runs over eight innings while notching 10 […]
Phillies Hold on for Doc’s 15th, Beat the Dodgers
Phils Win a Tight One in L.A. For Halladay’s 15th Win. The Phils beat the Dodgers 5-3 in Dodger Stadium last night. Doc was yanked […]
Mayor Nutter Battles Philly Flash Mobs
Mayor Nutter Addresses Flash Mobs. At noon today Mayor Nutter will hold a live press conference to announce further details of the city’s plan to […]
Montco Man Snitches on Himself
A young gentleman from Montgomery County mistakenly dialed 9-1-1 and proceeded to discuss the specifics of a drug transaction involving significant amounts of crack cocaine. […]
Cardinal Bevilacqua Competency Hearing Set
Cardinal Bevilacqua—who is ill with cancer and suffers from dementia—will appear in court on September 12th to determine if he is fit to testify in […]
Mann Center Robbed…Again
In 2008 the Mann Center was robbed of $11,000. This afternoon, a few stickup artists made off with a significantly larger bag of cash. The […]
Philadelphia Boy In Critical Condition After Hit and Run Following Phils Game
A local boy who was at the Phils game in San Francisco last night is fighting for his life in a Bay Area hospital after […]
Cliff Lee Blanks the Giants
Lee Goes the Distance, Pence Goes Yard. Clifton Phifer tossed a complete-game shutout and Hunter Pence hit his first home run as a Phillie last […]
Wednesday’s Four-Alarm Fire in North Philly Predicted Years Ago
Yesterday’s Fire at the Old Edison High School Was Predicted Years Ago. Apparently, the city was warned about the likelihood that the vacant building would […]
Chesco Chemical Fire Under Control
Earlier today fire fighters responded to a chemical blaze at the Johnson Matthey Co. plant in West Whiteland Township. It took a few hours—and three […]