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Abu-Jamal moved into general prison population for first time

Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first time since going on death row for the killing of Officer Daniel Faulkner.

Not-so-happy hour: Proposal to keep Philly bars open to benefit schools draws fire

There's nothing like drinking to a good cause, so why not let Philadelphia bars stay open until 3 a.m. to generate more tax revenue for city schools?

Redd: 'All hands on deck' to help Camden's schools

The state Department of Education and Camden Mayor Dana L. Redd are losing patience with the lack of progress in the Camden School District.

Philly School District's financial assurances leave city controller Butkovitz unsatisfied

The School District of Philadelphia's new chief recovery officer responded Friday to the city controller's request for information about bridging a funding gap of at least $61 million by June 30.

Snow gives the region the cold shoulder

After 116 inches of snow in the last two winters, the decision was just cold logic. This year, the Voorhees True Value store would "go heavy on the rock salt," manager Ron Rago said, adding resignedly, "You take your chances."

Ohio man sues Camden diocese over alleged abuse, using repressed-memory claim

An Ohio man who alleges he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest in the early 1970s but repressed all memory of the assaults is using the "late discovery" feature of New Jersey's child endangerment law to sue the Diocese of Camden.

Regional planning body revamping citizen input

A new citizens' advisory group is in the works for the region's transportation planning and funding agency. After internal squabbles prompted the disbanding of its former advisory panel last year, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission on Thursday voted to issue its new plan for public comment.

New fire-expert analysis allowed in father's 1990 arson conviction

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a man who contends that he was wrongfully convicted of setting a 1989 fire that killed his daughter may have a prominent fire expert examine any remaining physical evidence to determine whether the fire was accidental.

Phila. man, 22, charged in 2008 killing of guidance counselor

A Philadelphia man has been charged in the 2008 killing of a Philadelphia School District guidance counselor who was gunned down in the driveway of his Yeadon home.

Pottstown gives UGGs the boot

They may evoke a Herman Munster aesthetic, but UGG boots - and their assorted imitators - never seemed particularly monstrous.

Cabbies say Phila. wheelchair rule would break them

The Philadelphia Parking Authority's proposal to make every taxi in the city wheelchair-accessible by 2016 would drive cabbies out of business, owners and drivers said this week.

Phila. man, newly paroled, shot dead in West Chester

A 23-year-old Philadelphia man had been released from state prison for less than a month when he became the second victim of a homicide this week in Chester County.

Synagogue attack case widens

HACKENSACK, N.J. - Authorities leveled additional charges Friday against a teenager accused in the firebombings of two North Jersey synagogues, saying he had plotted a similar attack on a Jewish community center and had conducted Internet searches for building Molotov cocktails and instructions on blowing up buildings.

GOP rivals pursue Hispanic voters

MIAMI - The Republican presidential rivals courted influential Hispanic voters in South Florida on Friday with promises to improve immigration laws and focus on Latin America, as a new poll suggested that Mitt Romney is regaining his edge in the first mega-state to deliver a decision.

Drunken driver gets 7 years for killing Shore-bound woman

A Sicklerville resident has been sentenced to seven years in prison for vehicular homicide and drunken driving after killing a Western Pennsylvania woman headed to the Jersey Shore in a 2009 collision on the Atlantic City Expressway.

Fugitive suspected in Phila. clerk's execution arrested in N.Y.

Police arrested a murder suspect Friday who investigators think may be connected to the execution-style killing of a North Philadelphia store clerk this week.

Child murder trial set for May as judge refuses to dismiss charges

A Montgomery County Court judge refused Friday to dismiss charges against accused child-killer James Lee Troutman despite defense claims that writings seized by police from the defendant's jail cell last year prejudiced the case.

In Bucks, 2 dead in 'love rectangle'

It was, the district attorney said, "a love rectangle." Around 5:25 a.m. Friday in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Lloyd Hill, 41, stabbed to death his estranged wife, Stefanie Lynn Hill, 37, and fatally bludgeoned the man she was living with, Fred Tarantino, 44, with an aluminum baseball bat, District Attorney David Heckler said.

Anti-bully law in N.J. must change or go, panel rules

TRENTON - A little-known state government council ruled Friday that New Jersey's tough new anti-bullying law was an unfunded mandate for local school districts and must be changed to remain in effect.

Black market for porcupine meat spurs hunting issue in Pa.

HARRISBURG - After lifting a ban on porcupine hunting, the Pennsylvania Game Commission ran into a thorny problem: reports of a new black market for the rodents' meat in Southeast Asia.

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Police investigate deadly shooting in Chester

Chester Police are investigating the shooting death of a 29-year-old black male found near the intersection of 12th and Madison streets about 5:00 a.m. today.

Buzz Bissinger: Joe should have retired long ago, when his rep was enviable

JOE PATERNO's death is no more or less tragic than any other death. All dying is sorrow. People should remember Paterno any way they choose, with prayers or love or tears or, yes, continued anger.

Former FDC warden pleads in gun cover-up

The former warden of the Federal Detention Center in Center City pleaded guilty this morning to witness tampering, obstruction of justice and related offenses in connection with an incident in which a guard accidentally brought a gun into the center.

District's financial assurances don't satisfy controller

The School District of Philadelphia's new chief recovery officer Friday responded to the city controller's request for information about bridging a funding gap of at least $61 million by June 30.

Trial in Skyler Kauffman slaying set for May

Phila. man, newly paroled, shot dead in West Chester

A 23-year-old Philadelphia man had been released from state prison for less than a month when he became the second victim of a homicide this week in Chester County.

Stu Bykofsky: St. Peter weighs the evidence, opens gates for JoePa

A SCENE imagined last Sunday at the Pearly Gates. ST. PETER: Howzit goin'? I'm Peter. They call me St. Peter, but you can call me Petey.

Arrest made in 2008 murder of Phila. guidance counselor

Delaware County authorities announced the arrest Friday of a suspect in the 2008 murder of a Philadelphia School District guidance counselor who was gunned down in the driveway of his Yeadon home.

Murder suspect tracked down in New York

Law enforcement officials in New York City Friday arrested the man wanted for a November murder in North Philadelphia, four days after a store clerk who reportedly spoke to police about that slaying was killed.

Ohio man sues Camden diocese over alleged abuse

In Bucks, 2 dead in ‘love rectangle’

It was, the district attorney said, "a love rectangle."

New fire-expert analysis OKd in father’s arson conviction

Unhappy hour: Jeers for plan to keep bars open to aid schools

There's nothing like drinking to a good cause, so why not let Philadelphia bars stay open until 3 a.m. to generate more tax revenue for city schools?

New-look City Council gets down to business

City Council held its first regular meeting of 2012 Thursday with more than half its members new in their jobs - and with jobs and the economy dominating their legislative agendas.

Florida's Cubano voters, while coveted, are hardly united

MIAMI, Fla. - Any serious Republican candidate trolling for votes in Florida is bound, at some point, to make the pilgrimage to Versailles. The restaurant in the heart of Little Havana is the town square of Miami's Cubano community. Like Philadelphia's Geno's or the Famous Deli, it is where politicians go to get down with the people and pose with the specialty of the house.

Clout: Denny O'Brien's old district is still in Philly - for now

DO YOU LIVE in Northeast Philadelphia and feel the call to public service? Are you willing to potentially relocate to York County? Then the 169th state House District has an opportunity for you!

Nutter plans $20,000 bounty for tips leading to slaying arrests

THE NUMBERS tell you that the city is back to where it was four and five years ago, back to a murder or two a day and an incomprehensible number of shootings.

Annette John-Hall: Likening obesity to child abuse

Can you imagine Social Services storming into your home like Special Ops and seizing your children because of what you've fed them?

Will Smith to team with Simon Cowell, be at Sixers game

Attending tonight's Sixers game may be a way for busy Will Smith to chill.

U.S. agriculture secretary critical of Pa. plan to tie food stamps to assets

The federal official in charge of the U.S. food stamp program said Thursday that Pennsylvania's plan to tie food-stamp benefits to people's assets will save the state nothing and create more problems than it solves.

In Florida, Romney, Gingrich trade jabs over wealth, influence

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney battled for primacy Thursday in the final debate before next week's high-stakes Florida Republican presidential primary amid a race that has grown nastier in recent days and exposed the fault lines of class and ideology in the party.

Drunken driver gets 7 years for killing Shore-bound woman

A Camden County woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for vehicular homicide and drunken driving for killing a Pennsylvania woman headed to the Jersey Shore in a 2009 collision on the Atlantic City Expressway.

New $5M source for schools: longer bar hours

CITY COUNCIL is brewing up a new idea - using booze to fund schools. During Council's first session since the inauguration, City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown yesterday introduced a bill that would extend bar hours to 3 a.m., generating up to $5 million annually in liquor taxes for the cash-poor school district, which announced last week that it must cut $61 million by June.

In your face: Front-and-center tattoos no longer just a gang trend

"LOYALTY" IS WRITTEN in the center of a giant spider web on the right side of Jamar Wheeler's neck, beneath a spider that appears to dangle from his ear.

Xfinity Live! to open in time for Springsteen

The Xfinity Live! entertainment complex, rising on the site of the old Spectrum, is on target to open a week early - in time for the Bruce Springsteen concerts in late March.

Tattle: Sex count for N.Y. top cop's son

FOX "GOOD DAY NEW YORK" anchor Greg Kelly was off the air yesterday morning. He's been accused of sexually assaulting a woman.

An advance aloha to the Philadelphia Flower Show

Against a backdrop of colorful leis, table orchids, and hula dancers, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society launched the 2012 flower show Thursday morning: "Hawaii: Islands of Aloha" opens to the public March 4 and runs till March 11 at the Convention Center, 12th and Market Streets.

St. Hubert's keeps the faith

MARIE GALLAGHER, who as its principal helped save Little Flower High School from closure in the early 1990s, hopes she can replicate her magic and protect her alma mater, St. Hubert's Catholic High School for Girls, from shuttering.

Controversial Corbett adviser set to leave his position Tuesday

HARRISBURG - Robert W. Patterson has an exit date. The controversial adviser to state Welfare Secretary Gary Alexander will step down from his $104,470 position at the end of the month, department officials said.

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