| Cops to question driver in hit-run Feb 21st 2012, 07:05 | Questioning in hit-run * Merion Avenue near 49th St. Police in the Accident Investigation Division say they will interview the driver in a hit-and-run accident Feb. 14 that left a 9-year-old girl hospitalized. The girl was riding her bike in Parkside about 5:30 p.m. when she was hit by a car driven by a woman and knocked to the ground, police said. The driver sped away. Police have not identified her because she has not been arrested or charged. | | Tattle: A $4 million slap for porn piracy Feb 21st 2012, 07:05 | SURF THE INTERNET for porn - Tattle is forced to read the sites for the articles - and it's difficult to not draw one of two conclusions: Either there are a million girls between the ages of 18 and 24 having sex on video or there are a few thousand girls having a lot of sex on video. | | The strength of a respected Africa Feb 21st 2012, 07:04 | TRANSCRIPT of Joe Rainey's Dec. 29, 1964, "Listening Post" show: Joe Rainey: "So what does the future hold for the black man in Mississippi?" | | Malcolm's Philly connection Feb 21st 2012, 07:04 | WDAS was far from Malcolm X's only connection to Philadelphia. * His parents, Earl Little and Louisa Norton Little, lived in the city between 1918 and 1921. His parents moved to Omaha, Neb., where Malcolm was born. | | Malcolm was 'the vanguard of a new generation' Feb 21st 2012, 07:04 | AT MALCOLM X's funeral in Harlem, actor Ossie Davis described him as "a prince - our own black shining prince - who didn't hesitate to die, because he loved us so." | | Council's holidays to be cut? Feb 21st 2012, 07:04 | BECAUSE yesterday was Presidents Day, all city offices were closed and City Council will not meet on Thursday. That's right. Council's next session will be March 1. It is part of a tradition in which Council does not meet during weeks of a federal holiday. | | Briefly... CITY/REGION Feb 21st 2012, 07:04 | PHILADELPHIA Fetus found in pipe Two plumbers working on a house in Kensington yesterday discovered a human fetus stuck in a basemant sewer pipe, police said. | | $170B Greek bailout approved Feb 21st 2012, 07:00 | BRUSSELS - After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro reached an agreement early Tuesday to hand Greece $170 billion in extra bailout loans to save it from a potentially disastrous default next month, a European Union diplomat said. | | Allegheny College honoring two pundits for civility Feb 21st 2012, 06:33 | Allegheny College has cursed the darkness, with its researchers documenting in a series of polls the decline of civility in American politics and the risk that rising nastiness poses to self-government. | | Red tape holding up redevelopment of Camden Feb 21st 2012, 06:20 | Camden Mayor Dana L. Redd created a "one-stop" growth team last year to try to attract businesses and development to increase the city's low tax base - $22.7 million for the $173 million 2011 budget. | | Idled refineries may contribute to rising gasoline prices Feb 21st 2012, 06:03 | Susan Bethard stopped at a Sunoco station in Lower Chichester Township on Monday to put 9.3 gallons of gasoline into her Pontiac before departing on a mission to the shopping mall. The price per gallon: $3.65. | | Villanova University cancels appearance by gay performance artist Feb 21st 2012, 06:03 | Villanova University has abruptly canceled a weeklong workshop by a gay performance artist whose stage shows are often laced with nudity and simulated sex but who has taught and lectured at numerous colleges, including the nation's largest Catholic university, DePaul, in Chicago. | | Platt Bridge closures, restrictions begin tonight Feb 21st 2012, 06:03 | Newly begun work on the Platt Bridge is likely to inconvenience motorists for more than two years. After a series of overnight closures - at times for the entire bridge - over the next week, traffic will be restricted to a single lane in each direction through June 2014. | | A teenager's last wish will live as a movie Feb 21st 2012, 06:03 | Rina would have loved it - the attention of a Hollywood filmmaker, the interest from a Food Network personality, the gathering of so many friends and family. | | Chester restaurant closed after recent shooting Feb 21st 2012, 05:34 | For years, J&S Seafood, a fast-food place that sells the likes of fried shrimp, whitefish, and mozzarella sticks and which stays open after the bars close, has been a magnet for Chester's young night owls. | | Clues still sought in Chester Heights Camp Meeting fire Feb 21st 2012, 05:34 | Evidence is still being analyzed from the blaze that consumed 10 cottages at the historic Chester Heights Camp Meeting on Saturday, Trooper Timothy Greene, of the Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal's unit, said Monday. | | 35 percent drop-off in Philly traffic tickets Feb 21st 2012, 05:34 | The number of traffic tickets issued by Philadelphia police has dropped 35 percent over the last five years, prompting the department to "reemphasize" that officers are supposed to write violations when they see them. | | 2 PACS spend millions on GOP candidates Feb 21st 2012, 05:34 | A pair of "super" political action committees supporting top Republican presidential candidates spent nearly $24 million in January, according reports filed Monday. A7 | | Curtains at Villanova for gay performance artist Feb 21st 2012, 03:26 | Villanova University abruptly canceled a weeklong workshop by a gay performance artist whose stage shows are often laced with nudity and simulated sex but who has taught and lectured at numerous colleges, including the nation's largest Catholic university, DePaul, in Chicago. | | Man shot dead in Chesco Feb 21st 2012, 03:19 | A Chester County man in his 50s was fatally shot in his home Monday night, authorities said. | | As primary turnouts drop, GOP enthusiasm is questioned Feb 21st 2012, 02:05 | Two years ago, protesters were in the streets throwing tea bags. Republicans, electrified by anti-Obama fervor, crushed the Democrats in midterm elections that gave them control of the U.S. House and victories in statehouses across the nation. | | Fire that destroyed 10 cottages ‘absolutely suspicious’ Feb 21st 2012, 00:22 | Evidence is still being analyzed from the blaze that consumed 10 cottages at the historic Chester Heights Camp Meeting Saturday, Trooper Timothy Greene, of the Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal's unit, said Monday. | | A benefit to make Rina’s film, her last wish Feb 21st 2012, 00:15 | Rina would have loved it - the attention of a Hollywood filmmaker, the interest from a Food Network personality, the gathering of so many friends and family. | | In Delaware Co., a bloody Hell’s Corner Feb 21st 2012, 00:02 | For years, J&S Seafood, a fast-food place that sells the likes of fried shrimp, white fish, and mozzarella sticks and which stays open after the bars close, has been a magnet for Chester's young night owls. | | Charting the popularity of the Broad Street Run Feb 20th 2012, 20:22 | The Broad Street Run, the annual 10-mile race held on the first weekend in May, has become insanely popular. It began in 1980 with 1,500 runners. Online registration for last year's race was open for four days before reaching the event's capacity of 28,000. | |
