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Avenging pizza delivery cops; an alleged murderer's apology; a farewell to a Philly TV icon; and more.
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News flash: If you run from the police, they're probably going to chase you, whether you pose an "immediate threat" or not.
After ten years, shouldn't we be allowed to expect Andy Reid not to suck at clock management and Donovan McNabb not to consistently throw at receivers' feet? Apparently not, as the Birds dropped their Sunday night showdown with the Cowboys, 20-16.
Fortunately, Philly got some measure of victory over New York yesterday, as the Eagles trounced the New Jersey York Giants, 40-17.
We suspect that the Eagles got the memo that the Raiders would be an easy win. They just didn't read the part that said they'd still have to show up and actually play some football to get it.
In other happy sports news, the Eagles announced a $500,000 grant program to assist local animal welfare organizations. Among the recipients of grant money will be our friends at PAWS, who will receive money to support the construction of a low-cost spay and neuter facility in the city.
And speaking of Columbus Day, here's a helpful list to help you determine what's closed for the holiday.
A Grays Ferry man has turned himself in to police after shooting his own son three times during an argument.
It doesn't look like Donovan McNabb is going to play this week. Let's hope the game works out better than last week's.
The Thal-Gilmore murders have dissuaded us from even the first thought of entering the drug trafficking business. And while we're at it, we think we'll scratch concert promoting off the list too.
If there's something good coming out of Michael Vick being an Eagle, it's that we're seeing more coverage of Philadelphia's dogfighting problem. Complaints of dogfighting are up, but penalties for the crime are still lagging behind.
Two holes-in-one on the same hole? Maybe these guys should have played the lottery on their way home.
Dr. Phil tackled some Philadelphia hot-button issues this morning during the taping of his show. Dr. Phil addressed the Michael Vick signing and also met with the owners of Pat's and Geno's in an attempt at a peace accord between the rival South Philly cheesesteak slingers.
One-time teen idol Bobby Rydell has been charged with DUI, according to Lower Merion Police. Rydell ramped his '69 Bentley over a curb and speared a wall in Narberth. His blood-alcohol level was more than double the legal limit.
Is this the end for Philadelphia libraries? We sure hope not, and will have more thoughts on that later today.
It's just about official: Pennsylvania will never have an approved budget.
Amtrak is initiating random passenger bag inspections for one day at random locations. No specific threats caused the one-day increase in security.
And if you just can't get enough Michael Vick drama, Stu Bykofsky has a rundown of yesterday's powwow amongst local animal rights groups and Joe Banner about this whole fiasco. And Byko joins the growing chorus of people calling for Vick and/or the Birds to start spreading some serious cash to local groups that work with and save Pit Bulls.
A Camden woman was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for beating an elderly man to death...with his own cane...in front of his terminally ill wife...after he confronted her about stealing money money from him. Oh yeah, and she'd been hired as caretaker for the elderly couple. WTF?
Meanwhile, outside the press conference, protesters were out in full force.
Needless to say, many in the city are opposed to the move, and Citizens for a No-Kill Philadelphia are organizing a protest of the signing at the Novacare complex at 11 a.m.
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The NFL is unquestionably the "No Fun League." This week, the league fined Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco for being an entertainer—which is what he is. Ochocinco was fined $20,000 for flashing a dollar bill at an official during the review of a play where he was not able to get both feet on the ground in bounds. Basically, the league said, "We take ourselves very seriously, probably too seriously. We realize we're an entertainment provider, but we will not let our employees provide entertainment to their fans. In fact, we forbid it. We also realize that tickets are impossible to buy and that serious fans often cannot even watch their team's games because of our ridiculous blackout rules. We turn a blind eye to gambling on NFL games and refuse to acknowledge it even exists."
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The 2008 Phillies were a surprising and welcome departure from the Philly sports norm. Let's face it: We've gotten used to coming up short—whether short or barely short. Not long after the Phillies paraded down Broad Street last Halloween, the Eagles returned the cosmos to their rightful balance. (Villanova's Final Four appearance was an unexpected bonus that threatened to upset the recently-restored natural order of things. Fortunately for the universe, North Carolina did not allow the end of days to come about.)
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It's Friday and I'm back. All Da Way Turnt Up for All Hallows' Eve. So smash your pumpkins and go crazy with Week 8's "turnt up" picks.
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I swear to deliver the picks, all of the picks and nothing but the picks. I just hope they're the correct picks.
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One game into this NFL season and I am already 0-1. While the Steelers marched to victory against the Tennessee Titans last night in overtime, they did not cover the 6.5 points that the experts in Vegas assigned as the spread. There will be no discussion of Hines Ward's fumble at the three-yard-line which would have undoubtedly made the final score 17-10 and given this "expert" a cover. Alas.
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Two of our favorite things about the autumn weekends, now combined in one totally weird commercial. (Via Miss Bee, via Bleeding Green Nation.) And hey, new IHOP just opened at Juniper and Walnut!
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You probably know someone like Big Fan's Paul Aufiero. Diehard sports fan, lives and breathes football for the season, refers to the team as "we?"
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