Results tagged “presidentialprimary”

  • Two women were sitting in a van parked on the grounds of the Holy Innocents Catholic School in Philadelphia's Juniata section at 4:10AM this morning when a gunman approached and opened fire. The shots fatally wounded one of the women. The man then turned the gun on himself. Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute.
  • Starbucks stock sank.

  • The Philadelphia Primary may have ended Tuesday, but Phillyist was still able to get a week's worth of Primary Election content.
  • SFist cheered twice this week: first, after a Superior Court judge halted a light brown apple moth aerial pesticide spraying; and second, after receiving reader mail regarding blatant multiple chemical sensitivity prejudice.
  • Shanghaiist was amused to see Spider-Man washing the windows of the Sheraton Hotel.
  • Even without the Coachella Festival, music was a big deal this week on LAist with the NME Awards and The Smashing Pumpkins' induction on Hollywood's RockWalk.
  • DCist followed the court decisions in favor of the impending change of the city's taxicabs from their weird zone system to regular time and distance meters.
  • We're sure you'll be missing these, now that the Primary is over.

  • The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced yesterday that it had finally raised the last chunk of money needed to keep Thomas Eakins' iconic painting The Gross Clinic in Philadelphia.
  • Author’s Note: I hate to be on the losing side. I think this covers me regardless of the PA Primary results.

  • Philadelphia traffic judge Willie F. Singletary, 28—who a year ago had his driver's license suspended through 2011 for owing $11,427 for 55 traffic violations—is now in trouble again. The state Judicial Conduct Board issued a complaint against him yesterday, charging him with five counts of misconduct for soliciting campaign donations from the Philadelphia First State Road Rattlers Motorcycle Club.
  • Yesterday, the city was humming with national media and energetic supporters of Clinton and (mostly) Obama.


    Ten more photos after the jump.

    Get out and vote today. You wouldn't want to make Puff Daddy P. Diddy Diddy Sean Combs angry, now would you?

  • Of course, a far more important vote already happened this past weekend: the vote to decide the best Philly cheesesteak. The winner, by a slim margin, was John's Roast Pork of South Philadelphia.
  • Wow... Even the BBC is talking about us these days.

    What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

  • "The 14-year-old accused of stabbing his older brother to death during a fight over a video game last July is back in court today for a hearing to decide if he will be tried as an adult."
  • We don't really like to cop out, but let's face it, this week was a total no-brainer. We're sick of talking about, and you're sick of hearing about, next Tuesday's Presidential primary. But, because we're sadistic and you're masochistic, we keep writing about it, and you keep reading about it. And being the gluttons for punishment that we are, we couldn't help but tune in to the Democratic debate between the Phillyist People's Choice candidate, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. With polls indicating that roughly 10% of Democratic voters are still undecided, this week's debate, held right here in Philadelphia, could have been pivotal. It could have gone a long way towards determining whether Obama could, while probably not win Pennsylvania, keep Clinton's margin of victory sufficiently small to sway uncommitted superdelegates to his camp. It could have helped focus Pennsylvanians' attention on the issues that are going to be important in the general election campaign, once the Democratic party stops eating itself a Democratic nominee is finally chosen.

    With all the news focus this week on the Presidential primary, there wasn't a whole lot to report in the world o' Nutter. But here's what we've got for you.

  • West Philadelphia High School's Automotive and Technology Academy has become the first program of its kind in the school district and one of 47 nationally to receive a special certification called the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation Training. School officials will celebrate the certification today at district headquarters from 1PM to 4PM.
  • Here it is, in its entirety. (The remaining clips are after the jump.)

    If you happened to be near the Visitor’s Center this morning, you might have noticed some dapper and intimidating looking folks perusing the area, and we’re not talking about tourists with floral patterned shirts and hefty digital SLRs. We’re talking Secret Service.

  • Barack Obama's wife, Michelle Obama, was apparently well received when she spoke at a rally at Haverford College yesterday. A new Daily News/Franklin & Marshall poll has Clinton still in the lead with 46% support among likely Democratic voters, but Obama is closing in behind with 40% (14% are still undecided). As we mentioned yesterday, the candidates will be holding a debate tonight at the National Constitution Center, and the Daily News expects the sparks to fly. Oh, and don't forget those traffic restrictions.
  • We have incredible amounts of news today related to the Pennsylvania primary. First off, applications for absentee ballots have to be in no later than 5PM today. Clinton is announcing a "major endorsement" at noon today at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. Obama admitted to the Daily News and the Inquirer yesterday that he had mangled his remarks when he talked about people being bitter and clinging to their guns and religion. The Inquirer has one in an occasional series about Pennsylvanians debating who to vote for; this one focuses on the customers at Mike's lunch truck in South Philly. The Inquirer also has an entry in another series focusing on the key issues of the campaign; this one looks at the candidates' health plans. Last night at the Philadelphia Democratic Party dinner at the Sheet Metal Workers Union hall, the city's 69 ward leaders, divided over which candidate to support, heard back-to-back speeches by Obama and Clinton. There'll be a debate between the Democratic presidential candidates at the National Constitution Center tomorrow. Tickets are hard to get, and the debate will bring traffic restrictions to the area. Finally, the Inquirer points out that the really important question to Democrats at this point is not the issues, but which candidate can be a viable opponent.
  • Hopefully you're already aware that tomorrow is Tax Day. If not, you'd better get to work! Regardless, a warning: "According to a recent study by nonprofit groups in Philadelphia, a significant number of commercial preparers still are scamming customers into accepting costly refund-anticipation loans."
  • The Michael Nutter lovefest continued this week, with the mayor being honored by Philadelphia Hospitality with the Vision of Philadelphia Award.
  • Patrol officers around the city will soon be riding around on Segways as part of a 10-day trial of the personal scooters. Segways come with high recommendations from other departments, but officers here still need to be convinced that they're practical. Training begins this morning.
  • A memorandum sent to the School Reform Commission from the state's school-safety watchdog informed the group that it was flunking when it comes to properly disciplining the majority of violent students and thoroughly reporting serious crimes.
  • *Yes, we know it's Tuesday. Blame the Film Festival.

    While pundits foam at the mouth debating who’s getting the black vote, the white vote, the women’s vote, and the young vote, Phillyist only cares about who’s getting your vote. The results from our People’s Choice Endorsement are in, and there’s no need to argue over superdelegates—Barack Obama is the winner by a landslide, with 68% of the vote. So much for the most recent professional poll results predicting a statistical tie between him and Hillary Clinton in the Pennsylvania primaries. Was it the bowling?

    More information on that guy who wanted Obama's photo and made Philadelphia look so good in the national news.

  • At Fourth and Arch Streets at 3:45PM yesterday, a car ran a red light, collided with another vehicle, then went up onto the sidewalk and injured three pedestrians, one of them critically. The drivers had only minor injuries.
  • Turns out that the guy's actually an eBay vendor, so the picture was not "for [his] family" after all.

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