How did last night's debut of American Idol treat Philadelphia? The Inquirer has the analysis - and a horrifying picture. Two West Philadelphia High students were slashed during an argument on Monday, so a heavy police presence blanketed the area yesterday as students were dismissed for the day. A suspect on the city's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, described as a "one-man army," and who had eluded authorities for over two years while running a......

Yo, Philly Orchestra rocks, man! It received "one of four MetLife awards for Excellence in Community Engagement.... for its Camden Community Partnership Initiative, a three-year-old partnership committed to using musical engagement as a means to improve the economic condition, emotional health, and future outlook of the city." Very nice. Speaking of cool local music stories, check out this article about an 11-year-old sixth-grader who's a talented and accomplished jazz pianist, with his own band......

Thursday and Friday were pretty weird days for Pennsylvania students. Thursday morning Northampton Area Senior High School was evacuated when a student distraught over a breakup set himself up in a stairway with some cigarettes, a hunting knife, a box-cutter, bottle rockets, smoke bombs, and a loaded rifle on his lap. Despite all the hardware, his plan was apparently to do himself in. Luckily police and other officials managed to talk him down and......

Websites all over the internet have been posting the details of the deal signed Wednesday to create Philly's city-wide Wi-Fi hotspot, but we like the article by the Daily News the best because it opens this way: Breaking into song, Mayor Street said yesterday that a Philadelphian armed with a computer linked to the Internet will have "the whole world in his hands."Oh, that Street. What a fun-loving fellow. Anyways, the hard facts are......