PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Six suspected Islamic radicals have been arrested on allegations of plotting an attack on New Jersey’s Fort Dix army installation with the aim of killing as many soldiers as possible, officials said on Tuesday.Four of the suspects were born in Yugoslavia, one in Jordan and one in Turkey, said Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for the US Attorney’s office in Newark, New Jersey.The arrests were made on Monday night in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, by FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, said a spokesman for the Cherry Hill police.”They were plotting to make an assault on Fort […]
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SMASHMOUTH POLITICS: On The Pavement Outside The Mayoral Debate, Constitution Center, 8:05 PM During the hour-long encounter at the National Constitution Center, Chaka Fattah and Michael Nutter went at it bitterly over race, with Fattah stunning the crowd by accusing Nutter of having “to remind himself that he’s an African American.” Fattah and Dwight Evans went at it over the wisdom of Fattah’s proposal to lease the airport as a way of funding a massive antipoverty initiative, with Evans calling the idea “half-baked.” And Tom Knox and Bob Brady almost went at it quite literally. What prompted the Knox-Brady explosion […]
VIET NOW: Still Winning Hearts & Mines
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Eight American soldiers were killed in roadside bomb attacks Sunday, one of the highest single-day death tolls this year. They were among 12 U.S. service members whose deaths were announced on a day when car bombs killed scores of Iraqis across the country, threatening to deepen sectarian tensions. “All of us believe that in the next 90 days, you’ll probably see an increase in American casualties because we are taking the fight to the enemy,” Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of the Army’s Task Force Marne, told reporters Sunday. “This is the only way we can win […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR On the Set with Garry Shandling Garry Shandling parodied TV talk shows on The Larry Sanders Show, which ran on HBO from 1992 to 1998 and is now out in a four-DVD box set. It’s called Not Just the Best of “The Larry Sanders Show” — in part because it features eight hours of extras, including essentially unedited conversations with stars who made guest appearances on the Larry Sanders sofa. Patti Smith, All Covered Up Since she began her recording career in the ’70s, Patti Smith has never been shy about recording covers of her favorite songs, such […]
GAYBO: Biting The Big Apple; I Love A Man In (A Spiderman) Uniform; Helsinki Is For Lovers!
BY TOMMY ZANE GAYDAR EDITOR A quick trip to NYC can create at least two effects. Utterly exhaust one from the dizzying amounts of peeps, drugs, shopping and dick available, or make one long for the loyal and comparatively quaint streets of Philly. I, at once, experienced both. Childhood girlfriend, Miss April, finally got married and popped out a kid within the year, which I had yet to meet. Oh, and did I mention BOTH her twin brothers are gay, live in NYC, and I’ve casually flirted with them for decades? April has always been a total brain, Vassar educated […]
JUNK SCI: Allergies Are The Lies The Body Tells Itself
ITCHYCOO PARK: Pollen up close and sepia BY ELIZABETH FIEND LIVING EDITOR What do vaginal dryness, lousy driving, methamphetamine, cocaine, steroids and Kleenex all have in common? You guessed it: this article is gong to be all about seasonal allergies. Allergies are caused by a body’s misplaced, overblown reaction to something that in reality isn’t harmful. When this happens the culprit is called an allergen. Pollen is an allergen, though it’s a harmless substance, not poisonous in any way to humans. But for a growing number of people, pollen, mold, animal fur and dust mites trigger an unnecessary, and unfortunate, […]
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
DAISY DUKES OF HAZARD: Amy Winehouse, Electric Factory, Last Night [FLICKR] BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR THE INQUIRER Elizabeth II might have been at the Kentucky Derby, but the real queen of England was at the Electric Factory Saturday night. Her name is Amy Winehouse, and she is nothing short of a nouveau soul sensation. Her breakthrough album, Back To Black, with its clever post-modern amalgam of ’60s soul, Motown and Spectorian girl groups, is currently blowing up in all formats. While royalty watchers wondered aloud which hat Elizabeth would deign to wear to the Churchill Downs, the sold out crowd […]
SPORTO: Broad Street Run Takes Another Life
A male runner collapsed and died yesterday after crossing the finish line in the Broad Street Run, a city official said. “The young man finished the race,” said Recreation Commissioner Victor N. Richard. “He collapsed right at the finish line. As soon as he crossed over.” DAILY NEWS: Meanwhile, Smokers All Over Town Continue To Live. Weird. UPDATE: The runner who died at yesterday’s Broad Street run was identified as a 29-year-old man from Holland, Pa. A post-mortem is scheduled to determine the cause of death of Robert Massaroni, who collapsed after crossing the finish line and was pronounced dead […]
All Of This Happened While You Were Sleeping
GROUND CONROL TO MAJOR TOM: Arcade Fire, Tower Theater, Last Night EVA SAYS: The Arcade Fire is currently Canada’s most exciting export, which in another time would have been damning them with faint praise. These days it’s praise of the highest order, especially if you are an indie-rock band. After only two albums, the seven-member collective has positioned itself as a trans-national sensation with their solemn lyrics, bombastic instrumentation and passionate melodies. And still, nobody seems more surprised than the band members themselves. This is true especially of the band-leading songwriting couple Win Butler and Regine Chassagne, who still appear […]
GOSSIP: Crack + Tits + Ashanti = Sad
Maia Campbell [one-time co-star of LL Cool J in the TV series “In The House”] recently had Internet chatrooms buzzing over a video in which she appears to be naked and singing an Ashanti song, in a video clip posted on mediatakeout.com. The site alleges the clip was made in exchange for crack cocaine. Sources say Campbell has been floating around Germantown of late and doesn’t seem to be in a good way. [via Dan Gross]
Nutter Breathing The Thin Air Of Inevitability?
“Can I shake the hand of the next mayor?” asked Brown, a factory worker from Frankford. Michael Nutter obliged. Every step the former city councilman took in the Gallery mall Thursday afternoon brought more confirmation of his new status as the man with momentum in the Philadelphia mayor’s race. In recent days, Nutter reeled off a string of news-media endorsements, his TV ads gained traction, and the latest polls suggested that as the campaign enters its final stretch, voters have started to winnow down the five-man Democratic field in the May 15 primary to a contest between Nutter and Knox. […]