Governor Rendell says he’ll sign a bill on the way to his desk that would ensure a woman’s ability to breast feed her baby in public. Before the state House gave final approval to the bill, it removed an amendment that would have allowed breast-feeding women to sue if they are interfered with. Montgomery County House Democrat Daylin Leach said removing the amendment would speed the bill’s passage and said he believed women had recourse under existing law. KYW: Got Milk?
Nanny Basher Tan And Well-Rested After Prison Stay
Tepper seemed untroubled as she appeared in court Tuesday, having arrived on a standard prisoner bus from the Montgomery County jail in Norristown. She appeared relaxed and comfortable in a cranberry jacket and black pants, answering questions about her guilty plea in a clear voice. Her attorney noted that sometimes jail life is less stressful than coping with life’s daily pressures. “She found the prison to be very well run,” Steinberg said. “She said she thought that the people were very nice and she thought it was very well-organized and run.” DAILY NEWS: It’s The Little Things That Mean A […]
Obama In Town, Minus Knife-Wielding Stalker
DES MOINES, Iowa – A man with a large knife was arrested Wednesday outside presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s hotel in southeast Iowa, police said. Davit Zakaryan, 24, was searched and apprehended after Obama’s security crew allegedly saw him loitering outside a Fairfield Inn in Ottumwa before the Illinois senator was about to leave for a busy day of campaigning. Zakaryan was arrested after 8:30 a.m. and charged with possessing an illegal weapon and driving without a license. Police said the knife was longer than 8 inches, which exceeds the state limit. Zakaryan was being held Wednesday night at the Wapello […]
GUNCRAZY: 12-Year-Old Shot Dead, Repeatedly
A 12-year-old boy was shot to death last night in Camden while sitting in a car parked in the Branch Village Public Housing complex. The boy, who has not been identified, was shot multiple times shortly before midnight and died at the scene. It was unclear whether anyone else was in the car or whether the boy was the killer’s intended target. INQUIRER: How Many Bullets Does It Take To Snuff Out A 12-Year-Old? KILLADELPHIA: Holiday Mayhem Raises Murder Toll To 208
HEAR YE: ‘4th Of July On A Rainy Wednesday SUCKS!’
In Philadelphia, people who had gathered for several hours on the Parkway for a parade and concert were told to go home and not wait for fireworks at 10:45 p.m. because of the rain and possible lightning. About 40 minutes later, however, the fireworks began. INQUIRER: When Thursday Feels Like Monday [photo by DAVID SWANSON/INQUIRER PHOTOGRAPHER]
We The People…
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that […]
THESE ARE YOUR RIGHTS!
Dear FBI or Whom It May Concern, The above missive was submitted to us whole by our Living Editor Elizabeth Fiend, an admitted anarchist. For what it’s worth, we agree with almost all of what is said above, except for the fact that ‘dissent’ is misspelled and that always sends the wrong message. But barring that, we are willing to accept whatever consequences you are dishing out these days to people exercising their First Amendment rights. Thanks in advance, Jonathan Valania EDITOR-IN-CHIEF THE CLASH: Know Your Rights
TODAY I SAW…
BY JEFF DEENEY “Today I saw…” is a series of nonfiction shorts based on my experiences as a caseworker serving formerly homeless families now living in North and West Philadelphia. I decided not long after starting the job that I was seeing so many fascinating and disturbing things in the city’s poorest neighborhoods that I needed to start cataloging them. I hope this bi-weekly column serves as a record of a side of the city that many Philadelphians don’t come in contact with on a daily basis. I want to capture moments not frequently covered by the local media, which […]
Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 19 Fourth Of Julys
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HEAR YE: Can’t Tell Me Nothing Mixtape
BY JASON FLEURANT Kanye West‘s abiding belief in himself is often misconstrued as arrogance. So it’s only fitting that the never-could-hold-his-tongue MC would drop a mixtape/single called “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” After all it was that same motto that fueled the Chi-Town native to reach for his dreams and become such a success, while the world stood against him. Mixed by A&R Plain Pat, the mixtape features numerous G.O.O.D artist and affiliates. Getting fans excited for the forth coming LP is three cuts from Common’s “Finding Forever.” His official single “The Game” which has legendary DJ Premier doing cuts […]
DANDI WIND: Flooded Grass
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NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR Singer Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, who helped bridge ’50s doo-wop and ’60s rock ‘n’ roll, are celebrated in a new four-CD box set called Jersey Beat. The group released two dozen Top 40 hits, including “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Sherry” and “Walk Like a Man.” Jersey Boys, the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, is based on the lives of the Four Seasons. RADIO TIMES While Michael Moore’s new documentary SiCKO doesn’t tell the complete story of the our health care crisis, it does raise important issues about the failures of our system. Jonathan Cohn has been writing […]