PHILLY.COM: An 18-year-old man was shot in the back at 4:19 p.m., less than a half-hour after his graduation from Strawberry Mansion High School, authorities said. The shooting took place in the 1700 block of North Broad Street, where the high school’s commencement ceremony at Temple University’s Liacouras Center ended at 3:55 p.m. The man, whom police would not identify, is in critical condition at Temple University Hospital.
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR While his nicknames may be ever-changing, Sean Combs himself is immediately recognizable as one of the richest and most influential people in hip-hop. In the past few years, the rapper-turned-mogul has found two new projects to juggle in addition to producing records, designing clothing and managing restaurants: acting on Broadway and rocking the vote with his “Vote or Die” campaign. Combs starred in the stage revival of A Raisin in the Sun in 2004. A television adaptation was released on DVD in May.Combs talks to Terry Gross about his almost obsessive rehearsal process for that show, about losing […]
DAILY DOS: Last Night’s Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Last night’s complete Colbert Report, with musical guest R.E.M., after the jump…
Two Plus Two Not Adding Up To Four In Police Raid
DAILY NEWS: Moffat said he was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car while police entered the building, began a search and arrested the other three residents. Moffat said once the search began and L&I officials were called, he told Wilson that he owned the property and could show him a deed inside, but that Wilson wasn’t interested. He asked what they were accused of.”You’re not being charged, you’re being investigated,” he said Wilson told him. At another point Wilson said, “call it a kidnapping.” Then after about two hours, Moffat said, he was taken to jail. “We’re going to […]
KILLADELPHIA: 2 Dead, Seven Shot, One Stabbed
INQUIRER: Two people are dead and three others in critical condition in separate shootings across Philadelphia overnight, police said this morning.Since just after 7:30 p.m. last night there have been seven shooting incidents in the city and in Overbrook an woman was stabbed numerous times. James Lewis, 17, was shot in the back of the neck in the 3100 block of Rorer Street in Kensington at 10:21 p.m., said Officer Christine O’Brien. Lewis, of the 1900 block of East Monmouth Street in Kensington, was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead at 10:39 p.m. No arrests were reported. At […]
THIS JUST IN: Philly Wireless Lives To Die Another Day
INQUIRER: A group of local investors will rescue the city’s trailblazing wireless network from what seemed like imminent shutdown, with a new for-profit company that will replace Earthlink Inc. as the system’s operator, according to multiple sources close to the deal. Although the details of the deal were unclear yesterday, the new company is said to be considering an advertising-based business model that would provide free Internet access to all, or at least in those places where the spotty network is available. Earthlink charged $20 a month for the service. The sources said little, if any, taxpayer money would be […]
All Of This Happened While You Were Sleeping
PEACE CORPS: War On Drugs, Johnny Brendas, June 7th [Photos by TIFFANY YOON] BOSS, I’m sorry this is so late, but I have a good story: The day after the show I had work all day and then hopped a bus to New York and counted on getting a seat on the Boltbus, because the buses are equipped with Internet. Didn’t happen. Then I was hoping when I got to Brooklyn I would have the opportunity to use my sister’s Internet at her apartment, but I couldn’t get a hold of her until Monday afternoon. A friend from out of […]
BREAKING: Gore Set To Endorse Obama
Dear Jonathan, A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States. Over the next four years, we are going to face many difficult challenges — including bringing our troops home from Iraq, fixing our economy, and solving the climate crisis. Barack Obama is clearly the candidate best able to solve these problems and bring change to America. This moment and this election are too important […]
NPR 4 THE DEF: Giving Public Radio Edge Since 2006
FRESH AIR The critically acclaimed television series Weeds is back for its fourth season, and creator Jenji Kohan is relocating the satire from suburbia to the borderlands. Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker), suburban mother and drug dealer, trades her gated community for a beach town just miles from Mexico. The focus shifts from bourgeois hypocrisy to larger social issues such as immigration, free trade, and the larger effects of drug trafficking. Kohan is optimistic about the reinvention of the series and is eager to welcome actors like Albert Brooks to the cast. Before creating Weeds, Kohan also served as a […]
THIS JUST IN: Bloomsday Started Six Minutes Ago!
WHEN: TODAY, Monday, June 16th from Noon – 7 p.m. WHERE: Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia WHAT: The Rosenbach Museum & Library celebrates its 16th annual Bloomsday today. The Rosenbach, home of James Joyce‘s original manuscript for Ulysses, holds this Philadelphia tradition every year on June 16th, drawing hundreds of friends, neighbors, Joyce enthusiasts, book-lovers, and curious passersby to Delancey Place. Bloomsday is free and open to the public and features readings on the steps of the museum from some of the city’s most interesting business, creative, and media personalities, along with a special exhibition of Joyce […]
FATHER’S DAY: Barack Obama Saved Quincy, Illinois
What’d you do? John McCain made his priorities clear, making kissy-face with the Foreign Minister of Iraq and stressing the necessity of a 100-year lease on American military bases in Iraq while Obama filled sandbags to help save an American city.
TRAGIC: Cops Seize 52 Pounds Of Harmless Vegetation
By STEPHANIE FARR Philadelphia Daily News Six men who were busted with 52 pounds of marijuana in Upper Darby on Saturday are finding that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. [Obligatory bad drug pun in the lede, because, hey, pot busts ARE FUNNY, setting up law enforcement source for…] “They’re in a black hole,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. [ …the punchline. Good one, Mr. C.] Upper Darby narcotics detectives, state police and members of the Delaware County Drug Task Force were overcome by the stench of $90,000 worth of marijuana [NOT pictured, above] when […]