PREVIOUSLY: An American construction worker has been detained in the mountains of Pakistan after authorities there found him carrying a sword, pistol and night-vision goggles on a solo mission to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden. MORE UNNAMED FORMER U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER: The guy was looking in the right place, according to my most recent data point. Every once in a while there are reports that crop up — I saw one two weeks ago — that he was hiding in this little Iranian village. I doubt he is. But it’s not as crazy as people think that he […]
REAL ESTATE: Eulogy Owners Looking To Buy Khyber
[Illustrations by ALEX FINE] DAN GROSS: No deal has been reached, but we hear “Real World: Los Angeles” cast mate Glen Naessens and his brother Mike, who owns Eulogy (136 Chestnut), are trying to buy the Khyber (56 S. 2nd), which is mere feet away. Rumors of the Old City rock club being for sale have swirled for about a year, but nothing has come to fruition. Khyber co-owner Stephen Simons declined to comment yesterday. Simons owns the building and co-owns the bar with Dave Frank. The pair also operate the Royal Tavern, Cantina Los Caballitos and Cantina Dos Segundos. […]
BREAKING: Sabina Rose’s Killer Surrenders To Police
6ABC: Police say the 18-year-old man in custody for the murder of Sabina Rose O’Donnell simply wanted to steal her bike, and she was brutally killed in the confrontation that followed. Philadelphia Police Captain James Clark said during a news conference Wednesday morning that Donte Johnson [pictured, above], 18, of the 900 block of N. 11th Street in Philadelphia, has been taken into custody and is awaiting charges in the June 2nd murder of Sabina Rose O’Donnell. Source tell Action News that Johnson has confessed to the crime. Police have charged him with murder, rape and related offenses. MORE INQUIRER: […]
BIG BLACK: Invisible Hand Of The Free Market Man
TIME: It is also an issue that requires bravery — bravery of the sort Obama demonstrated when he pressed on with health care, even after Scott Brown’s victory. As he put it last night, “Time and again, the path forward [to energy innovation] has been blocked — not only by oil-industry lobbyists but also by a lack of political courage and candor.” Still, Obama himself didn’t show much of either. He never mentioned the phrases climate change or global warming. While he praised the House of Representatives for passing an “energy and climate bill” last year, he made no mention […]
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: With A.P. Ticker
A.P. reports on dope in Delaware and everywhere, the on-camera meltdown of a NC senator, the death of his buddy Jimmy Dean, World Cup fever, and Pete Rose’s corked bat.
Perez Hilton Running Scared Over Miley Beaver Shot
SALON: Perez Hilton has built a thriving career out of offensive behavior: He’s called countless female celebrities bitches, hos, whores and sluts, and covered their faces in jizz using Microsoft Paint. But these things merely violate good taste — not federal child porn law that carries a mandatory sentence of 15 years. The same cannot be said for his latest shocker: tweeting a link to an alleged upskirt photo of a pantyless 17-year-old Miley Cyrus. The facts as we know them: On Sunday, Hilton’s Twitter account sent out the following message: “If you are easily offended, do NOT click here […]
BREAKING: New Jersey To Delay Medical Mary Jane
BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY New Jersey has hit a speed bump on the road to medical marijuana. The Christie administration has been asking for more time to implement the law and PW has learned that the bill’s chief sponsor, State Senator Nicholas Scutari, is going to give it to them. As you may recall, back in January New Jersey became the 14th state in the union to pass medical marijuana legislation. A last minute amendment to the legislation — part of a trade-off that made the law more restrictive in terms of who qualifies to receive medical marijuana […]
SUBSTANTIATED RUMOR: Philly Mag To Publish Juicy Story About Rendell’s Extramarital Affairs
[Photo by TED ADAMS] We have been hearing talk that the July issue of Philadelphia Magazine, which hits newsstands next Friday, will feature a story about the extramarital affairs of Governor Ed Rendell. We called up Philly Mag Editor Larry Platt and asked him to confirm or deny and he said the following: “We do have a story on the governor in the July issue, but beyond that I don’t discuss the content of stories before they are published.” Hmmm. We will let you, dear reader, decide how much to read between the lines, but as a wise man once […]
THE PEACE CORPS DIARIES: Letter From Paraguay
BY ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITH One of the cool things about living in Paraguay is that there aren’t any neat packages of chicken thighs in aisle six. There is just clucking, feathered creatures running around, and if you want to eat one, you have to catch, kill, pluck, clean and him first. In my community, people mostly eat beef. However, about once a week, families here will slaughter one of their chickens and prepare a dish called tallarin (noodles) or mbori mbori (balls of corn meal) in broth, or some other kind of soup. And in Potrero Pucu, we use the […]
Sausage King & Country Singer Jimmy Dean Dead At 81
NEW YORK TIMES: Mr. Dean followed two separate paths to celebrity. For the generations that came to television consciousness after 1970, Mr. Dean, who grew up on a farm in West Texas, was the face and the voice of an eponymous brand of breakfast sausage, a product of the Jimmy Dean Meat Company, which he started in 1969. In dozens of commercials that were broadcast for more than 30 years — Sara Lee bought the company in 1984 but kept Mr. Dean as a spokesman until 2003 — he represented the product as a wholesome family food, nutritious and delicious, […]