DAILY NEWS: Among the harassment alleged is that white employees hung nooses on pipe racks around the refinery and on the rear view mirror of the truck one of the plaintiffs used. Along with the nooses, the suit claims racial slurs were written daily on bathroom and port-a-potty walls including “whites only, no n – – – – – – allowed” and “all n – – – – – – should go back into slavery.” The plaintiffs, who performed various jobs around the refinery including janitorial work and general labor, were forced to clean and paint over the slurs, according […]
BREAKING: Julian Assange Freed From Prison
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reacts through the tinted window of a prison van as he arrives at the High Court in London for his bail appeal hearing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A judge freed the WikiLeaks founder on $300,000 bail.(AP Photo/Sang Tan) WIRED: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reacts through the tinted window of a prison van as he arrives at the High Court in London for his bail appeal hearing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A judge freed the WikiLeaks founder on $300,000 bail.(AP Photo/Sang Tan) After nine days in jail, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was freed on bail Thursday after […]
PAPERBOY: Slow-Jamming The Alt-Weeklies
BY DAVE ALLEN Like time, news waits for no man. Keeping up with the funny papers has always been an all-day job, even in the pre-Internets era. These days, however, it’s a two-man job. That’s right, these days you need someone to do your reading for you, or risk falling hopelessly behind and, as a result, increasing your chances of dying lonely and somewhat bitter. That’s why every week PAPERBOY does your alt-weekly reading for you. We pore over those time-consuming cover stories and give you the takeaway, suss out the cover art, warn you off the ink-wasters and steer […]
MERRY KICKSMAS: Feat. AP Ticker
Yes, that’s Scrapple TV News anchor AP Ticker as Santa huffing that sneaker in this Foot Locker ad.
BREAKING: State Revokes Foxwoods Casino License
PHILADLEPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL: The controversy over the planned Foxwoods Philadelphia Casino is apparently over. According to multiple reports, state regulators voted 6-1 Thursday to deny an extension sought by the development group, effectively ending a four-year effort to build a slots parlor in South Philadelphia. MORE NEWSWORKS: In the meantime, the city of Philadelphia will have to deal with an $11 million a year budget gap because the casino. Mayor Michael Nutter said the money was expected beginning in 2014. “In terms of our five-year plan, in fiscal years ’13, ’14 and ’15, there is an impact, obviously we’re currently […]
THE STING: Arms Dealer Busted For Trying To Sell F-5 Fighter Jet To Iran Over Lunch In Philly
INQUIRER: The investigation is the second recent major undercover arms investigation carried out by members of a small counter-proliferation unit based in Philadelphia, part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s division of Homeland Security Investigations.[…]Much of the case is laid out in a 39-page affidavit unsealed late Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Wilmington. In the affidavit, an ICE agent alleges the following: Knapp’s first contact with the undercover ICE agent was a telephone call a year ago on Christmas Eve. During the call, Knapp offered to sell an F-14 ejection seat for $29,000. Sure, the agent said. Let’s meet […]
KENSINGTON STRANGLER: 4th Woman Found Dead
DAILY NEWS: A young woman was found dead, partially clothed and with a plastic bag covering her head, in a desolate lot in Kensington yesterday. One thought hung in the frigid air over the crime scene, over the group of police officers and worried residents who stood nearby and shivered in the cold for hours: Had the Kensington Strangler struck again? Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey acknowledged that investigators were wondering the same thing. MORE INQUIRER: Philadelphia police found the body of another woman in Kensington Wednesday evening and the task force investigating the strangling of women in that area […]
WILD GIFT: 365 Days Of The Weird
The Mütter Museum 2011 Calendar presents the work of a distinguished group of photographers who have turned their attention to the unexpected art inherent in the study of medical science. MORE
VICK: How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
THE GRIO: Vick has often expressed his love of all animals — not just dogs, and hopes that the court-ordered rule that prevents him owning a dog will one day change. “I would love to get another dog in the future. I think it would be a big step for me in the rehabilitation process. I think just to have a pet in my household and to show people that I genuinely care, and my love and my passion for animals; I think it would be outstanding. If I ever have the opportunity again I will never take it for […]
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: With Your Host AP Ticker
AP confuses actor Hal Holbrooke with diplomat Richard Holbrooke, but recovers like a pro; warns kids against the perils of ‘drifting’ and cusses out Japan for inventing it, then kinds loses it a little bit when he goes off on how flouride in the water is a communist conspiracy.
MICHAEL MOORE: ‘Why I Put Up Bail For Assange’
MICHAEL MOORE: I ask you to imagine how much different our world would be if WikiLeaks had existed 10 years ago. Take a look at this photo. That’s Mr. Bush about to be handed a “secret” document on August 6th, 2001. Its heading read: “Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US.” And on those pages it said the FBI had discovered “patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings.” Mr. Bush decided to ignore it and went fishing for the next four weeks. But if that document had been leaked, how would you or I have […]
CENSUS: City’s Rich Got Richer, Poor Got Poorer
INQUIRER: In Philadelphia, neighborhoods contiguous to Center City, encompassing 20 percent of the city’s population, showed dramatic income growth since 2000, but for eight of 10 city dwellers farther from the hub, incomes fell or were at best flat. Southwest Center City, including the south-of-South-Street area nicknamed “So-So,” posted the largest income growth – up 61 percent for the five-year snapshot. Income was soundly up as well in Northern Liberties, Bella Vista, and Queen Village/Pennsport, while University City and Fairmount/Spring Garden also benefited. But household income in Tioga/Nicetown in North Philadelphia showed the greatest decline – down 35 percent. Fairhill, […]
WIKILEAKS: Judge Agrees To Free Assange On Bail
NEW YORK TIMES: After a week in detention facing possible extradition, Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks antisecrecy group, was ordered released on $310,000 bail by a court on Tuesday as he challenges a Swedish prosecutor’s demand that he return to Stockholm for questioning about alleged sex offenses. However, Mr. Assange remained in custody pending a hearing on an appeal by the prosecutor, which would take place within the next 48 hours. In granting bail, Judge Howard Riddle ordered that Mr. Assange appear again in court on Jan. 11. He also said that between then and now he must […]