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Two people were caught on surveillance video rummaging through the pockets of a Philadelphia man who was dying on a sidewalk after being shot, police said. The 38-year-old victim took three bullets to his chest after getting into a fight with a man in the city’s Hunting Park neighborhood Wednesday evening.

Seven people were shot in broad daylight near SEPTA’s Olney Transportation Station on Wednesday afternoon. Philadelphia Police say the shooting happened shortly before 3 p.m. at Broad Street and Olney Avenue. Six of the victims were taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center while the other was transported to Temple University Hospital by police. Their conditions are not known. A suspect was apprehended following a foot chase by police.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- At least six people are injured after a driver intentionally tried to run them over in North Philadelphia on Tuesday, Philadelphia police say. It happened around 3:50 p.m. at 16th and Lehigh Avenue. Police say they received a 911 call about a 44-year-old man intentionally trying to hit people with his car following an altercation. According to police, six people ranging in ages from 17 to 42 years old were hurt in the accident. A 37-year-old man was transported to an area hospital in critical condition. The conditions of the five other victims are unknown at this...

by Ed Barkowitz, STAFF WRITER The residents who live in the shadow of the Wells Fargo Center are hot, and it has nothing to do with the heat wave. Call it Convention Fatigue. The traffic, the noise, the vandalism and the protesters are taking a toll. "I understand if you want to protest [and exercise] First Amendment rights, but don't be disgusting about it," said Sandra Costanzo. "They were in Marconi Park [Broad and Oregon] running around naked. There's children around here. They see that and wonder what kind of America is this." The problems persist long after the TV...

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — After being refused a light for his cigarette, a suspect snapped and attacked the man who refused him and the entire incident was caught on tape. The frightening incident happened at about 11:30 p.m. on August 12th inside the Lucky Garden Chinese restaurant in the 4600 block of Frankford Avenue.

Hundreds of chanting, jeering municipal union members, armed with piercing black whistles, drowned out Mayor Nutter Thursday as he attempted to give his annual budget address on the floor of City Council. Rather than forcibly evict the protesters—who are upset over a four-year stalemate in their contract negotiations with the city—Council President Darrell L. Clarke recessed the meeting as Nutter read his speech. Nutter later delivered his speech downstairs to a more friendly audience—about 30 applauding members of his own staff and 20 reporters. It was the most chaotic Council meeting in more than 30 years, comparable only to the...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A Vietnam veteran who lost his eye while serving his country was violently beaten during a random attack by a group of teens on a Philadelphia street earlier this week. The attack happened shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 5000 block of N. 5th Street in the city’s Olney section. “These animals are specializing on our elderly people out here and a gentleman who served our country,” Lt. George McClay said. According to investigators, 64-year-old Edward Schaefer was walking to meet his wife at the bus stop when he was approached from behind by six males.

Rewards totaling $15,000 were posted today for information leading to the arrests and convictions of the men who beat Kevin Kless to death in the Historic District over the weekend. After the city announced it was offering $10,000, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, which represents Philadelphia police officers, said today it would put up another $5,000. Police, at the same time, offered a slightly different account of events leading up to the killing early Saturday. In a statement, police said that after leaving an Old City bar with his girlfriend and another woman, Kless tried to flag down...

Cardinals win and Howard is injured.

Thanksgiving turned bloody for some city residents, with one man slain in Mill Creek, two children playing with a gun seriously injured in Fairhill and four people hospitalized after a family fracas in East Germantown. As reported in yesterday's paper, Coy Sharpe, 50, of Parrish Street near 48th, was found shot in the stomach shortly before 4 a.m. on Parrish Street near Ramsey, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police knew of no and had no suspects. At 9:20 p.m., an 11-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy were seriously injured when a gun discharged as they played...

Police Say Man Hit Brother With Lawn Gnome During Fight PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Police say a 26-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested after hitting his brother with a garden gnome and a ladder during a fight. Police reports show Johnathon Gesell and his brother, James, began arguing Tuesday before Johnathon hit James in the back with the garden gnome. Johnathon Gesell then allegedly punched his brother's girlfriend in the face and smashed part of the rear tail light and quarter panel on his brother's truck with a baseball bat. He also allegedly hit his brother in the...

1997: Last Time 400 Mark Reached (AP) PHILADELPHIA -- Four murders on the day before Christmas pushed the city's 2006 homicide total to 400 for the first time in nearly a decade. The last time the city reached the 400 mark was 1997, when the year ended with 418 murders. That marked the last of eight years in the 1990s in which there were at least 400 killings, including a record 500 in 1990, according to police statistics. The spate of overnight violence started when pizza delivery man Michael Orlando, 43, was shot while trying to make a delivery...

John Grogan | Time to unload on gun stupidity By John Grogan Inquirer Columnist The funeral, all these years later, sticks with me. There had been an accident involving two boys and a loaded handgun, and I had arrived early for the service. Outside, the undertaker paced, waiting for the family to arrive, and a priest smoked a cigarette, ready to pray. Inside, I stood alone beside a small casket holding an 8-year-old boy, shot through the forehead by his best friend. The details of the death should have been shocking, but they were numbingly familiar: yet another gun brought...

Dutch will allow paedophile group A Dutch court has turned down a request to ban a political party with a paedophile agenda. BBC News Monday, 17 July 2006 Judge HFM Hofhuis ruled that the Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity Party (PNVD) had the same right to exist as any other political party. The PNVD was formed by three paedophiles in May, prompting outrage in Dutch society. It seeks to lower the age of sexual consent from 16 to 12 and legalise child pornography and sex with animals. "Freedom of expression...including the freedom to set up a political party can...

Okay, it's Monday...time to get the week started with some good captions. A good place to begin is the 40th Anniversity of the Equality Forum that took place in Philly yesterday. For those who don't know, Equality Forum celebrates the gay and lesbian lifestyle...

GOVERNOR RENDELL TO UNVEIL MARKER HONORING THOSE WHO COMMIT ACTS OF SODOMY AT NATIONAL CELEBRATION April 28, 2005 Our Nation is in a downward spiral. Good is called evil and evil is called good. My eldest son Caleb and I have traveled to Philadelphia to speak up for righteousness during a celebration of sin hosted by Equality Forum. Please pray for the outreaches that will be taking place during this week and ask that the Father will draw the lost to Himself. Below are several excerpts from a recent press release from Equality Forum. This sinful nation is begging the...

Sex Sting at Department Store April 22, 2005 — Philadelphia police carried out an undercover sex sting inside the Strawbridge's department store in Center City late Thursday. The 16 male suspects are between 21 and 80-years-old. They are charged with indecent exposure, open lewdness, and disorderly conduct. "That's just very rude to Strawbridge's and everything. That's just horrible." Police arrested the men after an undercover sting in the bathroom on the second floor. "Specifically the problem was prostitution and sex related acts in that bathroom, among male customers." The department store asked police to investigate when the problem became unbearable....

Man in Minnesota Bites Off Brother's Finger After Vicious Family Dispute The Associated Press WILLMAR, Minn. Jan 31, 2005 — Police say a man lost his cool and bit off a third of his younger brother's finger on Thursday night after a vicious family dispute. A criminal complaint filed in the case said Jose Juarez, 45, got into a fight with his younger brother, Roy Juarez. Witnesses said Jose Juarez insulted his brother's daughter, and the fight began. At some point, Jose allegedly bit off a third of his brother's middle finger on his right hand. According to the complaint,...

City of Brotherly Love kicks off gay ad campaign PHILADELPHIA, June 2 (Reuters) - Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, has launched the first U.S. television advertising campaign to promote a city as a gay destination, officials said on Wednesday. In the television commercial, a young man in colonial attire writes a letter inviting his beloved to meet him at Independence Hall, one of the city's main tourist attractions. The man is approached by a woman who glances at him but passes by before another man greets the letter writer and accepts flowers. The spot emphasizes the city's historic attractions...