AS BAD AS your job may be, are you subjected to a barrage of ethnic or religious insults from a supervisor who also threatens to kill you? And backs his threats with tales of how, as an Iranian army officer, he knows explosives and was in a death unit? Full Story »
Looks like we haven't heard the last of Thomas Strain, the white Philadelphia cop who generated national headlines when he was taken off the streets for two days in September because he showed up to work with cornrows. Full Story »
In an era when unions don't strike much anymore, the Transport Workers Union is still willing to hit the bricks. And if you want to lead Local 234, you'd better be tough. Willie Brown is. Full Story »
Tom Knox, the local businessman who is tapping his multi-million dollar fortune to run for governor, said yesterday that if elected, he would urge statewide limits on political contributions. Full Story »
About an hour before the Phillies clinched their second straight trip to the World Series on Oct. 21, a handful of fans were knocking back beers in a parking lot across the street from Citizens Bank Park. Full Story »
As chief investigator of the Police Advisory Commission, Wellington Stubbs II sleuths to uncover police misconduct.But last week, Stubbs found himself at the center of his own misconduct scandal, when City Controller Alan Butkovitz accused him of violating city residency requirements by living in New Jersey and failing to fully disclose outside income as the city requires. Full Story »
Brian Tierney, chief executive officer of Philadelphia Media Holdings, flanked by several boxes overflowing with food, announced yesterday that more than 420,000 pounds of food had been collected for Philabundance and the Food Bank of South Jersey. Full Story »
Sometimes Comcast provides things other than high-speed Internet service. Comcast employees donated more than 1,600 books to Fairhill Elementary School, 6th and Somerset streets, in Kensington, and the corporation provided four computers and a laser printer as part of their involvement with Big Brothers Big Sisters' program called Beyond School Walls program. Full Story »
John "Jordan" Lewis, accused of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, yesterday unexpectedly asked to withdraw a pretrial motion filed by his attorney to suppress a confession he made in the Oct. 31, 2007, shooting. Full Story »
As elections go, the races for seven spots on the Court of Common Pleas and four spots on Municipal Court certainly lacked a sense of suspense yesterday. Full Story »
Thirteen defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced last week for their roles in a cockfighting match in Feltonville earlier this year, the District Attorney's Office has announced. Full Story »
PENNSYLVANIA voters yesterday gamely reasserted their right to elect statewide judges, an act akin to playing a political lottery.Fifteen candidates for seven spots on three state courts were on the ballot in a municipal election year with no marquee races to generate voter turnout anywhere in the state. Full Story »
Philadelphia's 2010 census preparations moved a step closer to ready yesterday after Mayor Nutter tapped Patricia Enright, his deputy chief of staff and communications director, to serve as executive director of Philly Counts. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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