Both Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity have lost their host station in Philadelphia–the very station where Beck broadcast his show from 1787 to 1789, before he got mega-famous. Everybody agrees that losing such an important market is a huge blow to them. SORRY GUYS. THERE’S ALWAYS PHOENIX. Read more »
Good news: If you’re caught with an ounce or less of weed in Philly you will have to pay a $200 fine, attend a class, and it won’t go on your criminal record. Bad news: If you’re caught with an ounce of weed in Philly you will still be taken into custody, fingerprinted, and kinda treated like a criminal. Baby steps my friends, baby steps. |Philadelphia Inquirer|
Philadelphia mostly sucks, but finally, some good news from the City of Brotherly Love: officials are in the process of drastically reducing the penalties for weed possession. The policy goes into effect in the next few weeks and anyone busted with a little over an ounce (30 grams), will pay a penalty, but won’t get a criminal record. Too many small time weed offenses are clogging up their courts and they hope this will flush the stoners out of the system. |Philly|
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So, that high school in Philadelphia remotely spying on a student by activating the webcam on his school-issued laptop, while he was at HOME, without his knowledge? A federal judged ordered the school to disable the feature ASAP. It also turns out that the improper behavior the school accused the teen boy of was drugs, a charge he says is way mistaken: “They thought I was selling drugs because they thought I was popping pills when really I was just eating Mike & Ikes.” |FoxPhilly|
Apparently every year around 20,000 Philadelphians with nothing better to do on the Friday morning before the Super Bowl gather in an arena to watch a bunch of dudes compete in a chicken wing-eating competition (Who knew?!). Anyway, they call this spectacle the “Wing Bowl” and this year the organizers of the event invited Snooki from Jersey Shore as a special guest, which didn’t go over well with the locals for some reason. Read more »
Philadelphia’s downtown area is getting a generous slathering of lube in anticipation of some extra rough partying tonight. Hoping to avoid the damage that came after the Phillies’ World Series victory last year, city workers have been greasing South Broad St. in case of a NLC win against the Dogders. Street lights, phone booths, bus shelters and trees have been covered in a “yellowish goo that bears a resemblance to petroleum jelly” to ward off celebratory climbers. |PhiladelphiaInquirer|
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An admission: I’m a cat guy. I love them. Some people are dog people, and I do love dogs, but I’m a cat guy at heart. So it goes without saying that reading this story pissed me the hell off. Read more »
In honor of the Philadelphia Eagles’ latest recruit, local graffiti artists painted this mural showing Michael Vick dominating his new rivals, the Dallas Cowboys. Not surprisingly, the new painting of the convicted dog killer strangling a puppy clad in Tony Romo’s Cowboys jersey has already been painted over. |The 700 Level|
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Artist Steve Powers is returning to his hometown with an ambitious new project, “Love Letter.” The series of murals covering 50 walls and rooftops will be form letter of love visible for 20 blocks on the Market-Frankford elevated train line. The message will not only come from the neighborhood but be painted by residents as well. With project collaborators at the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Powers is opening a sign making school to teach and employ young adults on the project’s construction beginning in August.
Before she could be sprung loose by the Free Kari Ferrell fund, which raised a whole $59 in donations towards her $25,000 bond, the Salt Lake City police are giving the Hipster Grifter a free ride out of Philadelphia prison. Gawker reports that the authorities planned to pick Kari Ferrell up this afternoon and fly her back to face charges for all her forged and back check scams. |Gawker|
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