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Weekly News Wrap-Up: New Philly Bike Lanes Coming, Beer at WalMart, Palin Should Resign From Fox News

The Local: Oh happy day – if you’re a biker (or someone who hates bikers getting in the way of their SUV.)

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Weekly Wrap-Up: Snowmageddon in Philly, PA House Healthcare bills, Debra Medina, and Glenn Beck

In spite of the Philadelphia government’s usual awfulness as it pertains to any sort of street clearing capabilities after snowstorms, this past week’s "Snowmageddon", as it’s been called by the mass media (see also: “Snowpocalypse”) has been no match for the city g

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Philadelphia Police Department Needs Facelift After Frank Tepper and Tyrone Wiggins incidents

The Philadelphia Police Department has itself in a public relations quandry. One of the stories got swept under the rug and the media should be ashamed for not putting on the full court press. The other story is getting a lot of publicity and rightfully so. Let's turn to the first story, which is receiving very little media attention, which involves one Tyrone Wiggins.

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Rise in Bicycle Accidents in Philadelphia is leading to more Bike Laws

On October 15, police found Andre Steed, a 40-year-old paralegal, down and bloody at 16th and Locust. Witnesses would tell police he’d been struck by a biker. Within 10 days, Steed was dead. The biker who fled scene still hasn’t been identified.

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FirstGlance Film Festival in Philadelphia

The 12th annual FirstGlance Independent Film Festival  kicked off on Thursday, October 22nd and ran through Sunday, October 25th in The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The event took place at Franklin Theater and debuted more than 34 projects, and an online short film competition.

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Septa Strike: The TWU workers should take a paycut for their horrible service

Hey! It’s time for the semi-annual strike by the Transit Workers Union! I’ve been dying to be completely inconvenienced so a group of unskilled, rude, horrible, imbecilic, ignorant and, most importantly, overpaid token collectors can fight for their right to… well, let’s look at what this strike is actually about.

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Septa on Strike and why the union is wrong on this one

Well it's official. Septa went on strike at 3:00 AM on Tuesday November 3rd.  Both the city and the union should be ashamed that things have come to this because it leaves 1 million plus riders in a bind, who now more than ever desperately need Septa to get to and from work. The union claims the city gave them the cold shoulder once the Phillies games were played.

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Message to Mayor Nutter- "Sticky" the Duct-Taped Cat illustrates Philadelphia's serious problems

If you have paid attention to the headlines the past few week, I'm sure you're well aware of  Sticky, the duct-taped cat who was discovered in a  North Philadelphia neighborhood.    There is an abominable issue here that should be front and center in Philadelphia.  I'm talking about the rampant violence and hideous behavior that's evident among the citizens of this urban city, particularly the youth.

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