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Browse This Issue: October 22nd, 2009

This Week's Issue
No Good Deed
Antoinette Marie Johnson cleaned up a park. So why are people pissed at her?
by Andrew Thompson
Today, the weeds are gone. The garden is freshly planted, the gazebo and stage freshly painted. A new walkway connects the concrete to the gazebo, which dangles new flower baskets from its corners. Every Sunday, a group gathers for yoga. And some community leaders couldn't be more upset.

A Million Stories
The city of brotherly love, in 828 words or less
by Jeffrey C. Billman and Andrew Thompson

Icepack
Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.
by A.D. Amorosi
Bonus Web Content
You know the line "the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated" or however it goes? That's absolutely Henri David's mood.

The Bell Curve
City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter
When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

Man Overboard!:
The Nutter Special
We're not so different from the Iron City.
by Isaiah Thompson
We say "youse," they say "yinz." We've got cheesesteaks, they put french fries on sandwiches. Not so different. For example, you won't believe what they're griping about right now: libraries!

Sports:
Eyre of the Storm
"When you do it in the postseason, everyone knows who you are."
by E. James Beale
Eyre's haphazard path to postseason eminence may be the thing he has most in common with the rest of the postseason bullpen.

 
 
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