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Jack Wagner's Big Idea
Become governor, overhaul Harrisburg.
by Andrew Thompson
Jack Wagner is broke. No, not broke. "Broke" implies that there was something once not broken, that at one point the treasure chest spilled finance onto the ground and that now, after millions spent on television ad blitzes and full-page Inquirer ads, the chest is empty. Jack Wagner just doesn't have any money. Never did, really.

A Million Stories
All the news we care to print.
by Jeffrey C. Billman and Holly Otterbein
We'll drink/text to that.

Man Overboard!:
Ting Wong, Anyone?
It's a good week for some Chinese food — a bad week, that is, for Philadelphia.
by Isaiah Thompson
Two men opened fire at each other in North Philadelphia, critically injuring a 6-month-old baby. Two hours later, a 28-year-old man was shot in the chest in North Philly, and pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m. — approximately 45 minutes before another shooting in Southwest Philly that killed a 29-year-old man and a injured a young woman.

"I'm Not Going to Deal With That"
Verna and Nutter respond (sort of) to our DROP investigation.
by Ralph Cipriano
Getting rid of DROP won't be easy. "The mayor's office is pretty powerful, but I don't get a magic wand to just do away with things," Nutter said. "DROP is a bill, it's a law. It would have to be removed through the legislative process if we decide to go in that direction. So I can't eliminate it by myself even if I wanted to."

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

 
 
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