This new crime map called Spotcrime uses video game style icons to show you where evil lurks. For instance, the fist icon shows you where a violent crime such as an assault has happened. When I clicked on the Philadelphia map on Friday afternoon it showed that a murder occurred within the last 24 [...]

Transcript of the program Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Location: WHYY studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Guests: Will Bunch vs. Brian Tierney
Topic: Should the Philadelphia Inquirer allow John Yoo to have a monthly op-ed column?
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Marty Moss-Coane: Last Fall, John Yoo’s commentaries called Closing Arguments, began appearing [...]

Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak says he’s personally made the decision to challenge Senator Arlen Specter for the Democratic nomination for Senate next year. Talking Points Memo broke the news yesterday and put this video clip up of Sestak speaking with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
If Sestak is in, this promises to be a mega-money U.S. Senate [...]

If you look really close, you can see a purple sliver where Philadelphia is. The purple is bad news. It means that this county’s unemployment rate could be as high as 9.9%. In March, Philadelphia’s jobless figure hit 9.6%. Ouch! This mosaic of unemployed Americans comes from the Bureau of Labor Stats website.
To find out [...]

(editor’s note: 5/27@230pm I’m am transcribing the this Radio Times interview and will post it as soon as possible. It may take a while because this is a one-hour program)
(editor’s note: 5/28/09 2:48pm Here’s a link to our transcript)
The publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer Brian Tierney appeared on WHYY’s Radio Times this morning to debate [...]

What did she say? That pretty much sums up local reaction to a comment Anna Verna made about why a really high sales tax in Philly could be a good thing.
“The surrounding counties would be the beneficiary of the sales tax (hike), because if you live in Philadelphia and have to buy a large item, [...]

WHYY’s Radio Times has just confirmed that Brian Tierney and Will Bunch will both be guests on Tuesday’s 11 a.m. show.
Will Bunch is the Philadelphia Daily News staff writer and blogger who raised hell when he found out that torture memo author John Yoo was now a monthly columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Seeking more information [...]

By Peter Crimmins
The people have spoken, and they have elected a mural to represent them.  After months of community discussions all over Philadelphia, two teams of artists submitted designs to the Mural Arts Program for an image that represents the whole city. The winning design was determined by more than 4500 voters.
One evening last March [...]

The Philadelphia City Council approved Mayor Michael Nutter’s $3.8 billion spending plan for fiscal 2010 which begins July 1. The budget’s keeps intact much of the Mayor’s original budget with one exception - a five year sales tax hike. The budget process is not over though. The Pennsylvania Legislature and the Governor both have to [...]

The closed subway station buried under Franklin Square could be reopened. PATCO, which operates passenger train service from Philadelphia to New Jersey, apparently believes increased development around Franklin Square has generated demand for the station’s reopening, according to a report by Paul Nussbaum in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ed Kasuba, a spokesman with the Delaware River [...]