Gallup: Consumer confidence rising, but still in negative territory
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WHYY Urban Life Correspondent Elizabeth Fiedler straps on a bulletproof vest for her ride-along with police in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Officers and store owners review security footage at the Gonzalez Mini Mart to positively identify the suspect. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Officers Gerson 'Gus' Padilla and James O'Neill question a subject on Franklin Street in South Philadelphia. They confiscate a scarf and toy gun. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Officer James O'Neill eventually finds a toy gun that a 14-year-old suspect stashed in a lot on the 2300 block of Franklin Street in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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After apprehending a robbery suspect on the 2300 block of Franklin Street, officer James O'Neill combs through a vacant, looking lot for something a neighbor saw the boy stash a few moments before. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Officer Gerson 'Gus' Padilla searches a 14-year-old suspect on a the 2300 block of Franklin Street in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Officer Gerson 'Gus' Padilla heads into a South Philly corner store that experienced a theft a few moments before. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Officers at Philadelphia police department's 17th District Headquarters at 20th and Federal streets begin their shift around 5 p.m. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
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