“The 20 children and six adults gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School included a boisterous 6-year-old who liked to think up pranks and a school psychologist who rushed in when help was needed. Here are brief portraits, in the memories of friends and family, of some of those killed.” [WSJ]
If you missed Deadspin’s piece about the horrible people among us turning to racism and other subhuman traits when they saw that Obama’s speech at a Sandy Hook vigil pre-empted the start of Sunday Night Football, do check it out. In honor of their findings, I’ll highlight the Tweets of one Dustin Morales, whose Twitter…
Charlotte Bacon. Daniel Barden. Olivia Engel. Josephine Gay. Ana Marquez-Greene. Dylan Hockley. Madeline Hsu. Catherine Hubbard. Chase Kowalski. Jessie Lewis. James Mattioli. Grace McDonnell. Emilie Parker. Jack Pinto. Noah Pozner. Caroline Previdi. Jessica Rekos. Avielle Richman. Benjamin Wheeler. Allison Wyatt. If 20 first graders being massacred doesn’t have an impact on this nation including, but…
This city never ceases to horrify me. Well, it doesn’t horrify me all the time. I love it here. But I don’t love it when beefs about an NBA game prompt Sixers fans to fire at Bulls fans. You can see it all right here, in video provided by Philadelphia Police: On December 12, 2012,…
Meet Jerome Brooks of Elmira, NY. He’s the guy suspected of killing a 52-year-old woman in a hit-and-run at 48th and Chester on Monday night. Here’s what the police department said Thursday about his arrest: There has been a Arrest in a Fatal Hit and Run which occurred at 49th & Chester Ave on 12-03-12…
Yesterday, my latest To Catch A Car post appeared on Jalopnik. It was about information from a police officer from Wheeling, WV who reached out to the site for its help identifying a vehicle in which a man escaped from his third armed robbery in recent weeks. You can see the post via this link.…
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When we last checked in with Latrice Bryant, she was regaling Philadelphia with the tale of her Germantown bathroom brawl, coining fan-favorite phrase “booka booka booka” and presumably asking “Mr. MVP” to call me from a blocked number strongly suggesting I don’t pursue the matter any further. Which was cool. That’s his ladyfriend and all…
Remember when I was all pissed off that the clock atop the tower down the end of my street wasn’t working anymore and this rendered me unable to time my BBQing ventures without looking inside at the clock on the stove? Yeah, I totally won that shiznit to the tune of a $4,500 bill. To…
First, it was Arthur Kade. Now, it was Michael Vick who somehow found himself tangentially intertwined in the L’Affaire Petraeus. As in, he was a throw-in resume builder in a New York Times feature about crisis manager Judy Smith. The section: Well, that parenthetical at the end wasn’t always worded as such. It initially stated…
“Detroit Red Wings prospect Riley Sheahan was arrested and charged with DUI on Oct. 29 for being “super drunk” — with a blood alcohol content of .30, nearly four times the legal limit. But the reason you’re no doubt familiar with his name is that he had teammate Brendan Smith’s ID … and because he…
