June 17: The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has filed charges against 10 people for their role in the violence and vandalism following last week’s Lakers victory over the Boston Celtics in the NBA championship series. Spokesman Frank Mateljan said…
Today’s Metro story
It’s a look at Port of Philadelphia expansion. Check the link. Here’s an expanded version since space is limitless online, but not in print … Yesteryear, Bill Keller was a longshoreman. Today, he’s a state representative. Drawing on both experiences,…
Hit-and-Run America, Vol. LXXXIX
An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call…
USA 1, Algeria 0
After his U.S. record 44th international goal, [Landon] Donovan joyously ran to the corner flag and his teammates ran down the touchline to mob him. Donovan was in tears when the game ended and the United States had moved into…
Photo of the Day
Charles … Miss Momberger, if you’re nasty
I couldn’t even venture a guess as to how many crime stories I’ve written over the years. Well into the thousands, I’d venture to guess. (See what I did there?) Anyway, this whole Charles Nagle (or Nagel, as the feds…
Hit-and-Run America, Vol. LXXXVIII
An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call…
Mixing work with play
Hey readers, a favor to ask: If you know about any parties in Philadelphia for tomorrow’s World Cup match between the U.S. (yay) and Algeria (boo), can you drop me an email to let me know? Want to do something…
Today’s Metro story …
… can be found here. It’s about a guy from Far Northeast Philadelphia who (allegedly) had the gumption to stalk Det. Eames from Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Heading over to court now to see how it turns out. Hopefully,…