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PA Woman Who Disappeared Mysteriously in 2002 Has Turned Up in Florida
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 5/02/2013
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In 2002, a Lancaster County woman named Brenda Heist dropped her two kids off at school and then went to a park, where she sat down on a bench and cried. Distraught over financial troubles resulting from a pending divorce, she accepted an offer from three complete strangers to hitchhike to South Florida. And that's where she stayed for the past eleven years, living under bridges, in shelters, and with a man in his Key West camper. Yesterday she resurfaced, three years after being declared legally dead.
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Lititz Borough Detective John Schofield said
What’s it Like to Be Rahm Emanuel’s Brother?
By Sabrina Rubin Erdely 4/08/2013
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When noted bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel was young, he thought it was normal that games of Monopoly with his brothers ended in bloodshed. Come to think of it, muses Emanuel, “In our house, there was blood every night.” In one of his three offices at Penn, Emanuel—gray-haired and stethoscope-thin—slurps tea and tries to sit still. He’s been reflecting a good deal on his childhood lately, because of a question he and his brothers are often asked.
Phillies Games 4th-Most Expensive in Baseball
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 4/05/2013
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You pay for what you get, right? Not necessarily. According to the New York Post, the Phillies, the Cubbies, and the Red Sox, none of whom finished the 2012 season with a winning record account for three of the four most expensive ballpark experiences. For four tickets, four hot dogs, two beers, two sodas, four hot dogs, parking, two hats, and two programs (who buys programs?), a nuclear family day at Citizens Bank Park will cost you $257.16. It's far too much, but not quite the $337 the Yankees and Red Sox are wringing out of their fans. [New York
Desperate Sixers Sign Jrue Holiday’s Brother; Brotherly Promos Sure to Follow
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 4/01/2013
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Andrew Bynum isn't coming back this year. Nor are the Sixers making the playoffs. There's nothing left to play for except the draft lottery, and that means not playing well at all. So to sell tickets, it appears the Sixers are making a last-ditch effort to appeal to their fans' predilection for nostagia and feel-good family affairs.
1. Damien Wilkins, nephew of the great 'Nique, became a starter.
2. A.I. came back to town for his own Bobblehead night.
3. Now, Jrue Holiday's older brother Justin, star of the Idaho Stampede, has been called up from the D-League.
So cute!
[CBS 3]
Video Footage May Have Captured Missing Brown Student, Bryn Mawr Native
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 3/29/2013
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Since the mysterious disappearance of Bryn Mawr native and Brown University student Sunil Tripathi two week ago, search efforts from Boston to Philadelphia has been underway. Now, video surveillance may have located him in Providence, at 1:30 a.m., which may help police figure out exactly where and how he disappeared.
The image shows a tall, skinny man wearing a black cap, dark jack and jeans walking south on Brook Street -- not far from from Tripathi's home. The video was recorded at 1:33 a.m. on March 16, about 20 minutes after his last recorded computer activity.
Tripathi, who attended Radnor high school,
Joan Orie Melvin Resigns from Supreme Court
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 3/25/2013
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Another chapter begins in what is already a family affair worthy of a reality TV series. Or at least a made-for-TV special. Today, Joan Orie Melvin resigned from her seat on the State Supreme Court. She was found guilty last month of illegally using her staff (as well as the staff of a previously convicted sister, ex-state senator Jane) to run her political campaigns in '03 and '09. Her sister Janine was also found guilty of the same crime. Temporarily suspended from the bench, the departure of the Republican Orie had evened up the makeup of the bench, three Dems
Return of the Poop Deck: Another Cruise Ship Mess in the Caribbean
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 3/14/2013
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Why do people insist on taking cruises? In 2011, the ship sank in Italy. In February, the ship stank in the Gulf of Mexico. And this month, it's more of the same. Exactly a month after the Carnival Cruise from Hell left people using plastic baggies as toilets, the ocean liner is back with Carnival Cruise from Hell II, docked in the eastern Caribbean.
Some choice quotes from scarred passengers.
"There's human waste all over the floor in some of the bathrooms and they're overflowing."
"We are not allowed off of the boat despite the fact that we have no way to use
UPDATE: Penn Alexander Switches to Lottery System
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 1/18/2013
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UPDATE: The Philadelphia School District, to the dismay of the roughly 70 parents who were waiting in line (see below) to secure their kids' places in the school, converted Penn Alexander registration to a lottery system at 6pm last night. Parents must now submit an application by April 1st, and the lottery will be conducted that month.
Parents remained unsatisfied and discussed possible options for action moving forward. “People are talking about going to get a temporary injunction,” Allan Balridge, a father of twins pre-kindergarten twins, said. He added that the change was “unacceptable.” Parent Steve Shade, who left work early
Father of Abducted Five-Year-Old Has Seven Wives
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 1/18/2013
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The police aren't ruling out any suspects in the case of the abducted five-year-old. (Except Dad, who's in the clear.) Which means tracking down and interrogating each and every one of the "seven women [the girl's father] identified as his current or former wives." Get this guy one more, and we can call him the Octospouse. Yee! [Inquirer]
City to Raise Hotel Tax on Visitors
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 12/19/2012
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If you want an excuse to discourage your meddling, needy parents from visiting you in Philly, you can tell them that in these belt-tightening days, the city has been forced to raise its hotel tax on visitors. Maybe just omit the fact that it's been raised by only 50 cents. The increase is supposed to raise two million dollars per year, which will then be funneled back into the tourism marketing budget, which has taken a big hit since the recession. Indeed, the most prominent tourist attraction we've offered in the past year is a giant Kraft Macaroni noodle that
