Inquirer: Stripped of their rights. Part 2 of a series on police abuses in Pennsylvania, this article discusses how local police strip search people for minor crimes despite court rulings that ban them. Yesterday they discussed how suburban police harass minorities. What strikes me most about these stories is they are exactly the type of stories that a metropolitan newspaper should be doing and demonstrates what will be lost if these papers go under. What I don’t understand is why this story is the top on Philly.com right now instead of the in-depth series.
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The Sixers have no national TV games scheduled this year, excluding NBA TV. They are 1 of 3 teams in this scenario, the other two are the Pacers and the Hawks. Not only have the analysts written the Sixers off, apparently TV schedulers have too.
Today I helped my uncle with his new business and killed the downtime reading local newspapers. The big buzz in the Daily News (and I imagine others) is that Philadelphia officials are meeting with the folks from the US Olympic Committee about a bid for the 2016 Games. I've heard speculation about this for a while, but its the first real steps I've seen. I think its great. Philadelphia has been getting a lot of good buzz in recent years, for example National Geographic named us the "Next Great City" last year. We've also been hosting a lot of events: 2000 Republican National Convention, two X-Games, and Live 8. Plus we got a ton of sport facilities when you combine all the professional stadiums and college venues. The best part of the DN's feature is a map of potential venues. Anyway, I'm excited to hear this is no longer just speculation and hope - somebody is actually seriously considering this.