Mumia off death row: Disappointed but still determined
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal said he was surprised and somewhat disappointed that he did not get a new sentencing hearing in the racially charged murder case..
Widow OKs no death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Maureen Faulkner waited nearly 30 years for her husband's murderer to be executed. But following a seemingly endless cycle of legal appeals, she said she realized it would never happen...
DA: Mumia Abu-Jamal death penalty dropped
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal...
Philly DA plans Mumia Abu-Jamal news conference
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has scheduled a news conference to discuss the future of the death penalty case against Mumia Abu-Jamal...
Cosby recalls baseball youth: 'I wasn't any good'
(AP) - Bill Cosby played football at Temple, ran track for the Owls and still attends their basketball games. But baseball? Not so much while growing up at the Richard Allen projects in Philadelphia...
Philly rapper Tommy Hill shot, killed
PHILADELPHIA - The Inquirer reports that John Wilson, better known as Tommy Hill, a member of the RAM Squad, died two days later...
Network aimed at black audience debuts in Philly
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The nation's first free broadcast network, Bounce TV, aimed at African-American audiences is now on the air in Philadelphia, the nation's fourth-largest media market...
200+ arrested at Occupy Los Angeles, 50 in Philly
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia moved in on Occupy Wall Street encampments under darkness in an effort to clear out some of the longest-lasting protest sites...
A statue for 'Rocky' but not for Joe Frazier?
OPINION - Since Smokin'Joe Frazier died of liver cancer on November 7th, there's been a push for him to be honored by his hometown with a statue...
Philly non-profit mistaken for controversial 'Second Mile' charity
PHILADELPHIA - Second Mile Center is a West Philadelphia thrift store that is mistakenly being related to Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile Charity...
