Tag: PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia police have spent the last month looking for a man accused of being involved in at least three murders and several sexual assaults. Last night, it appeared that the hunt had finally come to an end, when a group of community members gathered outside the home of 24-year-old Triz Jefferies, who was identified as the so-called 'Kensington Strangler' by a group of vigilantes organized ...

We've heard of 'BlackBerry thumb' -- the inflammation and pain reported by heavy, heavy users of the smartphone -- and we've heard about its alleged treatments ($80 massage). But one Philadelphia mortgage banker, after spending 12 hours a day texting clients, has just undergone surgery for extreme 'BlackBerry thumb' (although 'BlackBerry thumb' may be a misnomer in this case, since the banker is ...

When freelance writer Marilyn Bess sliced open an envelope from the city of Philadelphia last May, she probably assumed she was getting summons or jury duty. Unfortunately, though, she got a shock: the City of Brotherly Love had decided that Bess, due to ad revenues from her blog MS Philly Organic, owed her loving municipal government $300 for a "business privilege license." The problem? Since ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... We've previously written about what could now be considered "antique" game consoles, along with their cartridges, fetching auction prices that put our yearly salaries to shame. Well, now some guy has sold a copy of a hard-to-find Atari game called 'Air Raid' for $31,600. Apparently the game, one of only thirteen known copies, kind ...