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The shovels, salt and spreader were ready to go yesterday in the lobby of this office building in the 1500 block of Walnut Street.

Storm shuts city facilities

Just as the city was catching its breath from the 28.5 inches of snow that landed over the weekend, another major storm was pulling into Philly last night.

Heater's Amish glow just a frame job: Minus mantel, the faux fireplace is made in China - 2:17am: THE AMISH are known for being honest, God-fearing folk, so if they give a product their stamp of approval, it has to be good, right?
Grandmom to be tried in Bally dust-up - 2:17am: The curious case of Carrol Shannon continues. The 63-year-old grandmother, who was arrested Feb. 1 after a brouhaha at a Bally Total Fitness in South Philadelphia, was ordered to stand trial yesterday on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person, said her attorney, Joseph Green II.
Ex-cop Tepper arraigned on murder charge, jailed in protective custody - 2:17am: In the quiet, low-ceilinged basement courtroom of Magistrate Francis J. Rebstock, Frank Tepper made his first formal appearance last night as an ex-cop charged with murder.
Briefly... CITY/REGION - 2:17am: Man shot dead in Cobbs Creek An unidentified man in his 30s was shot once in the face outside a bar at Cobbs Creek Parkway and Catharine Street, in West Philadelphia, about 1:30 a.m. yesterday, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 1:38 a.m.
Pew poll: Nutter gets job OK from 53 percent in city - but only 43 percent of blacks give approval - 2:17am: Mayor Nutter got a piece of good news for his re-election campaign yesterday: A majority of Philadelphians approve of the job he is doing, according to a new poll from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
GOP sees 2015 as year of big move: Look to revitalize party to run strong mayor, council candidates - 2:17am: Rob Gleason, chairman of the state Republican Party, has his eyes set on 2015 in Philadelphia. Gleason sees an opportunity for the GOP here to run strong for the mayor's office, which would open up that year if Mayor Nutter wins a second term next year. Gleason would also like to have a strong slate of candidates to challenge for seats on City Council.
John Baer: Guv's 'interesting' budget ideas are DOA to GOP - 2:17am: GOV. ED yesterday handed the Legislature an either/or plan for Pennsylvania. Enact sweeping sales-tax changes and go after more corporate taxes, or do neither, pass a basic budget and get out of town in an election year.
Rendell budget calls for $354 million more for schools - 2:17am: School district administrators and education advocates applauded Gov. Rendell yesterday after he proposed to increase statewide education funding by $354 million during a budget address to the General Assembly in Harrisburg.
Dad, 20, charged in baby's shaking death - 2:17am: 'She just went dead and stopped moving'

One minute, baby Aniyah Brown was sound asleep inside her Plymouth Township home. But minutes later, the infant was bleeding from her nose and had stopped breathing, her father, Khalil Brown, told police.
Judge finds man guilty of intimidation - 2:17am: Alicia Wright had to relive in court this week both the nightmare of her son Jabar being shot and paralyzed, and the four years since - when she has lived in fear and has moved from place to place.
3 face charges in death of patron at SW Phila. club - 2:17am: The last slurred, barely coherent words spoken by James Koons to a 9-1-1 operator were nearly too much to take for his family members, who lowered their heads and sobbed yesterday in a Philadelphia courtroom.

Man, 70 and 2 others nabbed on pot charges - 2:17am
Lawyer admits mortgage scam - 2:17am
Harry Gross: Out of blue,he's being liened on - 2:18am
Exercising her rights? - 02/09/2010
Ex-officer Tepper charged with murder in Panas death - 02/09/2010
Fla. now tracks its gun permits issued to Pa. residents - 02/09/2010
3 in VFW killing plead guilty - 02/09/2010
Cold rape cases are thawed, 2 arrested - 02/09/2010
Elmer Smith: Terror trials and Miranda warnings: Rights and wrongs - 02/09/2010
Briefly... CITY/REGION - 02/09/2010
Rep. John Murtha - Brady's mentor - dies - 02/09/2010
Nutter calls for bigger slice of city-biz pie for minorities, women - 02/09/2010
Ronnie Polaneczky: Parents suing to force insurance firm to cover their ailing son's therapy needs - 02/09/2010
Selling books with fake author signatures nets him 33 months - 02/09/2010
Feds charge chiropractor with arson, lying - 02/09/2010
Penn-Delco figure still a probe target - 02/09/2010
Harry Gross: Questions about 'longevity insurance' - 02/09/2010
Palin was the big star at the Tea Party gathering, but is she The One? - 02/08/2010
A 'historic' snowfall . . . and even more tomorrow - 02/08/2010
Man, 36, hanged himself in cell, police say - 02/08/2010
Mystery woman dies when hit while crossing I-95 near airport - 02/08/2010
A snowy-day tale, with a nice ring to it: In Center City, gems are everywhere - 02/08/2010
John Baer: Ed's last budget: Don't expect a lot - 02/08/2010
Stu Bykofsky: Change we can believe in ... not - 02/08/2010
Briefly... CITY/REGION - 02/08/2010
Harry Gross: Executor of will should be a trusted friend - 02/08/2010
Take a walk with Sheba - 02/08/2010

Attytood: Glenn Beck's plan to save America...with Christian-right pseudohistory - 02/09/2010
PhillyClout: City Offices, Courts, Schools Shut Tomorrow - 02/09/2010
It's Our Money: Howl of the Day: Community snow removal? - 02/09/2010
PhillyConfidential: Babysitter charged with killing tot with Drano - 02/08/2010
Earth to Philly: Thoreau: The restaurant with its own woodland retreat - 02/05/2010

John Baer: Guv's 'interesting' budget ideas are DOA to GOP
Harry Gross: Out of blue,he's being liened on

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