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Thursday's DN: Nutter Fights For Soda Tax

Mayor Nutter went on television last night to fight for his proposed tax on sugar sweetened beverages while City Council considered ways to raise cash for the Philadelphia School District that don't involve raising taxes.

School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, meanwhile, is still fighting to keep her Promise Academy program funded as the district deals with a budget deficit.

Two City Council members -- Bill Green and Jim Kenney -- have very different positions on how the city's Board of Ethics plans to close a loophole in the campaign finance law.

And the Daily News takes a look at a reclusive porn king living in Society Hill.