WIND GAP, Pa. — Officials have scheduled a court appearance for the janitor accused of fatally stabbing a New Jersey priest 32 times.
    Jose Feliciano is due in court in Morristown, N.J., Thursday.
    Court documents filed in Wind Gap, Pa., say the Rev. Ed Hinds discussed firing Feliciano two days before he was attacked in the rectory kitchen of St. Patrick Church in Chatham, N.J.
    The documents say Hinds told the principal of the church’s school that he might have to “let go” of Feliciano due to problems with a criminal background investigation.
    The 64-year-old custodian had worked at the church for 17 years.
    A wake for Hinds is scheduled for Friday.
    
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Here's the press release sent out this morning by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia: 

Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, and Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the 2009 World Series.

These two long time friends spoke on Tuesday evening to settle the terms of the bet. If the Phillies win, Archbishop Dolan will ship a dozen bagels to the City of Brotherly Love; if the Yankees prevail, Cardinal Rigali will send a case of Tastykakes to the Big Apple.

Archbishop Dolan said, "Cardinal Rigali is one of my closest and dearest friends; for several years he even served as my Archbishop so I feel a particular loyalty to him. I know he has exquisite taste in most matters. I just wish he had better taste in baseball teams."

Cardinal Rigali said, "I have great esteem for Archbishop Dolan. He is a gifted spiritual leader who has been a true friend for many years. That is why I am so sorry he will be disappointed when the Phillies successfully defend their World Championship. We have the cream cheese ready for the bagels that I know will be arriving shortly after the Repeat in the City of Brotherly and Sisterly love."
 

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 Amanda Gleason (left) and sister Judy Gleason  place roses on a plaque honoring  their father, Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Gleason. The plaque was unveiled at a ceremony this morning at the Fraternal Order of Police Headquarters on Spring Garden Street. Officer Gleason, of the 25th District, died in the line of duty on June 5, 1986 along the 1300 block of West Sedgley Avenue in Philadelphia when he was shot while breaking up a fight.
 ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer

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    A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property in the theft of nearly
$69,000 in antique coins from an Allentown flea market last year.
    Twenty-seven-year-old Troy Anderson is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 18. He was also charged with leaving four
young children unattended at home while committing the crime, but those counts were dropped as part of Tuesday’s plea.
    Police allege that 27-year-old Shawn Robinson stole a display case from Hottel’s Coins at the Merchant Square Mall on
Nov. 16 and hopped into a waiting car driven by Anderson. Authorities say they have recovered all of the coins, which
included some half-cents and some silver dollars.
    Spokeswoman Debbie Garlicki of the district attorney’s office says Robinson is serving time in New Jersey on another
case and will then be extradited to Pennsylvania. --AP
  

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  The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports that a  new Quinnipiac University poll shows Gov. Jon Corzine  leading former U.S. attorney Chris Christie 43 percent to 38 percent with independent Chris Daggett taking 13 percent. Polling has been all over the map recently, says Cillizza,  and he says the Q poll is the best of a not very good bunch.

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The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City is taking hundreds of rooms at its Water Club hotel out of service on Tuesdays through Thursdays because of low demand, the Associated Press reports.
    The casino also shuttered most of the posh year-old hotel’s 800 rooms during on those days last March. They were reopened when bookings picked up over the summer.
    The hotel says the Water Club will cater to suites and special events during the middle of the week, according to the Atlantic City Press.
    The lower demand comes as Atlantic City’s casinos have struggled with a weak economy and increased gambling competition in Pennsylvania and New York.
 

The Associated Press reports that records filed in a Pennsylvania court show a New Jersey priest spoke about firing the janitor accused of killing him because of a background check.
The Rev. Edward Hinds told the principal of St. Patrick School in Chatham he might “let go” of 64-year-old Jose Feliciano because his employment record indicated he hadn’t passed the check. The conversation took place two days before the priest was found stabbed 32 times with a kitchen knife in the church rectory on Oct. 23.
The records, filed at district court in Wind Gap, Pa., reveal the results of a search warrant executed at Feliciano’s home in Easton, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.
Authorities recovered bloody rags from a trash can at a nearby park.
A viewing for Hinds is scheduled for Friday and a Mass of Christian Burial will take place Saturday.
 

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Inquirer staff writer Sam Wood reports:

When the Phillies faced the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series last year Mayor Nutter made the traditional gastronomic wager with his Floridian counterparts.

Nutter put up Philadelphia’s cheesesteaks, TastyKakes and soft pretzels against the Sunshine State’s stone crab claws, hand-rolled cigars and a real key lime pie.

Some critics cackled at the mismatch. One called Nutter’s offerings “pitifully thin.”

Now the Phillies are up against the New York Yankees the stakes have taken on a different flavor.

This year, the wager has little to do with food.

Nutter announced today that he and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will host public art projects regardless of the outcome.

If the Phils take the series, Bloomberg will travel to Philadelphia to help paint the interior of a school while wearing a Phillies jersey.

If the Yanks win, Nutter will go to New York to help paint a mural on the side of a rec center wearing a Yankees jersey.

In the only concession to good eats, the loser has to buy lunch for the winning city’s mayor and his fellow volunteers.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig sealed the bet with his approval.

“Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor Nutter have taken the traditional World Series bet between Mayors and turned it into an opportunity to give back to the community and enrich the lives of others,” Selig said in a statement sent out by Nutter’s office.
 

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Susan Finkelstein

Inquirer staff writer Sam Wood reports:

Some fans will do anything to go to the World Series.

Bensalem police said they arrested a Philadelphia woman Tuesday after she offered to perform various sex acts to an undercover officer in exchange for tickets.

According to police, Susan Finkelstein, 43, posted an ad on Craigslist that read:
"DESPERATE BLONDE NEEDS WS TIX (Philadelphia)
"Diehard Phillies fan—gorgeous tall buxom blonde— in desperate need of two World Series Tickets. Price negotiable--- I'm the creative type! Maybe we can help each other!"

An undercover officer responded to the ad, police said, and arrested Finkelstein after she made her offer.
Finkelstein, of the 900 block of St. Bernard’s Street, was charged with soliciting prostitution and related offenses. A court date has yet to be determined, police said.

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