Inquirer staff writer Peter Mucha reports

Police are investigating a shooting that left a man critically wounded on a Kensington Street this morning.

The victim, not immediately identified, was taken to Temple University Hospital after the 2:10 a.m. shooting, police said.

They said he had been shot in the back on the 600 block of E. Tioga Street.

Police are trying to determine a motive.

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Inquirer staff report:

A 56-year-old man has taken his own life a week after accidentally killing his twin while parking his car, a newspaper reports this morning.

Timothy Willgruber of Allentown had faced vehicular homicide charges in the death of his brother Thomas, the Morning Call of Allentown reports.

Timothy Willgruber was backing into a parking spot in Bethlehem on Sept. 26 when he struck and pinned his brother, fatally injuring him.

Both men, who were headed to an annual Celtic Fest, had been drinking and Timothy Willgruber’s blood alcohol level was 2 1/2 times the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

“It's a double tragedy for the family to lose a beloved spouse and father and to then lose a cherished uncle,” Bethlehem Police Capt. David Kravatz told the Morning Call. “I know he was distraught that his brother died in front of him.”

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Inquirer staff report:

Starting at 9 tonight, half of the toll lanes on the Ben Franklin Bridge will be closed for the removal and replacement of roadway markings.

The Delaware River Port Authority has not yet said how long the work will take.

Philadelphia-bound motorists should conider using the Betsy Ross or Walt Whitman Bridges instead, the agency says.

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The sun rises behind the Aegis conning tower and communications mast of the USS Wayne E. Meyer destroyer docked on Penn's Landing.

Staff photographer Tom Gralish reports:

The sun rises behind the conning tower and communications mast of the USS Wayne E. Meyer docked on Penn's Landing.

The new guided missile destroyer will he commissioned on Saturday and honors the retired Navy rear admiral who led the development of Aegis, the first fully integrated combat system built to defend against air, surface and subsurface threats.

The Meyer is hosting dignitaries and media today, but a limited number of public ship tours will be offered tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 5p.m. and on Monday 8-11 a.m. and 1-5 p.m.

Read a story about Wayne E.Meyer here.

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The Associated Press reports:

 A new poll finds New Jersey Gov. Corzine and his GOP opponent Chris Christie running nearly even in their race for the state's top elected post.

The Fairleigh Dickinson University-PublicMind Poll out today has Corzine at 44 percent and Christie at 43 percent. The difference is within the poll's margin of error. A September poll had Christie ahead, 47-42 percent.

The new poll finds 54 percent have an unfavorable view of Corzine, the same as last month. Forty-two percent now have an unfavorable opinion of Christie, up from 35 percent in September.

Four percent volunteered that they support independent Chris Daggett. But Daggett's support climbs to 17 percent when his name is read with the other two.

The poll of 667 likely voters was conducted Sept. 28-Oct. 5 and has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points
 

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Inquirer staff report:

A police officer was injured this morning in a struggle with a male suspected of carrying a gun in Frankford.

The officer suffered a head wound when he fell to the ground during the confrontation on the 4700 block of Tackawana Street about 2 a.m., police said.

Police said a male was in custody. No word yet on charges.

The officer was being treated for what were described as lacerations at Aria Health’s Torresdale Division hospital.

The officer reportedly stopped the male when he saw a bulge that looked like a gun. A  pellet gun was recovered at the scene, police said.

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Inquirer staff report:

A woman reportedly has been killed by her pet bear while cleaning the animal’s cage at her home in the Poconos.

The Morning Call of Allentown reports that Kelly Ann Walz, 37, of Ross Township in Monroe County, was mauled to death about 5 p.m. yesterday by the 350-pound bear.

The woman kept the bear in a 15-by-15 foot steel and concrete cage, the newspaper says.

The bear, which was about 9 years old, has been shot and killed. The woman also kept a Siberian tiger and an African lion, the Morning Call said.
 

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The sun rises over Snyder Avenue, around 8th Street, in South Philadelphia to start another work/school week Oct. 5, 2009.

Staff photographer Tom Gralish reports:

The days are getting shorter, a sure sign of Autumn.

Here, the sun is just rising over Snyder Avenue, near 8th Street, in South Philadelphia as a school bus makes an early morning stop at the start of another week

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Staff photographer Clem Murray reports:

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and all around Philadelphia folks are seeing pink.

Here the water in the fountain at LOVE Park has been dyed in keeping with the theme.

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