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#PhillyFive What We’re Reading: Sept.10, 2014

What we're reading this morning.

1) Why does the tax delinquency epidemic in Philadelphia matter? A ton of money still goes uncollected. Patrick Kerkstra assesses the city's triumphs and failures in Philadelphia Magazine.

2) Lawyers are using neuroscience to get inside the heads of jurors. Maiken Scott of Newsworks explains how attorneys are using story-telling tricks to light up specific regions of jurors' brains..

3) What could be cuter than underwater dogs? Underwater puppies. A National Geographic photographer talks about his enthusiastic tail-wagging models and his forthcoming book.

4) Why the Reading Terminal Market refuses to allow chain restaurants and other fun Philly foodie facts. Philadelphia Business journal interviews the Market's general manager.

5) How the Islamic State fills its war chest with up to $3 million a day by smuggling oil. ISIS militants learned the trade in U.S. prisons in Iraq, NPR reports.