Jim MacMillan

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• Man shot to death in Logan overnight, near the scene of another gun murder last week
• In remembrance of Officer Walker
• Driver wounded in police-involved shooting
• Get moving: The Philly Stand Up “Be the Change” Youth Walk is meeting at LOVE Park at 11 a.m.
• Looking back: Empire State Building shooting
• Young woman among seven people wounded in overnight gunfire across Philadelphia
• This weekend in Philadelphia: Support your community
• Compilations of reports from the shooting incident outside the Empire State Building this morning
• Media reports: Man dies after being shot eight times in South Philadelphia last night
• Press release: First Annual Community Peace Festival Saturday in the Cobbs Creek section of Philadelphia
• Press release: Hands for Peace across Southwest Philadelphia and Yeadon Saturday morning
• Press conference: Philadelphia Police charge one suspect, seek second in connection with the shooting death of Officer Walker
• NYPD audio from incident outside Empire State Building: “They took the perp down”
• Audio from Mayor Bloomberg’s press conference after the multiple shooting today: “There’s an awful lot of guns out there.”
• Empire State Building shooting: Social media reports via The Washington Post
• #GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Apply government purchasing power to make gun manufacturers change their behavior
• Officer Walker’s mother leads peace walk after losing her second son to gun violence
• Press release: Groups plan public witness against gun violence Sunday in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia
• #GunCrisis National Updates: 08.23.12
• Slain officer’s mother leads peace walk
• #GunCrisis live at Mothers in Charge Peace Walk
• This afternoon: Mothers in Charge leading Peace Walk for Officer Walker
• #GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Volunteer Town Watches
• Teen wounded in double shooting
• News report: The Science of Stray Bullets
• #GunCrisis Regional Updates: 08.21.12
• Philadelphia Police release new video related to the murder of Officer Moses Walker, Jr.; provide updates on additional recent homicides
• #GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Exchange toy guns for books
• #GunCrisis Philadelphia Updates: 08.20.12
• Philadelphia: Investigators turn up the heat on cop killers with surveillance video and large reward
• #GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Participatory Justice
• Murdered Philadelphia police officer among numerous recent casualties
• Updated: Gunfire ends a life in Northeast Philadelphia Sunday afternoon
• #GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Disrupting violence with text messages
• Slain police officer among four lost this year in Philadelphia, and one of three people shot to death in a six-hour period in the city

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New York Times crossword Aug. 19 / Constructed by Freddie Cheng

The phrase “Oh, really?” has taken on a decidedly snarky tone for me since Saturday Night Live introduced the “Really!?!” segment during Weekend Update.

In today’s crossword, though, the emphasis is on…

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Police motorcade escorts body of slain Philadelphia officer
Gun violence takes three lives overnight in Philadelphia
Crime scene investigation: Police officer shot to death in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Police officer shot and killed: Reports from the scene, headlines and reactions
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Fix the National Background Check System
Gunman kills man on steps of a Brewerytown home overnight
More than 100 people shot in Philadelphia in four weeks since the Colorado theater shooting
Peace ‘N Philly planning free Bookbag Extravaganza
#GunCrisis: National Updates 8.16.12
Shooter opens fire on two men in a car Wednesday night, not far from an afternoon murder scene
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Target illegal firearms traffickers with existing narcotics prosecution resources
#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Updates: 8.15.12
Man shot and killed at rec center Tuesday night
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Improved Academic, Career, and Technical Training in Juvenile Justice System
Photos from the scene: Neighbors crowd the block after fatal drive-by double shooting in Logan
#GunCrisis National Updates: 08.15.12
Four people shot in one Philadelphia police district Monday night
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Fight the bull
#GunCrisis Philadelphia Updates: 08.14.12
#GunCrisis: More children and teens among victims in recent headlines
#ICYMI: Busy stretch at GunCrisis.org
Update: Multiple shooting near Texas A&M
#GunCrisis National Updates: 08.13.12
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Close the Gun Show Loophole
Two fatal shootings among overnight gun violence reports in Philadelphia
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Greening vacant urban spaces
#GunCrisis Philadelphia Updates: 08.12.12
#GunCrisis: Children shot and killed across the US this week
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Target gun violence as a social disease

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Fake Clue: “What Will Shortz will say if people don’t like the crossword puzzle?” Fake Answer: DON’T BLAME IT ON ME.

I think I finished this grid by Patrick Berry in record time. As was the case in last week’s puzzle, all the fun seemed to be in writing the clues, not solving them. The theme answers

Read the full post at crosswordkathy.net: The Meaning Of It

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A crowd gathers for a free Lucinda Williams concert on Eakins Oval in Philadelphia Saturday. Thousands attended the national AFL-CIO rally, introducing “America’s Second Bill of Rights.”

Williams played songs by The Allman Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, as well as several of her own songs, and finished with Niel Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World, which I recorded on my iPhone:

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GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Show up to court
National Night Out with Philadelphia Ceasefire
#GunCrisis Philadelphia Updates: 8.9.12
CNN checks in with #GunCrisis: Philadelphia
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Heal Hurt People
Man killed in Cobbs Creek after at least 14 shots
#GunCrisis National Updates: 08.09.12
Police Commissioner Ramsey tweets National Night Out
Double shooting leaves man in critical condition
Homeowner shot eight times in Kingsessing
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Focus on the small number of most violent individuals
Update: Four men shot in the Germantown section of Philadlephia late Monday night
Three wounded by gunfire in Norristown, PA, early Tuesday morning
First look: National Night out with CeaseFire Philadelphia
Full house gathers for #GunCrisis round table on community and media today at City Hall
#GunCrisis: Solution of the Day: Persistence
Four men shot in Germantown incident overnight
#GunCrisis National Updates: 08.07.12
Next #GunCrisis roundtable at City Hall: Opening up a dialogue between communities and the media
#GunCrisis: Solution of the Day: Tucson survivors demand a plan
thefix.com: Philadelphia is “behind the curve” on implementing innovative gun violence solutions
#GunCrisis: National updates: 08.06.12
ICYMI: #GunCrisis roundtable on gun violence solutions at Philadelphia City Council
7 dead; 3 wounded in multiple shooting at Sikh Temple in Wisconsin
#GunCrisis: Solution of the Day: Match youth counseling with sports training
Awakening conscience through photojournalism
#GunCrisis: Philadelphia updates: 08.05.12
Woman shot to death in Nicetown alley

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New York Times crossword Aug. 5 / Constructed by Patrick Merrell

What would TV announcers say if the London Olympics featured only one sport? Let the Game begin!

That’s a pretty stupid joke, and also unfortunately a hint to the theme of today’s puzzle. Constructor Patrick Merrell has taken the..

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Man in a wheelchair accused of shooting his mom
#GunCrisis: National Updates: 8.3.12
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Build Trust between Cops and Kids
Updated: #GunCrisis reporting project in the news
#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Updates: 8.2.12
At least 55 people shot in Philadelphia in two weeks since Aurora
#GunCrisis: National Updates: 8.2.12
WHYY Radio Times continues series on Philadelphia gun violence this morning
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Speak Up!
Overnight in Philadelphia: Four shootings in two hours
Officials provide media training to residents after mass shootings in Aurora and Toronto
#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Updates: 8.1.12
Seeking solutions: #GunCrisis roundtable with the Philadlephia City Council
22-year-old man shot in the face in South Philadelphia overnight
#GunCrisis: National Updates: 8.1.12
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Ban high-capacity magazines
It’s your turn: Tell your stories; share your solutions
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Extend background checks to all gun sales
#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Updates: 07.31.12
#GunCrisis: National Updates: 07.31.12
Trigger: The Ripple Effect of Gun Violence
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Demand responsible media coverage
#GunCrisis: National Updates: 07.30.12
#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Updates: 07.30.12
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Demand specific solutions from both Presidential candidates
Interactive Map: The U.S. Shooting Epidemic
Vigil against gun violence today at scene of last week’s double teen murder in Overbrook Park

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