[caption id=”attachment_5299” align=”aligncenter” width=”620”] Mourners pose together at a memorial for a friend who was shot and killed Saturday in the Kensinton section of Philadelphia. Photo for GunCrisis.org by Joseph Kaczmarek.[/caption]

Community comes together to mourn a shooting death Saturday afternoon in Kensignton
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Fusion centers
Early Friday: Violent collision sends five to hospitals after gunpoint carjacking report
Three dead at Pathmark shooting
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Trauma-informed practice and getting everyone to the table
Seven people shot overnight in Philadelphia; not much reporting
#GunCrisis.org in the news: Citizen Journalism For A Violence Epidemic
Surveillance video: Reckless shooter unloads in densely populated neighborhood
Teen wounded during pickup game in Tacony
Recent reports: Teenage gunshot victims
Man shot and killed outside restaurant in West Oak Lane this afternoon
Update: Officer reports he was shot; DA calls it a hoax
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: Replicable, scalable low-cost violence prevention programs
Six people shot in separate Philadelphia incidents
News reports from the funeral for Philadelphia Police Officer Walker
Photos: Neighbors come out to pay their respects at procession for Police Officer Walker
Updated media reports: Police officer shot last night in Chalfont, PA
#GunCrisis Solution of the Day: A wide mobilization of mental health resources
Video: Solemn procession for Philadelphia Police Officer Walker
Police officer shot overnight in Chalfont, PA
Peace ‘N Philly Bookbag Extravaganza
Mayor leads procession for Officer Walker in North Philadelphia Sunday afternoon
#GunCrisis live: Services begin for Philadelphia Police Officer Moses Walker, Jr.
Young woman shot to death in Frankford overnight

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New York Times crossword Sept. 2 / Constructed by Joel Fagliano

Hope you will pardon “ze” interruption of your long Labor Day weekend! As you might have guessed from the title, today’s puzzle..

Read the full post at CrosswordKathy.net: Pardon Ze Interruption

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Sidewalk diners carry on as medics treat a man who was hit by several cars in Rittenhouse Square Friday night. According to witnesses, the man repeatedly walked in front of moving cars. Photo by Jim MacMillan. ©2012.

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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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PNBR is about: Riding together to promote fuel conscious consumption, positive body image, and cycling advocacy. Ride with us and bring your own message, too! More info: http://phillynakedbikeride.org

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So, there’s an alley street that’s paved in wood in my neighborhood: Camac, between Locust and Walnut.

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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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[caption id=”attachment_4675” align=”alignnone” width=”620”] Investigators look over a gun found at the scene after Philadelphia Police officer Moses Walker, Jr. was shot and killed in North Philadelphia Saturday morning. Photo by Joe Kaczmarek. More: joekaczmarek.blogspot.com[/caption]

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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New York Times crossword Aug. 12 / Constructed by Patrick Berry

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

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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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