Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'pennsylvania'
July 6, 2008
Famous gospel singer Rev. Timothy Wright of the Grace Tabernacle Christian Center in Crown Heights was seriously injured in a car accident on I-80 in Pennsylvania Friday evening. His wife Betty did not survive the crash, after a man driving a Chevy Corsica the wrong way on the interstate struck their car as they were driving home from a conference in Detroit. The Wrights' grandson, 14-year-old D.J. Wright, was also fatally injured in the wreck......
Continue Reading "Brooklyn Gospel Pastor Injured in PA Car Crash"April 23, 2008
Hillary Clinton's campaign estimates donations have totaled $10 million since her Pennsylvania primary win last night. Campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe crowed, "Senator Clinton’s game-changing victory last night has turned the tide and resulted in an historic outpouring of grassroots support." Clinton's 10-point Keystone state win over Barack Obama gave her opportunity to emphasize how she's won states that will be critical in the November election. She said, "I won the states that we have to......
Continue Reading "Hillary Raises $10 Million After Pennsylvania Win"April 22, 2008
The Cheese Steak Primary: Photographs of Clinton with a cheese steak in Conshohocken (above) and Obama at a Pittsburgh cheese steak eatery (below) from the AP Brace yourself for more Democratic party infighting: Hillary Clinton is projected to win today's Pennsylvania primary. Now everyone, including the Clinton and rival Barack Obama campaigns, are waiting for what her margin of victory will be and how many of the state's 158 delegates she'll be able to......
Continue Reading "Clinton Wins Pennsylvania, Keeps Campaign Rolling"April 19, 2008
NYC has agreed to lower the water levels in some of its reservoirs that supply the city with its drinking water. The move came after pressure from Ed Rendell, the Gov. of Pennsylvania, who argued for reduced reservoir capacity to spare citizens of his state from the regular spring flooding along the Delaware River that results from New York keeping its reservoirs filled to the brim. When spring storms exceed the already-full reservoirs' ability to......
Continue Reading "Water Wars Between NYC and Pennsylvania"April 13, 2008
The federal authorities are likely to charge the police officer accused of robbing $113,000 from a Sovereign bank in Pennsylvania. Christian Torres, who was arrested on Thursday, is now also suspected of robbing two other banks in Manhattan last year. The 21-year-old transit cop, held at Berks County Jail in Pennsylvania, is on suicide watch. Torres's lawyer told the NY Times, "Paperwork has been filed with the prison, meaning if he tries to make bail......
Continue Reading "Feds Will Charge Suspected Rookie Cop Bank Robber"April 12, 2008
It's not unusual for police officers to make side money by moonlighting with second jobs. Christian Torres is a rookie cop, however, who took that practice to a whole new level--allegedly robbing banks when off duty. On Thursday, Torres arrested in Pennsylvania less than a block from the bank he just robbed. Unaware the teller had tripped a silent alarm and that a police officer followed him, he showed his NYPD badge, thinking he was......
Continue Reading "Game Over for Cop & Robber"March 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton may have won more votes in Tuesday’s crucial primaries, but the victories barely made a dent in Barack Obama’s lead, narrowing the gap by only a few delegates. Unless scandal or some other meltdown severely damages Obama, Clinton’s chances of beating him on pledged delegates are extremely difficult. The strategy for Clinton now is, first and foremost, to stop a growing number of superdelegates from committing to Obama at the convention. Clinton's arguing,......
Continue Reading "Clinton Tuesday Victories Added Up to Few Delegates"
