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June 27, 2007
The Philadelphia Police Department is firing a 32-year-old officer who has now been proved guilty of ordering two women to put on a "sex show" in a jail cell in September, 2003. Internal Affairs investigators found Norberto Cappas ordered the two women to kiss and touch each other and expose their breasts. The two had been in jail on suspicion of drug possession, but they had no drugs and weren't charged with a crime.
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June 15, 2007
A Philadelphia man got an unpleasant surprise at his dining table when he found out something unusual in his plate full of green beans. Upon looking closely, Earl Hartman said he was shocked to discover the inch-long head on his plate Wednesday night, resting between a chicken breast and buttered noodles. WCAU-TV quotes Hartman as saying, "When I sat down, I noticed something didn't look right. It didn't look like a green bean. "
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March 13, 2007
Topics dollar, philadelphia, couple, images, bears, colorado, god, light, mary, beach, internet, face, presidents and image
In an incident of what can be yet another U. S. Mint goof, a Colorado couple has found a dollar coin without the face of George Washington on it. Although, the coin does have "In God We Trust" inscribed on its edge, it is missing out on the images both on its front and backside. "We're just so excited," Mary Smith told The Associated Press. "I'm just dumbfounded that we actually found something significant. "
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March 7, 2007
An apparent quality control mistake has raised the value of the first presidential $1 coin to around $50 apiece. An unknown number of the gold colored coins with an image of the first U. S. President George Washington on it were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust," and are now being auctioned at eBay for around $40 to $60. The news comes just less than a month after the U. S. Mint issued nearly 300 million of the coins. The coins were supposed to feature the image of the President on one side and the Statute of Liberty on the other. "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum," the issue year and the mintmark on the edge.
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February 26, 2007
Workers at downtown boutique Fusion jeans received a very special and unexpected delivery of 20 pounds of marijuana, prompting them to call the police. The two packages of marijuana received Saturday are worth $90,000. AP quotes Capt. Chris Werner as saying, "Officers received a call that the manager of the store had received a package from FedEx and when he opened it there was a five-gallon bucket inside. "
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