From this issue's CP News: Vacant lots go feral, guns aren't pencils, Ed Rendell political obituary winners, and more.

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From this issue's CP News: Vacant lots go feral, guns aren't pencils, Ed Rendell political obituary winners, and more.

POSTED: Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:46 PM
Filed Under: News | The CLOG

Undercut and Overgrown

What will happen to more than 2,600 vacant lots if the city doesn't restore funding to clean them? Anthony Campisi looks into the result of cuts to the city's Communty Landcare program.

A Million Stories

ICE, Baby
On Monday, roughly 200 activists marched to the headquarters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at 16th and Callowhill streets, to demand the release of four local Cambodian refugees. The refugees are currently facing deportation because of crimes they committed years, or, for some, decades ago.

The Ed is Dead (Long Live the Ed)
To usher in a new era, City Paper asked you, the readers, to submit tweet-long obituaries for former Governor Ed Rendell’s extensive political career. Because the responses were so creative, we’re asking you to submit a welcoming message, via Twitter, for Governor Tom Corbett, in 140 characters or less. Just include @citypaper and the hashtag #hellotomcorbett.

Man Overboard!

CP's Man Overboard! offers his two cents on gun control, the debate against it and the difference between writing tools and killing machines.

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