DAILY GRINDER: ‘Gasland’ No Longer Hitler’s Entertainment

Teddy Borawski, the state geologist who compared ‘Gasland’ filmmaker Josh Fox to a Nazi has apologized. Governor Tom Corbett called Borawski’s comments – “Joseph Goebbels would have been proud. He would have given [Fox] the Nazi award” – inappropriate, and not just because, as we’ve said, the Nazi Award isn’t real. Gasland is currently playing at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. [Daily News]

One of several women who accused former Philadelphia Housing Authority head Carl Green of sexual harassment has had her charge dismissed. [Inky]

Philadelphia lawyer Patrick Geckle has helped a Pennsylvania family file suit against state police for the murder of their son in 2009, who, while soaked in gasoline, was zapped with a police taser and then burst into flames. [Post-Gazette]

Want to read a strange argument for school prayer, in which many sources and opinions are based on the writer’s childhood friends and basically anonymous Facebook friends? Daily News columnist Fatimah Ali has got you covered. [Daily News]

Mayor Michael Nutter and others have come up with a deal involving the Sheriff’s office. Long story short, foreclosures are very much back on. [Inky]

Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Kaboni Savage, the North Philadelphia drug kingpin who is charged in the deaths of 11 people, including six killed in the firebombing of Eugene Coleman’s home, who had planned on testifying against Savage. [NBC]

They’re challenging Milton Street’s eligibility to run. They’re challenging Milton Street’s eligibility to run? [Philly Clout]

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