He’s interrupting both your regularly scheduled NFL lockout and Debt Ceiling news for sweet, sweet PR. Michael Vick is headlining a press conference on Capitol Hill this morning, alongside the Humane Society, to support a bill that would strengthen dog-fighting laws. Specifically, the legislation would make it a crime to attend and/or bring children under 18 to a dog fighting event. It was was introduced by Rep. Tom Marino of Pennsylvania. Currently, only 28 states penalize those for attending a dog-fighting event. This would make the law all federal. [Politics PA]

Whenever the city sends out its own press release detailing some kind of case of fraud, you know it has to be good. Or, you know the fraud wasn’t committed on their behalf, this time. That happened yesterday when it was announced a technology contractor from New Jersey yanked $1 million from Philly by submitting phony time sheets and the like. [Some email]

Cardinal Justin Rigali, after ruling over our region’s Protection Of Pedophiles, will likely be out as head of the Philadelphia Archdiocese. Some sources have put his timetable sign out today; some say “this week.” His replacement may be, according to sources, Charles Chaput of Denver, who is a Native American. [Daily News]

Governor Tom Corbett’s Shale Commission, which he set up to tell him he was right about everything, has unanimously approved a series of recommendations with regards to drilling. One of those recommendations: Impact Fees! Donahue angry. [Politics PA]

Another thing to unleash the green: The governor’s Transportation Advisory Commission has recommended what they’ve been recommending since you were in diapers: Raise drivers’ fees and the gas tax to fund our crumbling bridges and roads. Call the gas tax a “fee” too, and maybe he’ll talk. [Inky]

First, the city raises property taxes (again…temporarily) and now Mayor Nutter has started the Home-Buy-Now program which provides incentives to employers who offer loans or grants to employees who want to become homeowners. Which is it? [Newsworks]

Two Philadelphia Police Officers were arrested in separate incidents while off duty over the weekend. One of them punched another cop, in Atlantic City. [Inky]