News to reuse: Mumia not free, but saved, I-95 to close (again, not soon) and if Photoshop is free, why isn’t Wi-Max?

 

 

[ ]   The U.S. Court of Appeals failed to reinstate the death sentence of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. He’ll either spend life in prison or get a new trial. (Inky)
 
 
[ ]   Bucks County Community College may completely ban smoking on campus. (Courier Times)
      No proposed Abercrombie or Uggs restrictions though.
 
[ ]   Dept of You Thought Last Week Was Bad: The portion of I-95 that closed last week and caused everyone to lose their shit is due to undergo a complete reconstruction in about five years. (Courier Times blog)
     
 
[ ]   A man died during an attack by a group of youths on a SEPTA platform yesterday. (Inky)
       This is awful, but not surprising. Philly EDGE has been told three separate horror stories about public transportation in the past two months that certainly were headed in this direction.
 
 
[ ] Will Wi-Max succeed in bringing nationwide broadband wireless to everyone? Will we go from owing Comcast our asses for cable to owing them our asses for internet access?  (Philebrity)
      Yes, we will; by the same reasoning that John McCain will be our next president to why there are 10 hot dogs and eight buns in a pack. …Will someone please get pissed already!
[ ]   Software maker Adobe has released a free version of its popular Photoshop photo editing program. (Philly.com via AP)