Homicides down 15 percent in Philadelphia in 2008
(AP)
AP - Mayor Michael Nutter on Tuesday lauded a 15 percent drop in homicides in Philadelphia in his first year in office, a decline that came despite looming budget cuts and the on-duty deaths of four police officers.
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