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A judge should administer justice and never try to be the administrator of the State, opined Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurian Joseph. “Judges shall not cross the ‘lakshman rekha’ of their role, otherwise it would be a disrespect to the Constitution and the system”, he said. … [Read more...] about Judges should not make unnecessary comments and aim at breaking news: Justice Kurian Joseph

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The Philadelphia Water Department said a 48-inch main broke near Sansom and Juniper Streets. Streets near the area are flooded and PECO outages have been reported close to the scene. … [Read more...] about Water main break floods Center City streets

The cuts at the Pulitzer Prize-winning daily paper, known for eye-catching front-page headlines and taking on the city's power players including real estate developer Donald Trump long before he was elected president, drew criticism from both average readers online and politicians who have bristled at how the paper covered them. … [Read more...] about N.Y. Daily News to slash half of its newsroom staff

We'll have to come up with a third category to describe a news announcement that is so un-unexpected that it ends up being a surprise. As in, "Why on earth did they do this?" … [Read more...] about ‘Stop the presses’: Sen. Young’s ‘news’ won’t break the internet