Leftovers: Philly, By Way Of Bristol

• The New York Times did a little travel piece on Philadelphia in yesterday’s issue; here’s the article and the corresponding video. Your job as a Philadelphian is to read these articles and get unnecessarily angry at something the Times wrote or filmed. Best part of the video: When Philly’s status as an “art city” is spoken about, the Dirty Frank’s mural is shown. [NYT]

• Ahh, yes, it’s Cyber Monday, the day when Internet businesses tell us that today is the day when everyone shops online and the news media follows suit with a billion stories about how everyone is shopping! Online! Whee! [KYW 1060]

• Wilkes-Barre: Not in the Poconos. The town’s residents sure to love legalized gambling, though! [Daily News]

• The longtime mayor of Bath, Pennsylvania, has been arrested for stealing $9k from the Roman Catholic church she was secretary of. To toss her out of office would be like throwing the baby out.. oh, nevermind. [AP/6 ABC]

• The Willow Grove Mall was evacuated Saturday after a fire started in a women’s clothing store on the third floor. No one was hurt, but 10 pairs of Steve Maddens were not so lucky. [Doylestown Intelligencer]

• Cherry Hill’s township council has canceled a vote concerning some sort of new porn shop ordinance. Gasp! What exciting turn will this story take next? [Camden Courier-Post]

• Update, 5:50 p.m.: The Phillies have signed free agent pitcher Adam Eaton to a three-year deal worth around eight mil a year, or one million per earned run he’ll give up per nine innings this season with the Phils’ luck. [ESPN.com]

Leftovers: Phillies’ Season Officially Over

• Oh, yeah: Training camp began today. Finally. Who are the Phillies again? [Comcast SportsNet]

• A Berks diner has put up signs asking patrons to order in Pennsylvania Dutch. (Ba-zing!) Here’s an honest tip: “Coffee” is pronounced “koffee.” Y’know, in case you’re having trouble. [AP/Philly.com]

• WMMR: Tied with WDAS at the top of the Arbitron ratings in the key 25-to-54 demographic. And Preston & Steve are to thank. Among all listeners over 12, B101 and KYW 1060 are 1-2. But of course. [Inquirer]

• Hey, more Bulletin news! Herb Denenberg’s column today trots out an already-debunked myth about the New York Times in today’s paper. And calls them “stupid.” Ooh, be kind, guys. [Bulletin]

• Hospital patients are the victim of one medication mistake per day on average, says a study. If you need me, I’ll be covering myself in bubble wrap, thank you very much. [Inquirer]

Freshman hall gossip invades ‘NYT’

The New York Times Magazine — remember when the Inquirer had one of those weekly magazines? No? Me neither! — has a weekly column written by Randy Cohen called “The Ethicist,” in which the author answers ethical questions.

Most of the time, the answered question is an actual, bona fide ethical dilemma about whether to act on a situation or knowledge a person has or a similar situation. For example, the first question in this week’s Ethicist column is from a man who’s dating a woman who told him two of her three children aren’t her ex-husband’s, even though he visits them, dotes on them and pays child support. That’s an actual dilemma. (I guess.) Question No. 2 is, well, this:

My school is in the Ivy League, which means that it may not award athletic scholarships. But it can recruit talented athletes unlikely to make the cut scholastically. A recent addition to the cross-country team quit after the first practice. Some believe that she allowed herself to be recruited only to gain admittance to the university’s prestigious business school. Ethical?

So, basically, the New York Times printed a whiny letter from a Penn girl about freshman hall gossip. Coming next week, the NYT answer’s an NYU girl’s letter about Eugene, who’s totally cheating on Christine with Daria, and like ohmigod isn’t that just rude?! And what about reading other people’s IM conversations when they leave to use the bathroom? OMG LOL!

Paternal Care [NYT]

Quickies: To be fair, it’s the best coffee shop run by an Internet bank in America

• The New York Times on going to Philadelphia: get your coffee and wifi at the ING Direct Cafe, dawg! And open an Orange Savings Account! [NYT]

• Craig LaBan recaps his year: Nothing got four bells — whatever that means — and only one restaurant (Haru) was bad enough to not get any recommendation at all. Oh, snap. Better keep extra disguises when you’re around 3rd and Chestnut, Craig. [Inky]

• New Action News sports anchor Jamie Apody is a a second-degree black belt in karate. This kitten’s got claws! How long until 6 ABC has her do some headache-inducing “Challenge our anchor to a sport!” gimmick? I give it two weeks. [DN]

• And — it’s in the middle of this story, so you gotta read — but one little documentary makes a woman sign the “Free the Elephants” petition. A whopping 100 signed, which means about .015% (note: figure made up) of the people in the gallery care about elephants. Eh: As long as the zoo keeps those red pandas, I’m down. [Inky]

• Hey, how about this one? La Salle’s basketball team is 6-0 after a four overtime win against Central Connecticut State. And nobody arrested! Nobody! Whoo! [DN]