Keystone Cops: Dead Man Walking

Keystone Cops is a look at police, crime, court, drug and public safety news.

• Saddam Hussein will be dead by this time tomorrow. [AP/Yahoo!]

• A man, quite possibly a Barbaro hater, stole a collection can with $200 from a 7-Eleven in Buxco . The money was supposed to go to a group that rehabilitates sick horses. Actual quote: “It’s hard enough to steal from anybody but to steal from a charity… the poor defenseless animals can’t even speak for themselves.” [CBS 3]

• Atlantic City Council is expected to vote today on a smoking ban for the island’s casinos that would blah blah blah you know how this works already. No more smoking in casinos. [AP/6 ABC]

• And, from the crime log of the Doylestown Intelligencer: “At 9:37 a.m. Sunday, police received a call from Northampton police who asked them to go to a house on the 2000 block of Jason Drive to question a man about his 2001 Chevy S-10 pickup. No one was home.” [Intelligencer]

Saddam Hussein hopes for some good PR

“Hmm… this trial isn’t going so well. I might actually get executed. Time to get everyone on my side. Oh, I got it!”

“Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive/ Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive…. what? It worked for Travolta, didn’t it?”

Saddam Hussein testifies during his trial [Yahoo/AP/Pool]
Saddam Hussein argues with Chief Judge Raouf Rashid Abdel-Rahman [Yahoo/AP/Pool]

First promotional stills from ‘Matrix 4′ released

That’s right, a Philadelphia Will Do exclusive. The first promotional shots of the the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix 4 have hit:

Well, he’s a better actor than Keanu.

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gestures during his trial in Baghdad [Yahoo! via Reuters]

New, from the producers of “Girls Gone Wild” …

Expect to see late-night ads for this sometime soon, too.

Saddam Goes Ballistic [KYW 1060]