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Police are questioning a possible suspect in the fatal stabbing early today of a 22-year-old man in Philadelphia's Olney section. The victim, whose name has not been released yet, was stabbed once in the chest at 5:22 a.m. on the 5500 block of North Fairhill Street, police said. Medics took him to Albert Einstein Medical Center, but he was pronounced dead at 5:53 a.m., police said. Police took one person into custody and were questioning the suspect. No word yet on a possible motive.

Police made an arrest in the fatal stabbing early Wednesday of a 22-year-old man in Philadelphia's Olney section, officials said. The victim, whose name was not released, was stabbed once in the chest at 5:22 a.m. on the 5500 block of North Fairhill Street, police said. Medics took him to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:53 a.m., police said. Police did not immediately release the name of the suspect or specify the charges. - Staff report

A 25-year-old man was fatally shot in the city's West Oak Lane section early Saturday morning, police said. The victim, whose identity was not released, was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Witnesses told authorities that gunfire erupted shortly before 6 a.m. after the victim got into a fight with another man or men in the 7200 block of Pittville Ave. Detectives are investigating whether the shooting was an act of self-defense, a police spokeswoman said.

Police shot and critically wounded an alleged bandit in Germantown early Thursday when he pointed a sawed-off shotgun at two officers, authorities said. The officers stopped the 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy at Penn Street and Pulaski Avenue about 3:30 a.m. while investigating a stickup nearby on the 100 block of West Queen Lane. When the man pulled out the shotgun and pointed it at the officers, they shot him in his chest and a leg, and he collapsed and dropped the weapon, police said.

Michael Brylawski, 82, of Elkins Park, a retired internist, died Saturday at his home. Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from Germantown High School at 15. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1934 and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1937. After completing his internship at Jewish Hospital, which is now Albert Einstein Medical Center, he opened his first practice, in Germantown. He had been at work only one year when he joined the Army in 1940.

VANESSA Darnise Hawkins Sellers loved being a nurse, but she loved being a mother more. Her daughter, Maya Simone Sellers, was "the center of her existence," her family said. "If asked about her greatest achievement, Vanessa would undoubtedly say, 'Being Maya's mommy.' Wherever you saw Vanessa, Maya was never far behind. " Vanessa Sellers, a critical-care nurse at Albert Einstein Medical Center who later worked at Christiana Hospital, in Delaware, died Friday of a heart condition.

Sarah Boardman Furnas, 68, of Chestnut Hill, a senior administrator with the Philadelphia Health Promotion Council who helped simplify health-care and medical literature for consumers, died of cancer Thursday, Dec. 22, at Pennsylvania Hospital. The nonprofit council, on which Mrs. Furnas served from 1986 to 2002, was founded in 1981 as the Southeastern Pennsylvania High Blood Pressure Control Program. Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, its mission is to implement community-based programs to fight hypertension.

Albert Order, a doctor who practiced in the Strawberry Mansion, Northeast and Olney sections of Philadelphia for more than 50 years, died Sunday at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center. An old-fashioned general practitioner, Dr. Order, 81, was still seeing patients and making house calls when he was seriously injured in an automobile accident in February. Returning from a small party to his home in Olney, Dr. Order was turning left off Roosevelt Boulevard when a stolen car, racing up the boulevard with police in pursuit, crashed into the doctor's car. Bertha Order, 72, his wife of 55 years, was killed instantly.

Philadelphia's oldest City Council member is hospitalized - and his office and family aren't saying why. David Cohen, 90, has been in Albert Einstein Medical Center for a week, said his son, State Rep. Mark B. Cohen. Mark Cohen said his father was not in intensive care and was expected back in City Council. But, citing privacy concerns, he would not elaborate. "What he has is very common for senior citizens, and we have every reason to expect him back in City Council," Mark Cohen said.

As he prepared to read a 32-page speech, Mayor Rendell paused yesterday to tell the jammed Council chamber audience that his frequent nemesis, Councilman David Cohen, was hospitalized and wouldn't be present. "It won't be the same delivering this budget address without David Cohen," said Rendell, who joked that Cohen probably would set up a hotline to the media to criticize Rendell's address. That didn't happen, but there was certainly plenty of mystery surrounding the rare absence of Cohen, 82, a left-wing, Democratic fixture on Council.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. And make no mistake, the Albert Einstein Medical Center campus in Olney is Andrew Wright's neighborhood. "Hey, Andy!" "Lieutenant Wrong!" "Andy Dandy!" Everybody, it seems, knows the affable Andy Wright. Makes sense, considering that Wright, 58, has worked at Einstein for 43 years - mostly as a security guard and now as a supervisor for 130 officers. If you've worked at the same place for more than half of your life, chances are everyone knows your name.

Police made an arrest in the fatal stabbing early Wednesday of a 22-year-old man in Philadelphia's Olney section, officials said. The victim, whose name was not released, was stabbed once in the chest at 5:22 a.m. on the 5500 block of North Fairhill Street, police said. Medics took him to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:53 a.m., police said. Police did not immediately release the name of the suspect or specify the charges. - Staff report

Police are questioning a possible suspect in the fatal stabbing early today of a 22-year-old man in Philadelphia's Olney section. The victim, whose name has not been released yet, was stabbed once in the chest at 5:22 a.m. on the 5500 block of North Fairhill Street, police said. Medics took him to Albert Einstein Medical Center, but he was pronounced dead at 5:53 a.m., police said. Police took one person into custody and were questioning the suspect. No word yet on a possible motive.

Sarah Boardman Furnas, 68, of Chestnut Hill, a senior administrator with the Philadelphia Health Promotion Council who helped simplify health-care and medical literature for consumers, died of cancer Thursday, Dec. 22, at Pennsylvania Hospital. The nonprofit council, on which Mrs. Furnas served from 1986 to 2002, was founded in 1981 as the Southeastern Pennsylvania High Blood Pressure Control Program. Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, its mission is to implement community-based programs to fight hypertension.

Michael Rosiak has been promoted to vice president of performance management at Continuum Health Alliance L.L.C. , a Marlton health-care management company. He had been senior director of clinical operations and administration. Beth J. Stewart has joined Merle Gilmore & Associates , a Wynnewood consulting firm, as principal. Stewart most recently was director of the corporate- licensing team at General Electric Co. Mitchell R. Cohen , shareholder and chairman of the alternative and renewable energy practice at Flaster/Greenberg P.C., has been named counsel to the New Jersey Renewable Energy Coalition . Smarter Agent L.L.C.

At least five were killed and 12 others were wounded by gunfire around the city Saturday and Sunday. Among the wounded were three girls, ages 6, 10 and 15, who were hit by stray gunfire in a shooting Sunday night at an unauthorized party at a rec center at 33rd and Diamond Street in Strawberry Mansion. The apparent intended target - a man in his 20s - was hit six times and killed, police said. (Read more here .) And in another multiple shooting, a man who was booted from a Nicetown bar for smoking returned early Sunday and opened fire, killing one patron and wounding five others.

A 25-year-old man was fatally shot in the city's West Oak Lane section early Saturday morning, police said. The victim, whose identity was not released, was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Witnesses told authorities that gunfire erupted shortly before 6 a.m. after the victim got into a fight with another man or men in the 7200 block of Pittville Ave. Detectives are investigating whether the shooting was an act of self-defense, a police spokeswoman said.

A federal grand jury indicted a doctor accused of dispensing millions of narcotic diet pills in the last decade to anyone who walked into his Northeast Philadelphia diet center. Prosecutors described the Northeast Wellness Center as a "pill mill. " The center did not make appointments and accepted only cash, which was delivered each day by employees to the owner, Christopher Vassalluzzo, or left for him under the plastic liner of a trash can, the indictment says. Patients at the center on Holme Avenue never saw a doctor.

VANESSA Darnise Hawkins Sellers loved being a nurse, but she loved being a mother more. Her daughter, Maya Simone Sellers, was "the center of her existence," her family said. "If asked about her greatest achievement, Vanessa would undoubtedly say, 'Being Maya's mommy.' Wherever you saw Vanessa, Maya was never far behind. " Vanessa Sellers, a critical-care nurse at Albert Einstein Medical Center who later worked at Christiana Hospital, in Delaware, died Friday of a heart condition.

Police shot and critically wounded an alleged bandit in Germantown early Thursday when he pointed a sawed-off shotgun at two officers, authorities said. The officers stopped the 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy at Penn Street and Pulaski Avenue about 3:30 a.m. while investigating a stickup nearby on the 100 block of West Queen Lane. When the man pulled out the shotgun and pointed it at the officers, they shot him in his chest and a leg, and he collapsed and dropped the weapon, police said.