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Cops raid Port Richmond drug dens. 4

CASTOR TO COSBY: ‘I’M NOT ON YOUR TEAM’ Sex assault charges against Bill Cosby are up in the air as a judge weighs a former DA’s claims that he secretly decided Cosby could never be charged in this case to best fulfill his duties as a ‘minister of justice.’ 6

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The FBI is joining a U.S. criminal investigation into the lead contamination of Flint’s drinking water, exploring whether any laws were broken in a crisis that has captured international attention. Gina Balaya, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit, said federal prosecutors in Michigan are working with a multi-agency investigation team, including the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the EPA’s Office of Inspector General, and the EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division. REUTERS

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the Pentagon would seek a $582.7 billion defense budget next year and reshape its spending priorities to reflect a new strategic environment marked by Russian assertiveness and the rise of Islamic State. Carter, speaking to the Economic Club of Washington, said the Pentagon’s funding request would be in line with last year’s congressional budget deal but spending would be refocused to address five big challenges facing the U.S. military: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and Islamic State. REUTERS

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Former drug executive Martin Shkreli, facing an indictment for engaging in securities fraud, replaced his legal team on Tuesday with a New York lawyer whose past clients have included former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. The lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, confirmed on Tuesday that he had been hired to represent Shkreli. REUTERS

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The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, say he has failed to see his shadow, meaning means he’s predicted an early spring. Members of the Inner Circle announced the forecast on Tuesday.

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Police are following leads in a hit-and-run collision in South Philadelphia on Monday that left a mother and her two children injured. The suspect was described as a woman driving a red Honda Accord with a broken mirror on its passenger side, Philly.com reported. The three victims’ injuries weren’t considered life threatening, and CBS reported Tuesday that the 30-year-old mother injured in the crash was awake, but disoriented. SPENCER BUELL

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California’s attorney general sued Southern California Gas Co. on Tuesday over a huge methane leak near Los Angeles, escalating legal action sparked by an underground pipeline rupture that has forced thousands of residents from their homes since October. The latest civil complaint accuses the utility, a division of San Diego-based Sempra Energy of violating state health and safety laws by failing to promptly control the escaping gas and report the leak to authorities. REUTERS

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Two vehicles struck and killed an unidentified man Monday night as he ran in his underwear, waving his arms and singing near the corner of Roosevelt Boulevard and Harbison Avenue. A Chevy Tahoe initially struck the man, catapulting him into the inner lanes of the boulevard before he was struck again by a Volkswagen and possibly by two other vehicles as well, NBC reported. The unidentified man was taken to Aria Health-Torresdale Campus, where he was pronounced dead, police said in a related Philly.com article. JASON NUCKOLLS

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BRIEFS Underwear-clad man, waving and singing, killed on Roosevelt Blvd Two vehicles struck and killed an unidentified man Monday night as he ran, waving his arms in the air and singing, near the corner of Roosevelt Boulevard and Harbison Avenue. “He was running south on the Boulevard waving his hands in the air and he was singing loudly,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told

NYPD cop ran prostitution ring: Investigators A former NYPD officer is being accused of leading an interstate prostitution ring, investigators said yesterday. Eduardo Cornejo, an 11year veteran of the force who previously had been assigned to the 79th Precinct in Brooklyn, transported at least 10 women to motels around New York, Long Island and New Jersey, prosecutors allege.

NBC. “He was only wearing underwear, which is very bizarre for the winter — or anytime.” The unidentified man was taken to Aria Health-Torresdale Campus, where he was pronounced dead, police told Philly. com. Investigators told NBC that the man had mental health problems and could have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol. JASON NUCKOLLS

Many of his alleged deeds happened “directly after leaving his work with the NYPD,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. The complaint follows an investigation into Cornejo’s activities involving the NYPD and FBI that included a wiretap, officials said. He could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted. SPENCER BUELL

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Chaka “Chip” Fattah Jr. was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for his conviction on 22 federal counts of bank and tax fraud. Fattah Jr., the son of U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah, told NBC that he planned to appeal his conviction last fall, also stating earlier that he did not foresee himself going to prison. “I’m not going to face any time in prison,” Fattah Jr. told NBC. That prediction has turned out to be untrue. Fattah, who is not a lawyer and did not

graduate from college, represented himself at his trial, Philly.com reported in a related article. Prosecutors showed evidence that Fattah had taken more than $1 million from banks, clients and taxpayers, much of which was spent on personal expenses. “Fattah engaged in persistent bank frauds, cheating on taxes, and thefts from the citizensupported school district. He abused the trust that others placed in him and lied at every turn to further his frauds and conceal them,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Gray and Eric Gibson, a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, said in a sentencing memorandum filed last week, Philly.com added. Fattah Jr. told NBC that he planned to appeal the verdict and that the federal prosecutors’ evidence was “prejudicial.”

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Castor throws wrench into Cosby case The hearing will continue Wednesday as court investigates whether old DA’s deal makes Cosby immune to sex assault charges. SAM NEWHOUSE @scnewhouse

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The sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby are up in the air after a former prosecutor took the stand for a day of testimony to claim he decided Cosby could “never” be charged for the 2004 assault. Bruce Castor, the former DA of Montgomery County in suburban Philadelphia, testified he made that decision so that the young woman who accused Cosby of sexual assault could compel Cosby to testify in a civil lawsuit. But apparently, almost no one but Castor knew or understood that this agreement existed.

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“To be clear, Mr. McMonagle, I’m not on your team — I want them to win,” Castor said with an enigmatic smile to Cosby’s defense lawyer Brian McMonagle, who argued at a hearing Tuesday that the case should be thrown

out based on Castor’s decision. However, Castor may be helping Cosby’s defense team a great deal with his claims. On Tuesday he testified that a press release he issued in 2005 an-

nouncing he would not charge Cosby was actually a coded declaration — to press, the broader legal community, and lawyers for Cosby and Constand — which was meant as a written declaration that Cosby could never legally be charged in this case, and could not invoke the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in Constand’s lawsuit. His intent was to “set up the dominos to fall in such a way that Mr. Cosby would be required to testify,” he said. The lawsuit ended with an undisclosed settlement. Montgomery County DA Kevin Steele filed criminal charges against Cosby in December after more than 50 women accused him of assault, and newly unsealed documents from Constand’s lawsuit included Cosby admitting to drugging and touching her. But Castor testified that using Cosby’s testi-

mony in the criminal case violated his constitutional rights and the terms of Castor’s agreement with Cosby’s former lawyer Wally Phillips, who is now deceased. Prosecutors were befuddled by Castor’s defense of his claims that his 2005 press release on the case constituted a legally binding agreement, but the harshest questioning came at the end of the hearing from Judge Steven T. O’Neill. “We have an immunity statute. … Why did you not make it in writing? Why did you not do that? Do you know why you didn’t do that?” O’Neill asked Castor about the agreement that Cosby could not be prosecuted. Castor said he did not feel any further record of his decision was needed. “A prosecutor is the minister of justice,” he said. “I thought that meant I was supposed to seek justice.” Constand waited a year

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to report being drugged and digitally penetrated by Cosby in his Cheltenham Township mansion in 2004, gave inconsistent versions of events to law enforcement and had multiple contacts with Cosby after the assault, he said. “She had ruined her own credibility,” he said. Despite that, Castor was convinced of Cosby’s guilt. “I had already decided that I wanted Mr. Cosby punished in civil court,” he said. Testimony on this issue is scheduled to continue in Montgomery County Court on Wednesday.

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BRIEF Virginia prosecutor says teen stabbed in case linked to students The mother of a 13-year-old girl whose abduction and fatal stabbing have been tied to two Virginia Tech students cried on Tuesday as she recalled her daughter’s battle against multiple childhood illnesses and love of dance, music and pandas. Tammy Weeks shed no new light on how the first-year

engineering students charged in daughter Nicole Lovell’s death might have met the teen who lived near the university campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. Instead, Weeks spoke of a girl who survived a liver transplant and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and dreamed of being on the television show “American Idol.” “Nicole was a very lovable person,” Weeks told reporters at a news conference in

Blacksburg, before hurrying away in tears. Preliminary autopsy results indicate Lovell was stabbed to death, Montgomery County prosecutor Mary Pettitt said. Authorities believe Lovell died on or about Jan. 27, the same day she went missing. After a four-day search, her remains were found about 90 miles away in a heavily wooded, rural area in North Carolina, officials said.

David Eisenhauer, 18, a member of Virginia Tech’s cross country team, is charged with first-degree murder and abduction and faces a possible life sentence if convicted. A fellow student, Natalie Keepers, 19, who was accused of helping to dispose of Lovell’s body, will now face a charge of being an accessory before the fact of a first-degree murder, Pettitt said. REUTERS

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Transmission of Zika virus through sex Dallas County Health and Human Services said it received confirmation of the case in Dallas from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency. The virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO officials on Tuesday expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia as well. Zika had been thought to be spread by the bite of mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, so sexual contact as a mode of transmission would be a potentially alarming development. The county department said on Twitter that the person was infected through sexual contact with someone who had traveled to Venezuela. The person infected did not travel to the South American country, county

health officials said. The Texas Department of State Health Services was slightly more cautious in its assessment, saying in a statement, “Case details are being evaluated, but the possibility of sexual transmission from an infected person to a noninfected person is likely in this case.” County authorities said there were no reports of the virus being locally transmitted by mosquitoes in the Texas county. A CDC spokesman confirmed the results of a test for Zika infection but said local officials investigated the mode of transmission. Previously, international health officials had noted one case of possible person-to-person sexual transmission. But the Pan American Health Organization said more evidence was needed to confirm sexual contact as a means of Zika transmission. The medical literature also has one case in which the virus was detected in semen. The virus has been linked to microcephaly, in which babies have abnormally small heads and improperly developed brains. The WHO has said the virus could infect 4 million people in the Americas. It said on Tuesday it launched a global response unit to fight the mosquito-borne virus. REUTERS

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Trump generated much enthusiasm for his anti-establishment message, but in the end he was out muscled by Cruz’s more traditional ground game and saw some latedeciding voters side with Rubio. Republican Donald Trump’s surprise defeat in Iowa at the hands of Sen. Ted Cruz reflected shortcomings in his getout-the-vote operations and an over reliance on his celebrity status in a state where voters prefer the personal touch. All signs had pointed to a Trump victory in the first nominating contest in the race for the White House, with the Des Moines Register’s influential poll giving Trump the lead over the weekend before Iowans went to caucus on Monday. The loss, while not by a large margin, raised questions about Trump’s ability to perform as well in voting contests as he does in polls. Prior to Monday, Trump had repeatedly boasted that he would easily win Iowa, and he has been the front-runner in most national polls since last

summer. Sensing victory, Trump had mocked Cruz’s ground game in the hours before voters went to their caucus sites. “I hear they all have these great ground games, they’ve got people pouring in on buses and trucks,” Trump said at a campaign rally. “They are spending all the money they have from special interests. For our country, I want the person who is going to spend the least amount and get the best results.” Trump had relied on what Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann told Reuters was a “stealth” ground effort. For some though, the specifics of Trump’s plan for turning out his supporters on Monday were questionable. Instead of aggressively trying to convert any and all Republicans to his cause as Cruz did, Trump relied mostly on signing up supporters from among those who attended his rallies. The challenge Trump faced was trying to persuade these people, many of whom had never participated in a caucus before, to show up. Tana Goertz, Trump’s Iowa campaign chair, was frequently an introductory speaker at Trump events and would

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sponse to a question from Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, who said she also believes women should register. The White House said the comments did not reflect a policy change. “I don’t know how seriously that is being considered,� press secretary Josh Earnest said. The U.S. military has been an all-volunteer force since the 1970s, but young men must register in case the draft is reactivated. The military leaders said it would take years for women to be fully integrated into combat units, although they generally voiced strong support for the plan to skeptical committee members. REUTERS

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How using food scraps can save you $1,500 a year An estimated 40 percent of what consumers buy at the grocery store goes to waste. We all like to moan and complain about how there is not enough money in the bank at the end of the month. Well, here is a simple step that could save a family of four $1,500 a year: Stop wasting food. It sounds flippant, but it is not. About 40 percent of the food America produces goes to waste. And it’s not a minor expense: The USDA estimates that food waste amounts to around 2 million calories a year for a family of four, costing roughly $1,500, which is more than $100 a month for the family, or $375 a person annually. “Nobody wakes up in the morning wanting to waste food, but it happens in little bits and pieces,” says Dana Gunders, senior scientist at the National Resources Defense Coun-

cil and author of the new book “Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook.” “We are so price-sensitive in the store, but when we get home and eventually throw out a quarter of the cheese we just bought, we don’t realize that’s another $1.50.” Reducing food waste takes planning and discipline. Gunders gives some tips below: Shop deliberately, from a list, for just a couple of meals ahead of time. Otherwise your eyes will be bigger than your stomach, and much of what you buy will end up in the trash. Use up leftovers by making catch-all dishes like soups, stir-frys, fried rice, frittatas and risottos. Stale bread? Make menus involving croutons, French toast or bread pudding. Learn to store food properly. For instance, lettuce usually lasts longer in the crisper, while apples, mushrooms and peppers need more aeration and do better outside

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huge part of each other’s lives when it comes to raising their kids, Apple and Moses. In the March issue of Glamour, the actress describes Martin like a sibling — an interesting switch from being spouses, to say the least.

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Paltrow says, “We’re still very much a family, even though we don’t have a romantic relationship. He’s like my brother.â€? Although she confirms they’re not living together, they might as well be. She explains, “He’s more than welcome to be with us whenever he wants. And vice versa: I sleep in his house in Malibu a lot with the kids. We’ll have a weekend all together; holidays, we’re together.â€? We can’t wait to find out their trademark slogan for this phase of the breakup.

Remember last week when things got heated between Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa on Twitter? Their feud got ugly fast, despite West’s #CoolPantsWiz compliment. Even Amber Rose, ex of both Wiz and Kanye, got dragged into this mess. (She then posted some NSFW tweets about her and West’s sexual history‌) There may be beef between ’Ye and Wiz, but the ladies in their lives are teaming up to say they want nothing to do with it. Kim Kardashian and Amber Rose proved this when posting the selfie to end all selfies. Kardashian captioned the snapshot, “Tea anyone?â€? – a reference to a popular Internet meme about sipping tea and minding your own business. Another caption they could have written? “Grow up, boys.â€?

Harry Styles is going solo Just last week, Zayn Malik dropped his first solo track, “PillowTalk.� And let’s just say it was quite a change of pace from his One Direction days. (Even the perpetually stoic Simon Cowell would blush at the lyrics.) Now another boybander

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Tiffani Thiessen’s planning a ‘Saved by the Bell’ reunion “Dinner at Tiffani’s” Season 2 teases a double date with Mark-Paul Gosselaar. JAMIE PRIMEAU @MetroPhilly letters@metro.us

We’re about to get a major dose of nostalgia on an upcoming episode of Tiffani Thiessen’s cooking show, “Dinner at Tiffani’s.” The second season premieres tonight at 8 p.m. on the Cooking Channel. “I can promise you some really fun people are reappearing on the show and a lot of new guests as well,” Thiessen says. “Probably the most anticipated guest is my old co-star from ‘Saved by the Bell’ Mark-Paul Gosselaar, along with his beautiful wife. We have a great episode of doubledating with my husband. I do a lobster boil, which was super fun.” Gosselaar isn’t the only co-star she keeps in touch with. Last season, Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie Spano) and Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater) swung by, too. That’s the whole premise of her show — Thiessen invites pals over for dinner parties.

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invite to her dream dinner party, she goes for a combo of classy and comedy. “I think it would be amazing to have the president and the first lady over, cooking for them. I’d probably be pretty nervous,” she admits. Besides the Obamas, she would pick Jimmy Fallon, who she dubs “the ultimate party guest.”

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Like so many other things, feng shui didn’t look so good in the ’90s. During the same decade that brought us scrunchies and bucket hats, the ancient Chinese art was reduced to a design fad that too often involved cheesy waterfalls and lacquered furniture. That’s an image that Laura Benko has been working to change. After being diagnosed with a rare cancer more

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First things first: The front door As the first thing you experience about your home, the front door — from its color to its mechanics to the pile of mail and shoes next to it — should be an aesthetically pleasing and fuss-free experience. “The front door represents opportunity, so you always

want to make sure that it opens easily and that your entryway is clean, organized and well-lit,� says Benko. You hear that, broken doorbell and musty old doormat? Your time is up.

Look at your life — then at your living room As a holistic design consultant, Benko works with clients to create living spaces that serve and support their needs. What she’s found is that, frequently, challenges in life manifest themselves in the home. The alwayssingle girl? She tends to have a single vase, a lone throw pillow, a too-small bed and a packed closet that couldn’t accommodate a partner’s belongings. Those who have trouble sleeping may surround themselves with busy imagery, while clutter usually indicates an inability to let go of the past. “Try to see how your problems are represented in your space,� says Benko. “Whatever your fears are, whatever your problems are, chances are that you’ll be able to see them, and then you can take the

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Drexel gets a dorm for foodies Good Food Flats is designed for aspiring restaurateurs. ALLIE VOLPE @MetroPhilly

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Step onto any college campus and you’ll find rows of fraternity and sorority houses. Some universities may have honors dorms or housing dedicated to college athletes. But just off campus at Drexel University, for the first time, there will be student housing designed for the foodobsessed. Good Food Flats, the latest student resident building from Cross Properties, pairs the learning environment of a classroom with a dorm experience through a wealth of features geared toward Drexel University’s Hospitality and Sports Management program — or any other food and nutri-

Modular construction Another unique facet of Good Food Flats’ structure is in its modular construction, meaning the building will be constructed almost completely o-site in a climate-controlled environment and then assembled at the building site. A similar modular apartment complex opened in 2010 near Temple University. However, the Good Food Flats will be the ďŹ rst to feature college major–driven environments.

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tion-minded non-Drexel students looking for an off-campus experience. Located at 4030 Baring St., the flats are now leasing and will be open for residents late this summer, for the 2016-17 school year. With 44 fully furnished units — 175

beds available in total, with four-bedroom, twobath shared apartments — Good Food Flats is Cross Properties’ first project in University City and will cost leasers $750 a month in rent. Jonathan Deutsch, founding director of the

school’s Center for Hospitality and Sports Management, had the idea for an all-inclusive housing residency targeting foodies. The flats will feature a pop-up restaurant/entrepreneur incubator and a food lab where local chefs will take part in teaching

classes, urban garden spaces and a commercial kitchen, in addition to traditional amenities like study lounges, a fitness center, Wi-Fi and cable. “Anybody in that world is going to be able to live here and have a community of like-minded individuals,� says Kevin Michals, co-founder of Cross Properties. Programming planned for the learning spaces includes cooking classes and lessons on ways to start

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The Phillies’ farm system is vastly improved, due in part to the arrival of over a dozen prospects in seven trades over the last year and a half. With talent loaded up in the minor leagues, fans are understandably curious about time frame. When will this team be good again? While it is way too early to tell, it’s never too early to contemplate. Here’s when we think the Phils’ top 10 prospects will arrive at Citizens Bank Park for the first time.

J.P. Crawford, SS -ETA 2016: The organization’s top prospect has had much fanfare as he’s ascended through the Phils’ minor league system and, according to Larry Bowa, could make the Big League squad by mid-season 2016.

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Mark Appel, SP -ETA 2016: Acquired as part of the Ken Giles trade, Appel is a former No. 1-overall draft pick and will start the season near the top of the Triple-A rotation, just a short hop from South Philly.

Also watch for: Ben Lively, SP (ETA 2018), Nick Pivetta, SP (ETA 2019), Jimmy Cordero, RP (ETA 2018), Thomas Eshelman, SP (ETA 2019), Harold Arauz, SS (ETA 2020), Alberto Tirado, SP (ETA 2018)

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6 J.P. Crawford hit .288 across two levels of minor league ball last year.

Nick Williams, OF -- ETA 2016: Williams has power and loves to hit home runs. In a recent visit to Philadelphia, the former Rangers draft pick said, “It doesn’t get this cold in Texas, it’s freezing, but when I walk out there I absolutely want to

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Philly Union will have retooled offense in 2016 As training camp progresses, the Union are figuring out their new approach. JEFF MCMENAMIN @Jeff_McMenamin sports@metro.us

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It’s quite rare to see a home sellout crowd give its team a standing ovation after a loss. The 76ers deserved the applause. After a stirring 13-point comeback in the final twoand-a-half minutes against the defending champion Golden State Warriors, the Sixers fell just short when Harrison Barnes drained a 3-pointer from the corner with 0.2 seconds remaining for a three-point victory last Saturday. The Sixers could have wilted. They didn’t. This could be called a moral victory, but the team refuses to look at the loss in that way. The defeat dropped the Sixers to 7-41. “We don’t feel that way

and I don’t want our guys to feel that way,” Sixers coach Brett Brown said. “It’s sort of the beauty of the job that we have. You win and you lose. I kind of like that.” The Sixers are playing much better and that was evident in the loss to the ultra-talented Warriors. Moral victory? Forget about it. “For us to be down 24 and find a way at home to not roll over, not to be all caught up in the moment and find a way for to give something back to our fans, who were fantastic, is a great thing for our young team,” Brown said. “It validates the work they have put in. It showed we have no letdown, no backdown, and I give us a lot of credit. We’re obviously disappointed to not come away with a win.” Another rebuilding season in Philadelphia has to be frustrating for the fans, coaches and players. The loss to the Warriors shows that the Sixers are moving in the right direc-

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