A brick was thrown through a window of the Robert Nix Federal Building and, shortly after, a large group of people broke windows and spray-painted the building at Ninth & Market Streets, police said.Seven people have been charged as being among members of a group who vandalized several federal buildings on New Year’s Eve in Center City.Police said a group of 50, all dressed in black, broke windows and spray-painted slogans on the historic U.S. Customs House, at Second and Chestnut Streets; the Robert Nix Federal Building, at Ninth and Markets Streets; and the Federal Detention Center,...…A brick was thrown through a window of the Robert Nix Federal Building and, shortly after, a large group of people broke windows and spray-painted the building at Ninth & Market Streets, police said.Seven people have been charged as being among members of a group who vandalized several federal buildings on New Year’s Eve in Center City.Police said a group of 50, all dressed in black, broke windows and spray-painted slogans on the historic U.S. Customs House, at Second and Chestnut Streets; the Robert Nix Federal Building, at Ninth and Markets Streets; and the Federal Detention Center,...WW…

“I do like when he’s creative in his sales,” said Richard Krassen’s wife, Carole Cohn. “But I do not like when he’s pushy.” And Krassen can be super pushy.Celebrities write memoirs. Interesting people tell their life stories. People like former President Barack Obama and actor Michael J. Fox, whose memoirs were released this month.But Richard Krassen?Krassen, who turns 80 on Nov. 17, is a semiretired life insurance salesman, and you have never heard of him. And when he wrote his life story, the story of an unremarkable middle-class Jewish existence in Northeast Philadelphia, he didn’t care...…“I do like when he’s creative in his sales,” said Richard Krassen’s wife, Carole Cohn. “But I do not like when he’s pushy.” And Krassen can be super pushy.Celebrities write memoirs. Interesting people tell their life stories. People like former President Barack Obama and actor Michael J. Fox, whose memoirs were released this month.But Richard Krassen?Krassen, who turns 80 on Nov. 17, is a semiretired life insurance salesman, and you have never heard of him. And when he wrote his life story, the story of an unremarkable middle-class Jewish existence in Northeast Philadelphia, he didn’t care...WW…