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Three formerly elected, previously convicted city officials landed new taxpayer-funded positions. A school district is mulling over how much sway superintendents should have over policymaking decisions. Amtrak has completed a rail project just in time for the holiday travel season. And this ham, in the words of CBS Local Philadelphia, is on the lam.