• Delinquent taxpayer confronts Philly mayor on TV

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The mayor of Philadelphia drew some special attention when he named three lawyers he said owed more than $350,000 combined in back taxes, interest and penalties.

Mayor Michael Nutter held a news conference Wednesday on the sidewalk in front of the lawyers’ offices, a 2-minute walk from City Hall. He said if they don’t pay by April 2 their business assets will be seized and sold by the sheriff.

He seemed surprised when one of the lawyers confronted him.

In front of a camera for WCAU-TV, attorney Robert Gamburg said he was trying to work out a payment plan. He asked Nutter why he and the other two lawyers were being singled out from all the thousands of delinquent taxpayers.

The mayor said to Gamburg, “Pay your taxes and everything will be fine.”

• NH town elects surveyor as newbie police chief

ASHLAND, N.H. (AP) — The newly elected police chief in one New Hampshire town is eager to get to work, but first he has to graduate from the police academy.

Tony Randall is a licensed surveyor who on Tuesday was elected the top cop in Ashland, a rural community of about 2,000 residents.

He’s never worked in law enforcement but says his experience running a business and dealing with people will help him police the town about 40 miles north of Concord. He plans to attend the police academy starting in September and has six months to graduate or town officials will appoint someone else as chief.