The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) articles from August 2001

The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) archives from August 2001

Loose Car Registration Stickers Make Philadelphia Drivers Unglued.
August 1, 2001... Byline: Rose DeWolf Aug. 1--It's bad enough that many of those glue-challenged car-registration stickers issued to Philadelphians don't stick to the rear window. Many don't even stay in the car. Stan Warchol says his sticker stuck...

Philadelphia Daily News Harry Gross Column.
August 1, 2001... Byline: Harry Gross Aug. 1--DEAR HARRY: I am still working. My husband retired on the first of January. Are we able to make a Roth IRA contribution for him for 2001? WHAT HARRY SAYS: Probably. A taxpayer may contribute to a Roth IRA...

Lab Tech's Mistake at Philadelphia Hospital Likely Killed Two Patients.
August 1, 2001... Byline: Dana DiFilippo Aug. 1--A lab technician at St. Agnes Medical Center in South Philadelphia made a clerical error during blood-clotting studies that likely resulted in the deaths of two elderly people and may have affected hundreds...

Philadelphia Cab Drivers Say Driving Is What They Can, Want to Do.
August 1, 2001... Byline: Don Russell Aug. 1--The hours are long, the work is tough, and you never know when some maniac will pull a gun and take your money. Or your life. So why would anyone want to drive a taxicab in the city? Take a look at...

Chef's table: Spaghetti squash, crispy onion rings.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I have an abundance of spaghetti squash. Do you have any suggestions about ways to prepare it other than flaking the squash and rebaking it with cheese? _ Ken H. A; Ken, I've heard of people...

Bowa boxed in by the elements.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen DENVER _ Larry Bowa knows that, as Phillies manager, part of his job description is to figure out how to fix things when they go wrong. And for most of the season, he has had a pretty good sense of how he wanted to...

Tony Stewart finally learning to be quiet.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ A politically correct Tony Stewart? What's next, a raging Bobby Labonte or a hilarious Mark Martin? Stewart is one of Winston Cup's few outspoken drivers. His latest outburst occurred after...

Mike Helton facing huge challenges.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ You grow up in the South wanting to be involved in racing. As you work your way up the company ladder, performing various jobs, you start thinking that maybe someday the big job could be yours. It's a...

Conditioning is a science in NFL.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Rich Hofmann BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ We still laugh about it sometimes, Buddy Ryan's first training camp as the Eagles' coach, the one where 13 players went to the hospital the first night because of dehydration. And then it really got...

Eagles aware of camp breaking point.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ News of tragedy made Day 2 in Hell a little more unbearable for the Eagles. Certainly, it should make outsiders appreciate a little more greatly their brutal training schedule. Tackle Jon...

Stringer's death may raise awareness of heat stroke.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ Local sports-medicine professionals think the heat-related death Wednesday of Minnesota Vikings tackle Korey Stringer might very well make parents and coaches of dizzy, nauseated young football players more...

Philadelphia Mayor Meets Council's Deadline on Anti-Blight Proposal.
August 2, 2001... Aug. 2--It's a small step, maybe even a baby step, but the Street administration yesterday met the deadline for answering City Council questions about Mayor Street's anti-blight proposal. The inch-thick wad of responses made its way to the...

FedEx Plans $15 Million Center in Philadelphia.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Aug. 2--An abandoned industrial site south of the Naval Home in Grays Ferry -- which state and city officials spent about $1 million to clean up -- will soon be home to a new $15 million service and distribution...

Two Philadelphia Clinics Commit Medicaid Fraud.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Smith Aug. 2--Hundreds of patients at two of Northwest Center's clinics in Philadelphia didn't know it, but they weren't getting the mental-health treatment for which Medicaid was paying. The state was fooled, too, since...

Officials Probe Blood-Test Mistakes at Philadelphia Hospital.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Dana DiFilippo Aug. 2--A medical mistake at St. Agnes Medical Center that may have cost two patients their lives happened as the hospital was upgrading its laboratory blood tests, a state Department of Health spokesman said...

Contractors Union Has Plan to Heal `Sick' Buildings in Philadelphia.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Marc Meltzer Aug. 2--The building where you work could be making you sick. And a local labor union, along with the contractors that employ its members, wants to do something about that. Twenty-five years after a deadly...

Coming this month: New from Mariah Carey, Better Than Ezra.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Takiff August heats up with a red hot assortment of new albums by Mariah Carey, Better Than Ezra, Chocolate Genius, Laurie Anderson, Aaron Carter, Maxwell, Dan Hicks, and more. AUG 7: Urban Flava: Romantic crooner...

Where's the real Pat Burrell.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen DENVER _ It was the kind of series that gives the Phillies hope. For three games, Pat Burrell wrecked Rockies pitching. He batted .600. He homered in each game, scored four times, knocked in six runs. But here's...

Campaigning for lesbian dollars.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Debbie Woodell PHILADELPHIA _ My friend Jeff used to call it the ultimate "trend" story. They wear watches in California; they wear watches in New Jersey. Hey, it's a trend. They're, um, wearing watches in the WNBA this...

Will the Sixers play match game with MacCulloch.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner PHILADELPHIA _ As he relaxed on a flight back to the United States from a players association trip to China, Todd MacCulloch knew he will earn a little more than $34 million over the next six NBA seasons. The...

HEADLINE HERE.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Paul Domowitch X X X In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine Can't you just feel the moonshine Maybe just like a friend of mine It hit me from behind Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my...

Tony Stewart a watched man with Eagles.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Sam Donnellon BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ They lined up along the fences at Lehigh's Goodman practice facility and called out the names of players as if they were rock stars or rappers. Any name, new or old, star or scrub, got treated as...

Eagles' receivers trying to catch on.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ Perhaps their profiles magnify their shortcomings. Perhaps the fact that the Eagles saw fit to rebuild their wide receiver corps after winning 11 games in 2000 creates greater scrutiny for the...

Quinton Caver snaps with first team.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ Sometimes, fate conspires to benefit the greater objective. The Eagles want second-round rookie Quinton Caver to get snaps with the first team at weakside linebacker. They need Ike Reese's...

Eric Lindros must expand horizons.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ Eric Lindros needs a new strategy. This thought is prompted by a Toronto Sun story in which Lindros was asked whether he had given up on playing for his hometown Maple Leafs. "I haven't given up about...

Brickyard 400 could be replay of Pepsi 400 for NBC.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ NBC Sports, carrying its first Brickyard 400 on Sunday (2 p.m. Eastern Time), is hoping for an audience similar to its first NASCAR Winston Cup race. Picking up where Fox left off early last...

Take your music to the great outdoors.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Outdoor loudspeakers by Advent, Bose, JBL, NHT, Niles Audio, Recoton and Sonance, priced from $80 to $500. YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU: Gershwin was right. In summer, the "livin' is easy." So people will...

Hundreds of Philadelphia Cabbies Protest Killing, Unsafe Conditions in City.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Jose Antonio Vargas Aug. 3--Ali Elsayed has never been this scared. He's been a cabbie for about 17 years, 14 on the bustling streets of New York City, before coming to Philadelphia to drive. But Elsayed, an Egyptian...

Philadelphia Light Show Gets Million-Dollar Boost.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Dave Davies Aug. 3--Lights of Liberty, the nighttime sound and light show in the city's historic area, has gotten a welcome boost: a $1 million gift from the Lenfest Foundation. The gift will help overcome a troubled...

CDNow Employees Face Uncertain Future under German Media Conglomerate.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Aug. 3--One of the region's best-known dot-coms -- and the jobs of its 350 employees -- may be threatened by corporate changes at a German media conglomerate. CDNow in Fort Washington is now a part of...

Who'll win the time slot wars? Tune in to find out.
August 5, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray The WB moves "Gilmore Girls" to 8 p.m. ET Tuesdays tomorrow night, setting the stage for the first skirmish of the Time Slot Wars of 2001-02. Come Oct. 2, when "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" debuts on UPN in the same...

Phillies fall to Giants.
August 6, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen SAN FRANCISCO _ It was the kind of trip after which the Phillies could have looked at their water cooler and pronounced it half-full. They could have told themselves that with a break here and a break there, they might...

Wendell struggling along.
August 6, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen SAN FRANCISCO _ The line that appears in the box score reflects that Turk Wendell pitched one-third of an inning and didn't allow a run against the Giants at Pacific Bell Park. That's more than a little misleading....

Emotional day for inductees.
August 6, 2001... Byline: Bernard Fernandez COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. _ Anyone who saw "A League of Their Own" knows Tom Hanks' exasperated response to a blubbering member of the Rockford Peaches. There might be no crying in Hollywood's vision of baseball, but...

Eagles' kicking game a question mark.
August 6, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ David Akers missed a kick. A year ago, this would have caused barely a ripple. Now, a season removed from a glorious debut, Akers missing a 50-yard field goal Sunday, the 11th day of training...

Eagles need much better reception.
August 6, 2001... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ It was the big question at the end of last season. It was the big question before the start of training camp. And with the first full week of practice completed, it's still the big question. We...

Point Given takes the Haskell.
August 6, 2001... Byline: Dick Jerardi OCEANPORT, N.J. _ When your horse attracts the biggest crowd in Monmouth Park history and so much money to show that if he didn't finish in the top three, small fortunes could have been lost, there is serious pressure....

Philadelphia Expects a $40 Million Influx from X Games Fans.
August 6, 2001... Byline: Sono Motoyama Aug. 6--Mat Hoffman has no spleen. He's had 14 operations, been knocked unconscious about 50 times, been in a coma and flatlined. "Everything that could have happened to me has happened," he said. "I'm pretty much...

Chef's table: Blanching peaches; summer squash; simple salsa.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I was told that an easy way to peel peaches was to blanch them. What does that mean, and how do I do it? _ Oscar L. A: How is it easy if the person who told you such a thing doesn't explain it...

HEADLINE HERE.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Stan Hochman PHILADELPHIA _ The city now loves Allen Iverson. The suburbs, too. They've forgiven and forgotten the latenesses, the sulking, the swaggering arrogance of the early years. They've learned to accept the cornrows and...

Duckworth making debut, checking details.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Brandon Duckworth was lost. Or, at least, the Phillies couldn't find him. Turns out the heralded rookie righthander who will make his debut Tuesday night at Veterans Stadium was almost literally right...

Figueroa showing what he can do.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Nelson Figueroa spent one offseason working as a host at a Pizzeria Uno in Waltham, Mass. Another year he worked as an electrical apprentice for an uncle in the New York area. His dream was to pitch in...

Sixers sign three players.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Dick Jerardi PHILADELPHIA _ Less than two months after the NBA Finals ended, the 76ers have changed their look once again. Only seven of the players that suited up for the last game against the Los Angeles Lakers own guaranteed...

Troubled Blue Horizon club might have a ray of hope.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ A little more than a year after the Blue Horizon's financial ills were chronicled in a Daily News front-page story, the venerable, 136-year-old fight club remains in mostly decrepit condition. ...

King of the World time.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ When I'm King of the World... The term "walkoff" will be eliminated from baseball's working vocabulary..."Game-winning" was perfect for a century to describe an end-game event. "Game-winning"...

Heat on the Eagles' minds.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ They knew it was coming. Veteran linebacker Carlos Emmons heard the five-day forecast Sunday night and thought, "Man, it's going to be a long week." The forecast called for 90-degree...

She's the Rev. Jill _ till Kingdom.com.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Jill Porter You've heard of mail-order diplomas? Well I've done one better than that. I've become an ordained minister by e-mail. Yes, that's correct, a woman of the cloth, empowered legally to perform weddings, funerals,...

The line between racism and prejudice.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Sam Donnellon PHILADELPHIA _ I knew this boxer once who disliked black people. The strange thing was that he was black. At least that's how it appeared to the people of New York City, where this Dominican-born fighter had decided...

Wayne Brady goes out on a lonely limb with variety show.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray ABC sticks Wayne Brady's neck out Wednesday night. There's not much at risk for the network in scheduling a six-week summer run for "The Wayne Brady Show," a variety series that spotlights the gifted improvisational...

Philadelphia Daily News Consumer Column.
August 7, 2001... Byline: By Aug. 7--Think That a supermarket makes its money by selling its wares to you? Think that the products with the best spot on a store shelf -- or in those eye-catching displays -- are there because they're the fastest movers?...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In Column.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Aug. 7--Take your music to the great outdoors THE GIZMO: Outdoor loudspeakers by Advent, Bose, JBL, NHT, Niles Audio, Recoton and Sonance, priced from $80 to $500. YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU: Gershwin was...

What's the rush? Vick will take a pass.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Paul Domowitch GREENVILLE, S.C. _ The rookie quarterback took the snap from center, faked a handoff, and rolled to his left. He cocked his left arm and looked for an open receiver, but couldn't find one. Looked again and still...

Media, Pennsylvania Fines Store for Sexy Toys and Apparel.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Jim Nolan Aug. 8--Media Mayor Bob McMahon envisions the town's upcoming Veterans Day, when 6,000 schoolchildren will march in the borough's lavish annual parade, right up State Street. They'll parade proudly past the quaint...

Philadelphia Auto-Repair Shop Owner to Pay Fine for Using Stolen Credit Cards.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Jim Smith Aug. 8--An auto-repair shop owner was fined $5,000 and placed on three years' probation yesterday for admittedly cashing in on credit cards stolen from three dead men by a city morgue worker. Reginald Walker, 52, of...

Philadelphia Transportation Authority Sidelines Hot, Trackless Trolleys.
August 8, 2001... Aug. 8--Transport Workers Union operators that put the heat on SEPTA management to improve air conditioning in trackless trolley cars has commuters happily chilling out in South and Northeast Philadelphia. They're now riding in...

Verizon Bills Direct Philadelphia-Area Customers to Sex Line.
August 8, 2001... Aug. 8--Some Verizon Wireless bills that began arriving at customers' homes this week contain the wrong phone number for billing inquiries. When Philadelphian Doris Dickstein dialed the number on her bill yesterday, she was connected to...

Pete Rose's gambling crony singing old tale.
August 9, 2001... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ Pete Rose walked out of the Reds' spring-training hotel one afternoon in 1978 and ran into Mini-Pete. A junior college second baseman named Tommy Gioiosa was playing catch in the parking lot with...

Makar is the driving force behind Bobby Labonte.
August 9, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ Jimmy Makar has learned what Tony Stewart and other young racers have not. "This is a humbling sport," Makar, 45, crew chief for Bobby Labonte, said after Labonte won his first race of the season...

Penn State looking for roar to return.
August 9, 2001... Byline: Dick Jerardi STATE COLLEGE, Pa. _ The wrapping on the package is enticing. What is inside will be determined from September through November. This package, however, feels different from all those that came before. As the Penn...

NFL's message is taunt at your own risk.
August 9, 2001... Byline: Sam Donnellon BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ Leave it to Hugh Douglas to sum up what the NFL was trying to get across to the Eagles during the last two days. "`How's your wife and kids?' - that ain't taunting," the Eagles' chatty defensive...

Experts say manners are good for NFL.
August 9, 2001... Byline: Ron Goldwyn PHILADELPHIA _ So, what is proper etiquette for the line of scrimmage? Two experts on manners say it's not such a crazy concept. They say manners are a matter of respect - and modeling behavior for millions of...

Freshen up: boning up on the new rules.
August 9, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ It was "Monday Night Football" last season and the nation's eyes were upon the instant-replay monitor. Al Jury, a 23-year veteran NFL field judge, ruled that Rams tight end Ernie Conwell did not...

Watching `Sex' no longer is a guilty pleasure.
August 9, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray HBO's "Sex and the City" used to be one of my guilty pleasures, a show I seldom missed but couldn't quite own up to liking. Some Sunday nights, it would just be me, alone in a room for a half-hour, talking back to...

Chef's table: Chicken cacciatore; preserving wine labels; Italian parsley.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: Please settle an argument between my husband and me. I say chicken cacciatore has mushrooms _ he says that he had it all the time growing up and it never had mushrooms. Who is right? Do you have a...

Oppressive heat: 148.7 degrees at Phillies game.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins soaked his feet in a bucket of ice between innings. Players on both teams drank liquids every chance they had and tried to cool off between innings. These...

Scott Rolen catches flak from Dallas Green.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ Dallas Green's criticism of Scott Rolen didn't raise the temperature in the office of the Phillies' manager Thursday. Larry Bowa's reaction before the series finale with the San Diego Padres was,...

Sixers still front-page news, albeit in a bad way.
August 10, 2001... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ Wasn't it less than two months ago that the 76ers were the toast of the city? During their run to the NBA Finals, the Sixers lifted, inspired and united the region like no team in recent memory had...

Eagles' offensive line coming of age.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ He used to stand there and scowl. As the offensive linemen butted heads with their behemoth counterparts during one-on-one drills at training camp, routinely getting beaten, Andy Reid would look...

Simon injury cause Eagles, fans, others to give pause.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ The silence was as thunderous as the collision that brought the specter of tragedy to the field. It was 16 minutes of group shock. Four thousand people silently, collectively worried as Eagles...

Jeff George's status of choice concern for Redskins.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Paul Domowitch CARLISLE, Pa. _ When the Washington Redskins opened training camp two weeks ago, The Big Question was whether their bombs-away quarterback, Jeff George, would be able flourish in coach Marty Schottenheimer's...

Mohini Bhardwaj not your usual gymnast.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil PHILADELPHIA _ In a sport where youth so often rules, Mohini Bhardwaj is trying to prove age doesn't matter. Bhardwaj is 22, ancient by gymnastics standards. While most of her competitors still are imagining...

Gymnastics competitors know meaning of sacrifice.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil PHILADELPHIA _ Today, Donna Strauss' mother will visit the oncologist to see if her lymphoma is in remission. Her daughter won't be there. Thirteen days ago, Donna Strauss' daughter had her first child....

The music business is tired of being (CD) burned.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: CD anti-piracy technologies from Macrovision/TTR Technologies, Midbar Tech, Sony and SunnComm. BEGINNING OF THE END: The music industry has been sweating bullets over music piracy for years. Now it...

Phillies, Rolen must work it out.
August 13, 2001... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ The "big we" that cracks the professional sports whip in this paranoid, passionate town has shown the door to more out-of-favor athletes than a Gold Club bouncer. "We" consist of fans, print and...

Phillies sweep out the Dodgers.
August 13, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Back in the dark and dreary winter, when the Phillies largely had dropped off the local sports radar screen, the only time the local baseball team seemed to get noticed was when it made a move that was...

Duckworth meeting expectations.
August 13, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ This time, there was only one "Duck Pond" and one "Quack Pack" in the upper deck. And the "Quack Pack" showed up late and left before the game was over. And that wasn't the only difference between...

Sixers still the hot topic.
August 13, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner AVALON, N.J. _ The 76ers are here to tell you that negativity sells. Consider: * Aaron McKie's name has turned up in nasty domestic-dispute headlines. * Dikembe Mutombo's name was linked to an...

Mitchell to get much work against Ravens.
August 13, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ Didn't get a chance to see Freddie Mitchell perform at training camp? Don't worry. You'll see plenty of the Eagles' first-round pick Monday night. Mitchell, currently the No. 4 receiver, will...

Ravens reeling from key losses.
August 13, 2001... Byline: Paul Domowitch WESTMINSTER, Md. _ All of a sudden, life has gotten a little more interesting in the AFC. All of a sudden, the Baltimore Ravens no longer are a mail-it-in, take-it-to-the-bank lock to make it back to the Super Bowl...

Clarke, Sather talk about Lindros.
August 13, 2001... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPIA _ At this point, fans' eyes tend to glaze over at the mention of "Eric Lindros trade talks," but the Flyers' attempts to deal the rights to their disaffected superstar just might be inching ahead. General...

How many of these shows will be survivors?
August 13, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray Series featuring so-called real people will be all over the schedule in the coming season. Here's a sampling of what we'll be seeing: CBS' "The Amazing Race." Eleven two-person teams _ including a mother/daughter...

It's unreal! What's next in the wacky world of reality TV?
August 13, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray Real people, unreal situations: It's the TV Trend That Refuses to End. Next week, it will be one year since 51.7 million were swept away by the $1 million jackpot finale of CBS' first "Survivor," and not only are we...

Great players who are good people earn Teflon coating.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Stan Hochman PHILADELPHIA _ Third baseman Don "Tiger" Hoak once snarled at his Philadelphia teammates who didn't share his passion for sitting around the clubhouse, after a game, in their underwear, talking baseball. "You can...

Phillies sorting out their chances.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ According to the legend, Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel once described the secret to his success as follows: "Keep the five guys who hate you away from the five who are undecided." The Old...