The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) articles from August 2005

The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) archives from August 2005

The Chef's Table: Imitation crab by any other name?
August 1, 2005... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I am having a dinner party, and two of my guests are allergic to shellfish. My questions are: What is imitation crab made of, is there any shellfish in it, and do you have a favorite way of preparing...

The series may die, but the stars live on.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. _ Favorite shows may fade away _ or be yanked from our screens by a heartless network _ but the people who starred in them have a way of bouncing back. You may not get to see "Joan of Arcadia's"...

Coming this month: Faith Hill, Stephen Stills, Kanye West & more.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Music purveyors start setting up for the fall buying season with a huge array of album releases in August. ___ AUG. 2: LOST AND FOUND: Ska champions Madness deliver "The Dangerman Sessions Vol. 1"...

Cinego turns your wall into home theater.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Cinego D-1000 Instant Theater from Radio Shack (www.radioshack.com). Got a big white wall indoors or outside? Or an old movie screen that hasn't seen use since the days of Super 8 home movies? In...

Teen suspected in McDougle shooting.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Catherine Lucey PHILADELPHIA _ Cops think that four teenagers were involved in the shooting of Eagles defensive end Jerome McDougle last week in Miami, a police source said Monday. Miami-Dade investigators had two suspects in...

New instructors finish 'boot camp' in Philadelphia.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Aug. 1--Last week, 750 recent graduates from some of the country's top universities completed a five-week "boot camp" in Philadelphia in order to go back to school. They are the first graduates of Teach for...

21 years after `Cosby,' new DVD of 1st season shows it's a classic.
August 2, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. _ I was sitting in a motel room with my family earlier this summer, my husband flipping through channels looking for something all of us could watch, when we came upon "The Cosby Show" on Nick at...

Why would a hottie pick a boring babe?
August 2, 2005... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: My buddy has fallen in love with a woman who strikes me as plain and boring. I would never say anything, of course, but he's really a pretty cool guy, and I just can't imagine what he sees in her. How is it that...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In column.
August 2, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Aug. 2--THE GIZMO: Cinego D-1000 Instant Theater from Radio Shack (www.radioshack.com). Got a big white wall indoors or outside? Or an old movie screen that hasn't seen use since the days of Super 8 home movies?...

Pennsylvania pay-boost furor refuses to die.
August 2, 2005... Byline: William Bunch Aug. 2--It was the fourth time in 22 years that Pennsylvania lawmakers had voted themselves a raise, and all the pundits thought Harrisburg had refined the art of the pay raise down to a science. "The pay raise is...

Subway surveillance smartens up.
August 2, 2005... Byline: Dan Geringer Aug. 2--The days of blurry, black-and-white, first-man-on-the-moon images from SEPTA security cameras designed to catch turnstile jumpers are giving way to digital recorders focused on life-and-death crimes in these...

Controversy continues over Pennsylvania lawmakers' pay raise.
August 2, 2005... Byline: William Bunch Aug. 2--It was the fourth time in 22 years that Pennsylvania lawmakers had voted themselves a raise, and all the pundits thought Harrisburg had refined the art of the pay raise down to a science. "The pay raise is...

Hopkins expected to lose appeal.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ Now-former undisputed middleweight champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins knew he'd lose. No, not his July 16 title defense against Jermain Taylor at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, which Taylor...

Dangerous days for Westbrook's games.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Rich Hofmann BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ Brian Westbrook, meet Willie Green. Hear the story of the 76ers' guard, told just Tuesday at a news conference. Hear the story about the pickup basketball game, and the knee injury suffered by Green...

Great news for drama junkies this fall.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray Commitment is going to be a big issue for couch potatoes come fall. Thanks to the success of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost," broadcast television's back in the business of programming for people with actual...

SEPTA wants Metro to pay up.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Erin Einhorn Aug. 3--It's bright. It's quick. It's free. And SEPTA, for the most part, has been thrilled with the pretty Metro tabloid that a Scandinavian company has distributed to SEPTA passengers for more than five years. ...

Sob story by Rosenhaus wears thin.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ We interrupt Drew Rosenhaus' nonstop whining about the desperate plight of the NFL player to bring you this information: _ Last week, Alex Smith, a rookie quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers...

Coming this month: Faith Hill, Stephen Stills, Kanye West & more.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Music purveyors start setting up for the fall buying season with a huge array of album releases in August. ___ AUG. 2: LOST AND FOUND: Ska champions Madness deliver "The Dangerman Sessions Vol. 1"...

Elton John concert unlikely to aid AIDS groups in Philadelphia.
August 5, 2005... Byline: Bob Warner Aug. 5--Despite its enormous popular success, Elton John's July 4th visit to Philadelphia fell way short of its fund-raising goals and appears unlikely to provide much, if any, support for local AIDS organizations. ...

Pennsylvania gaming board to get help in checking out slots applicants.
August 5, 2005... Byline: Chris Brennan Aug. 5--HARRISBURG -- The state Gaming Control Board, under pressure to get slot machines running after a delay from a failed state Supreme Court challenge, yesterday voted to outsource background checks for some...

Phillies fans will see more of the same in years to come.
August 5, 2005... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ Sit down. That's it. You might want to pour yourself something cool. Make sure all sharp objects are out of the room. If you're in a high-rise, close and bolt all windows. If you're reading this at the...

CORRECTION: Elton John concert unlikely to aid AIDS groups in Philadelphia.
August 5, 2005... Byline: Bob Warner Aug. 5--The Philadelphia Daily News has moved a correction for the story slugged PD-ELTON-CONCERT, filed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News for Aug. 5. The story suggested in paragraphs 6, 8 and 15 that state...

Favre, McNabb approach leadership roles differently.
August 6, 2005... Byline: Paul Domowitch GREEN BAY _ Leaders lead in different ways. Donovan McNabb's way is to lead by example on the field and by staying out of his teammates' business off the field. Terrell Owens wants to renegotiate his one-year-old...

Starting with the Hall, baseball's house is a mess.
August 6, 2005... Byline: Paul Hagen THE SCENE: Cooperstown, N.Y. It's August 2025. A gray-haired man and a young boy in a ball cap are walking into the solemn and majestic main hall of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum where the plaques of the...

Westbrook ends holdout.
August 7, 2005... Byline: Les Bowen and Joe Berkery BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ Brian Westbrook checked into Philadelphia Eagles training camp Sunday night, a team source said, ending his 7-day holdout. Given the twists and turns of the Westbrook drama, it stood...

New Canton class has lessons for young QBs.
August 7, 2005... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ Here's a bit of advice to Donovan McNabb, Peyton Manning, Daunte Culpepper, Michael Vick and any other quarterback interested in establishing a resume as an all-time great: Take a look at Sunday's...

The Chef's Table: Scallop woes.
August 8, 2005... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: There are two things I love very much: your column, and scallops. However, I have a problem with one of them _ not your column, but with scallops. I have trouble searing them. I dry them, season...

Go whole-house mobile with RCA Cell Docking.
August 8, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: RCA Cell Docking System. According to Forrester Research, one in 20 U.S. homes have "cut the cord" to land-line phone service. These residents are now making and receiving calls exclusively on their...

She's tired of thin-is-everything.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: I'm a plus-sized woman who would love to meet a man who can accept me for who I am. Please don't suggest clubs or speed-dating _ been there and done that. Men seem interested only in women who are thin. Any...

Tax debt didn't faze bond between late Philadelphia power broker, city.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Bob Warner Aug. 9--The late power broker Ronald A. White ran up more than $267,000 in unpaid city business taxes -- even as the Street administration continued to send city bond work to his law firm. By the time the 55-year-old...

Background check fails to stop computer theft.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Erin Einhorn Aug. 9--Despite the criminal-background check required to become an employee of a school-district contractor, a man with two prior felony arrests was arrested and charged last week with stealing computer equipment...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In column.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Aug. 9--THE GIZMO: RCA Cell Docking System. According to Forrester Research, one in 20 U.S. homes have "cut the cord" to land-line phone service. These residents are now making and receiving calls exclusively on...

Eagles rookie Reggie Brown not panicking yet.
August 10, 2005... Byline: John Smallwood BETHLEHEM, Pa. _ At this point, after minicamps and nearly two weeks of training camp, you'd hope that the rocket science that is the Eagles' offense was now only trigonometry for rookie wide receiver Reggie Brown....

From funk to punk: mega-fest sprang from a broken love affair.
August 10, 2005... Byline: G.W. Miller III PHILADELPHIA _ The biggest punk-rock festival on the East Coast _ with tons of moshing, crowd-surfing, loud and aggressive music, tattooed fans and bands from around the world _ started because one man's heart was...

Christen Balady finds romance _ but not on TV.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray PHILADELPHIA _ Christen Balady may not exactly have found love on national television in ABC News' Internet dating series, "Hooking Up," but her story does have a happy ending. Balady, 26, now lives in Philadelphia,...

Valley Green Inn accused in sex suit.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Regina Medina Aug. 10--Three Philadelphia waitresses filed suit yesterday saying they were forced to quit their jobs at the historic Valley Green Inn in Fairmount Park because of a "sexually hostile work environment." The suit...

Eagles won't find an Owens-caliber receiver.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ Maybe Terrell Owens will serve his seven-day suspension, realize the error of his ways, and return to the Eagles with a new, upbeat, there's-no-I-in-team attitude. And maybe Kim Jong-il will give...

Philadelphia Daily News John M. Baer column.
August 10, 2005... Byline: John M. Baer Aug. 10--A union lobbyist, outraged over the legislative pay raise, shares a memo with me that strongly urges his union's future efforts be directed solely at regulatory agencies and executive-branch officials, because...

Gas prices hit all-time high in the Philadelphia, nationally.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Gloria Campisi Aug. 10--The price of a gallon of gasoline yesterday reached record highs nationally and in the Philadelphia area, according to AAA Midatlantic. The average price, in the Philadelphia area, for a gallon of...

Vandals trash Cherry Hill, N.J., softball practice site.
August 10, 2005... Byline: G.W. Miller III Aug. 10--Kristen Grimley walked into the Cherry Hill indoor softball- practice facility Saturday morning and found white paint splattered all over the artificial turf. Cans of yellow paint had been dumped on the...

Recovering Afleet Alex and his trainer now in a race against time.
August 11, 2005... Byline: Dick Jerardi SARATOGA SPRINGS. N.Y. _ Tim Ritchey's office is at the end of Barn 24, a few hundred yards from the three-eighths pole at old Saratoga Race Course. An inch or so away from his office is the stall that houses Afleet...

Philadelphia Daily News John M. Baer column.
August 11, 2005... Byline: John M. Baer Aug. 11--There is, it seems, no end to the greed. About 100 of your state reps and staff are off to Seattle next week on your dime, actually on a lot of your dimes, for a five-day gig with other state lawmakers...

Philadelphia mayor names Jacqueline Barnett education secretary.
August 11, 2005... Aug. 11--Mayor Street yesterday named a former staffer to U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., as education secretary for the city. Jacqueline Barnett, as Fattah's education adviser, helped develop the Core Philly scholarship program and the Gear...

It'll still be US Airways after merger.
August 11, 2005... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Aug. 11--Even though US Airways is in bankruptcy, the US Airways name will survive when the nation's seventh- largest carrier officially combines with America West Airlines, probably next month. And...

Remembering Mr. J.
August 12, 2005... Byline: Elmer Smith By the time Warren Brown met him, John H. Johnson had built a publishing empire and a fortune from $500 he had borrowed on his mother's furniture. But, from what Brown could tell, Johnson didn't know enough or care...

Phillies feeling the pain without Thome, and other notes.
August 12, 2005... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Just for fun, let's pretend that Jim Thome had been able to come back soon and play out the schedule. Let's further assume he was fully recovered from the back and elbow injuries that have turned his...

Rahman offers kudos to Chambers.
August 12, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ It's one thing to be a main-eventer in nontelevised fight cards at the local Blue Horizon. It's quite another to be close enough to the big time that you can very nearly taste and touch it. OK,...

Anatomy of a soap opera in Philadelphia.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ Eagles veterans spent just 13 nights at Lehigh this year, before Sunday's caravan of Escalades and super-sized four-wheel-drive pickup trucks hit the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension, headed...

Channel surfing: `Reality,' Jennings, HBO.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray So much TV, so little time: _"Reality" show fanatic Kathy Griffin _ who's being chased by cameras for her very own Bravo show, "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" _ recently explained to a roomful of people who...

The Chef's Table: Lemon Sponge Pie; Canneles.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: It has been many years since I made Lemon Sponge Pie and I've forgotten the recipe. I certainly would appreciate your help! I am 85-plus years old and time is going fast! Your column is excellent...

Camcorders _ from pricey to disposable.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Sony Handycam DCR-DVD403; Canon Optura 60; CVS One Time Use Video Camcorder. Sometimes you feel like shooting a major motion picture. Other times, all you want is to capture your kid's first baby...

Do the Eagles really want Terrell Owens back?
August 15, 2005... Byline: Rich Hofmann PITTSBURGH _ This is the path the Philadelphia Eagles chose when they decided to keep an unhappy Terrell Owens on their roster. They chose it months ago, and they knew the dangers, and they did it anyway. So logic says...

Germantown, Pa., business council draws fire over spending.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Mark McDonald Aug. 15--Far from City Hall's corridors of power, a quiet struggle is being waged over the future of the Germantown shopping district, a destination that once rivaled Center City. At the center of the battle is...

Philadelphia mayor wants schools back.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Aug. 15--It has been years since Philadelphia school officials threatened to cancel classes for lack of cash. In fact, in May the School Reform Commission approved a balanced budget for the second consecutive...

Look forward, not back.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: I'm in a pretty good relationship with a woman right now, but I'm often nostalgic for previous girlfriends. Obviously these prior relationships weren't perfect or they wouldn't have ended, but there are things I...

Philadelphia Daily News John M. Baer column.
August 16, 2005... Byline: John M. Baer Aug. 16--TO: Philly GOP honcho and state House Speaker John Perzel. RE: Harrisburg Hogs. Dear John: First, how was China? You know the state Ethics Commission says you can't have any frequent-flier...

Two will face trial in 3 Delaware River pier deaths.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Simone Weichselbaum Aug. 16--District Attorney Lynne Abraham was graphic in her description of how three young women died five years ago when Pier 34 collapsed into the Delaware. She told how the three had been plunged into the...

Landlord: Philadelphia housing authority investigators probe cops' stakeout.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Joseph R. Daughen Aug. 16--The landlord of a woman who was placed under surveillance by Housing Authority police said he has been questioned by agency investigators looking into an allegation that the cops abused their power. ...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In column.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Aug. 16--THE GIZMO: Sony Handycam DCR-DVD403; Canon Optura 60; CVS One Time Use Video Camcorder. Sometimes you feel like shooting a major motion picture. Other times, all you want is to capture your kid's first...

Better gamble for Philadelphia slot parlors to be apart.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Chris Brennan Aug. 16--Mayor Street's Gaming Advisory Task Force has considered 11 sites for two slot machine parlors and has ruled out three possible scenarios for where they should go. A report being released today says the...

Phillies would rather reign in the rain.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ Plenty of rain. Plenty of time to consider the possibilities. And while the Phillies rightly point to how well they pitch at the end of games, that won't decide the National League wild-card race. The...

Yorgey shows he can jaw with the best of them.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ You won't find it in any medical text, but, in boxing, the sturdiness of a fighter's heart almost always is measured by his reaction to hard punches to his jaw. Everyone associated with junior...

Owens reportedly wouldn't open playbook during meetings.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Les Bowen PITTSBURGH _ Keeping his playbook closed during meetings. Admonishing offensive coordinator Brad Childress not to speak to him unless he spoke to Childress first. Not attending two training-camp autograph sessions, which...

Just another wild day at the Terrell Owens household.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Ted Silary and Steve King PHILADELPHIA _ Many hours invested. No tangible insights. Much insanity. That was the story on Tuesday afternoon and last evening, first at Philadelphia International Airport and later in Moorestown,...

Susanna Goihman attempts to sell Philadelphia restaurant.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Regina Medina Aug. 17--Susanna Goihman, the restaurateur whose white Lexus coupe killed teenager Kayla Peter earlier this summer, is in talks to sell her once-thriving South Street BYOB, says Goihman's restaurant landlord. ...

Philadelphia homeowner concerned over terrorists, LNG plan.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Ramona Smith Aug. 17--"If I were a terrorist, it would be pretty easy to stand on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and watch for a tanker," Fred Stuart says. The 62-year-old businessman isn't a terrorist, and he isn't standing on...

A break for rapper Cassidy in slaying.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Erin Einhorn Aug. 17--A crowd of roughly two dozen supporters of rapper Cassidy -- some wearing T-shirts with his picture on it -- cheered and clapped yesterday when Municipal Judge Marsha Neifield ruled that prosecutors did not...

Philadelphia lawmaker put out by mayor's spin on smoking ban.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Mark McDonald Aug. 17--So much for Mayor Street and Councilman Michael Nutter working together quietly over the summer to craft the strongest possible smoking-ban bill acceptable to City Council. The weird alliance of two...

Coming this month: Faith Hill, Stephen Stills, Kanye West & more.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Music purveyors start setting up for the fall buying season with a huge array of album releases in August. ___ AUG. 2: LOST AND FOUND: Ska champions Madness deliver "The Dangerman Sessions Vol. 1"...

Late Philadelphia attorney, powerbroker owed $300G in taxes.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Bob Warner Aug. 18--When Ronald A. White, the late attorney and political powerbroker, fell behind on his federal income taxes, the IRS wasted little time putting a claim on White's assets. His 2003 taxes were due April 15,...

Philadelphia Daily News John M. Baer column.
August 18, 2005... Byline: John M. Baer Aug. 18--A positive aspect -- the only one I can think of, really -- of the Legislature's large, controversial pay grab last month is a better focus, by the media and just plain folk, on the use of public dollars. ...

No-beard policy for Philadelphia cops cost city $316G.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Jim Smith Aug. 18--A former city policy that prohibited cops from growing beards even when needed for medical reasons has cost the taxpayers one big shaving bill. The city recently paid $316,000 to two current officers and one...

Philadelphia's Market Street el to shut for 9 days.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Dan Geringer Aug. 18--Tomorrow night at 8, SEPTA will shut down the Market Street El for nine days from 69th to 52nd streets so it can continue demolishing and rebuilding the 98-year-old structure. Service will resume at 5 a.m....

City setting up hookup for wireless plan.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Aug. 18--Wireless Philadelphia will announce today that it will start negotiating with two consortiums to design, deploy and maintain a high-speed, wireless citywide network. One team is led by Hewlett-Packard,...

After season of adversity, Favre back for 15th season,.
August 19, 2005... Byline: Paul Domowitch GREEN BAY, Wis. _ The question concerned retirement, and Brett Favre acknowledged that, yeah, this certainly might be his final season of heaving NFL passes. Or it might not. Maybe he'll play one more year, or...

Royals near 1961 Phillies' level of futility.
August 19, 2005... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ This may even be true. A story has circulated for years that, after Mookie Wilson's grounder went through the legs of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner, giving the Mets an improbable win in Game 6 of the...

Philadelphia school district mulls payment to get grads in trade unions.
August 19, 2005... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Aug. 19--Philadelphia school officials are considering paying a high-powered consulting firm up to $100,000 to help increase the number of public-school graduates who enter building-trade apprenticeship programs. ...

There's nothing little about Little League anymore.
August 21, 2005... Byline: Sam Donnellon SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. _ So what happens when competitiveness collides with cute? What happens when a game whose very essence is measured in inches and razor-thin lines crosses into a world of Wonka-istic...

Police had set trap in case of missing mom.
August 22, 2005... Byline: Simone Weichselbaum PHILADELPHIA _ The call came in at about noon Friday. An acquaintance of Stephen Poaches dialed a tip line and shared a secret: Poaches allegedly had asked him to help move the corpse of missing pregnant...

Philadelphia recycling down despite success with pilot.
August 22, 2005... Byline: Ramona Smith Aug. 22--The city's lagging residential recycling rate has slipped even further into the cellar, in spite of an experiment that is bringing new excitement to pockets of Northwest Philadelphia. Although recycling...

What's so wrong if the NFL got smaller?
August 23, 2005... Byline: Sam Donnellon PHILADELPHIA _ Rafael Palmeiro is caught using steroids and he is shamed. He has cheated for his gains, risked his health and life, set a poor role model for youths of all ages. His own fans, upon his return to...

For Gibbs, Redskins, it's the same old refrain: mistakes, mistakes.
August 23, 2005... Byline: John Smallwood LANDOVER, Md. _ Joe Gibbs isn't laughing that much these days _ well, except maybe when he goes to the bank to cash his check as the highest-paid coach in the NFL. Gibbs, the Hall of Famer who won three Super...

Does privacy still matter?
August 23, 2005... Byline: Carol Towarnicky Tell me again, what's wrong with "judicial activism"? In recent years, those have become dirty words, with even liberals attacking conservative judges for being too "activist." But thank goodness that, 40...

He's no post-love cuddler.
August 23, 2005... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: I like to cuddle after making love, but my husband just conks out. I've told him how important this is to me, but it's the same thing every time. He just rolls over and goes to sleep. This is really turning me off....