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

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

The bigger the name, the tougher the trade.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Now it's July, a month until the waiver trading deadline, and that can only mean one thing: The next 30 days will be filled with rumors and gossip and whispers and buzz and hearsay and speculation, most of...

Coming this month: R. Kelly, Bow Wow, Son Volt, Carly Simon.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Up-and-coming talents like Jaguar Wright and de Sol and veteran performers Paul Oscher, Bobby Purify and Zucchero earn their places in the sun with vital new album releases coming out in July. ___ JULY 5:...

A look at Dish Network's HD receiver/recorder and Toshiba's tunerless TVs.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMOS: Dish Network Dish Player DVR-942; tunerless TVs from Toshiba. TOPS IN TOWN: What's the richest source for programming to show off your super-grade, high-definition TV? At present, that honor goes to...

The Chef's Table: Flour or slurry will thicken up your marsala sauce.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I love a sweet marsala sauce over chicken and order it whenever I can. I've tried to make it at home, but mine always ends up with a very thin consistency instead of the gravylike thickness I get...

Co-worker's dress is too revealing. Is it OK to tell her?
July 5, 2005... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: When is it appropriate for a man to speak to a woman co-worker about what she's wearing? If he finds it too revealing, can he say something? If he likes it, can he pay a compliment without it being harassment? ...

Transit rehab plan derails small businesses in Philadelphia.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Dan Geringer Jul. 5--Lareine nixon glared with undisguised contempt at the pastel-pretty vision of a heavenly SEPTA train speeding above sun-splashed West Philly streets that is painted on the peeling wall behind her outdoor art...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In column.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jul. 5--THE GIZMOS: Dish Network Dish Player DVR-942; tunerless TVs from Toshiba. TOPS IN TOWN: What's the richest source for programming to show off your super-grade, high-definition TV? At present, that honor...

`Slow night' helped Michaels speed through arraignment.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Catherine Lucey PHILADELPHIA _ Phillies outfielder Jason Michaels was arraigned quickly Sunday simply because he was arrested on a quiet evening, police said Tuesday. "It turns out it was a slow night," said police spokesman...

Hearns, 46, apparently latest to plot comeback.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ Blame it on the Griffeys. When Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father and son to play together on the same team, with the Seattle Mariners in 1990, they made it seem like so...

With lockout nearing an end, teams look to the future.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Ed Moran PHILADELPHIA _ The lockout is almost over. Sometime soon, probably next week, the NHL and the players union will complete the contract they have been drafting for the last 2 months and announce a tentative agreement...

Base closings not always bad if communities plan.
July 6, 2005... Byline: William Bunch Jul. 6--When Paul Tauer was the mayor of Aurora, Colo., a fast-growing suburb north of Denver, the Defense Department announced plans in 1991 to close the Lowry Air Force Base there -- and Tauer and other local...

Reality shows help us confront tough questions.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray If the holiday parties I attended last weekend are any indication, the most talked-about TV show of the summer could be the one most of you aren't getting to see. And between ABC's decision last week to pull "Welcome...

Pennsylvania Legislature passes car-seizure bill.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Dave Davies Jul. 7--Want another reason to hate the Parking Authority? Stiff it on six tickets, and it can take your car. Under a bill passed by the Legislature yesterday, any Pennsylvanian with six unpaid tickets in...

Century-old steam engine to be placed in Philadelphia museum.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Ramona Smith Jul. 7--A century-old steam engine has been salvaged from the hull of the old Hooters ferry-restaurant and is headed for eventual display at a Penn's Landing museum. "It's a treasure. It's really neat-looking...

Former Philadelphia city councilman gets jail, probation.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Kitty Caparella Jul. 7--Martha Stewart and Steven Vaughn have something in common. The domestic diva tried to make money on a sleazy stock deal. The ex-City Council aide tried to make money on a sleazy tax deal. And...

Philadelphia transit system officials elated despite crush of concert commuters.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Dan Geringer Jul. 7--Before Live 8, SEPTA officials said that buying roundtrip fares in advance would prevent a repeat of the NFC Championship post-game mess in January, when thousands of tokenless fans overwhelmed the fare booths,...

No chance baseball will change All-Star plan because TV rules.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ The All-Star Game wasn't broke. Which, of course, didn't prevent baseball's big cigars from trying to fix it anyway. So for the third straight year, in a gross overreaction to the...

Judge rules against anonymity for women in Cosby suit.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Nicole Weisensee Egan PHILADELPHIA _ A federal judge in Philadelphia has denied requests for protective orders for 10 Jane Does in the Bill Cosby civil suit. "The Court finds that the allegations of harm by each of the Jane Doe...

Cancer research survives cuts in Pennsylvania statehouse.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jul. 8--Philly's cancer business dodged a bullet in Harrisburg yesterday. It didn't lose money earmarked for health research in the state budget -- money that helps support thousands of jobs in Philadelphia...

Philadelphia rail lines boost security.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Dan Geringer Jul. 8--In the wake of London's deadly mass-transit bombings yesterday, SEPTA and Amtrak officials promised more special-ops cops patrolling with explosive-sniffing dogs but insisted the system is safe. "I started...

Two days in the life of Bernard Hopkins.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ It's 4:45 a.m. Ten floors below Bernard Hopkins' penthouse suite on Ocean Drive, vampirish stragglers are spilling from the dance floors of trendy clubs onto the street before the first fingers...

Phillies find a pulse with Ryan Howard.
July 10, 2005... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ With the National League East standings in one hand and a stethoscope in the other, the Phillies began their weekend against the Washington Nationals. Before it was over, they would play 30 innings,...

Owens says he hopes to be in an Eagles uniform.
July 10, 2005... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ Terrell Owens hasn't gotten so absorbed in his dispute with the Eagles that he hasn't noticed he might need to do a little fence-mending with their fan base, which welcomed him so enthusiastically a year...

Rise and fall of `Mantle' comes to HBO.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Stan Hochman PHILADELPHIA _ Mickey Mantle drank too much. Slept too little. Lived for today because he thought he only had a fistful of tomorrows. All that booze destroyed his liver. When the doctors were rummaging around inside...

Live Ate: How a Philadelphia chef fed hundreds at concert.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan PHILADELPHIA _ When I read in the Philadelphia Daily News that the Live 8 concert was coming here, I had two thoughts: There is no way they're going to pull this off in 32 days, and there's no way I'm...

Live 8 multimedia winners and losers.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Live 8 multimedia report card. If you weren't there, how did you take in the July 2 mega-concert for African relief, Live 8? If it was on MTV, you were doubtless disappointed, even angry, as the...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In column.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jul. 12--THE GIZMO: Live 8 multimedia report card. If you weren't there, how did you take in the July 2 mega-concert for African relief, Live 8? If it was on MTV, you were doubtless disappointed, even angry,...

Top politicians sue to block Willow Grove, Pa., base closing.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Jim Smith Jul. 12--Pennsylvania's governor and two U.S. senators yesterday filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia in a last-ditch effort to save the 111th Fighter Wing at Willow Grove. The lawsuit is part of an...

Hundreds of condo units to rise along the Delaware River.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Earni Young Jul. 12--Columbus Boulevard, which blossomed during the '90s as a nighttime hot spot for the young and restless, is going upscale. Dance clubs are giving way to luxury condominium towers, the most recent of which...

Payday loans: Blessing or ripoff?
July 12, 2005... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jul. 12--Payday lenders either prey on vulnerable people by lending them money at sky-high interest rates or they provide a valuable service for people who can't obtain loans from traditional lenders. It just...

Odd couple? Hopkins, De La Hoya find common ground.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ The odd couple? With apologies to playwright Neil Simon, it's not his slovenly Oscar and fussbudget Felix, even though the Oscar in this particular tale of strange bedfellows has fought a couple of...

Newsworthiness of `Hooking Up' debatable, but it has appeal.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray Everything I learned from the first two episodes of "Hooking Up," ABC News' five-part series on Internet dating in Manhattan, I'd already learned from watching "Sex and the City." In other words: _Men can be...

Fans should return, but what about Bettman and Goodenow.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ There are three i's to be dotted and five t's to be crossed in the exhortation, "Put the biscuit in the basket," which is apparently why it took so long for this room full of blind idiots with crayons to...

Philadelphia sues Internet hotel bookers.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Earni Young Jul. 13--Philadelphia has joined Los Angeles in going after Internet travel agencies for allegedly short-changing the city on the hotel-occupancy tax. According to a complaint filed on Philadelphia's behalf in...

Renovated, historic playground reopens in Philadelphia.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Erin Einhorn Jul. 13--Let the squeals return! Seven hundred and eighty-five days after padlocks and fences first separated Philadelphia children from the playground they treasured for more than a century, the Smith Memorial...

Shuttles line up for Philadelphia El shutdown.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Dan Geringer Jul. 13--The Market Street El will shut down Friday night for nine full days from 52nd to 69th streets, while SEPTA demolishes and rebuilds the rail bed and support columns between 56th and 61st streets. Fifty...

Costly Philadelphia permit scam means 5 years' probation for plumber.
July 14, 2005... Byline: Jim Smith Jul. 14--Like rust on a sewer pipe, corruption is "so corrosive of the social fabric" that it keeps Philadelphia from prospering, a judge told a local plumber yesterday. "People who think about doing business here, it...

Philadelphia tombstone vendor faces fraud suit.
July 14, 2005... Byline: David Gambacorta Jul. 14--William Jankiewicz had a knack for reaching out to people when they had lost a loved one and were most vulnerable, authorities said. The owner of a Mayfair monument business would often call grieving...

Going wireless could cost Philadelphia $20 million.
July 14, 2005... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jul. 14--Building a network to offer city-wide, wireless Internet access could cost millions more than planners originally estimated. The city is considering up to nine bids to build and maintain the Wireless...

Will baseball follow NHL's hard-line approach in labor talks?
July 15, 2005... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Now that hockey finally has come to its senses after a labor strife between rich players and richer owners scrubbed an entire season, it's natural enough to wonder if baseball took anything away from the...

Flyers coach loves `putting the plan in place'.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Ed Moran PHILADELPHIA _ Ken Hitchcock has spent a lot of time at his favorite lunch spot during the last year. Most of those days he was just killing time and lamenting the fact that the NHL lockout was keeping him from doing...

Angry baseball fan gets 4 years for e-mail 'bombs'.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Jim Smith Jul. 15--Borrowing a line from Shakespeare's "Othello," U.S. District Judge Berle Schiller yesterday said Allan Carlson may have "loved" the Phillies "not wisely but too well." The judge then sentenced Carlson, a...

Hopkins welcomes the crossfire.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez LAS VEGAS _ In the movie "The Waterboy," Adam Sandler plays a stuttering, slow-witted beverage dispenser who becomes the most ferocious linebacker in college football when he begins mentally transferring the faces...

Sara White and children try to cope without Reggie.
July 16, 2005... Byline: Mark Kram HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. _ Sara White was in a grocery store when her doctor called on her cell phone and told her she had multiple sclerosis. It was not news she had been expecting _ not there, of all places _ and she...

Hopkins gets an ESPY; judge gets a Eugenia.
July 17, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez LAS VEGAS _ The envelope, please. And the winner is . . . Bernard Hopkins! Uh, wait. That was at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, where Hopkins was voted best boxer by the public, beating out Diego Corrales,...

High-tech products mature.
July 18, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMOS: Hot trends in DVDs, LCD TVs, mobile phones and photo printers. You can sense a high-tech product is reaching its "mature" phase when manufacturers start dressing it up in novelty packages, slashing...

Developers named for Penn Station redesign.
July 18, 2005... Byline: Paul D. Colford PHILADELPHIA _ State and city officials named the developers yesterday charged with replacing one of the city's lost jewels - the old Penn Station - with a new gem. After years of delay, the city, state and two...

Aliens to abound on fall TV lineups.
July 19, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. _ There are going to be more otherworldly critters on broadcast TV this fall than even Tom Cruise can be expected to take on, and that's fine with Sci-Fi Channel President Bonnie Hammer. In...

Help! My man looks like dressed in the dark!
July 19, 2005... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: I've met a wonderful guy and after three dates, things are really clicking. I have one small problem: He's one of those guys who looks like he dressed in the dark. When can I begin to make suggestions about his...

Celebrities flock to Philadelphia for gala and fundraiser.
July 19, 2005... Byline: JENICE M. ARMSTRONG Last year's Charlie Mack Party 4 Peace Celebrity Weekend caught Philly off guard. It all sounded like so much hype. But then, Charlie Mack Alston, the weekend's organizer, made good on his promises. ...

Bob Newhart still going strong.
July 19, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. _ Did you hear the one about the accountant who became a comedian and TV star? Well, if you didn't, you can Wednesday night, as PBS' "American Masters" series profiles one of comedy's least...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In column.
July 19, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jul. 19--THE GIZMOS: Hot trends in DVDs, LCD TVs, mobile phones and photo printers. You can sense a high-tech product is reaching its "mature" phase when manufacturers start dressing it up in novelty packages,...

Perhaps Howard's swing will change Phillies' fortunes.
July 19, 2005... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ This is what it's going to take if the Phillies are serious about making a run at being in a pennant race. There are wins, and then there are the type of wins that help define what a team is truly...

'Pay-to-play' probe widens.
July 19, 2005... Jul. 19--Federal investigators are probing why a Wisconsin company hired two prominent Philadelphia political fund-raisers as consultants -- while collecting millions in tax dollars to provide dental care for the poor. One of the...

Manayunk divided over parking-permit proposal.
July 19, 2005... Byline: Scott Flander Jul. 19--The old-timers in Manayunk can remember when it was actually easy to find a parking space. Of course, that was before half the houses in the neighborhood got converted into rentals. Mostly filled with...

Hopkins has nothing to prove to anyone who knows boxing.
July 20, 2005... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ From all indications, and since this is boxing that is the best we can say, Bernard Hopkins will get a chance to regain the undisputed middleweight championship he lost to Jermain Taylor on Saturday...

Rick Santorum's poverty nostrums.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Carol Towarnicky Call it "Senator Knows Best." In his bizarre new book, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum writes, "In far too many families with young children, both parents are working when, if they really took an honest look at the...

Sources: Errors hindered search for Jersey boys found in trunk.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Nicole Weisensee Egan PHILADELPHIA _ The cop whose bloodhound fruitlessly searched for three missing Camden, N.J., boys over two days in June was not adequately trained, and using him was one of a series of mistakes authorities...

Margolis mother of twins.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Dan Gross PHILADELPHIA _ Busty blonde Internet pinup Cindy Margolis is the mother of newborn twin daughters. A surrogate delivered the girls, Sabrina and Sierra, at a Minnesota hospital on Sunday. Margolis and husband Guy...

Thirteen things about Judge John G. Roberts.
July 20, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM BUNCH PHILADELPHIA _ Here are 13 things you need to know about D.C. federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts, President Bush's nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. 1. He used to...

Rosenhaus says Owens undecided about training camp.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ It surely has dawned on Terrell Owens and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, by now that the Eagles won't budge an inch on the wide receiver's demand to renegotiate his one-year-old contract. Which, to borrow...

Owens says no money then no Owens with Eagles; how about trade?
July 21, 2005... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ Terrell Owens declared himself physically ready to play football Thursday. But that doesn't mean the Pro Bowl wide receiver intends to play for the Eagles any time soon. Following a workout at...

Former Philadelphia city treasurer gets 10-year sentence for corruption.
July 21, 2005... Byline: Erin Einhorn Jul. 21--The once-promising career of an ambitious North Philly kid ended yesterday with the jarring snap of locking handcuffs. Corey Kemp had largely beaten the urban odds. He'd parlayed a standout basketball...

With trade deadline ahead, teams should follow their conscience.
July 22, 2005... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Everybody wants to be loved. Whether they'll admit it or not, everybody wants to be told how wonderful, witty, charming, smart and/or good-looking he is. Those who run big-league baseball teams are...

'Tis the season for summer safety.
July 22, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Summer tech tips. The kids are into nonstop play mode. We're looking to run away for a week or two of vacation. But these habit-changing summertime scenarios also pose extra risks and stress for...

Now, fence mending begins in the NHL.
July 23, 2005... Byline: John Smallwood NEW YORK _ Had he been so inclined, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman could have grinned like the proverbial fox that got loose in the chicken coop. After all, what the NHL owners, led by Bettman's hard-line...

Lance should keep his word, just ride away.
July 25, 2005... Byline: John Smallwood You can only hope that Lance Armstrong sticks to his decree that this was his final Tour de France. Right now his career ends with a seventh straight Tour de France victory, and that's how it should remain. ...

NBC (finally) hears: Keep to the schedule.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. _ If pride goeth before a fall, then NBC's long been riding for a tumble into the Grand Canyon. And now that the network's in fourth place, there's good news for its remaining fans. Network...

The Chef's Table: Sifting through the varieties of flour.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: What is the difference between wheat, self-rising, and all-purpose flours? Can I make self-rising flour out of all-purpose flour, and if so _ how? Also, do you have a favorite recipe using...

His ex-lover's getting married.
July 26, 2005... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: I am a 43-year-old gay man who was in a relationship with a 35-year-old man for 14 years. In April 2004, he broke up with me and moved out, proclaiming that he is now "straight." Now he's engaged to a 20-year-old...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In column.
July 26, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jul. 26--THE GIZMO: Summer tech tips. The kids are into nonstop play mode. We're looking to run away for a week or two of vacation. But these habit-changing summertime scenarios also pose extra risks and stress...

Flyers' Holmgren assistant GM for U.S. Olympic hockey team.
July 26, 2005... Byline: Ed Moran PHILADELPHIA _ Ken Hitchcock is not the only member of the Flyers' staff who will make the trip to Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Assistant general manager Paul Holmgren was named assistant GM for the U.S. squad...

Philadelphia transit authority, police pin hopes on dog's nose.
July 26, 2005... Byline: Dan Geringer Jul. 26--As precious seconds ticked away, SEPTA K-9 Officer Dave Parke and his bomb-sniffing dog, Nora, searched for the dynamite hidden in the abandoned restaurant's huge kitchen, patrolling close together and at...

Philadelphia transit authority won't implement random bag searches.
July 26, 2005... Jul. 26--Even though we are the Cradle of Liberty, the place where the first American flag was stitched, the Birthplace of America and all those other patriotic things, we are not on the front lines of the War on Terror. At least, that is...

Injury derails top bout between women.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _Sometimes, the most intriguing matchups are the ones that everyone looks forward to but never happen. Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe fought for the super heavyweight gold medal at the 1988 Seoul...

A look at Philadelphia's unreal realty market.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Earni Young Jul. 27--Flash back to fall 1992, when the average home sale price in Philadelphia was a whopping $63,000. Then fast-forward to 2005, and my, what a difference 13 years have made! First of all, the average home...

City high schools are going smaller.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Jul. 27--Smaller high schools will be the big thing in the Philadelphia School District this fall. The move is designed to reduce overcrowding while offering students a broader array of course offerings. Schools...

Former part-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers eyes slot-parlor license.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Chris Brennan Jul. 27--Pat Croce still feels great. A piece of the gambling action coming soon to Philadelphia would make him feel even better. Croce is courting gaming corporations, politicians and friends for advice on...

Olney gets Wireless Philadelphia pilot program.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jul. 27--Wireless Philadelphia kicked off a yearlong pilot program yesterday that will bring free, high-speed wireless Internet access to a one-square-mile area of Olney bounded by 5th, Nedro and Spencer streets....

Hopkins plans to fight Taylor in December, then Wright in January.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ The exit strategy was a sound one. Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins would defend his title a division-record 21st consecutive time by defeating Jermain Taylor,...

Owens acknowledges there is rift between him and McNabb.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ Terrell Owens senses his relationship with Donovan McNabb remains troubled, even though they've discussed the rift, trying to put it behind them. "Who's to say? I don't really think that it's OK,"...

NFL Fantasy leagues broaden scope on the Internet.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Ed Barkowitz PHILADELPHIA _ At least two mainstream Web sites have altered their business strategies and are offering to host fantasy leagues free of charge. But beware; what ESPN.com offers isn't as comprehensive as what FOX now...

David E. Kelley adjusts his view of `reality'.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Ellen Gray BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. _ Even at his most successful, when "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" were winning Emmys and every network was clamoring for one of his shows, David E. Kelley always seemed more like a writer than a...

Some question why case of missing, pregnant mom eluded spotlight.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Simone Weichselbaum PHILADELPHIA _ Until Wednesday Latoyia Figueroa was just another missing woman. But only a handful of people knew the 24-year-old pregnant mother was gone. That was until her cousin, Philadelphia City...