The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) articles from July 2007

The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) archives from July 2007

Tips for making a tasty potato salad.(Recipe)
July 2, 2007... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q. I think I make a good basic potato salad, but everybody's a critic. I hear, "I like the tang of vinegar instead of the smudge of mayonnaise," or "I make mine with a mustard-based vinaigrette." I'm...

Phils take pride in this one.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Steve King Jul. 2--TO PUT IT plainly, the Phillies were simply playing for pride yesterday. Not only was the series with the New York Mets already lost before the game even started, but any chances the Phils may have had of...

7-year-old SW Philly boy trapped by fire, killed.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Farr Jul. 2--Four-year-old John-Earnest Mulbah sat on his front porch in Southwest Philadelphia yesterday kicking the screen door back and forth. He didn't pay much attention to the loud music and balloons at the...

PREZ TRAIL.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Catherine Lucey Jul. 2--DEMOCRATIC presidential candidates will appear in a North Philadelphia church this afternoon to talk about one of the nation's most tangled social ills: poverty. Sen. Hillary Clinton, former Sen. John...

A NUTTER TEST FOR MIKE.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Bob Warner Jul. 2--MONTHS BEFORE HIS likely election as mayor, Michael Nutter faces an early test of his political skills: whether he can save the city campaign-finance rules that helped him win the Democratic nomination. ...

Rowand will be seeing stars a whole new way.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Jul. 2--HE IS Lenny Dykstra without the tobacco-juice stains. Phillies centerfielder Aaron Rowand conjured memories of a vintage Dykstra when he literally offered up his face in order to make a game-saving...

These are Holmgren's men.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Jul. 2--Paul Holmgren sat between Ed Snider and Peter Luukko, the Flyers boss and under-boss, wearing a warmup jacket, shorts, sandals, a full day's worth of unshaved beard and beginnings of a bag or two under his eyes....

FOSTER FALLOUT: Shuffled about and abused as a boy, a Mount Airy man dreams of creating a haven for today's foster kids.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Wendy Ruderman Jul. 2--STAN RAYMOND watches the way his wife dotes on their two sons. The way she cooks them scrambled eggs and waffles, helps them with homework, attends their football games. While Raymond is grateful...

Multiple foster homes are 'very bad' & city striving to limit moves.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Wendy Ruderman Jul. 2--For some children, the foster-care experience can be more harrowing than military combat, a study found. "The initial act of removing a child from a family and placing them with a stranger is traumatic,"...

S. Philly homicide is city's 205th; earlier victim also dies.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Jul. 2--A pre-Fourth of July barbecue was in full swing yesterday on Sigel Street near 6th in South Philadelphia. Two young girls rode their white bicycles , music blared, and people ate barbecue as they enjoyed...

No strength in numbers for pitching staff.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Steve King Jul. 2--CHARLIE MANUEL isn't going to waste time complaining about things he can't control. Especially when it comes to his bruised and battered pitching staff. "What I've got is what I've got. And what I've got is...

Young's really happy to be here: Sixers top pick knows he still has a lot to learn.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Steve King Jul. 2--Thaddeus Young has been in the NBA now for 5 days. He hasn't stopped smiling. "I'm a happy guy. I just like to smile, that's what I do, man," Young said Saturday in his first appearance in front of the...

Joe Smith, Iguodala are at the top King's list of players to sign.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Jul. 2--Billy King tried to acquire Joe Smith for the 76ers from the Milwaukee Bucks after the 2005-06 season. King did acquire Smith from the Denver Nuggets as part of the trade for Allen Iverson in December. Now, the...

John Hoban, Roman supporter, dies at 65.(Obituary)
July 2, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Jul. 2--It's not often a guy can find a lifelong love as a toddler. John Hoban not only experienced that level of good fortune, he was able to transform that passion into a family affair. Hoban, 65, a star...

EDITORIAL: JOHN F. GEEK.(Editorial)
July 2, 2007... Jul. 2--IS THE FACT THAT MAYOR STREET spent much of Friday in line for his chance at an iPhone a totally lame-duck move? Judging by the comments posted online and in person, many people thought it was just lame. They bemoaned the fact that...

EDITORIAL: PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: WHY WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT SRC VOTE ON EMOs.(Editorial)
July 2, 2007... Jul. 2--ARE EDUCATIONAL-management organizations -the schools privately managed by Edison, Victory, and others- a sound investment for the city's schools? Yes and no. The SRC says yes. Last week, they voted to renew the contracts for all...

Philadelphia Daily News Tattle column: Tattle / Fleiss + pet macaw's death = coin-run laundry.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Howard Gensler Jul. 2--IN HEIDI FLEISS' former business she had a lot of dirty sheets. In her new business she'll have a lot of clean ones. The former Hollywood madam is opening a coin-operated laundry. Her...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Dan Gross / Forecast calls for a chance of Bolaris blowing back into town.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Dan Gross Jul. 2--LOCK UP your wives and girlfriends. It looks like former NBC-10 weatherhunk John Bolaris is angling to return to the Philadelphia airwaves in the fall. Bolaris, who's been with New York's WCBS since 2002, did...

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column: Stu Bykofsky /.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Jul. 2--LOUISA IS TOO embarrassed for me to use her real name. Like many victims of con artists, she is ashamed of being stupid and greedy, when she is really neither. Louisa -- scalpel-sharp at 73, after a long...

Philadelphia Daily News Urban Warrior column: Urban Warrior / Driver who ruined a life could help, but will he?
July 2, 2007... Byline: Chris Brennan Jul. 2--ROYAL GATEWOOD wishes he could take it all back -- driving drunk, ramming his car into a pedestrian and then asking the cops who arrested him why they were making a big deal about his grievously injured...

Philadelphia Daily News Ed Moran column: Ed Moran /.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Jul. 2--LIKE MOST coaches, John Stevens didn't have a lot to do with what went on in the office of the general manager. He didn't pick the players his boss traded for and wasn't in on the negotiations for the deals they...

Philadelphia Daily News Bill Conlin column: Bill Conlin / That's Kyle Kendrick to the rescue.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Bill Conlin Jul. 2--IN ANOTHER century, the Sunday pitchers used to be named Carlton and Seaver, Koufax and Marichal, Clemens and Guidry. Many Sundays they faced each other. Yesterday, the 12th sellout of the season in the...

Apple iPhone: Should you bite?
July 2, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Never before has a consumer-electronics product been as hyped, analyzed and anticipated as the Apple iPhone _ the first combination iPod, mobile phone and Internet communications device rolled into one...

S. Philly homicide is city's 203rd; earlier victim also dies.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Jul. 2--A pre-Fourth of July barbecue was in full swing yesterday on Sigel Street near 6th in South Philadelphia. Two young girls rode their white bicycles , music blared, and people ate barbecue as they enjoyed...

Promises aplenty here.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Catherine Lucey and Chris Brennan Jul. 3--TRUCKLOADS of campaign promises were handed out in Philly yesterday as several Democratic presidential candidates stumped before a national education organization and an anti-poverty...

'No jobs, no peace!'.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Damon C. Williams Jul. 3--MANY OF THE CITY'S young people are so desperate to find summer employment that they took to the streets yesterday. More than two dozen youths associated with the North Philadelphia-based City Wide...

Del. man guilty in sex attacks on 2 women: He was 1 of 3 men involved in case last July.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Julie Shaw Jul. 3--A Common Pleas jury yesterday found a Wilmington man guilty of rape and related offenses during a home invasion in Port Richmond last summer in which two roommates were raped and the boyfriend of one was...

Correction.(Correction notice)
July 3, 2007... Jul. 3--An incorrect number for homicides this year was listed in yesterday's Daily News. A South Philly man believed to be the city's 205th homicide this year actually was the 203rd because, after further investigation, two previous homicides...

Feds take aim at Fumo lawyers: Effort to disqualify persists.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Bob Warner Jul. 3--Federal prosecutors alleged yesterday that a lawyer with the Sprague law firm participated in an effort "to rewrite history and to conceal earlier wrongdoing" by trying to portray a nonprofit group's expenditures...

Clarkson explores the dark side.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jul. 3--Album releases are sparse this holiday week, but recent biggies deserve a belated look. CLIVE WAS (PARTIALLY) RIGHT: Copying film studios that don't let critics pre-screen "iffy" movies, RCA failed to...

Superintendent resigns in Penn-Delco district.
July 3, 2007... Byline: William Bender Jul. 3--The Penn-Delco School District has been flooded by bad press all year long, and the summer forecast looks none too welcoming. Leslye Abrutyn decided to get out of the rain. The superintendent of the...

Ex-Oilers Smith, Lupul say they'll fit right in.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Jul. 3--The rumors of a trade between the Flyers and Edmonton Oilers circulated for months. As far back as January, defenseman Joni Pitkanen was slated for a trip to Western Canada. Jason Smith wasn't part of the news...

ABA awards franchise to Philly.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Tom Mahon Jul. 3--The red, white and blue ball is back in Philadelphia. The American Basketball Association announced yesterday that the Philadelphia Sounds would enter the league beginning with the 2008-09 season. The Fusion...

Muscle car madness: A '76 Camaro is out to save the world in the action-comedy 'Transformers'.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Jul. 3--THE FIRST WORDS that appear on screen in "Transformers" are: "In Association With Hasbro." That's fair. It gives you a chance to flee the theater if you don't want to see a $200 million, 2 1/2-hour,...

'License to Wed' a weak farce from 'The Office' crew.(Television program review)
July 3, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Jul. 3--Dismissing "License to Wed" as a comedy unworthy of a sitcom is to insult sitcoms. The movie, after all, features a half dozen cast members of TV's popular "The Office," represents the first lead movie...

EDITORIAL: TURNING ON THE ANTI-IRAQ SPIGOT MAYBE ONE MORE REPUBLICAN, LIKE ARLEN SPECTER, CAN TURN THE TIDE.(Editorial)
July 3, 2007... Jul. 3--WATER IS STARTING to trickle through the dam on Iraq, and our own senator could help turn it into a flood. Last week, two respected Republican senators came out against the president's "surge" in Iraq. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.)...

Philadelphia Daily News John Baer column: John Baer / Guv not likely to blink 1st in budget face-off.(Column)
July 3, 2007... Byline: John Baer Jul. 3--OK, LET'S SAY Gov. Ed and the Legislature get through the July 4 holiday and the rest of the week without agreeing on a new budget or SEPTA help, which was due last Saturday (what a surprise!). Let's say that...

Philadelphia Daily News Tattle column: Tattle / Vant to buy a castle in Transylvania?(Column)
July 3, 2007... Byline: Howard Gensler Jul. 3--INTERESTED in sinking your teeth into speculative real estate? An heir of Romania's former royals put "Dracula's Castle" in Transylvania up for sale yesterday. The Bran Castle, perched on a cliff in...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: Ellen Gray / Stay alert for 'Coma'.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Ellen Gray Jul. 3--COMA. 9 tonight, HBO. IF I SAY that "Coma," an HBO film about people struggling to recover from traumatic brain injuries, is less likely to put viewers to sleep than almost anything I've seen lately, it's not...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Dan Gross / Criss Angel at Borgata - sans Diaz.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Dan Gross Jul. 3--WHILE RUMORED girlfriend Cameron Diaz was nowhere to be found, magician Criss Angel entertained female fans with magic tricks Saturday night at a party at the Borgata in Atlantic City. That same day, news...

OPINION: 'T' is for teachers - and 'terrorists'.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Elmer Smith Jul. 3--THREE years ago, President Bush's education secretary called the National Education Association a "terrorist organization." He may have had a point. The 3.2-million-member organization, -- celebrating...

Sixers haven't had much of an international flavor.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Jul. 3--International players with the 76ers? The best: Todd MacCulloch, even if he was only from just across the border in Canada. He played 161 games from 1999-2000 to '02-03 before being forced to retire because...

Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: John Smallwood / Fans flex their muscles.
July 3, 2007... Byline: John Smallwood Jul. 3--I GUESS I am just a dinosaur -- a living fossil holding on to a forgotten era when integrity, sportsmanship and honor still mattered in the games we play and watch. I still believe that how you go about...

Philadelphia Daily News Jenice Armstrong column: Jenice Armstrong / McDating: Slow down, everybody.(Column)
July 3, 2007... Byline: Jenice Armstrong Jul. 3--"YOU CAN'T HURRY love," as the old Motown song goes. You've got to not only wait for the right one to come along, but also take the time to at least Google a stranger before you agree to meet up with...

Howard to defend: HR contest title.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jul. 3--HOUSTON -- At first, it didn't seem like such a good idea. Flying all the way across the country instead of taking some time off. And all that after not even being named to the National League All-Star team. ...

Still no relief in sight for Phillies.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jul. 3--HOUSTON -- You could say the Phillies lost because they didn't do enough damage against an opposing pitcher who came into the game with a 5.58 earned run average. And that wouldn't be entirely wrong. You...

Manuel used to mounds of trouble: Phils skipper used 32 pitchers when he managed Tribe in 2000.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jul. 3--HOUSTON -- So, yeah, the Phillies already have suited up 25 pitchers this season, two short of the club record. And, OK, it's not even the All-Star break. Charlie Manuel just shrugged and laughed. "I've...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: Ronnie Polaneczky /.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Jul. 3--HERE WE ARE, on the eve of the country's 231st birthday, and being American sure doesn't feel very comfortable. Our leaders have marched us into a war that's killed over 3,500 U.S. soldiers and earned...

Philadelphia Daily News Sam Donnellon column: Sam Donnellon / Bottom line: Bowa, Manuel similar.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Sam Donnellon Jul. 3--THE SCENE: Utley Park, formerly known as Citizens Bank Park, July 4 , 2037. A man, 50, sits with his teenaged son, awaiting the start of a day game with the Mets. "Bought you a media guide, son." ...

Philadelphia Daily News Bernard Fernandez column: Bernard Fernandez / Even without jewels, Camarata's title belt is a real gem.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Jul. 3--THERE HASN'T been much good news to come out of my old hometown of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina blew through, but every now and then you hear a small tale of recovery that makes you smile. Joe...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: Rich Hofmann / A.I. IN COURT: 'I'M JUST A TARGET'.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Rich Hofmann Jul. 3--WASHINGTON -- Most times, the defendant in a $20 million lawsuit chooses to attend the proceedings from start to finish, sitting there at the defense table, listening to the dastardly allegations being made...

Philadelphia Daily News Ed Moran column: Ed Moran / Commissioner faces 2 counts.(Column)
July 3, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Jul. 3--The attorney representing Haverford Township Commissioner Fred C. Moran dealt a blow yesterday to the state attorney general's public-corruption unit, persuading a Delaware County judge to drop two felony-theft...

Rags to Riches story?: Increasing purses at Philadelphia Park might lure filly to Fitz Dixon Cotillion.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Dick Jerardi Jul. 3--It is definitely a longshot, but the announcement yesterday that purses at Philadelphia Park will increase $35,000 per day starting July 14 and that five September stakes will get significant increases could...

Even without jewels, Camarata's belt is a real gem.
July 4, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez There hasn't been much good news to come out of my old hometown of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina blew through, but every now and then you hear a small tale of recovery that makes you smile. Joe Maselli...

How can couple dump pal's whiny girlfriend from group vacation?
July 5, 2007... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: My husband and I occasionally go away for a weekend with another couple that we're friends with. We all get along really well and have a great time. This August we're heading to the beach for a few days. Now a...

Helms shows some signs of regaining power at plate.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jul. 5--HOUSTON -- Looking for a little more sock from the third-base position, the Phillies signed Wes Helms as a free agent. Because he had hit 10 homers in only 240 at-bats for the Florida Marlins last season, they...

Phillies show resiliency.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jul. 5--HOUSTON -- When Steve Carlton was at his best, the Hall of Fame lefthander would claim that he never even saw the batter at the plate. He blocked out everything but the catcher's mitt and simply concentrated on...

Fumo lawyers ask judge to toss most charges.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jul. 5--Lawyers for indicted state Sen. Vince Fumo filed court papers Tuesday asking a federal judge to throw out most of the charges against him. The 42-page court filing suggests how Fumo may defend himself...

'Blessings of liberty for all': Amid parades, festivities & ceremonies, reminders of those without freedom.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Bob Warner Jul. 5--INDEPENDENCE DAY was a holiday for Jed Levin, as it was for most of the American workforce. Regardless, Levin put on his jeans and his yellow hardhat and headed for his work site -- a dirt-covered excavation...

Rough-on-nannies Main Liner is trading jail for mental facility.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Dave Davies Jul. 5--After six weeks in jail, can convicted Main Line nanny-smacker Susan Tabas Tepper get her act together and leave the household help alone? We may not know until next May. The two nanny attacks that got...

Jail for woman who gambled with school $$.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Farr Jul. 5--Mary Arnold's fingers weren't crossed when she approached Delaware County Judge Ann Osborne's bench Tuesday. She wasn't praying to lady luck this time. She knew luck was the reason she was before the...

EDITORIAL: BORDERING ON INSANITY HOW THE SENATE MADE A MESS OF IMMIGRATION REFORM.(Editorial)
July 5, 2007... Jul. 5--LAST WEEK, the Senate bowed to extremists on both sides of the aisle and rejected a compromise bill that would have provided an imperfect yet much-needed solution to the immigration problem. No one seemed to care enough to bend,...

In rarity, an 11-year-old shooter is detained.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Julie Shaw Jul. 5--He was only 11-years-old, but somehow he got a gun and shot another boy, perforating his bowel. It was Friday, May 4, on Wharton Street near 24th in South Philadelphia. The 11-year-old, whose name...

BIKER DIES AFTER COLLISION, PLUNGE.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Kitty Caparella Jul. 5--A West Philadelphia biker was killed early yesterday as he brought up the rear of a group of bikers that was weaving in and out of traffic as it headed northbound on I-95 and took the I-676 exit west. ...

Checks in the mail, finally, for Public League officials.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Jul. 5--The agony is almost over. Really. Public League winter sports officials, who have been waiting for as long as 7 months to be paid for their efforts, can expect to receive their checks in the next few days....

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column: Stu Bykofsky / For Riddler, a birthday to remember, maybe.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Jul. 5--JOKER AND RIDDLER hit the emergency room in handcuffs. Joker was black, 25, with one of those handcrafted beards with the skinny sides like A.J. wore in the last season of "The Sopranos." He was bleeding...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: Ronnie Polaneczky / Too hasty to judge in this 'Sicko' world?
July 5, 2007... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Jul. 5--A FEW WEEKS back, I played God. Well, maybe not God. But God's screener. What happened was, a reader asked if I'd write a column about her retired father, who had cirrhosis of the liver and needed...

Philadelphia Daily News Urban Warrior column: Urban Warrior / Bush on the 4th: 'More sacrifice' needed for Iraq victory.(Column)
July 5, 2007... Byline: Chris Brennan Jul. 5--President Bush defended his Iraq war policy in a patriotic Fourth of July talk, saying that while he honors the sacrifice of U.S. troops, now is not the time to bring them home. Bush said victory in Iraq...

Philadelphia Daily News Sam Donnellon column: Sam Donnellon / Our actions speak louder than our words.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Sam Donnellon Jul. 5--A GEORGIA PHYSICIAN is arrested for supplying massive amounts of illegal drugs to wrestler Chris Benoit, a week after he killed his wife, child and self. The National Football League, compelled by...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Dan Gross / Fox's Tom Burlington suspended.(Column)
July 5, 2007... Byline: Dan Gross Jul. 5--FOX 29 anchor/reporter Tom Burlington has been suspended by the station follow-ing what sources describe as a "bizarre" and "shocking" sermon in which he insisted there's nothing wrong with a word most commonly...

WAITING TO CASH IN: No slots windfall for downtown Chester.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Farr and William Bender Jul. 5--STANTON MYERSON leaned slowly over the glass countertop at his pawn shop in Chester and, with brows raised, whispered what his demeanor suggested was a juicy secret: "If anyone should...

Schools, crime are Job One: Casino alone can't cure ills.
July 5, 2007... Byline: William Bender and Stephanie Farr Jul. 5--In the city of Chester, you can get excited about the future over breakfast -- and depressed about the present by lunchtime. The buzz surrounding Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack and...

Little Thad is ready to play with the big boys.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Jul. 5--THE KID remembers being in the eighth grade, hanging around the University of Memphis practice gym during the offseason. The varsity Tigers at first tolerated him, then encouraged him. Little by little, over...

Philadelphia Daily News Jenice Armstrong column: Jenice Armstrong / He's helping women look Sensationnel.(Column)
July 5, 2007... Byline: Jenice Armstrong Jul. 5--GLYNN JACKSON, who's legendary in some black communities for the extravagant fashion shows he produces, is back at it -- this time with a two-day event at the Pennsylvania Convention Center this weekend....

Can we handle an All-American boy?
July 5, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jul. 5--HOUSTON -- Philadelphia is a city that infamously threw snowballs at Santa Claus and venerates Ben Franklin. That never really warmed to Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt while embracing the fictional Rocky as a symbol...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: Ellen Gray / From 'John,' the metaphysical.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Ellen Gray Jul. 5--JOHN FROM CINCINNATI. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO. PEOPLE KEEP asking how I'm getting along with "John From Cincinnati," David Milch's metaphysical new surfing series. Metaphysical being a fancy way of saying that...

Another Pennsylvania-bred is making his mark.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Dick Jerardi Jul. 5--The fastest horse in America was born near Gettysburg, trains not far from Harrisburg, races Saturday in Miami and, if all goes according to plan, could be the favorite for the Breeders' Cup Sprint on the North...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: Rich Hofmann / MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE BRAWL.(Column)
July 5, 2007... Byline: Rich Hofmann Jul. 5--TWELVE DAYS before Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney fought for the heavyweight title, the Daily News' boxing writer of the day flew out to Las Vegas to begin the daily buildup. It was 25 years ago, but I remember...

Steroids or not, Barry Bonds is the people's choice.
July 5, 2007... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ I guess I am just a dinosaur _ a living fossil holding on to a forgotten era when integrity, sportsmanship and honor still mattered in the games we play and watch. I still believe that how you go...

Don't bury Phillies about Polanco situation, and other notes.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ David Bell is out of baseball. Ugueth Urbina is in jail in Venezuela, convicted of attempted murder. And Placido Polanco, second baseman for the defending American League champion Detroit Tigers, will...

'Nice guy' slain at his door: Overbrook man was 1 of 3 killed July 4.
July 6, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Jul. 6--On a quiet, tree-lined block in Overbrook, the front door of the corner house on 56th and Hunter streets bore a small speck of black powder used to find the prints of a killer. The curtains were drawn...

Charismatic pol gets ovation, but GOPer Huckabee a hit, too.
July 6, 2007... Byline: Dave Davies And Mark Mcdonald Jul. 6--THE ROCK STAR of Democratic presidential candidates, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, made his appearance yesterday before 9,000 delegates at the National Education Association convention, as did a...

He's in the school district now: Ex-Army colonel talks about his plans for reform.
July 6, 2007... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Jul. 6--Five years ago this month Philadelphia was hit by Hurricane Paul Vallas, who promised to fix the school district, from the leaky schoolhouse roofs to the patchwork curriculum. In stark contrast, this week...

Cheesesteak clash at Reading Market.
July 6, 2007... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Jul. 6--It's war at the Reading Terminal Market. Cheesesteak war. Last week, the market's board of directors decided to end its 25-year relationship with Rick's Philly Steaks, a profitable business with family...