The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) articles from June 2006

The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) archives from June 2006

Philadelphia Daily News Jenice Armstrong column: Summer camp at the spa?
June 1, 2006... Byline: Jenice Armstrong Jun. 1--AHHHH, TO BE A kid again, free to experience the sweet joys of summer - long, carefree days, lemonade and a fizz-ball pedicure. And, ooh, maybe, if there's time, a shiatsu massage or a consultation...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: McGeehan's verbal spat.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Dan Gross Jun. 1--STATE REP. Mike McGeehan was surprised yesterday when we called to ask him about a police report filed against him in April by William Bush, of the Northeast. Bush, 31, told police that on April 23, McGeehan...

'PHL launches multicast music channel.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jun. 1--WPHL-TV17 dives into the digital TV multicasting business with the launch today of The Tube, a mainstream rock- and alt/pop-leaning music video channel started by MTV/VH1 co-founder Les Garland. Multicasting...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: 'Sopranos'season: From bang to whimper.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Ellen Gray Jun. 1--THE SOPRANOS. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO. BIG LOVE. 10 p.m. Sunday, HBO. IF THERE'S a down side to HBO's pattern of generally uninterrupted seasons - the very thing that "Lost" fans have been longing for - it's...

charged.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Chris Brennan & Michael Hinkelman Jun. 1--THE TWO employees of state Sen. Vince Fumo who were charged yesterday seemed like they stepped right out of central casting for computer-help-desk geeks. LEONARD LUCHKO, 49, has never...

School budget trims transportation funds.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Jun. 1--The School Reform Commission yesterday approved a $2.04 billion budget that was balanced the wrong way, according to Mayor Street who decried nearly $11 million in cuts to student programs and services. ...

FUMO UNDER FIRE.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Dave Davies Jun. 1--RICHARD NIXON was forced to resign the presidency in 1974 not because of the Watergate burglary, but because he participated in its coverup. Martha Stewart went to jail in 2004 not for insider trading, but...

Feds: E-mail deletions were obstruction.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jun. 1--As the FBI ratcheted up the pressure on state Sen. Vince Fumo, his aides destroyed years worth of e-mails from his office computers, federal prosecutors charged yesterday. Two state Senate...

Philadelphia Daily News John Baer column: A shadow over his empire.
June 1, 2006... Byline: John Baer Jun. 1--SO I FIRE OFF an e-mail to Vince Fumo right after the arrest of two of his own, asking, "Any chance you'll talk with me today?" He responds quickly from his BlackBerry: "Would love to but I don't think that...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: Lofts or new school? In imperfect world, no easy choice.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Jun. 1--IN A PERFECT world, the decision about who should own the old Durham Elementary School would be a no-brainer: It should go to Independence Charter School. ICS, which is bursting out of its current...

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column: Take a deep breath... or maybe not.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Jun. 1--BREATHING Philadelphia's soupy air yesterday was unhealthy, and more of the same is expected today, according to an alert issued by the Ozone Action Partnership and the city Department of Public Health. ...

Killer shatters a dream.
June 1, 2006... Byline: David Gambacorta & Christine Olley Jun. 1--EVEN AFTER A robber shoved a gun in the face of a fellow Hahnemann University Hospital parking attendant two weeks ago, William Palmer told his family he felt safe at work. Palmer, 18,...

Just for Chuckles, we ask computer for its Phils lineup.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Mark Kram Jun. 1--EVERYONE Charlie Manuel runs into these days has an opinion on what he should do with his batting order. He could be out having dinner, and someone will come up to him and say, "Charlie, if I were you... "...

Philadelphia Daily News Sam Donnellon column: Ryan gives Phillies hope.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Sam Donnellon Jun. 1--IT'S NOT supposed to work this way. Especially for the Phillies. It's not supposed to work this way for a franchise that has over the years traded away people like Ryne Sandberg and Curt Schilling for...

Sixers take a look at Ratliff's double.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Phil Jasner Jun. 1--This was almost eerie. We knew Billy King, the 76ers president/general manager, wanted to change the culture of the franchise, but how did it suddenly get to be December 1997? This was just a predraft workout...

New Bird not retiring type.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Les Bowen Jun. 1--THE THING that made Pete Jenkins leery of coaching in the NFL turned out to be the thing that made him attractive to the Eagles. "I'd go visit pro camps in the summertime, and I didn't feel like I fit," the...

Surgeon concurs Barbaro likely bumped in race.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Dick Jerardi Jun. 1--Dr. Dean Richardson is much more interested in the now and the next than the then, but the surgeon who operated on Barbaro said, "My impression from the beginning was that the horse was bumped right before the...

Eagles soar to Catholic League summit: Conwell-Egan wins first title since 1968.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Ted Silary Jun. 1--SNAKEBITTEN no more. The baseball-playing Eagles of Conwell-Egan High proved so yesterday, but they knew so a day earlier. Face your fear. That's what people say, right? So after Tuesday's practice,...

Bail cut to $1 for Delco man in fatal dog beating.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Gloria Campisi Jun. 1--Bail was reduced to $1 and a hearing was delayed yesterday for a Tinicum Township man accused of beating and stabbing his roommate's dog so badly that the front of its head was caved in and it had to be...

Joseph O'Dowd, ex-reporter, salesman.
June 1, 2006... Byline: John F. Morrison Jun. 1--JOE O'DOWD took extemporaneous speaking to a new level. "You didn't want to debate him," said his father, also named Joe but with a different middle name. "He was so slick. I don't care what the...

Surgeon agrees Barbaro likely bumped during Preakness.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Dick Jerardi PHILADELPHIA _ Dr. Dean Richardson is much more interested in the now and the next than the then, but the surgeon who operated on Barbaro said, "My impression from the beginning was that the horse was bumped right...

Busch Brothers rub some the wrong way.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were the legendary, lovable Blue Brothers. In the eyes of many NASCAR fans and some racing rivals, Kurt and Kyle Busch are the Bad Brothers. Clearly, the brothers, who...

Convey represents achievement in U.S. soccer residency program.
June 1, 2006... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ It was a difficult decision _ a struggle for the Convey family. In 1998, the United States Soccer Federation came up with a plan to make the USA into a world power. It would follow the model...

For Dawn Staley, a moment forever golden in memory.
June 2, 2006... Byline: John Smallwood ___ (The following was a story published in the Philadelphia Daily News to celebrate the city's opening of "Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers," a traveling exhibit being held at the Pennsylvania...

IT TAKES A VILLAGE: After 20 years, the Arts & Humanities organization is alive & well...and in transition.
June 2, 2006... Byline: April Lisante Jun. 2--IT BEGAN IN 1986 with some dirt and tiles, a few flowers and one artist's patience and persistence. Artist Lily Yeh had no idea when she created a single brilliant garden in a garbage-strewn, abandoned...

Gore's got heat in documentary on global warming.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Gary Thompson Jun. 2--The Al Gore environment-ary "An Inconvenient Truth" shows that two things are almost certainly heating up: The Earth, and Gore's campaign for president. Longtime greenie Gore has been pushing global...

A 'Break-Up' of romance & comedy: The Aniston-Vaughn vehicle lacks those 2 elements.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Gary Thompson Jun. 2--There's something admirably perverse about "The Break-Up," a movie that wants to jolt the tired romantic comedy genre by getting rid of the romance. And most of the comedy. I'm not sure what that leaves...

On a dark and stormy note, Sheik remains creative: Latest work shows some personal demons.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jun. 2--Dark and cynical thoughts run through Duncan Sheik's new "White Limousine" album. But things really get personal for the guy with the lyrical admission that "[Rock 'n' roll is built on] Shopping," a song...

Touching bass with multitalented Miller: Appearing at Keswick, he's worked with legends.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Al Hunter Jr. Jun. 2--It isn't until Marcus Miller tells you he played on Grover Washington Jr.'s "Winelight" album that it all makes sense. "Winelight," released in 1980 and winner of two Grammy Awards, was the saxophonist's...

Philadelphia Daily News Joe Sixpack column: Forget about that lemon!
June 2, 2006... Byline: Joe Sixpack Jun. 2--AS BEER-DRINKING dilemmas go, the lemon question is an easy call: Don't do it! I refer, of course, to the unfortunate trend of defiling a perfectly good wheat beer with a spongy hunk of citrus. It happens...

For housing funds, Street finds Plans A and B both work.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Jun. 2--In the world of City Hall politics, Mayor Street knows you gotta have a Plan B. So, while pleading with City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell to introduce housing legislation that will enable the city to...

Hard-hat bank-rob suspect nabbed.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Christine Olley Jun. 2--It could have been a perfect clip for "America's Dumbest Criminals." Thanks to local media assistance, Ronald Richard Smith, a bank-robbery suspect, was arrested yesterday when he went to visit his...

Property transfers spark Council flap.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Jun. 2--Jared Langman had the support of the Northern Liberties community group, he had his approval from the city's Zoning Board and he was talking with contractors and financiers. He wants to build a sleek,...

35G reward in killing of lot attendant.
June 2, 2006... Byline: David Gambacorta Jun. 2--In a haze of pain and disbelief, Teresa Graves-Glenn finalized funeral plans yesterday for her only child, William Palmer, while police focused their efforts on a slew of tips they hope will lead to...

2 men slain in holdup at North Phila. store.
June 2, 2006... Byline: David Gambacorta & Christine Olley Jun. 2--More than 100 people braved the gagging humidity and huddled in front of a North Philadelphia cell-phone shop yesterday, trying for a glimpse at the gory mayhem inside. Police said a...

Philadelphia Daily News Jill Porter column: About our gun problem, we know what to do.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Jill Porter Jun. 2--MAYBE, I hoped yesterday, Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Minehart might have some answers. Another armed animal had committed casual slaughter in the heart of town. A kind and upstanding kid named William...

Philadelphia Daily News Elmer Smith column: Blackwell & Street have made blocking an art here.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Elmer Smith Jun. 2--JOHN STREET and Jannie Blackwell could co-author the manual on strategic disruptions. It would be an illustrated how-to with diagrams and detailed histories of construction projects they have delayed for...

Affidavit: Fumo involved in real estate deals.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Dave Davies Jun. 2--Information contained in a federal affidavit released Wednesday casts some doubt on state Sen. Vince Fumo's claim earlier this year that he had no role in a $310,000 real-estate deal involving electrical...

W. Bagby, 'Mayor of Woodstock Street'.
June 2, 2006... Byline: John F. Morrison Jun. 2--WILLIAM BAGBY, a retired musician and community activist who was so appreciated by his North Philadelphia neighbors that he was called the "Mayor of Woodstock Street," died May 25 at 83. Bagby played the...

Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: WORLDLY GOODS.
June 2, 2006... Byline: John Smallwood Jun. 2--IT WAS A difficult decision - a struggle for the Convey family. In 1998, the United States Soccer Federation came up with a plan to make the USA into a world power. It would follow the model of...

Mardy's dream ready to happen.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Mike Kern Jun. 2--WHEN WE LAST saw Temple's Mardy Collins, he was lying on the floor of the Liacouras Center near the end of a first-round NIT loss to Akron, waiting for an ambulance to transport him to the hospital. It wasn't the...

Strong rehab start for Cole.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 2--LOS ANGELES - Cole Hamels pitched well in his rehab start for Class A Lakewood. Which means the auditioning began last night. Hamels will return to the Phillies' rotation after his 5 2/3 innings...

Floyd starting to look like ex-starter.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 2--LOS ANGELES - If Gavin Floyd exits the Phillies' rotation, last night's second inning will provide a template for why. His exit is a very real possibility after last night's 7-2 loss to the Dodgers. ...

McDougle's camp to help Miami PALs.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Les Bowen Jun. 2--Not much good has come from the terrible night last July 28, when Eagles defensive end Jerome McDougle was shot in the abdomen while sitting in his silver Mercedes in southwest Miami. McDougle wants to change...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: New Guard's man turns Old Guard.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Rich Hofmann Jun. 2--NEW YORK - Seventeen years later, the remnants of the NFL's old divide remain. As the commissioner of the league, Paul Tagliabue's tenure was birthed amid that conflict between old owners and new owners,...

He's no T.O. clone: No. 81 just trying to make good impression on Eagles.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Les Bowen Jun. 2--The guy who wears No. 81 these days for the Eagles doesn't close himself off to the rest of the locker room behind headphones. So far he's had nothing to say on the relative merits of Donovan McNabb vs. Brett...

Drexel students to attend USOC leadership camp.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Paul Vigna Jun. 2--Studying will take a back seat for two Drexel students heading to Colorado Springs, Colo., next weekend for a leadership camp on the United States Olympic Committee's campus. Charis Jones and Saara Rafiz will...

Central topples Frankford for PL crown.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Ted Silary Jun. 2--EVEN IN THE WORLD of indiscretions, timing is everything. Let's make that especially. Once you could get him to stop jumping and yelling, and admiring the gold medal around his neck, and holding up a...

Sorenstam trying to regain golden touch.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Mike Kern Jun. 2--GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - So, what's up with Annika Sorenstam? It's a question the best female golfer on the planet has had to deal with only about once every other backswing over the last month or so....

Little dog tossed, saved on span.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Gloria Campisi Jun. 2--There she was - an injured Chihuahua - lying in the middle of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Ed Doty, 41, of University City, and friend Roger Wing, of Fishtown, were coming home from kayaking in New Jersey...

Ex-streets boss acquitted of thievery: Wm. Johnson had been accused of fleecing city to fund parties.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jun. 3--Former city Streets Commissioner William M. Johnson quietly sobbed and raised his hands in prayer yesterday as a jury foreman read "not guilty" to the three corruption charges against him. Then he wiped...

Philadelphia Daily News Debbie Woodell column: 'Phantom' swindle gets ex-D.A.'s wife 4 years.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Debbie Woodell Jun. 3--Debbi Fitzpatrick, the estranged wife of a former Philadelphia district attorney who pleaded guilty to swindling investors in a nonexistent musical, had one month to do legally what she had once done...

Reward nets parking-lot slay suspects: 'I'm thankful to whomever it was that came forward,' victim's mom says.
June 3, 2006... Byline: David Gambacorta Jun. 3--THE PRAYERS of a grieving mother were answered yesterday when two men were charged with the cold-hearted murder of William Palmer, police said. Palmer, an 18-year-old Roman Catholic High School...

New mobile tactical unit to concentrate on homicides.
June 3, 2006... Byline: David Gambacorta Jun. 3--Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson announced yesterday the formation of a mobile tactical unit that will spend nights and weekends this summer trying to slow the city's seemingly ever-growing homicide...

Mission: To save 'beautiful' place: Meeting today takes aim at stemming violence in W. Phila. neighborhood.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Valeria M. Russ Jun. 3--A few years back, James H. Flowers was a mentor to a student from the Edward Heston School who had been wounded by stray gunfire. "His name was Carl and he was about 9 years old," Flowers said...

Players think sprinter Gatlin would face hurdles.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Les Bowen Jun. 3--IN A TYPICAL pro football locker room, more than a few players have some kind of background in track and field. The skill-position guys usually have done some running, the linemen some throwing. So quite a few of...

Lackluster main event could cost fighters.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Jun. 3--"The Wrath of Sirb" is not the latest "Star Trek" movie coming to your local multiplex. It is, however, the big story arising from a bizarre night of boxing at the Blue Horizon. Greg Sirb, feisty executive...

Sharing lead, Sorenstam shows signs of old.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Mike Kern Jun. 3--GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - There was a time, not that long ago, when the golf tournament would basically be over already. Annika Sorenstam shot a 7-under-par 64 yesterday on the Bay Course at Seaview Resort. That...

Floyd sent down to get tougher.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 3--LOS ANGELES - The juxtaposition was appropriate. As catcher Sal Fasano stood at his locker and discussed the perceived low level of grit in Gavin Floyd, grit-meister Curt Schilling was pitching for the Red...

Phillies go on the offensive.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 3--LOS ANGELES - It's amazing what a few timely base hits can do. They can keep a green starter like Ryan Madson from logging a deserved loss. They can keep a team from dropping to .500 by averting a...

The Chef's Table: We like Ike _ the soup maker!
June 5, 2006... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q. Sometime in the 1950s, President Eisenhower published his recipe for vegetable soup. I used it and made the most delicious soup, but must have thrown out the recipe with the peelings. Can you help me...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Sam Katz sets fund-raiser.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Dan Gross Jun. 5--SAM KATZ says he still owes about a million dollars from his failed 2003 mayoral campaign. So he's holding a fund-raiser screening of Tigre Hill's "Shame of a City," a movie about the campaign, to raise some...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: 'Everwood' a WB drama that will be missed.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Ellen Gray Jun. 5--EVERWOOD. 8 tonight, Channel 17. I'VE BEEN DOING double-duty as a grief counselor these past few weeks, holding the hands of "Invasion" fans, taking a tough-love stance with "Deadwood" devotees - some of them...

Teen set to graduate is slain in Camden: 5 others hurt in early-morning shooting.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Regina Medina Jun. 5--Rashell Harmon was hanging out with some friends in Camden early yesterday when she borrowed a pal's phone to call her older sister Rashonda. They chatted before 3:30 a.m., Rashonda said, but Rashell ended...

6-6-06: World ending?
June 5, 2006... Byline: Kitty Caparella Jun. 5--YOU MIGHT WANT to ask your boss for tomorrow off because it's the end of the world. Check the date: 6/6/06. Of course, if the world doesn't end, you could really catch hell on Wednesday. Some say it's...

2 PHILLY WOMEN TIED BY RED TAPE OF IMMIGRATION.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Dan Geringer Jun. 5--PIEDAD, an "illegal alien" from Colombia working on the Main Line and living in South Philadelphia, hasn't seen or hugged or kissed her young daughter Juliana in six years. She knows that if she leaves this...

Philadelphia Daily News Carla Anderson Urban Warrior column: Landlord makes repairs, then boots tenant who griped.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Carla Anderson Urban Warrior Jun. 5--FROM TIME TO TIME, people I write about here see the error of their ways and make an effort to fix the problems they created. We really go for that. Two weeks ago, I told you about a...

Fattah: Election won't affect likely mayoral run.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Catherine Lucey Jun. 5--WITH HIS well-staffed exploratory committee and growing campaign cash, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah is sure acting like a man who wants to run for mayor in 2007. But many political insiders are wondering...

Sandy Little, 59, active in church.
June 5, 2006... Byline: John F. Morrison Jun. 5--SANDY Little spent much of his youth working hard - and playing hard. He had to drop out of Benjamin Franklin High School and go to work to help support his family. He worked in construction, building...

Dr. Thomas F.A. Powell, surgeon.
June 5, 2006... Byline: John F. Morrison Jun. 5--Thomas Francis Augustine Powell was the kind of surgeon who would drive his patients home afterward. It's unlikely they make them like that anymore, but Powell brought compassion along with his medical...

Lucky fan feeling even more lucky after Utley's solo shot.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Bob Cooney Jun. 5--William Hicklin Sr. probably considers himself a lucky man to be married to his wife, Barbara. But lately, he's been a really lucky man. On a trip to the casinos last week, Barbara Hicklin won $600....

Recchi has shot at another Cup.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Ed Moran Jun. 5--MARK RECCHI had every reason to think he would be competing for a Stanley Cup this season. Reunited with a revamped Pittsburgh Penguins team that featured one of the NHL's best veterans in Mario Lemieux and top...

Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: A better idea of what drives race fans.
June 5, 2006... Byline: John Smallwood Jun. 5--DOVER, Del. - I'm not going to say that now I fully get it. Attending the Neighborhood Excellence 400 yesterday at Dover International Speedway didn't cause a major shift in my personal sports...

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column: To put it bluntly, he's taking anti-drug fight to streets.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Jun. 5--"A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke." - Rudyard Kipling "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud AND SOMETIMES a certain kind of cigar gets hijacked by druggies. ...

UTSY MOVE.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 5--LOS ANGELES - First came the crash. Yesterday came the crush. Chase Utley sank a little deeper into the hearts of hard-core Phillies fans when he splattered Dodgers catcher Russell Martin on a close...

Franklin says he could help Phillies' rotation.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 5--LOS ANGELES - The Phillies need a veteran to bolster their ailing, stumbling starting rotation. Ryan Franklin figures they have one. Him. "It's got to be something going around in their heads," Franklin...

Foye: Staying in school was right decision after all.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Phil Jasner Jun. 5--Randy Foye thought about turning pro after his junior season at Villanova, but ultimately determined that neither the time nor the opportunity was right. Projecting the order of the NBA draft isn't a...

Too young to drink it, not to wear it.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Mike Kern Jun. 5--GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Seon Hwa Lee turned pro when she was 14. Because, as she explained through an interpreter, she wanted to play in the "bigger" tournaments. That was 6 years ago, when she joined the Korean...

Philadelphia Daily News Earni Young column: Bart Blatstein's 'Northern' revival.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Earni Young Jun. 5--PSYDDE Delicious - you gotta love the name - is on the line begging a Verizon customer service rep to do something to restore Internet service to his store before the weekend. "I'm trying to run a business...

For Dad & grad, cool players, recorders -and a shredder.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Takiff DADS AND GRADS: Before we know it, Father's Day and graduation time will be upon us. To serve those gift recipients' tech-lovin' passions, consider some of these choice gizmos, fresh off the assembly line. ...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Bacon hopes to visit.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Dan Gross Jun. 6--CENTER CITY-raised Kevin Bacon isn't sure when or why he'll next come back to his hometown. Bacon was here yesterday promoting his directorial debut, "Loverboy," which opens here June 16. He was also...

Rock with twang.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jun. 6--Rockers infused with more than a touch of tangy twang lead our CD-release parade today. Cracker front man David Lowery often bears his sardonic, snarky soul in his songs, and it ain't pretty. He drinks...

He gets 16 years, with incentive to fink.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Kitty Caparella Jun. 6--Robert Merritt Jr. has 16 years and two months in jail to squeal on whoever ordered a 2004 deadly arson of a federal witness' North Philadelphia home in which four children and two adults were killed. ...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: Temple Hospital teen program: Docs & shocks.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Jun. 6--WHEN THE grisly PowerPoint image elicits gasps from the teens visiting Temple University Hospital, Scott Charles does a mock double-take. "Oh, I'm sorry, does that shock you?" he asks the 17...