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

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

SRC looks to city, state for the difference.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Jun. 1--THE SCHOOL REFORM Commission yesterday crafted a compromise with Mayor Street and a band of dedicated parents, then unanimously approved a $2.18 billion budget for next school year that reduces or eliminates...

Phillies pitchers have Bonds strategy.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 1--'WE'RE GOING TO walk him every time." Charlie Manuel was only half-joking . . . or just incomplete. What the Phillies manager meant was he is going to walk Barry Bonds every time he can afford to do so...

'Once' director Frames his pretty picture, and maybe finds a new Bogie and Bacall.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Jun. 1--There is a rare ring of truth to "Once," the new-style, low-budget film-musical that won the audience prize at this year's Sundance and Dublin Film Festivals, and is now turning into the critics' darling of...

Philadelphia Daily News Clout column: Clout / Primaries: Unfinished gift that keeps on giving.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Gar Joseph Jun. 1--TWO WEEKS after the primary election and we still have unfinished business. Let's start with Democratic Traffic Court nominee Wayne Singletary. Singletary (as reported in the May 21 Clout) was elected while...

OPINION: One little $6M line item speaks to accountability.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Elmer Smith Jun. 1--OBSCURED BY the excess wattage in the school district's budget battles, a much more fundamental funding issue may be bubbling to the surface. At first glance, what seems at issue is a line item of just $6...

Another woman describes rapes: 7th alleged victim testifies at trial.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Julie Shaw Jun. 1--She knew Jeffrey Marsalis raped her on their first date and planned to confront him, another alleged victim testified yesterday. So she met him a second time. On their way to a Chinatown restaurant, she...

It's not immaculate, but 'Knocked Up' is actually 'Virgin'-al: It's not immaculate, but 'Knocked Up' is actually 'Virgin'-al.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Jun. 1--NOT MANY modern comedies hold up to repeat viewing as well as "The 40 Year-Old Virgin," in heavy rotation on cable and hilarious every time you watch it. It had the foul-mouthed irresponsibility of typical...

Street Sense won't run in Belmont.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Dick Jerardi Jun. 1--After that final stride in the Preakness, when a Triple Crown was no longer possible, Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense seemed unlikely to run in the June 9 Belmont Stakes. Still, trainer Carl Nafzger did not...

Cycle of abuse and neglect cited in blistering report.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Wendy Ruderman Jun. 1--The city's Department of Human Services failed David Furman as a kid. And roughly two decades later, as a young father, Furman failed his own 1-year-old son in the worst possible way: He killed him. ...

Feds told to hand over 120 boxes of files to Milton's defense.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jun. 1--A federal judge yesterday scolded prosecutors in the T. Milton Street corruption case for making and keeping copies of documents Street's lawyer asked to be duplicated in preparation for his defense. ...

Time bomb in new city budget?
June 1, 2007... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Jun. 1--In their final budget tango, Mayor Street and City Council could have won the prize on "Dancing with the Stars" as they smoothly ignored their past disharmony and rewarded their favored programs with more...

Union chief Cronin calling it quits: He's headed DC 47 for 27 yrs.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Bob Warner Jun. 1--Thomas Paine Cronin, the outspoken labor leader who has headed the city's white-collar municipal workers for the past 27 years, plans to give up the post when his three-year term expires in September. "Six...

Potential Sixers picks talk about their Philly experiences.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Jun. 1--ORLANDO -- Eleven projected first-round picks in the NBA draft met with reporters in two shifts yesterday afternoon in a somewhat cramped conference room of the Radisson Resort. One of them could land with the...

Briggs' heavyweight duty: Title on line against Russian.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Jun. 1--Shannon Briggs would seem an unlikely candidate to carry America's heavyweight hopes, but, just 5 days after Memorial Day, the occasionally underachieving WBO champion from Brooklyn, N.Y., will attempt to...

Prep basketball classic getting an assist from Butler.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Jun. 1--Like most men, Rasual Butler is not into mushiness. But he knows and appreciates and, yes, even treasures the role Charles "Shoob" Monroe played in making him a basketball success. Tonight at Ben...

Philadelphia Daily News John Baer column: John Baer / Live from Harrisburg: That's Eddietainment.(Column)
June 1, 2007... Byline: John Baer Jun. 1--WHAT'S WITH Gov. Ed these days? Lately he's acting a little weird. And I mean more than normal. He recently defended, actually encouraged, speeding after Gov. Jon Corzine's accident; touted Republican Mitt...

Philadelphia Daily News Tattle column: Tattle / Harry Potter lines up Orlando gig.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Howard Gensler Jun. 1--HEY, Harry Potter Fans -- and we know there are a few of you -- Universal Orlando is opening "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" in late 2009. "The plans I've seen look incredibly exciting, and I don't...

Philadelphia Daily News Joe Sixpack column: Joe Sixpack / For your summer brew, it's OK to go to extremes.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Don Russell Jun. 1--HERE ARE TWO words you don't hear uttered much during the summer: Extreme beer. Trendy as they are, heavy, high-alcohol ales and lagers aren't exactly the ticket when the sweat is pouring from your nether...

Revitalized Soul takes another shot at Dallas.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Ed Barkowitz Jun. 1--It's not quite accurate to describe tonight's Soul game as a must-win; at least as far as the standings are concerned. The Soul is 6-6 and even with a loss still has a decent shot at the AFL playoffs. No,...

Costner misses as 'Mr. Brooks': He's an aw-shucks psychopath in a serially silly sick flick.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Jun. 1--"Mr. Brooks" gives us a vague idea of what the "Fight Club" guys would have been like in middle age. The title role goes to Kevin Costner, and one is tempted to say he's cast against type here as a serial...

For fans of sly slaughterfests, it doesn't pay to see 'Severance'.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Jun. 1--The title of "Severance" is a pun -- a bunch of people on a corporate retreat are stalked and killed, losing limbs, lives and, of course, gainful employment. It's mostly meant to be funny, and sometimes it...

EDITORIAL: A TRAGIC LEGACY AT DHS: NEW REPORT SCRUTINIZES FATALITIES OF KIDS UNDER DHS CARE.(Editorial)
June 1, 2007... Jun. 1--NUMBERS CAN be numbing, but the total of children lost to death in the city shouldn't be: According to most recent city statistics, in 2004, about 400 children under the age of 19 died. All of these are a tragedy, no matter what the...

He's first on Bonds-blasted list.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Mark Kram Jun. 1--IT WAS 4 OR 5 years ago, Craig McMurtry is not sure exactly, when someone came up and told him he had seen him on ESPN the previous evening. This perplexed McMurtry, who by then had not pitched in the big leagues...

'Gracie': Girl athlete on boys team in a tale as comfy as an old Shue.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Jun. 1--Given the walloping impact that Title IX has had on our culture, it's amazing this hasn't been reflected more often in movies. An exception is "Gracie," the story of a Jersey girl who, in the 1970s,...

Philadelphia Daily News Bill Conlin column: Bill Conlin / Something is fundamentally wrong.(Column)
June 1, 2007... Byline: Bill Conlin Jun. 1--When I'm King of the World . . . Phillies first-base and track coach Davey Lopes will line up Baserunning 101 flunkers Michael Bourn, Shane Victorino and Aaron Rowand. His lecture will begin, "Gentlemen,...

Philadelphia Daily News Earni Young column: Earni Young / New way to sell real estate: Cell real estate.(Column)
June 1, 2007... Byline: Earni Young Jun. 1--I DON'T USUALLY get excited about new computer gadgets, because they usually add to my workload rather than lighten it. But a funny thing happened on my way to a conference of the National Association of...

L.J. on hernia: Truss me, I'll be back.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Jun. 1--L.J. SMITH hopes he'll be ready for training camp in 2 months, after unexpected sports-hernia surgery Wednesday, but he can't issue any guarantees. "When we get to that point, I guess me and [Eagles athletic...

'Once': Quietly terrific: Love and songs on the streets of Dublin, in a musical, and movie, unlike any other.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Jun. 1--In the opening scene of the quietly terrific "Once," a street corner singer passionately hammers out songs about his shattered heart on his beat-up guitar. The Dublin streets throng with people paying him...

Philadelphia Daily News Jill Porter column: Jill Porter / Report just more of the same, or will this one bring change?
June 1, 2007... Byline: Jill Porter Jun. 1--HOW MANY TIMES does it need to be said? How often does a blue-ribbon panel have to reiterate the deficiencies of the city's child-welfare bureaucracy before systemic changes are made? The latest report...

Philadelphia Daily News Paul Hagen column: Paul Hagen / Phillies bid farewell to arms.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jun. 1--GOOD PITCHING is hard to find. We know this is true because so many teams are searching for pitching help. Still, here's a question: What three things do Randy Wolf, Ryan Franklin, Aaron Fultz, Justin Germano...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: Rich Hofmann / THE WAIT ALONE WILL KILL YA.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Rich Hofmann Jun. 1--WENT ON THE EAGLES' Web site yesterday, typed in some information, clicked, joined the season-ticket waiting list. Just like that. Didn't take a minute. Should be hearing back in 4,000 years. This...

Philadelphia Daily News Ed Moran column: Ed Moran / Thug talked, and Camden is now safer.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Jun. 1--He was the guy who laughed at cops when he was arrested 10 years ago, the one drug dealer authorities never figured would agree to help them. But after he was arrested in a huge federal drug takedown in 2003,...

Former Phillies pitching well, and other notes.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Good pitching is hard to find. We know this is true because so many teams are searching for pitching help. Still, here's a question: What three things do Randy Wolf, Ryan Franklin, Aaron Fultz, Justin...

Philadelphia Daily News Gary Thompson column: Gary Thompson / Arguments in 'Knocked' argue for marriage.(Column)
June 1, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Jun. 1--FOR A MOVIE that makes an argument for marriage, "Knocked Up," often presents a pretty grim view of the institution. The grimmer the better -- that's the lesson writer-director Judd Apatow said he learned...

City, Foxwoods spar; SugarHouse moves forward.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Chris Brennan Jun. 2--If the two casinos planned for the Delaware riverfront were the city's offspring, SugarHouse in Fishtown would be the favorite child while Foxwoods in South Philly would be the little brat. SugarHouse took...

Abducted 7-year-old reunited with kin.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley and David Gambacorta Jun. 2--The frantic search for little Andrew Rankins-Bell came to a bizarre, unexpected end yesterday when his kidnapper -- his own mother -- finally gave in. In a fast-paced climax to the...

City slaying total reaches 167.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Jun. 2--Two more people were shot and killed in the wee hours of the morning yesterday, bumping up the city's homicide total to 167 for the year, compared with 150 by this time in 2006. Homicide investigators...

Judge Clifford Scott Green dies: Presided over case that helped abolish racism in Pa. State Police hiring.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jun. 2--The federal judge who presided over a 26-year-old court case that brought more minorities into the ranks of the Pennsylvania State Police, ending years of blatant racial discrimination, died Thursday...

Union warns city about staffing at women's prison.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Jun. 2--The president of the correctional-officers union yesterday threatened unspecified labor action if the Street administration doesn't add more prison guards at the women's jail to cope with the overcrowding...

Marsalis 'sounded like an idiot': Neighbor says he helped defendant refine Web profile.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Julie Shaw Jun. 2--MEET Jeffrey J. Marsalis: According to his Match.com profile, shown yesterday to Common Pleas jurors at his ongoing trial on rape charges, Marsalis presented himself in a suit and tie, smiling. He looked...

Boobirds: Who needs Barry?
June 2, 2007... Byline: Steve King Jun. 2--PHILLIES FANS came out last night ready to boo Barry Bonds. By the end of the game, they were booing the home team. That's because the Phillies didn't get their first hit until Shane Victorino singled to...

Mistake or not, Young vows to learn from it.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Jun. 2--SCOTT YOUNG shoulders the blame, but deep down, he still doesn't think he moved early. Young is relying on memory here, because he refuses to watch the tape, but the way he remembers it, he saw center Jamaal...

Yorgey gives local fans a good showing.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Jun. 2--It wasn't quite the celebrity A-list that turned out for De La Hoya-Mayweather in Las Vegas, but, by Blue Horizon standards, the turnout of famous faces was nonetheless impressive. In the house for...

Earnhardt film offers much for his fans.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Bill Fleischman Jun. 2--DOVER, Del. -- Bring tissues. That's the best advice for fans of Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Dale Jr. when they see the new documentary "Dale." Interspersed with Earnhardt's finally winning the Daytona...

Bonds keeps mind on game.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jun. 2--GIANTS centerfielder Randy Winn was on second with one out when first baseman Mark Sweeney field out deep, almost to the warning track in center in the top of the first. Winn didn't tag up, and was unable to move...

Who remembers Montoursville?: Flight 800 crash not forgotten there.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Farr Jun. 4--Editor's note: Daily News staff writer Stephanie Farr, a 2000 graduate of Montoursville Area High School, reflects on the effects of the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800. MONTOURSVILLE -- A statue stands in...

Giuliani praises town residents: Montoursville 'helped me' with 9/11.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Farr Jun. 4--MONTOURSVILLE -- Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani said yesterday that it was the strength and courage shown by the people of Montoursville in the wake of the crash of TWA Flight 800 that gave him the...

Garcia hasn't lived up to the hype.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jun. 4--Here's just one more reason that making predictions about how a baseball season will unfold is only a slightly better percentage bet than playing the lottery: Getting Freddy Garcia at the winter meetings was...

Gordon enjoys an effective throwing session, but not rushing things.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 4--As Tom Gordon and his pitching coach walked up the stairs to the dugout after a spirited throwing session, Gordon made a startling admission: "That's the best the ball's felt coming out of my hand all...

Clearing up a degree of some confusion.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Catherine Lucey Jun. 4--CURTIS JONES JR. -- who beat City Councilwoman Carol Ann Campbell in the May primary election -- has been falsely claiming that he earned a master's degree from the University of Alabama. In fact, that...

Fugitive is now 'most wanted' in girl's slaying.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Jun. 4--Iriana DeJesus was just 5 years old when her partially decomposed body was found in a run-down apartment in Hunting Park on Aug. 3, 2000. Police said the little girl, who had been last reported seen...

Correction.(Correction notice)
June 4, 2007... Jun. 4--In a story in last Thursday's paper concerning the 2007 George Fencl award, the last name of Captain Daniel MacDonald was misspelled. Also, the George Fencl board consists of 14 judges, not 13 as reported. To see more of the...

EDITORIAL: MOTHER OF ALL SCHOOL BUDGETS: MOMS -AND DADS- MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD TO SRC.(Editorial)
June 4, 2007... Jun. 4--LET'S ADD A new entry to the list of the acknowledged successes of school reform: the radicalization of parents. The school budget process that ended last week when the SRC adopted a $2.18 billion budget may go down as...

Dubai sheikh buys stud rights to top horses.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Dick Jerardi Jun. 4--If you own a valuable young racehorse or stallion prospect these days, the sweetest words you can hear is that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, is interested. Playing with endless...

Another series, another suspension for Pronger.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Jun. 4--OTTAWA -- Maybe Anaheim defenseman Chris Pronger thinks getting suspended is a way to inspire his team after a loss. It worked the last time. That was against Detroit when the Ducks were losing Game 3 of...

A much bigger Tiger Allen wins in return to ring.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Jun. 4--ATLANTIC CITY -- There was a rare Tiger sighting Saturday night in Boardwalk Hall, and this cat was bigger than ever. Tiger Allen, fighting for the first time since May 19, 2006, came in at a...

EDITORIAL: PUGILIST AT REST.(Editorial)
June 4, 2007... Jun. 4--IF WE DIDN'T know any better, we'd question Thomas Paine Cronin's decision to retire just before another wrenching round of contract negotiations. Except that he loved that stuff. An almost courtly figure in public, Cronin could...

Philadelphia Daily News Urban Warrior column: Urban Warrior / A STONE'S THROW AWAY.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Chris Brennan Jun. 4--LET'S BEGIN today by saying I do not advocate or condone violence against SEPTA employees, passengers or property. But consider what would happen if the 145 employees at Mutual Industries Inc., in Olney,...

Philadelphia Daily News Tattle column: Tattle / His trapped 'mouse' - ouch! - springs lawsuit.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Howard Gensler Jun. 4--FOR YEARS, "actor" Perry Caravello was either the butt of a long-running practical joke (the movie "Windy City Heat") or he was in on the joke and we were all the butt. So news that Caravello is suing...

Karl's son battling to overcome cancer.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Jun. 4--ORLANDO -- The father sits in the stands, silently watching his son on the court at the NBA's predraft camp in Disney's Wide World of Sports complex. The father inhales, pauses and says, "I'm here just...

HAWAIIAN PUNCH: Victorino caps off figurine day with game-winning blast in 9th.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 4--WHEN THE Giants tied the Phillies in the top of the ninth, Shane Victorino had a notion: "I'm going to hit a walkoff homer. I'm going to hit a walkoff homer." Then, he did. The Phillies won...

Bountiful crop on Phillies' farm team.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Jun. 4--LAKEWOOD, N.J. -- At the beginning of spring training for the Phillies' minor leaguers, all the hitters converge in the batting cages at the Carpenter Complex. "Every morning we had soft toss," said Kevin...

Lowry looking to play again.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Jun. 4--Finally rid of the cast he wore for 5 months, Kyle Lowry reached with his left hand for a television remote. He couldn't pick it up. The former Villanova guard, whose 1-2 punch of speed and...

Still talking a good fight: But Briggs lost title without putting up much of a battle.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Jun. 4--ATLANTIC CITY -- And then there were none. Sultan Ibragimov's start-to-finish pasting of a statue named Shannon Briggs Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall gave the Russian southpaw a unanimous-decision...

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column: Stu Bykofsky / Here's one way to stop casinos - dead.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Jun. 4--ONE PROBLEM with America is we want quick, "painless" solutions to knotty problems. Feeling depressed? Take Paxil. Crime rising? More jails. State broke? Build casinos. Casinos are seductive...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: Rich Hofmann / Manuel moves dictated by 'pen.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Rich Hofmann Jun. 4--HAVING MISPLACED the Hawaiian-English dictionary, we can only guess at the translation for "saved Charlie's butt," which is what the Phillies' Shane Victorino did when he hit that game-winning home run in the...

Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: John Smallwood / Cavs' dreams will hit reality in San Antonio.
June 4, 2007... Byline: John Smallwood Jun. 4--UH, CLEVELAND, not to put a damper on your parade, but you might want to hold off on that coronation ceremony for a bit. In Philadelphia, we speak from experience. Six seasons ago, Philadelphia...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: Ellen Gray / Not many howls in 'Creature Comforts'.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Ellen Gray Jun. 4--CREATURE COMFORTS. 8 tonight, Channel 3. WHAT DOG OWNER hasn't wondered just what it is dogs learn from their extensive sniffing of one another's rears? "It smells pretty ripe. I'm getting medium to dark...

Universal's gamble: Will consumers win?
June 4, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Universal Home Entertainment holds the HD-DVD fort... and maybe the keys. In what's shaping up as an electronics industry trial of the century_between two incompatible, high-definition video-disc...

Philadelphia Daily News John Baer column.
June 4, 2007... Byline: John Baer Jun. 4--I think I'll pass on John Kerry at the Free Library this evening. He's scheduled from 7 to 9 to talk about his new book, "This Moment on Earth," apparently a me-too tome after Al Gore's "An Inconvenient...

OPINION: Blacks written out of history.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Elmer Smith Jun. 5--There was something funny about the men I used to watch lining up in their parade gear outside the Capt. William M. Slowe VFW Post on military holidays. It wasn't just their ill-fitting olive-drab uniforms....

Winner Kimberly Byrd gives struggling girls hope.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Dan Geringer Jun. 5--PHILADELPHIA Police Chief of Staff Kimberly Byrd, who will be honored today with the 2007 George Fencl Award, remembers being a young, nervous cop securing the perimeter of a hostage situation when "an old guy...

Ex-museum chief: I'm guilty.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Jun. 5--The former president of the Independence Seaport Museum pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to fraud and tax evasion. John S. Carter, 57, who headed the maritime museum at Penn's Landing for 17...

2nd shooting kills survivor.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Valerie Russ & Dafney Tales Jun. 5--Back on May 21, Hasain Ameer Harrison reportedly was shot at least four times while hanging out outside a bar at 15th and Wingohocking streets, in Hunting Park. Miraculously, he survived. But...

Commish gives Byrd a new title.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Dave Davies Jun. 5--Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson yesterday named 2007 George Fencl Award Winner Sgt. Kimberly Byrd the department's executive officer, reviving a title that had been dormant for several years. Before...

'Didn't touch' ticket writer, Susanna Foo insists.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Julie Shaw Jun. 5--Susanna Foo's six-month probation is finished, but it doesn't mean the saga of her running battle with a Philadelphia Parking Authority ticket writer is over. Yesterday, Foo spoke about her 50-plus hours of...

Accused killer seems indifferent to his fate.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Damon C. Williams Jun. 5--One would think an accused killer with his life hanging in the balance would show some restraint on the first day of his trial. So what was murder defendant Tyrik Hawkins thinking when he entered...

'Nova's Curtis looks for sweet dreams.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Jun. 5--ASK HIM NOW and Bobby Curtis can talk about sleep disorders like a scientist. He'll rattle off information about serotonin, melatonin and circadian rhythms, how they affect the body's sleep-wake cycle...

Peffle signs off as Frankford's baseball coach.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Jun. 5--BOB PEFFLE made it fine through the postgame talk with his players. Then, he even breezed through most of a question-answer session with three reporters. But moments after the words "I'm going out a...

Key hit, anyone?: Phillies get chances, can't capitalize in loss to Giants.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Jun. 5--GIANTS SLUGGER Barry Bonds was in the house, maybe for the last time, his presence felt only because of the healthy booing, his chase of Hank Aaron again toothless subtext to another fireless game between two...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: Ronnie Polaneczky / Lots of 'tools' show up to hear about casino.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Jun. 5--FOR THE LAST few weeks, some anti-casino folks have accused Maggie O'Brien and me of being tools of SugarHouse casino. Last night, at Holy Name of Jesus Church, a lot more people became tools -- if...

Ex-nursing chief at Delco home pleads not guilty to neglect: Aston woman charged in case of patient with 50 maggots in head wound.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Farr Jun. 5--A former Delaware County nursing-home administrator who allegedly allowed maggots to fester in the head wound of a septuagenarian patient waived her preliminary hearing yesterday. Donna Marie Cameron, 39,...

Mom: My spouse killed 'boy in the bag'.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Gloria Campisi Jun. 5--The mother of a 4-year-old boy whose anonymous corpse lay unclaimed in the morgue for more than a decade pleaded guilty yesterday to helping her husband discard the small body like so much trash on a lot near...

Cosby joins city rally vs. violence: He calls for a 'revolution'.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Jun. 5--Clad in a gray Temple sweat shirt and running shoes, Bill Cosby joined Men United for a Better Philadelphia yesterday as the group took to the streets of West Philadelphia to call for an end to the violence...