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

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

UConn guard on track following illness, suspension.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil PHILADELPHIA _ The nurse walked into the intensive-care unit room, announced that the patient's blood pressure had crept up to a dangerous 212/160 and, spying the worried parents, looked at the other man in the...

She's ticking, he ought to be talking.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: My girlfriend is obsessed with having a baby. She's 35 and I'm 29. She says her clock is ticking fast. In fact, she wants to have the baby before we get married. I'm starting to freak out. I don't think I'm ready....

New South St. bridge closer: Replacement work could start in '08.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Mark McDonald Mar. 1--The plan to begin construction of a South Street bridge replacement in early 2008 moved forward yesterday as City Council's Streets Committee voted out a key piece of legislation. The project to replace...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: A pol's word was not his bond.(Column)
March 1, 2007... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Mar. 1--I MUST BE losing my touch. Usually, when I call some woeful authority figure on behalf of a reader who's getting the runaround, the problem gets handled pretty fast. Sometimes, miraculously, within...

Senior Night a real downer for Temple.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Mike Kern Mar. 1--When you're a team that hasn't played much defense for most of the season, and you hold your opponent to 35.5 percent shooting from the field in the first 20 minutes yet you're still down by 10, that's not a good...

Roman cruises into CL final.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Mar. 1--THE PALESTRA is not exactly around the corner from Cheltenham, and Nick Daggett might have been forced to cover that distance without wheels last night. You see, his mom, Nickola Nixon, is not a happy person...

Bell reflects on highs and lows of his Sixers tenure.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Mar. 1--He went from taking a call on his cell phone at a Denny's in Sioux Falls, S.D., to joining the 76ers for the final five games of the 2000-01 season, to becoming an integral part of the playoff run to the NBA...

Villanova's Reynolds to the rescue.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Mar. 1--STORRS, Conn. -- When Villanova next month convenes its annual basketball banquet to honor the season's best, university officials ought to send an invitation to Indiana. Kelvin Sampson is this...

In ads, Brady paints self as master dispute-settler: Meanwhile, mayoral candidates could use him, as they bicker over debates, dismiss Fattah ideas.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Catherine Lucey Mar. 1--Mayoral candidate Bob Brady rolled out a new television ad yesterday that presented himself as a master negotiator. "When Philadelphia faced transit strikes and a teacher walkout, Congressman Bob Brady...

Phila. wants splash-grab suspect.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Regina Medina Mar. 1--Philadelphia police have issued a warrant for a man arrested Tuesday in New Jersey who is believed to be the ringleader in the recent splash-and-grab robberies in the tri-state area. The U.S. Marshals...

Man, 21, gets life in teen's savage murder.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Mar. 1--Dressed in an ill-fitting black suit, Derrell Savage, 21, looked unfazed as he arrived in court for his sentencing hearing yesterday in the brutal 2005 murder of 15-year-old Christine Ham. Before taking a...

Union to teachers:Do you feel safe?: Poll follows Germantown High attack.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Valerie Russ Mar. 1--After last Friday's attack on a Germantown High School teacher who suffered broken bones in his neck, the Philadelphia teachers' union wants to know how safe its members feel on the job. The Philadelphia...

W. Phila. imam gets 8 years for selling guns to informant.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Mar. 1--A West Philadelphia imam was sentenced yesterday to eight years and four months in a federal slammer for selling handguns and assault rifles without a license to an FBI informant who he thought was a drug...

Challenge to anti-casino petitions.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Chris Brennan Mar. 1--A petition drive aiming to give voters the power to decide where two casinos should be built in Philadelphia was marred by "widespread and pervasive fraud," according to a legal challenge expected to be filed...

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column: It's DiCicco vs. 'The Reformer'.(Column)
March 1, 2007... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Mar. 1--IN THE 1st Councilmanic District, which stretches from South Philly to the lower Northeast, hardball is lowball and prosecutors roost in the trees. It's where friends become foes with a snap of the fingers...

BLAND OF THE FREE: Eagles expected to be bystanders in free agency as usual.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Mar. 1--THIS IS THE WORST, most frustrating time of the year for many Eagles fans. The 2006 season will have been dead for 7 long weeks by this weekend. We still are 2 months from the 2007 entry draft, 5 months from the...

Drabek survives his Phillies debut.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Mar. 1--CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Thanks to his supporting cast, at least the evening got better for Kyle Drabek as it progressed. Drabek, the Phillies' 19-year-old, first-round pick from last year's draft, gave up a...

Diane D. Williams, 60, loved to cook.
March 1, 2007... Byline: John F. Morrison Mar. 1--AS HER FAMILY was waiting in the Slater Funeral Home to arrange services for Diane Deborah Williams, the conversation naturally turned to her cooking. "People were licking their lips, talking about her...

EDITORIAL: Five Ideas For Reducing Murders, Now: THINK IT CAN'T BE DONE? WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.(Editorial)
March 1, 2007... Mar. 1--DON'T TELL us these murders can't be stopped. Don't tell us a rising murder rate that has now put us ahead of other major U.S. cities is a complex problem that has no quick fixes. Don't tell us to wait for the long-term strategies to...

Florida State players do a little stargazing in Phillies' clubhouse.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Mar. 1--CLEARWATER, Fla. -- As the Phillies dressed to prepare for last night's exhibition against visiting Florida State, they found themselves the object of some up-close admiration. The Seminoles simply wandered...

Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: It could be a sign of sunnier days on the horizon.(Column)
March 1, 2007... Byline: John Smallwood Mar. 1--OK, I think it's safe to say that nobody saw that coming. That was the NBA, not the NFL at the Wachovia Center and last night was a Wednesday, not any given Sunday. Nevertheless, the shocking result...

Sixers rain on streaking Suns.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Mar. 1--THE 76ERS came in knowing the Phoenix Suns, already the NBA's highest-scoring team, needed only to beat them to become the first team in league history to go through the opposite conference undefeated on the...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: 'Nova's ticket punched now? Wright unsure.(Column)
March 1, 2007... Byline: Rich Hofmann Mar. 1--STORRS, Conn. -- Scottie Reynolds dropped 40 on UConn last night. Forty! And the furrows in the brow of Villanova coach Jay Wright were nonetheless there to the very end. As you read this, it is now March....

It's new life in goal for Biron, Flyers.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Mar. 1--BOSTON -- His pads are still white with yellow, the colors of the Buffalo Sabres, but Martin Biron hopes to have that worked out soon. Biron's new colors are orange and black, and that is something he is very...

Dunking is not part of Hatty's repertoire.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Mar. 1--Mark Hatty is no fortune teller, but he knew what his immediate future would bring. All manner of teasing, from words to demonstrations from loved ones and perhaps even mere acquaintances. Missing a breakaway...

Philadelphia Daily News Jenice Armstrong column: Women's changing image.(Column)
March 1, 2007... Byline: Jenice Armstrong Mar. 1--I WAS MAKING my way along a bustling sidewalk in Los Angeles, of all places, when I glanced up and noticed three billboard-sized photos of naked women. Now, these weren't supermodels. But real women and...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: Nasty 'Robber Bride' steals across border.(Column)
March 1, 2007... Byline: Ellen Gray Mar. 1--THE ROBBER BRIDE. 8 p.m. Saturday, Oxygen. IF YOU WANT to see some of the best of British television, you don't have to look far. A&E may be more bullish on bounty hunters than Brits these days, but...

More testimony links 'model dad' to drug dealing.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Dan Geringer Mar. 1--Despite a second day of testimony yesterday linking Terrell Pough's murder to drug dealing, his uncle still isn't convinced that the 18-year-old -- celebrated in People magazine as a model single dad -- died...

MILTON'S RALLYING: 'I GOT TO KEEP GOING'.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Catherine Lucey Mar. 2--MILTON STREET'S first campaign promise? Already broken. After pledging he would continue his run for mayor only if he could draw 5,000 people to a March 1 rally, the mayor's big brother yesterday changed...

Pough witness: Accused killer admitted it.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Dan Geringer Mar. 2--After Philadelphia Homicide Detective Crystal Williams told Antoine Riggins that police had a security-camera video of the street where 18-year-old Terrell Pough was shot to death, Riggins said, "OK. You got...

Two executed in car in Mantua: Great-grandmother is one victim.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Dana Difilippo Mar. 2--In three days, Cotneita Hanchard would have been 65. Unlike some who dread advancing age, Hanchard reveled in her impending retirement and dreamed of indulging her love of travel and spending time with her...

'Wild Hogs,' purporkedly a comedy, fails to deliver even scrapple.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Mar. 2--Midway through the terrifyingly laughless "Wild Hogs," it occurred to me the movie was not a comedy at all, but something out of Revelations. John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy...

Myths and legends bloom at Flower Show.
March 2, 2007... Byline: April Lisante Mar. 2--Celtic legend has it that there is a hidden land in Ireland called Tir Na Nog, the "Land of Ever Young," a place where youth is eternal, heavily scented flowers blossom all the time and the land is green and...

It's First Friday at last in Old City: Here's what art galleries have in store for you.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Barkowitz Mar. 2--ART GALLERIES in and around Old City stay open later on the first Friday of the month. Here's a rundown of local exhibits and First Friday arts events: Artists' House Gallery. 57 N. 2nd St.,...

Mammana in guilty plea: 'Crime fighter' to admit to gun, tax-evasion counts.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Mar. 2--A wealthy Philadelphia businessman who gained fame by offering big rewards to help solve crime cases will soon be noted for something far less noble -- cheating on his taxes. Joe Mammana, 47, who has...

Rudman's anti-crime generosity honored.
March 2, 2007... Byline: David Gambacorta and Simone Weichselbaum Mar. 2--Cops, firefighters, children, crime victims and furry four-legged creatures -- all have benefited from the legendary generosity of Kal Rudman. Last night, the Citizens Crime...

Philadelphia Daily News Paul Hagen column: 'Manny being Manny' doesn't cut it now.(Column)
March 2, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Mar. 2--AS SALARIES rise, professional athletes become more like celebrities. And as they become more like celebrities, the danger that they will begin to believe the rules don't apply to them increases dramatically. ...

1-armed-bandit backlash: Casino opposition spawns a crop of Council candidates.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Chris Brennan Mar. 2--The anticipated rise of two casinos on the banks of the Delaware River has sparked neighborhood protests, creating a political movement that several candidates hope to ride to City Council seats. Four...

Moyer already all-business.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Mar. 2--LAKELAND, Fla. -- Even after 20 seasons in the majors, Jamie Moyer won't recite the tired mantra veterans often employ about getting his work in during rough spring-training games. Moyer wants to succeed,...

Menu-labeling bill served to Council.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Mark McDonald Mar. 2--Shocked by the growing number of fat children in Philadelphia, City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown yesterday introduced a menu-labeling bill that would require chain restaurants to list fat, carbs,...

New Rockie Buchholz finding that trades are just part of his trade.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Mar. 2--TUCSON, Ariz. -- OK, so the dream-come-true-when-kid-gets-drafted-by-team-he-grew-up-rooting-for story line has been done before. That didn't matter to Taylor Buchholz in June 2000. The star righthander from...

CITY ON THE MOVE.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Mark McDonald and Nolan Rosenkrans Mar. 2--THE WORLD was a different place in November 1988, and so was Philadelphia. Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and young Eagles' QB Randall Cunningham was winning the Bert Bell...

Philadelphia Daily News Jill Porter column: One morning, 30 years later, a sudden memory of betrayal.(Column)
March 2, 2007... Byline: Jill Porter Mar. 2--A FIREHOUSE filled with ladders, engines and firefighting gear is irresistible to young boys. And that's how a longtime Philadelphia firefighter, now retired, allegedly lured four neighborhood boys into...

Charters in peril in deficit crisis?
March 2, 2007... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Mar. 2--Philadelphia School District officials yesterday said for the first time that closing underperforming charter schools is among actions they are contemplating to erase a ballooning budget deficit. The...

Randolph eager to return from ankle injury.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Mar. 2--By all accounts, Shavlik Randolph is very much a part of the 76ers' future. He just wasn't part of the official team photo taken on the Wachovia Center court at roughly 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. No...

John Murdock, businessman, inventor.
March 2, 2007... Byline: John F. Morrison Mar. 2--JOHN BENJAMIN Murdock learned to hate war when he saw the devastation of Europe after World War II. As a member of the Army Signal Corps, he followed the Allied armies as they rolled east to Germany in...

Philadelphia Daily News Sam Donnellon column: THE 1-2 HUNCH.(Column)
March 2, 2007... Byline: Sam Donnellon Mar. 2--TODAY BEING Friday, I want to tell you, with complete certainty, that Texas freshman Kevin Durant is the franchise player to take should the Sixers win the lottery and pick first. I know this contradicts...

Upshall, Biron: Thank you and you're welcome.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Mar. 2--BOSTON -- Martin Biron was still wide-eyed and happy, hours before his first start as a Flyer. He had been moved out from under Buffalo starter Ryan Miller and looking forward to taking over as the new No. 1...

One is company, three a crowd.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Steve King Mar. 2--CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Spring training always seems to bring out the best competition in players. Some more than others, especially when they know they are fighting for their future. That's the position Randall...

For smaller leagues, it's a bidding war.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Ed Barkowitz Mar. 2--CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK is the only national TV exposure some conferences get. The teams in these leagues don't have NBA frontlines, but they are dangerous in one-game settings. See Mason, George; 2006. In the...

Zoller wants to leave lasting legacy at Penn.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Mike Kern Mar. 2--Four years ago, Mark Zoller simply was looking for a scholarship to play college hoops. A 6-6 forward ("on a good day"), he'd just helped lead St. Joseph's Prep and second-year coach Speedy Morris to the Catholic...

Temple women among favorites to win A-10 title.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Bob Cooney Mar. 2--After a quick glance, it would appear the Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament, which opens today, would be a two-horse race between top-seeded George Washington and No. 2 Temple. Third-seeded Xavier, which...

Arrigale is the real deal: Coach is reason Neumann-Goretti is never discounted.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Mar. 2--HE CAN HELP you chill your milk, wash your clothes and roast your turkey and, if the pace in the place is momentarily slow, he can talk hoops with non-stop passion. Say hello to Carl Arrigale, the basketball...

Philadelphia Daily News Steve and Mia column: She's very forward when it comes to background.(Column)
March 2, 2007... Byline: Steve and Mia Mar. 2--Steve is a 50-something married man who's been around the block. Mia is a 20-something single immersed in the Center City dating scene. They may not agree, but they have plenty of answers. If you'd like an...

Unchained conflict: 'Black Snake Moan' taps a volatile blend of race, religion, blues and taboos.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Gary Thompson Mar. 2--Two things we now know about Craig Brewer's movies: They are completely ridiculous, and also compulsively watchable. Brewer is the writer-director who thought the notion of a hooker with a heart of gold was...

Badly Drawn Boy owes a lot to Bruce and the Main Point.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Mar. 2--LIKE MUCH of his previous pop-rocking work, the sweeping, striking album "Born in the U.K." is largely an autobiographical affair from Damon Gough, the musician better known by the stage name Badly Drawn...

New Rockie Buchholz finding that trades are just part of his trade.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen TUCSON, Ariz. _ OK, so the dream-come-true-when-kid-gets-drafted-by-team-he-grew-up-rooting-for story line has been done before. That didn't matter to Taylor Buchholz in June 2000. The star righthander went to the...

`Manny being Manny' just doesn't cut it any more.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ As salaries rise, professional athletes become more like celebrities. And as they become more like celebrities, the danger that they will begin to believe the rules don't apply to them increases...

Flyers a major topic in GM's diary.
March 2, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Mar. 2--BOSTON -- Ask most hockey general managers what they were looking for in a trade -- after everything is said and done and players have been exchanged -- and they just won't answer. It's kind of an unwritten...

EDITORIAL: An Iranian Misadventure: ATTACK SHOULDN'T BE INEVITABLE ? AND WOULDN'T BE PRODUCTIVE.(Editorial)
March 2, 2007... Mar. 2--DESPITE THE protests of the White House that it has absolutely no plans to go to war with Iran, several sources, including Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Seymour Hersh, are now saying such plans are being finalized. With intelligence...

2 more splash-&-grab suspects nabbed.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Diana Huynh Mar. 3--Police charged two more men yesterday in connection with a splash-and-grab robbery that happened in Voorhees, N.J., on Feb. 12. David Smith, 18, of Lakeshore Drive in Camden and Jeffrey W. Byrd, 25, of...

Sources: Man shot by cop was high: Unarmed man had shouted, 'Shoot me! Shoot me!'.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Dana Difilippo and David Gambacorta Mar. 3--An unarmed West Philadelphia man who was shot by police late Thursday allegedly was high on angel dust when he shouted, "Shoot me! Shoot me!" at officers responding to a report of someone...

Raucous session on casino approval: Full Council to decide if voters have say.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Chris Brennan Mar. 3--An effort to let voters approve where two casinos should be built in Philadelphia moved closer to reality yesterday when a City Council committee voted to have the full Council decide if the issue should be...

No big deal for Howard.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Steve King Mar. 3--CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Ryan Howard's offensive production will probably earn him a multimillion-dollar deal someday. It just won't be this season. The 2006 National League Most Valuable Player failed to reach an...

Pough's mom rages in courtroom: 'So why...did you kill him?' she screams at defendant.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Dan Geringer Mar. 3--Antoine Riggins, on trial for the murder of Terrell Pough, took the witness stand yesterday and was describing their relationship as, "We was friends," when the victim's mother, Elizabeth Pough, jumped up and...

Injury derailed rookie Lowry.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Mar. 3--Tony Barone Jr. never had any doubt that Kyle Lowry would become a starting point guard in the NBA. He just didn't know he'd have to wait until next season to see it happen. The kid from Villanova made...

Trio sought in 13 heists in city, Delco.
March 3, 2007... Byline: David Gambacorta Mar. 3--Forget the theatrics of the apparently now-defunct splash-and -grab bandits -- the city and its surrounding suburbs have a new breed of thieves to worry about. Detectives say they are desperately trying...

Coalition rejects Distribution Center move to Navy Yard.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Mark McDonald Mar. 3--Gov. Rendell wants to relocate the Food Distribution Center into the Navy Yard to save more than a thousand jobs, but a coalition of longshoremen and maritime businesses contend the move would strangle the...

Thomas' deal worth about $3M a year.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Mar. 3--Juqua Thomas began his Eagles career as an afterthought. He had been released by the Tennessee Titans and was invited to the Birds' 2005 training camp after it had already started; the team was scrambling in the...

Three in a row has Sixers smiling.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Phil Jasner Mar. 3--THE WAY STEVEN Hunter looked at the 76ers' 117-112 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, the real key wasn't anywhere in the statistics. It was, in fact, all over the locker room. "We're just having...

Stevens wants strong homestretch.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Ed Moran Mar. 3--With the tension of the trade deadline and another road trip behind them, the Flyers took a day to rest yesterday and set their sights on what's left of the season. Today, they will resume practice, then fly...

Quakers get dance card punched again.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Mike Kern Mar. 3--FAILURE was never an option for Penn's basketball team this season. Sure, the Quakers had a new coach. They also had three senior starters who'd been part of the last two Ivy League champions. So, they were...

'Underdog' Central girls win it diss year, too: Jones stars as Lancers make it 6 straight Public League championships.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Jeff Appelblatt Mar. 3--WHEN YOU'VE won your league's last five championships, motivation can be a little hard to come by. That wasn't the case for the Central High School girls' basketball team this week as it prepared for...

A twin-win situation for Prep Charter.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Mar. 3--AFTER ALL these years of being joined at the hip, Marcus and Markieff Morris chose to join themselves at the head. Standing in the middle of the court at Temple's Liacouras Center, immediately surrounded by...

Stewart feeling blue after loss: Loss likely nixes junior welterweight's shot to fight Gatti.
March 3, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Mar. 3--His color of preference might not be as singularly identifiable as the rose-colored trunks "Rockin' " Rodney Moore wore during all those main events at the Blue Horizon, but longtime junior welterweight...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: LiveNation dumping Sameric?(Column)
March 3, 2007... Byline: Dan Gross Mar. 3--LIVENATION has "launched a process to divest" the majority of its North American theatrical assets, the company announced in the fourth-quarter financial report released on Thursday. The report includes a...

Great expectations at Wrigley.
March 4, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen MESA, Ariz. _ Then: Sammy Sosa would ritually arrive late at Cubs spring training, blast his boom box in the clubhouse and generally remind everybody that he ranked at the top of the pecking order. Now: Alfonso...

Rutgers' Schiano states his case for New Jersey.
March 4, 2007... Byline: Sam Donnellon ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. _ Each year they come back to Happy Valley. Each year Joe Paterno remembers their names, from the skill-position guys whose newspaper clippings have long since yellowed, to the anonymous backup...

The Chef's Table: Thicker curry sauce; healthy muffins.
March 5, 2007... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I have a couple of questions for a curry dish that I make. I'm using a simple recipe with coconut milk and curry powder. I brown chicken pieces in oil then simmer in the coconut milk and curry...

Philadelphia Daily News John Baer column: Harrisburg digging its way out of the muck.(Column)
March 5, 2007... Byline: John Baer Mar. 5--AND NOW AN UPDATE on my 2007 Race to Reform, a contest between the state House and Senate to see which is quicker to attack the greed and clandestine ways so deeply ingrained in the Legislature. As month three of...

It's Fencl time.
March 5, 2007... Byline: David Gambacorta Mar. 5--The time has come to again honor the brave men and women who risk their lives protecting the city's residents. The Daily News is accepting nominations for the 2007 George Fencl Award. Again, we're...

Philadelphia Daily News Carla Anderson Urban Warrior column: Sewage issue impedes family's plans.(Column)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Carla Anderson Mar. 5--BRIAN and Barbara Flaherty wanted to leave the rowhouse life of Port Richmond behind for the pastoral appeal of Mechanicsville, once a collection of farms in Northeast Philadelphia on the Bucks County line....

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column.(Column)
March 5, 2007... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Mar. 5--THEY CALL the Penn Relays a Carnival, and Steven Wilson feels like the Carneys turned him into a Rube. At 9:59 a.m. last Thursday, one minute before Penn Relays Carnival tickets were to go on sale, fast as...

Hamels keeps working hard.
March 5, 2007... Byline: Steve King Mar. 5--CLEARWATER, Fla. -- After pitching three shutout innings against the New York Yankees yesterday, Cole Hamels admitted to reporters that he is a junkie. Yes, he is a fiend with a major addiction. He can't seem...