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

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

Report should cast Bonds-style suspicion.
October 1, 2006... Byline: John Smallwood OK, so now Barry Bonds has some Hall of Fame company in the hot seat of public scrutiny _ or, at least, he should. Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported that surefire Hall of Fame pitcher Roger Clemens is among...

The chef's table.(Recipe)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I enjoy watching your show and I wanted to make the onion tart that you demonstrated, but it wasn't on your Web site. Can you please send it to me? Also, does it matter what kind of onion you...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Philly's on Rosie's radar.(Column)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Dan Gross Oct. 2--NOTHING'S SET in stone, but don't be surprised if Rosie O'Donnell and her wife, Kelli, organize and attend a weekend vacation to Philadelphia next March geared toward gay and lesbian families. The...

Philadelphia Daily News Carla Anderson Urban Warrior column: He's getting the Blum's rush.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Carla Anderson Oct. 2--LET'S GET this out of the way from the story's start -- Robert Willis left his car on a Center City lot posted with a large sign that clearly said anyone parked there illegally would be towed. It's Lew...

EDITORIAL: Clearing The Air On The Latest Casino Bill: GOOD CHANGES IN AMENDED BILL, BUT TWO BIG PROBLEMS REMAIN.(Editorial)
October 2, 2006... Oct. 2--LET'S ALL TAKE a deep breath on casinos. Not one of relief -- we're far from that -- but a calming breath, one that can help steel us for the next round. The next round follows last week's passage of Senate Bill 862, which...

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column: We'll all pay for Street's legacy report.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Oct. 2--I READ A little something about how Mayor Street's office is seeking a consultant to "assist with public and media relations for the city of Philadelphia and documenting key city initiatives over the last seven...

Fire ruins banquet hall, martial arts studio.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Christine Olley Oct. 2--The stench of smoke lingered in the air in Feltonville yesterday as fire marshals searched for clues to what caused an early morning blaze that left only the charred remains of a banquet hall and...

Mosque turnover today in W. Phila.: Board won control under court order.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Kitty Caparella Oct. 2--After 30 years at the helm, Muslim cleric Shamsud-din Ali today must turn over the keys of a West Philadelphia mosque to seven newly elected board members, a Common Pleas judge has ruled. Judge Edward G....

Rev. Arthur Taraborelli, 70, pastor.
October 2, 2006... Byline: John F. Morrison Oct. 2--FORMER Daily News writer Joe Clark described in an article in 1995 how you could tell the difference between identical twins Arthur and Armand Taraborelli: "Arthur is the one with the white collar....

Gillick gives 2006 good review.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Oct. 2--MIAMI -- Pat Gillick and Quentin Tarantino have something in common: They both have directed unpredictably successful splashes. This season wasn't a blockbuster for Gillick, but it was a real good...

Manuel's status tops list of questions.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Paul Hagen Oct. 2--MIAMI -- Another season has ended. Another offseason begins for the Phillies. Another list of questions will have to be answered before spring training opens. 1. Will Charlie Manuel and his coaching staff...

5 DEFINING MOMENTS.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Oct. 2--MIAMI -- As far as most Phillies were concerned, their chances ended at the hands of Mike Stanton. He blew a one-run lead for the Giants on Friday. Los Angeles won the game and, with that, the Phillies...

Like Phils, Howard falls just short.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Oct. 2--MIAMI -- All yesterday's monster drive did was relieve umpire Larry Poncino from further criticism. In the fifth inning, Ryan Howard crushed a pitch from Jose Garcia that Alfredo Amezaga ran down near the...

Record $44,000 given away in contest.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Bob Cooney Oct. 2--You poured your heart and soul into the Phillies last week, hoping that the 12-year playoff drought would end. It didn't, so you're at 13 and counting. As dissatisfied as Phillies fans might be with the...

Philadelphia Daily News Phil Jasner column: In Barcelona, the accent is on defense.(Column)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Phil Jasner Oct. 2--BARCELONA -- As I am writing this Sunday afternoon, I remain blissfully unconvinced that Saturday night's dinner is over. It has been 14 years since I was last here, and I am only now recalling the late-night...

Penn State takes consolation in win over Northwestern.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Oct. 2--STATE COLLEGE -- Remember those old TV game shows? The losing contestant was told he would be presented with a "nice parting gift," which usually was something along the lines of a set of steak knives. ...

Ex-Sixer Bradley in Spain, too - and getting playing time.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Phil Jasner Oct. 2--BARCELONA -- Michael Bradley made it to Spain before the 76ers. But Bradley, after five seasons in the NBA, finds himself roughly 300 miles from the Sixers' training camp, in San Sebastian, a beach resort on the...

Philadelphia Daily News Ed Moran column: Clarke unhappy with defense he's built.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Ed Moran Oct. 2--IT MUST HAVE been a really fun weekend at the Naval Academy. First, on Friday night in Washington, the Flyers finished off a pathetic preseason with another loss, their second to the Capitals, dropping their...

Harrison a big asset for La Salle.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Ted Silary Oct. 2--There's no great story concerning the start of John Harrison's quarterbacking career. Oh, as a little guy (well, he's still little; let's change that to "younger"), he enjoyed watching Peyton Manning, even...

Robinson stars as North breaks 22-game skid in Catholic Red.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Ted Silary Oct. 2--Daryl Robinson always has maintained he prefers wide receiver to running back. Saturday, he showed everyone why. You know how North Catholic High's football team had not tasted Catholic Red football...

Imhotep's Edwards to play basketball at Niagara.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Ted Silary Oct. 2--Kashief Edwards now will have an answer every time two of his Imhotep Charter basketball teammates thrust Central Connecticut T-shirts in his face. One that reads "Niagara." Edwards, a 6-6, 195-pound...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: Secret to McNabb's success is in front of him.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Rich Hofmann Oct. 2--NOBODY REALLY talks about them much, and nobody really asks about them much, and their names don't tend to find their way into headlines unless they break something -- or especially if they break the...

BIRDS 'D' BOMBING ON BIG PLAYS.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Les Bowen Oct. 2--WHEN YOU get a 98-yard fumble return for a touchdown from a defensive tackle, giving you a 31-3 second-half lead, the game's over, right? It certainly should be. But on the next defensive snap after Mike...

Eagles crazy about 'Lunatic' performance.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Oct. 2--IT IS NOT the place among the starting defensive-line rotation that tells Juqua Thomas he has arrived as a professional football player. No, Thomas knows he's become part of the fabric of the...

Akers aiming to right himself.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Les Bowen Oct. 2--There's been plenty of material, both good and bad, to analyze, scrutinize, emphasize and caramelize during the first 3 weeks of the Eagles' season. So David Akers missing a couple of makable field goals has...

DelayPlay gets sports broadcasts in sync.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: DelayPlay XT. DREAM MACHINE: Sports fans have been begging for a product like the DelayPlay XT. But it took an inventor in Mechanicsburg, Pa. _ first making the darn things in his garage _ to bring it...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Bruce Willis blackjacking.(Column)
October 3, 2006... Byline: Dan Gross Oct. 3--BRUCE WILLIStook a break from filming "Live Free or Die Hard" to party Saturday at Atlantic City's Borgata. The Penns Grove-reared actor, who filmed "12 Monkeys" and "The Sixth Sense" here in town, was seen at...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: 'Friday Nights' travels well to small screen.(Column)
October 3, 2006... Byline: Ellen Gray Oct. 3--FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. 8 tonight, Channel 10. THE JOURNEY from nonfiction best seller to feature-film adaptation to fictionalized small-screen spin-off is a perilous one, and it wouldn't have been surprising if...

Guns, suspected explosives seized; Delco man charged.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Christine Olley Oct. 3--NEIGHBORS knew Charles Conner as a quiet, pleasant guy who kept to himself and didn't bother anybody. The most he would offer fellow residents of Drexel Hill, Delaware County, was a quick hello as he...

Hearing begins today on jail overcrowding suit.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Oct. 3--A federal judge will hear a motion today by city inmates to stop the indefinite holding of inmates at police district holding cells and at the Police Administration Building because of overcrowding in the...

2 police dispatchers charged in scheme: Feds: Women sold data to informant.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Oct. 3--Federal prosecutors yesterday charged two Philadelphia police dispatchers with extortion for allegedly selling information from the Police Department's computer system. The two civilian dispatchers,...

Phila. schools raise level of alertness.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Mensah M. Dean Oct. 3--Philadelphia schools were closed for a Jewish holiday yesterday, but district officials paid close attention to reports on the schoolhouse slaughter in Amish country. The attack was the nation's third...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: Sympathy for Charles Roberts? Count me out on that.(Column)
October 3, 2006... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Oct. 3--I DON'T WANT to know the details of the pathetic life of Charles Carl Roberts IV, the milk-truck driver who methodically turned an Amish classroom into a slaughterhouse yesterday before taking his own...

Philadelphia Daily News John Baer column: Can they dismiss this one?
October 3, 2006... Byline: John Baer Oct. 3--AS LAWMAKERS meet in the Capitol today for Day 3 of an unusual session on violent crime, perhaps yesterday's schoolhouse slaughter in nearby Lancaster County will help make deliberations a little more serious. ...

Foo back in kitchen after parking-tix flap Restaurateur charged with assault.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Tom Schmidt Oct. 3--After spending several hours in jail over the weekend, Susanna Foo was back in the restaurant business yesterday. A spokesman for the celebrity restaurateur said Foo was in a meeting at the restaurant at...

Patricia Grayson, bookstore owner.
October 3, 2006... Byline: John F. Morrison Oct. 3--WHEN IT came to having eclectic tastes, Patricia J. Grayson might have been the champ. Try Elvis, Kermit the Frog and Gene Autry. "She wore out her guns and holster as a child," said Jennifer J....

EDITORIAL: S-U-C-C-E-S-S.(Editorial)
October 3, 2006... Oct. 3--ONE OUT OF three households in the United States is said to have a Scrabble game. This month, all Free Library of Philadelphia branches will have them, too. And you're encouraged to come out and play. Philadelphia as...

EDITORIAL: Profits, Not Prophets: CHURCH NOT THE BEST USE IN ECONOM IC ZONE.(Editorial)
October 3, 2006... Oct. 3--YOU DON'T WANT to hear us try to sing, whether it's on "American Idol" or in City Council chambers. On either stage, we'd probably get the hook. Christian Stronghold Baptist Church, whose members serenaded Council last week, should...

WAKE-UP CLAW.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Les Bowen Oct. 3--SOME GAMES, everything you think you know ends up being wrong. And it doesn't matter. The Packers' pass defense, ranked 31st in the NFL coming into the weekend, had no trouble handling the Eagles'...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: For Greg Lewis, a Monday night to remember.(Column)
October 3, 2006... Byline: Rich Hofmann Oct. 3--THERE ARE games when the fates conspire against you in the NFL, and this was one of those games for the Eagles. Brian Westbrook, Lito Sheppard, Rod Hood; DNP (knee), DNP (ankle), DNP (heel). There are games...

Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: Sluggish offense is a no-Brianer.(Column)
October 3, 2006... Byline: John Smallwood Oct. 3--A WEEK AGO when Eagles wide receiver Donte Stallworth was a last-minute scratch for the game against the San Francisco 49ers, the offense didn't miss a beat. Donovan McNabb passed for nearly 300...

Ramsey pick gets Birds going right way.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Oct. 3--A NIKE commercial once featured Mia Hamm and Michael Jordan in a game of "anything you can do, I can do better," a ridiculous sport of impossible athletic one-upmanship. The ad has nothing on the...

OPTIMISTIC 4-SIGHT: Howard, Utley, Myers, Hamels give Phillies strong foundation.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Oct. 3--THEY ARE, simply, the reason for hope. Ryan Howard, a friendly giant who just had the best power season in Phillies history, is an MVP candidate in his first full year. Chase Utley, gritty along the...

Philadelphia Daily News Bernard Fernandez column: Hopkins out to bring heavy title back to USA.(Column)
October 3, 2006... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Oct. 3--IF ONLY Hasim Rahman hadn't gotten himself knocked out by Oleg Maskaev on Aug. 12, Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins might still be enjoying his retirement from boxing. But Rahman did get knocked out,...

Hatcher, Rathje to line up together; Cullen cut.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Ed Moran Oct. 3--Boyd Kane and Riley Cote are in. Mark Cullen is out. And on defense, anyone not yet assigned to the Phantoms is safe, while Lars Jonsson is out injured. And the biggest news on the blue line is the decision...

Philadelphia Daily News Ted Silary column: Shut out four times? Talk to Edison, folks.(Column)
October 3, 2006... Byline: Ted Silary Oct. 3--PASSING ALONG SOME city high school football tidbits... Members of Edison's 1978 to '82 squads surely snickered last week upon learning a Michigan high school terminated the season after starting with four...

Iverson's appeal stretches all the way across the Atlantic.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Phil Jasner Oct. 3--BARCELONA, Spain -- We go out the front door of the 76ers' hotel headquarters and see the University of Barcelona. A few blocks away, there is a metro; 12 stops and you're at La Rambla, this city's sprawling...

Penn State seeing threes in the red zone.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Steve King PHILADELPHIA _ For Joe Paterno, it's not hard to become easily bothered. Sure the 79-year-old coach suffered from flulike symptoms two weeks ago during the first half of the game against top-ranked Ohio State, but...

Great Scot!: Busy James McAvoy's latest film focuses on Idi Amin.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Howard Gensler Oct. 4--As Entertainment Weekly might say, James McAvoy is having a moment. The 27-year-old Scot actor, who was essentially unknown here last year, has followed up his role as Mr. Tumnus in "The Chronicles of...

Philadelphia Daily News Jenice Armstrong column: We miss the signs?(Column)
October 4, 2006... Byline: Jenice Armstrong Oct. 4--THERE MUST have been signs that something was wasn't quite right with the late Charles Carl Roberts IV. Without a doubt, he was a deeply disturbed man. So, how is it that the wife and relatives who knew...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Battling bloggers.(Column)
October 4, 2006... Byline: Dan Gross Oct. 4--JOEY SWEENEY, founder and editor of Philebrity.com, has harsh words for his former collaborator Jonathan Valania, whose new blog, Phawker.com, should launch online as early as tomorrow. Valania and Sweeney, both...

'Last King' probes the allure of evil.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Gary Thompson Oct. 4--Forest Whitaker is as good as Oscar-nominated for his hair-raising performance as Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland." He plays the fearsome Ugandan dictator and executioner as a big, boisterous bear...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: 'Lost' returns; 'The Nine' premieres.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Ellen Gray Oct. 4--LOST. 9 tonight, Channel 6. THE NINE. 10 tonight, Channel 6. YOU COULD SAY that Alexander Graham Bell's the guy who made it possible for J.J. Abrams to be producing three ABC shows filming in three...

3 more killings send homicide tally past 300.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Chris Reber Oct. 4--In an unusually violent week when both the nation and Harrisburg are talking about gun violence, the homicide toll in Philadelphia has surged past the 300 mark. In a city where people are alarmed at a...

Money-launderer gets 10 years in prison.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Kitty Caparella Oct. 4--Mount Airy real-estate agent Melvin Stein must have had a pretty high anxiety level to throw away seven months of government cooperation and a potentially low prison sentence -- all because he wanted his...

Boy's killer to be tried in slaying of man in '02.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Theresa Conroy Oct. 4--One of Faheem Thomas-Childs' murderers was ordered yesterday to stand trial in another slaying. Kareem Johnson faces murder charges for allegedly emptying a gun into the head, neck and shoulders of Walter...

He pleads for leniency, gets it in Norristown corruption case.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Michael Hinkelman Oct. 4--A businessman who got swept up in a federal corruption probe in Norristown pleaded with a federal judge for leniency yesterday so he could continue to care for his ailing wife. Herbert Bagley, 63, his...

Officer kills self; 2nd in 3 days.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Simone Weichselbaum Oct. 4--A veteran police officer took his own life yesterday afternoon as he sat in his parked car outside department training classes, police said. A colleague found the male officer about 1:30 p.m. in his...

Obama bowling for Fattah $$.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Catherine Lucey Oct. 4--Star U.S. Sen. Barack Obama will appear next week here at a fundraiser on behalf of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah's congressional campaign. Geared toward young professionals, the event will be held at 7:30...

Philadelphia Daily News Jill Porter column: After carnage, what is to be done?(Column)
October 4, 2006... Byline: Jill Porter Oct. 4--WHAT TO DO? That's what we desperately ask ourselves in the aftermath of Monday's hideous murder of five Amish schoolchildren: What to do? The slaughter was a random, unpredictable act of violence...

Close-knit Amish face tragic intrusion.
October 4, 2006... Byline: David Gambacorta, Chris Brennan & Gloria Campisi Oct. 4--NICKEL MINES, Pa -- An Amish couple rode past the scene in their buggy last evening, and when the wife looked at the school where a maniac had slaughtered innocent little...

Court hearing set for Foo this morning.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Tom Schmidt Oct. 4--Celebrity chef Susanna Foo was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing at 9 this morning on charges stemming from her alleged attack on a Philadelphia Parking Authority officer last Friday. Foo has been charged...

Execs' bonuses weigh heavily on vote for PGW's $1B budget.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Oct. 4--The Philadelphia Gas Commission is slated to vote today on Philadelphia Gas Works' proposed $1 billion budget, which includes a controversial $500,000 fund for management bonuses. The commission, which...

EDITORIAL: Lancaster Tragedy Part Of 299 Others: AND WHAT WE DON'T KNOW WILL HURT US.(Editorial)
October 4, 2006... Oct. 4--WE KNOW MORE ABOUT Charles Carl Roberts IV than we want to. We know what the 32-year-old did for a living, and we know his mood for the past few months (withdrawn) and his mood this week, when he held siege in a Lancaster...

City gun-control plans shot down in House 'votes'.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Catherine Lucey Oct. 4--As expected, the state House of Representatives yesterday soundly rejected one-gun-a-month legislation during the third day of an informal session on crime and violence. Monday's shooting in a one-room...

LONG DRIVER HAS A SHORT GAME, TOO.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Oct. 4--IT WAS AN important hit, not because of the moment, though it did put the Phillies ahead in a crucial game, but because it reflected many of the fretful assumptions Ryan Howard dispelled this season. ...

STILL DRIVEN MANUELLY.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Marcus Hayes Oct. 4--AFTER HE MET with general manager Pat Gillick, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel yesterday announced that three of his coaches would not return. Which indicates that Manuel will return for the final season of...

Philadelphia Daily News Sam Donnellon column: Where Lenny led, Rollins should follow.(Column)
October 4, 2006... Byline: Sam Donnellon Oct. 4--THE BEST DEBATES in baseball often are interpretations of numbers. Pure numbers, we have learned, can make Boston fans appear foolish for booing Ted Williams and Philadelphia fans appear foolish for booing...

Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: It's time for all things Terrell.(Column)
October 4, 2006... Byline: John Smallwood Oct. 4--DALLAS WEEK is always the highlight of any season for Eagles fans. This year, the circus surrounding the return of wide receiver Terrell Owens to Philadelphia as a member of the hated Cowboys is a...

Westbrook, Sheppard expected Sunday.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Les Bowen Oct. 4--It's a little early to start counting heads, especially since the indications about which injured Eagles were going to play against the Packers proved wildly inaccurate, but hey, it's Dallas week. Everything is...

CL semis, final going back to Palestra.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Ted Silary Oct. 4--All parties were distressed about the disturbance after last year's Catholic League basketball championship game at La Salle University involving Ss. Neumann-Goretti and Roman Catholic. Yes, it caused a national...

'Nova just latest to adopt Reynolds.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Oct. 4--IN 6 DAYS, Scottie Reynolds will receive the key to unlock his past. By Alabama law, adopted children must wait until the age of 19 to request access to their adoption files. Reynolds, who was...

Niittymaki confident cortisone shot did trick.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Ed Moran Oct. 4--This morning when Ken Hitchcock gets to the Flyers' practice rink, one of the first things he'll do is head into trainer Jim McCrossin's office and check on his goalie situation. Antero Niittymaki was back at...

Dalembert is eager to forget last season.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Phil Jasner Oct. 4--BARCELONA, Spain -- You suggest to Samuel Dalembert that, in the course of last season, it often seemed someone else was wearing his uniform, he nods knowingly. He missed 16 games early in the season with a...

Youngsters have a ball with Sixers.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Phil Jasner Oct. 4--BARCELONA, Spain -- Chris Webber, nearly 4,000 miles from home, gave his headband to a Special Olympics youngster for a photo. Bobby Jones gathered up a youngster who had slipped and fallen during a drill....

Nits shooting for better red-zone success vs. Gophers.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Steve King Oct. 4--For Joe Paterno, it's not hard to become easily bothered. Sure, the 79-year-old coach suffered from flulike symptoms 2 weeks ago during the first half of the game against top-ranked Ohio State, but that...

GA's Holcombe does it all.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Ted Silary Oct. 4--While there's no "i" in team, there is one in "franchise." And if there's a high school football player who richly deserves that label, it's Germantown Academy's Alex Holcombe. A 5-11, 205-pound senior,...

Paul Richardson, Phillies organist.
October 4, 2006... Byline: John F. Morrison Oct. 4--THE PHILLIES had this new player, see. Stan Hochman described him in the Daily News like this: "Little guy, spunky, flip... . Pounds out nothing but hits. Never strikes out. Great range. Can go to...

There's no Texas or USC this season.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Mike Kern PHILADELPHIA _ A year ago, there were two great teams. Southern Cal and Texas not only played for the national title, they gave us a game that we'll be talking about forever. Sometimes, it just works out. ...

Eagles' Banner found himself rooting for Owens last week.
October 4, 2006... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ Donovan McNabb bore the scars, and Andy Reid held the news conferences, but it was Eagles president Joe Banner who wrote the contract that Terrell Owens ended up hating and it was Banner who scripted the...

What's behind his need for 'freedom'?
October 5, 2006... Byline: Steve and Mia Q: I am a 61-year-old divorced woman who has been in a relationship with a 63-year-old divorced man for two years. We were "friends" in our teens, making our friendship very special - so I thought. In fact, he begged...

Treating Fido: Gourmet doggie specialties are a big hit with owners.
October 5, 2006... Byline: April Lisante Oct. 5--IF YOU'RE a typical American dog owner, you know there's nothing you won't do for little Miffy or Skippy. You buy them argyle cardigans. You search catalogs to find hypoallergenic pillow beds. You head to the...

You've never had it like this.
October 5, 2006... Byline: April Lisante Oct. 5--Forget about plain old tea or coffee. There's a new way to stay warm as the chillier days arrive. If you're dieting, read no further. But if you want to experience something other-worldly, try one of...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: 'Sopranos' at Borgata.(Column)
October 5, 2006... Byline: Dan Gross Oct. 5--REAL WISEGUYS are usually not welcome at Atlantic City casinos, but the cast of "The Sopranos" spent the last couple of days staying in and filming at the Borgata. James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, Tony...