The City
- Phil Goldsmith: $338K? Ackerman and SRC tone-deaf to Phila. taxpayers' financial plight
THIS MONTH, School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has been bringing in high-priced administrators and shuffling her administrative team more than Charlie Manuel has changed the Phillies' injury-plagued lineup. But the district says not to worry: These changes are "budget-neutral."
- Phila lawyer charged in pot growing plot
A Philadelphia lawyer has been indicted on federal charges of growing hundreds of marijuana plants in a specially-constructed facility inside a North Philadelphia warehouse.
- Patients, hospitals wrestle over tumor tissue
All Niki Perry wanted was pieces of her own brain, and she got angrier by the day as she tried to get them.
- Phila. lawyer charged in NoLibs pot operation
Federal authorities unsealed an indictment today charging a licensed Philadelphia attorney and two others in a conspiracy to grow more than 1,000 marijuana plants in a refurbished warehouse in Northern Liberties.
- From off the streets to a shot at 'Idol'
Anthony Riley is not that guy - he promises you.
He is not the wide-eyed crooner out to share his message - hope, change, and all that - with the world, not one of the talentless masses harboring little but a passion, a prayer, and a voice that breaks glass.
- City Records Dept. worker charged in $600,000 fraud
A Philadelphia Records Department employee was charged today with defrauding the city of more than $600,000 in fees over four years while pocketing $185,000 in bribes, officials announced.
- Drop box kitten loses fight for life
The six-week-old striped kitten abandoned in a drop library box in Cheltenham died Wednesday night at the Montgomery County SPCA, the organization's director said this morning.
- Mother of Asian student files suit for attack at South Philadelphia High
Much has been written about the assaults against Asian students at South Philadelphia High last December.
But little has been told of the horrific account of They Tieu, a mother allegedly attacked at the school in January as her child, a student at the school, stood a few feet away.
- Judge halts key parts of Ariz. law
PHOENIX - A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona's immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a confrontation between police and thousands of activists that had been building for months.
- Police Dept. wrestles with another corruption case
The Philadelphia Police Department is in full damage control mode today as its top officials examine videos showing on-duty officers entering a closed bar in the Northeast, drinking beer and taking hundreds of dollars in cash.
Your Money
- Pinnacle: 'Significant discount' on A.C. land sale
Not long ago, Pinnacle Entertainment had grand plans for a sparkling new casino resort on the Atlantic City Boardwalk that would cost upward of $2 billion.
- Patients, hospitals wrestle over tumor tissue
All Niki Perry wanted was pieces of her own brain, and she got angrier by the day as she tried to get them.
- Safeguard Scientifics revenues up, income down
Safeguard Scientifics Inc. reported today that second-quarter aggregate revenues for its growth-stage life sciences and technology companies were $91.6 million, up 47 percent from $62.3 million from the comparable period a year ago.
- Southwest 2Q profit up 23%
Southwest Airlines Co.'s second-quarter profit rose 23 percent, beating analysts' estimates as Philadelphia's second-busiest carrier benefited from an improving economy and increased passenger travel.
- City Records Dept. worker charged in $600,000 fraud
A Philadelphia Records Department employee was charged today with defrauding the city of more than $600,000 in fees over four years while pocketing $185,000 in bribes, officials announced.
- Planned NY tunnel will increase property value
A planned railroad tunnel between New York and New Jersey will increase property values in both states and double the number of people who can quickly get to Manhattan.
- Court: English muffin exec can't move to rival
A food-industry executive armed with the secret to the "nooks and crannies" in Thomas' English muffins can't work for a rival amid a trade-secret lawsuit.
- Foxwoods: New ‘arrangement’ near for stalled casino
HARRISBURG - A lawyer for the Foxwoods Casino project told state gaming commissioners today that the development's partners expect to submit to regulators next week a new "arrangement" for reviving the stalled gaming project.
- Initial jobless claims drop to 457,000
New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated. The decline is a sign that the economy likely added jobs in July, although not enough to lower the nation's high unemployment rate.
- Site offers directory of 100 million Facebook users
It wasn't hacking, because the information is classified as public, but some Facebook may be alarmed anyway: A Canadian computer sleuth says he created a downloadable directory with personal information about 100 million Facebook users who have failed to tighten their security settings in light of the website's recent privacy changes.
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The Weather
Current Conditions : 88.5F / 31.4C, Clear - 2:50 PM EDT Jul. 29
This Afternoon - Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and frequent lightning. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs in the lower 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
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Tonight - Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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Friday - Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph.
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Sports
- Source: Oswalt has OKed deal, Happ and Gose part of package
- Lookin at Lucky Haskell favorite
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky has drawn the No. 1 post and is the 5-2 favorite in a field of eight entered for Sunday's $1-million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.
- Reports: Your move, Roy
- DeSean and Asante make up for lost time
- Eagles work out pair of receivers
The Eagles worked out a pair of receivers this morning: veteran Kelley Washington and undrafted free agent Jared Perry, out of Missouri.
- Practice observations: Eagles position coaches
The Eagles practiced for one last time without the veterans on Thursday morning. Here are my observations.
- Kafka gets reps, praise and other Thursday practice notes
QB Mike Kafka gets plenty of reps, and wins high praise from Marty Mornhinweg, plus other notes from the morning practice.
- Sam Donnellon: In Phillies debut, Brown brings sounds of September
THE CAN'T-MISS kid reached second in five strides. That's how Domonic Brown's first major league at-bat will get recounted to my grandkids anyway. Three strides to first, two to second, and then a slide that must have covered, oh, 20 yards.
- Domonic Brown lives up to hype in Phillies debut
The Phillies felt comfortable enough in Brown's ability to hit him sixth in a lineup that was riding a six-game winning streak.
- Marty sets goals for Kolb
Entertainment
- Seeing the "for worse" hasn't scared Chelsea from the altar
From lawsuits to pantsuits, infidelity to electoral victory, Bill and Hillary Clinton's sometimes dysfunctional, always fascinating marriage is the stuff of American political legend.Or the source of excruciating embarrassment. That's why nobody would be surprised if their daughter was a little gun-shy about matrimony.
- From off the streets to a shot at 'Idol'
Anthony Riley is not that guy - he promises you.
He is not the wide-eyed crooner out to share his message - hope, change, and all that - with the world, not one of the talentless masses harboring little but a passion, a prayer, and a voice that breaks glass.
- Snooki and the 'Jersey Shore' gang return to Seaside Heights
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - And the weather for the Jersey Shore this summer is sunny, with a high of . . . Snooki.
- What's cooking on the farm
It is an enchanting spread, Blue Elephant Farm, 75 sloping acres, dappled with stone stables, a barn-red barn or two, the occasional sculpted elephant rising in the fields. This is where the urban-farmhouse restaurant called Supper, at 10th and South, procures its "daily [vegetarian] harvest menu."
- Ellen Gray: 'Roseanne' actress assembles cast of famous moms for CBS talk show
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Is it easier being an openly gay daytime talk-show host than it is being an openly gay actress?
- Timber sets table for American menu
Leafy Abington now boasts the aptly named Timber Wood-Fired Grill, across from Abington Memorial Hospital (1301 Old York Rd., 215-884-7932).
- For Old Spice Guy, life smells sweet
Whether he's on a boat or a horse, one thing is certain: The Old Spice guy is on a roll.
- Tattle: Chris Tucker into IRS for $11M, E! reports
WHILE TATTLE works to straighten out the $300 in back taxes we owe the City of Philadelphia, we're happy to report that we're not Chris Tucker.
- Jonathan Storm: Undercover caterers with a taste for intrigue
Inquirer television critic Jonathan Storm is reporting this week from the television critics' press tour in Pasadena, Calif. These items originally appeared in his blog, "Eye of the Storm," at www.philly.com/philly/blogs/storm.
- Sideshow: Mme. Sarkozy sweet on Woody
It must be the End of Days: First, the leader of the free world decides to have a coffee-'n'-chat with Babs Walters 'n' Whoopi Goldberg on The View, and now France's (très, très sexy and glamorous) first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, 42, is taking time out from her vaunted position to act in a Woody Allen picture. (Is there no hot woman on Earth safe from his lens?)
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