Arlington graves may be mixed up
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has just gotten quite a bit of company: As many as 6,600 graves at the country’s hallowed Arlington National Cemetery for fallen U.S. service members may be mislabeled, one lawmaker said on Thursday.
COLLEGE DROPOUTS
Political movements are becoming ever more like a match tossed into a room full of dynamite: No matter which stick you are aiming for, chances are a lot of others will fire off, too.
Talking about the ‘C’ word
A drama about a woman diagnosed with terminal cancer doesn’t exactly sound like the most entertaining new series on the fall prime-time slate. But there is more buzz surrounding Showtime’s “The Big C” than perhaps any other series premiering this season, and the incomparable Laura Linney is a major reason why the series is high on critics’ must-see lists.
Rabbis, controversy, and jail time at Chelsea’s wedding
Although facts on the famed Clinton-Mezvinsky wedding, which is rumored to happen this weekend, are tighter than Hillary Clinton’s smile, some details have leaked out. Sources report that groom Marc Mezvinsky has “hurt” his father’s family by not inviting them to the wedding (Ed Mezvinsky pleaded guilty in 2002 to swindling investors out of $10 million.
Table for two
For Paul Rudd, the decision to star in Jay Roach’s new comedy, “Dinner for Schmucks,” was an easy one. “I thought the script was really funny,” he says. “That was it. It was kind of a no-brainer.” Of course Rudd, who’s built an impressive resume of smart comedies, was just as enamored of the man behind the camera.
Short-term living in Jersey City
Subletting in NYC typically involves some kind of covert transaction. Try to find a budget traveler who hasn’t enjoyed the risk of Craigslist’s lease-free rentals. But thanks to a bill Gov. David Paterson signed into law last Friday, renting an apartment for less than 30 days isn’t kosher. Fortunately, there’s a saving grace for those in search of short-term living: Jersey City.
Jobless claims fall, still high
New claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labor market recovery was having trouble gaining traction.
So long, Snuggies. Hello, Acushakti
Could nail mats like the Acushakti be the next Snuggies?
It’s possible, according to a top consumer survey.
Taking a joy ride through Italy
Unless the locals covered you in meatballs and sang “Nessun Dorma” upon arrival, this vacation could hardly be more Italian. For this is a “Vespa vacation” — a two-wheeled tour of the nooks and crannies, the winding back roads and the off-the-beaten-track hidden gems of breathtaking Umbria, a beautiful region located in Central Italy.
It’s so hard to say goodbye
For many job-hopping careerists, smuggling a resignation letter in their bag like a guilty secret, there are few workplace rituals so hard as saying so long.
Cop allegedly took cash from bar safe
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said yesterday that a K-9 officer is likely to face charges, while two others should be cleared in connection with a burglary early Tuesday at Pat’s Cafe in Frankford.
Victims hope justice ends ‘Pukemon’ saga
Eight games into the Phillies season, Matthew Clemmens became known as “Pukemon” by forcing himself to projectile vomit on an 11-year-old girl at Citizens Bank Park. Hours before they play their 103rd game, Clemmens will have been sentenced for those drunken acts.
Life or death choice looms for cop killers
Eric Floyd and Levon Warner may not have pulled the trigger on the assault rifle that killed police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski in May 2008, but a jury found both men guilty of first-degree murder in his killing yesterday.
Stadium vendors cited for feces, insects
PHILADELPHIA. A review of the state Department of Agriculture’s website revealed “visible physical evidence of rodent/insect activity observed in the bar/prep areas” at Citizens Bank Park’s Diamond Club, several fresh/old mouse droppings under a three-basin sink and behind food equipments in prep area” at a Wachovia Center vendor and an improperly cleaned slicer at Lincoln Financial Field.
Hit - and - run suspect given bail
An East Torresdale man who admitted involvement in a fatal hit-and-run earlier this month is not a risk of running from Philadelphia before trial, his defense attorney maintained in court yesterday.
Free rides cost tolls official his $180K job
What was an attempt to avoid paying $4 tolls has cost a highly-paid official at the Delaware River Port Authority his job.
Aretha, Condi just what Mann needs
Catherine Cahill, president and CEO, The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
Apple Store opens this week on Walnut
The city’s worst-kept secret is no longer: Philadelphia’s first Apple Store opens Friday evening.
Campus shaken up by Drexel baller arrests
Mike Gonzaludo, a third-year Drexel student, saw SWAT officers outside his off-campus apartment building over the weekend and thought it was for a huge drug bust.
Liczbinski trial now in jury’s hands
PHILDAELPHIA. The jury of seven men and five women began deliberating yesterday afternoon in the capital murder trial of Levon Warner and Eric Floyd, who are charged in the killing of Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski in May 2008.
Philly
Disabled still have to fight for rights 20 years later
Brazen bike thief steals in daylight
CDC scores on SEPTA cleaning contract
Death penalty and race at issue
Gunfire, even arson in towing turf war
His testimony won’t count
Christie wants casinos
Father of cop: Wait for a jury’s verdict
Neither judge nor lawyer can talk sense into Floyd
Apple Store nears an opening
Support in her bid for Playboy
Dems’ DC big guns enter Pa. races early
No ‘obvious foul play’ in death of Jenna Lord
Shooting at crash over who got to tow
SEATBELTS, ELEVATORS
District has lots to prove this summer
$10K reward for suspect in officer’s shooting
Our own shark week on the Jersey Shore
DA not willing to concede wrong verdict
Time to say goodbye to the Rs
From carjacking to sex — and now computer theft
Geno’s raises cash for Arizona’s law
City must again cut budget
‘Kate plus 8’ plus questionable child labor
Onorato hammering Corbett on jobs quote
$3.5 million later, too drunk to recall
Ten days later, Delco woman still missing
Men in blue now suspects
Website dumps on Phils fans
Electricity, transit suffer as rain falls hard and fast
Del. native killed by bomb in Uganda
Tug boat plot thickens: Crewman takes Fifth
Green light plans saving some green
OH, SEPTA CROWDS
Three cheers for La Furia Roja
Vick told not to travel, a no-show at camp
The river attracts crowds once again
Onorato says gov. race all about jobs
Train cars caught in squabble
What was a rescue is now a recovery
More than half of city’s students meet standards
Duck boat sinks after barge crash
Boyfriend charged in murder
‘All over a bike,’ Sabina’s alleged killer told police
Gratz sophomore dies from shooting
Rendell signs budget, touts education
Tax deadbeats give $60M during amnesty program
Body may be missing Mayfair woman’s
New fares not so simple
Liberty Medal goes to ...
Actually on budget deadline?
The good, bad and headaches of Fourth
Officer injured in Chester shootout
Emotional start to murder trial
Where Tiger goes, bad publicity follows
Tigermania comes to Philly for July Fourth
Local entrepreneur takes her beauty line national
Bail jumpers are city’s new target
Federal gun ruling fuels local interest
ARE HORNS NECESSARY?
Drastic shift in where kids go to school
Thieves steal cancer patient’s donations
Triathlon swimmer found dead
Fans aware of Chester crime issue
Big decisions, big concerns still loom for Pa. state budget
AT&T now at one end of subway line
Committee of Seventy calls for election reform
Three murdered overnight
Inconvenience on Parkway
Transit cash in limbo
Chester lockdown extended 30 days
Jury: Local Boy Scouts should remain rent-free
Richmond fire kills 3-year-old
Port project gets approval
Grocery chain brings food, jobs
Alleged star stalker now charged by feds
House fire seriously injures 3 young children and their pregnant mother
59-year-old graduates high school
Superfan may be sent to Gotham
Conviction in NE robbery spree
Kin questioned in prison officer death
Philly as new center of the TV universe?
Papa legacy grows with cancer run
Curfew seen as last-ditch effort
Will Sheriff’s Office go the way of the BRT?
Witnesses to crimes get attention
Victims testify in robbery spree trial
'Troublemaker' charged in Sabina slaying
Jaworski "really pumped" for Soul return in 2011
Job fair attracts young, hungry college grads
Murder suspect freed by Delco prison, but turns self in
City says boy scouts' group reneged on promise
Scouts’ building battle goes to court
More murders solved but toughest have few leads
Many Philadelphians unfit to serve in nation’s military
‘Person of interest’ in Sabina’s murder
Phila. region going gaga over real estate, survey says
Beer and soccer early for many during the Cup
Cop-killer suspect punches own lawyer
Satellites, concerts on Council’s to-dos
Punishments get initial approval
Massive melee in Kensington
Go-go goes up in blaze
Ticket scandal ends in firings
Building a diamond in the rough
Axe coming down on hit-run drivers?
Parkway overhaul to change landscape
Kin of lawmaker is murder victim
East Falls enjoys its spot along bike race
She saw city as ‘her playground’
Nutter hires a new — and cheaper! — managing director
Violent robbery crew holding up city pharmacies
NoLibs server murdered near her apartment
SEPTA on cable show
Pedicabs coming streets for riders ... sort of
Behind the Flyers is a sea of support, or at least a city
Memorial Day kind to the Jersey Shore
Williams thinks he'll try again
SEPTA fares go up, without full support
Flyers success driving fans to batty for tickets
Watch out for the Rickshaws
City's green efforts not as easy as flipping a switch
Women still struggling to enter to Pa. politics
‘Pukemon’ fan comes up guilty
Boy electrocuted at SEPTA train depot
U.S. hikers held in Iran get engaged behind bars
Barnes innocent, but not set free yet
From near-worst to first for SEPTA fares
Kidnap hoax mom Sweeten again in legal trouble
Budget passes, but not without consequences
Sestak, Toomey already lobbing attacks
Rape suspect ID’ed with the help of a little DNA
Joe Sestak manages major upset
No reason behind early morning murder, police say
Trial in 1966 cop shooting opens new wounds
Tickets show old habits die hard
Philly will play large role in Dem. primary
N.J. raids connected to failed NYC bomb
MOVE philosophy lives on in survivor
For those close to MOVE, past hard to forget
Ethics reform moves forward
This week: 5500 block, Lancaster Ave.
City officer confesses he shot himself
Costly cameras now ey South Phila. High
Tiger looking forward to "rowdy" Philly crowds
Getting nothing, but paying for it
Laptops hinder classrooms as much as help
Lingerie league still appealing
Suspicions of affair leads to deadly end
Did he deserve such a shock?
Wife: Cop shouldn’t have had his firearm
Family fight turns deadly; cop charged
Unwrapping a new Tastykake factory
Worry for city’s young victims
A bad day for a Mets fan at Citizens Bank Park
Backyard brawl with Mets begins
Soda tax not popped yet
Is Foxwoods' ready for cement shoes?
Temple nurses get back to work
Time to 'Xip' for your supper
Hire education, or I’m leaving
Fender bender? Cops won’t come
Lining up for SugarHouse
Hey tax cheats, now’s your tim
Who’s responsible for safety?
Share your budget thoughts
Time’s almost up for homebuyer tax credit
Taxi union boss acquitted — again
Three reasons to bolt to the Penn Relays
They'll soon rule their own road ahead
Bringing back the interest in classical
City remains on hunt for rapist
Bollinger on First Amendment
Bank robber busts out in A.C.
Wanted: Game changer for orchestra
Daylight shooting leaves two women hurt
Debating SEPTA fare hike plans
'DMac' robber strikes again
If it can be smoked, it can be taxed?
'They need usthe most'
Center City group: Danger ahead if taxes don't fall
‘A life comes first,’ pleads rider’s son
Nutter makes plea for more arts money
Dying man gets no help on SEPTA
Sculpting a memory of Harry the K
South Philly dog passes sniff test
PHILS FANS PAY FOR SUCCESS
It’s ‘the cutest casino’ you’ll never get to see
Close call with cancer
Have your say on SEPTA’s budget
Rest for Rizzo’s mural in Market
Feds say no to I-80 tolls
Another try for the Street name
Sgt. fine after shooting
Lightening up on lighting up
In Harrisburg, youth trying to make difference
What to do at the call of nature
Still waiting on big wins from SEPTA lobbying
Woman survives crash through I-95 guardrail
Finkelstein only an attempted prostitute
More than mobs to worry about
City says it has plans to keep teen mobs at bay
City’s not ready to turn public sector private
Luxury project is nearing the end
South St. leader says bring in buses next time
Courts, police still grappling with flash mobs
Stadium becomes latest hope
Lace ’em up: Kickoff time is finally here
Enough with all the paper
From the anchor chair to a national seat?
High-speed crash leaves two dead
Finding the right match
Taxi drivers want backup
Even more madness than usual at work
Teenager takes bus on joyride
Budget gap? No problem! More cameras on way
Sugar tax idea stuck in the sap
On patrol, but not in 'Paddy wagon'
How to celebrate in official Irish style
What happened to class, Philly?
Gay marriage ban up for debate
One year later, change elusive
Have your say on the new SEPTA budget
Hoping they’ll play like adults
SEPTA: 'Modest' fare hike, smart card delay
Jailed parents leave trouble behind
taking over for ‘Taki’ at drexel
Train derailment raises hazardous material fears
Starr now points toward Fishtown
Obama gets a spot of Tea at Arcadia
Sweets start to become taxing
Felony charges for alleged flash mobs
Street: Now's time for reform
Cold reception for Nutter's fees on beverages, trash
Wynn gets a leg up for ‘cutest’ casino
10600 block, site of a shooting
Fees up, no more cuts to workforce
Mixed results for city's 3-1-1 plan
Wynn will swap luxury for ‘cute’
Pete Kent won’t be forgotten
Jury to get Danieal Kelly case
After the snow, potholes open up
Budget battle in trash, soda aisle?
Jane Pepper is ‘a force for green’
2 teen girls’ lives end on train tracksp
Council will finally put an end to DROP
SEPTA pays for escalator repairs
'Celebrity' ring is leaving the state
SEPTA GM Q&A: Ideas for train lines, bus crowds
Police: Drunken man burns up history of TSOP
