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Sep 2, 2:34 PM

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Philadelphia-area veterans reflect after combat operations end

SHOTS RANG out shortly after dawn outside the schoolhouse where Army veteran Joshua Levy was stationed, helping to take back the Iraqi town of Baqubah, which had been overrun by insurgents.

Sports

With help from offense, Oswalt leads Phillies over Dodgers

LOS ANGELES - A chunk was missing from the pitching rubber, and the balls he hurled to the plate felt slicker than usual. But when Roy Oswalt walked off the field with one out in the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium yesterday afternoon, he did so once again with the Phillies in position to win.

Ronnie Polaneczky: When dementia strikes, hope and faith are closest allies

Bill Conlin: College football boasts the only Wildcat in town

Why are lawmakers participating in the Marcellus Shale disclosure?

High Cheese: A look at the Arizona Fall League participants

Ronnie Polaneczky: When dementia strikes, hope and faith are closest allies
Hundreds evacuated in Delco blast, blaze
Tattle: No-Wynn situation for Hilton after latest bust
Stu Bykofsky: Bain's at 100 - a slice of the American Dream
U.S.: S. Philly High didn't protect Asian students from harassment
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Chef Martin Hamann brings 'the wow factor' to the Union League
Dan Gross: Phillies score in Guinness book
Gary Thompson: Gary Thompson interviews Russell Baer, who is featured in 'The Tillman Story'
Kimberly Garrison: Baby Loves Disco fun for little ones and parents too
Eats Beat
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3 of 10 big Pennsylvania recipients agree to quick disclosure on natural-gas political contributions
For Pennsylvania school districts, Marcellus Shale is an opportunity
Letters: Finally, a little truth-telling on the 'Florida loophole' on gun licenses
Smerconish: Send Philadelphia's recycling nannies to the landfill
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Phillies Notebook: Lunch date puts Phillies slugger Howard on track
Bill Conlin: College football boasts the only Wildcat in town
Macho Harris gets final shot to impress Eagles
Coleman's incredible journey continues at Boston College
Can Villanova repeat as national champions?
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YO!

Ellen Gray: Emmy Awards categories need tweaking: SO MANY after-Emmy thoughts, so little time: * Edie Falco, whose latest Emmy acceptance speech included the declaration, "I am not funny," may have a point.

Tattle: No-Wynn situation for Hilton after latest bust: FOLLOWING HER most recent arrest (this time for exiting an Escalade reeking of marijuana and shortly thereafter dropping a little bag of coke from a purse she claims wasn't hers), Paris Hilton was banned yesterday from two Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip (Wynn Las Vegas and Encore).
Jenice Armstrong: PHA, logic don't mix: THE FOLLOWING is a tale of two women. One, Asia Coney, lives in a home owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority even though she makes an annual salary of about $101,170. Judging from her income, she could easily own her version of the American dream, but instead pays only $654 a month for her PHA rowhouse in Wynnefield.

Jonathan Takiff: Radio-chips in cell phones debated: The gizmo: A phone tech tug-of-war. The big debate: Should every mobile phone sold in the country contain a chip that enables FM radio reception? That's a proposal now being pushed at Congress by the NAB and musicFirst.

‘The Tillman Story’ recounts the robust life & flawed death of Pat Tillman: "The Tillman Story" has been endorsed by Michael Moore, but that's no reason to avoid seeing it.

Chef Martin Hamann brings 'the wow factor' to the Union League: WHEN IT COMES to dining at one of the best restaurants in Philadelphia, membership really does have its privileges. That's because 1862 by Martin Hamann is only open to 3,200 people and their guests. These lucky diners are members of the elite Union League, the Civil War-era club founded on South Broad Street in 1862 to promote loyalty to the Union and the policies of President Lincoln, who paid at least one visit to the storied club.

Kimberly Garrison: Baby Loves Disco fun for little ones and parents too: BABY LOVES DISCO, a monthly afternoon dance party for kids ages 6 months to 7 years, is a Philadelphia-born phenomenon that has gone global.

SPORTS

Can Villanova repeat as national champions?
True freshman Bolden gets nod as Penn State's starting quarterback
New rivalries created with Big Ten's split
Veteran winger Guerin works out with Flyers
At 45, Bernard Hopkins to challenge WBA champ
Dre Diary
Miami eyes game at Yankee Stadium
No politics included in U.S. win over Iran
Power and finesse help Union nip Chivas de Guadalajara
Report: Cardinals discuss trading QB Leinart with three teams
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CITY & LOCAL

U.S.: S. Philly High didn't protect Asian students from harassment
Working to keep black, Latino males in school
Driver faces trial in fatal crash
Tinicum residents airsick over plans to expand Philadelphia Airport
Briefly... CITY/REGION
Harry Gross: Kids' safety is at root of dilemma
Correction
Eccentric man charged in brutal stab-slaying
'Tweet vendors' collide with city
Candidate Corbett contradicts - himself
» More City & Local

OPINION

Where they stand
Letters: The pros & cons of the Muslim community center at Ground Zero in New York City
City Howl Help Desk: Philadelphia resident got a trash ticket for an address he doesn't live at - and doesn't even exist
The problem of illegal labor: It drives down wages & distorts the market in many other ways, too
Letters: How is it possible to take Glenn Beck seriously?
» More Opinion

NATIONAL

To GIs, New Dawn is old hat
Cops: Teen wanted to be an 'infamous sociopath'
Cops kill hostage-taker at Discovery Channel HQ
Study: Lack of jobs cut illegal immigration
'Everybody loses if there is no peace'
Porn-gazing trucker jailed in fatality
Poll: Arizonans back tough law
Lost-painting mystery widens
Botox-maker faces fines for abuses
Storm's worth keeping an eye on
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ONLY IN THE DAILY NEWS

Man on lam wets his pants
Hungry dolphin in Schuylkill river
"Dude, you got a knife in your back"

Blogs

PhillyClout: Sestak Clarifies Controversial "Earmark" Time-line - 2:20pm
PhillyGossip: Ryan Howard, Chase Utley in Guinness World Records book - 1:05pm
It's Our Money: Why are lawmakers participating in the Marcellus Shale disclosure? - 12:02pm
Eagletarian: Union reportedly looking into Eagles' trade - 8:58am
PhillyConfidential: DN today: Drunk driver, thwarted sociopath, violent TV critic - 8:43am
Attytood: The next rally that I cover - 09/01/2010
High Cheese: A look at the Phillies' Arizona Fall League participants - 09/01/2010
Earth to Philly: Destroying the village to save it - 09/01/2010
Frequent Flyers: Free-agent Guerin skates with Flyers - 09/01/2010
Philly Hoops Insider: Two players leave Temple - 08/31/2010
So, What Happened Was: I bet $900,000 would've fixed this restroom - 08/31/2010
Sixerville: Iguodala, Team USA win opener - 08/29/2010

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