So Brady has arranged for the asphalt where the dogs work to be painted white.

The white paint is said to be 20 to 25 degrees cooler than blacktop, and Brady says the CIA, FBI, and Secret Service headquarters all have white paint to help their search dogs.

Brady says the painting will be done Saturday. He offered to provide paint, but the Capitol Police turned him down.

"The dogs are getting hurt and they can't do their jobs. It's hard to concentrate on smelling a bomb if their feet are burning," Brady told us.

The dog-loving Dem has a pooch of his own, a Pekingese named Tian Sho Minzhu, which he says translates loosely from Chinese as "Sweet Little Democrat."

Bucks girl trumpeting Beyonce

Crystal Torres is excited that she'll be sleeping in her own bed tomorrow night for the first time in months.

The North Philly-raised musician is the touring trumpeter with Beyonce, part of her all-female band of 10 musicians and three singers, who play Wachovia Center tomorrow. Torres, 26, is a graduate of Truman High in Bucks County, where she lives when she's not on the road.

In her limited down time, Torres is recording and editing her first solo album on which

she'll sing and play trumpet. She says that the band and Beyonce have become like a family and that people don't understand "The extreme dedication and relentless hard work. B works really hard," Torres says.

Just-folded Bulletin to relaunch?

The Philadelphia Bulletin folded June 1 and we're hearing from employees who still haven't been paid for their last three weeks of work and were not offered COBRA options to continue their health-care plan. We also hear rumors of the paper trying to relaunch as a subscription-only product later this summer. In a brief phone call yesterday, publisher Tom Rice confirmed he was considering a relaunch, but did not elaborate. When asked if he plans to pay his staff, Rice said "Of course," then quickly brushed us off.

Cooper mugs

for 'Philly Style'

Jenkintown native Bradley Cooper is the cover boy of the Philadelphia Style's Hot List issue, out next week. A former Daily News teen reporter, Cooper, who stars in "The Hangover," will next be seen opposite Sandra Bullock in "All About Steve." Philly Style celebrates the issue's release and the mag's 10th anniversary on July 16 with an invite-only bash at the Crystal Tea Room.

Last chance for Series trophy

Comcast SportsNet's contest "Take The World Series Trophy to Work," ends at noon tomorrow. Fans can register at CSNPhilly.com or Phillies.com.

It's open to anyone 18 and older who is working in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware.

Eagles tackle breast cancer

Eagles Stewart Bradley, A.J. Feeley and Brent Celek will be part of the Tackling Breast Cancer event from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Keenan's (113 Old New Jersey) in North Wildwood. Tickets for the charity event are $30 at the door.

CAPA kids win camp, Byko gigs

Creative and Performing Arts High freshman James Whitfield, of East Oak Lane, won a full scholarship to comedian Brad Track-

man's "Comedy

Bootcamp for

Teens," being held

Aug. 3 to 15 at

Helium (2031 Sansom). He won a

CAPA comedy contest the other day judged by Trackman, Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky and actor Clayton Prince. Byko has invited Whitfield to perform at the 19th annual Stu Bykofsky Candidates Comedy Night on Aug. 19 at Finnigan's Wake (3rd & Spring Garden).

CAPA students Sterling Spencer and Connor King, both of West Philly, won partial scholarships to the comedy camp. For more info on the camp, visit

philadelphiacomedyacademy.

com or call (215) 496-9922.

And speaking of comedy . . .

Ben Bailey, host of "Cash Cab" on the Discovery Channel,

brings his stand-up to Helium

(2031 Sansom) Thursday to

Saturday.

Philly show screens tonight

Writer/director Steve Condon

premieres his "Little Hollywood" TV pilot at 7:30 tonight at Silk City (5th & Spring Garden).

Condon, a Philly native who now lives in Los Angeles, and blogs at PhillyBoy inLa.com, shot much of the show in Philly. He also directed "The Borough," a documentary about Darby, Pa.

Somach selling

rare records

Radio veteran Denny Somach is staging an online auction of thousands of 45's by the Sex Pistols, Beatles and Rolling Stones and many rock, punk, new wave and reggae rarities through Sunday at BackstageAuctions.com. Many offerings are promotional singles. The Havertown-based radio producer will donate a portion of auction proceeds to the American Diabetes Association.

Kenny Gamble

helps playground

Philadelphia International Records mogul Kenny Gamble, chairman of Universal Companies, will help unveil a playground and community garden from 10 to noon today on the 1500 block of Catharine Street in South Philadelphia. Gamble and his wife, Faatimah, had the idea for the park, which philanthropist David Pincus; Rahim Islam, president of Universal; and the Universal Institute Charter School all helped see to fruition.

Paul Perrello picks up award

Metro Networks broadcaster and La Salle grad Paul Perrello won first place in the enterprising-reporting category of the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' annual competition.

Perrello, an adjunct professor

at Rowan University, won for a

Studio 89.7 broadcast on Rowan

Radio in which he interviewed actor Hill Harper about his book

"Letters to a Young Sister." He

receives the award Sunday in a

ceremony in New Brunswick. *

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