http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F Local news from the Daily News. en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69448197&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091107_Ronnie_Polaneczky__Frustrated_commuters_deride_strikers.html FOR TWO YEARS, David Grooms put up with what he says was routinely nasty customer service from SEPTA, because it beat driving into work from his home in Lansdowne. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 984447e97ffff3af653c3fc138293fc2 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69448187&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091107_White_cop_disciplined_over_cornrows_files_rights_complaint.html Looks like we haven't heard the last of Thomas Strain, the white Philadelphia cop who generated national headlines when he was taken off the streets for two days in September because he showed up to work with cornrows. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3f5156603717245ecc8e915aa8a61d65 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69448207&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091107_Union_says_it_will__go_back_to_work_immediately__if_SEPTA_agrees_to_arbitration.html GOV. RENDELL said late last night that negotiators for SEPTA management and unionized transit workers who have been on strike for four days had agreed upon a tentative contract proposal. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 4fced6e5190ed278dcd28f8cb1caad5b 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69448217&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091107_One_bar_pickup_you_won_t_regret.html ON ANY GIVEN DAY, someone in South Jersey is waking up with a splitting headache and a stomach full of regret after too much partying. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT c184a22bd09463f32b34bc75480d4ab3 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69448222&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091107_Solomon_Jones__Recognizing_the_signs_that_you_re_dating_a_temp.html I HATE to blow the whistle on my fellow men, but I'm tired of seeing good women with guys who aren't up to snuff. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 9acbcb24dd49fb14e5e64d4fffa10dc9 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69448212&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091107_Teen_shot_on_school_bus.html "Watch your back! That was the only warning students on the yellow school bus had yesterday morning in West Philadelphia before the roar of gunfire obliterated the morning monotony of their commute to school. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 1a37f742c8796e2c0b610252c182afab 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69448192&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091107_Briefly______CITY_REGION.html 2 more jurors in Cassidy case Two more jurors were selected yesterday to hear the trial of John "Jordan" Lewis, accused of fatally shooting Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy during a robbery on Oct. 31, 2007. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 832ae4ee92e5d6ac3ce65a33c56bfafc 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69448202&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091107_The_commuter_blues.html You'd think the lines of harried commuters snaking through Suburban and Market East stations would mean a banner week for the businesses on the underground concourses. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 8c16820f7462bf77c7b63148fe6ad11c 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69378522&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2FTWU_chief_I_called_for_strike_to_start_at_bad_time.html In an era when unions don't strike much anymore, the Transport Workers Union is still willing to hit the bricks. And if you want to lead Local 234, you'd better be tough. Willie Brown is. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:36:44 GMT d615fb91a5312e68de4fa0a604db6c74 Vance Lehmkuhl 2009-11-06T16:36:44Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354647&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_Police-panel_investigator_vows_to_fight_misconduct_rap.html As chief investigator of the Police Advisory Commission, Wellington Stubbs II sleuths to uncover police misconduct. But last week, Stubbs found himself at the center of his own misconduct scandal, when City Controller Alan Butkovitz accused him of violating city residency requirements by living in New Jersey and failing to fully disclose outside income as the city requires. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 7f3900cc8dfaa20309981a9fe7c66c96 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354637&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_Ronnie_Polaneczky__To_SEPTA_strikers__How_dare_you.html YO, SEPTA WORKERS. As a fellow union member, I'm having a big problem with you, solidarity-wise. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 0cc15fc562b83aa372e73393a71a9cf7 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354657&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_MASS_SHOOTING_AT_FORT_HOOD_IN_TEXAS_KILLS_12__WOUNDS_31.html FORT HOOD, Texas - A military psychiatrist facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post yesterday, setting off on a rampage that killed a dozen people and left 31 wounded. The violence was believed to be the worst mass shooting in history at a U.S. military base. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:51:45 GMT 97221dd2b765d3913d26e61193b23e32 2009-11-06T13:51:45Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354622&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_SEPTA_track_inspector_is_killed_by_a_train.html A veteran SEPTA track inspector was killed yesterday morning when he was struck by a train in North Philadelphia, police said. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3bc890fe3985ee5afc9e4f189ef0ba25 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354627&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_Knox_would_limit_contributions.html Tom Knox, the local businessman who is tapping his multi-million dollar fortune to run for governor, said yesterday that if elected, he would urge statewide limits on political contributions. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT a06a14f755ae6f8fc4149682e7a6592e 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354587&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_City_is_still_managing_despite_absence_of_director.html As city officials cope with the World Series and an unexpected SEPTA strike, one key person has been absent from meetings and news conferences - Managing Director Camille Barnett. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 06a60ed459ecf441c4444769e9bc2a31 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354632&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_A_boost_for_library_at_Fairhill_School.html Sometimes Comcast provides things other than high-speed Internet service. Comcast employees donated more than 1,600 books to Fairhill Elementary School, 6th and Somerset streets, in Kensington, and the corporation provided four computers and a laser printer as part of their involvement with Big Brothers Big Sisters' program called Beyond School Walls program. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT a55738b20e957fdbcfb45bf2ba821715 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354592&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_Elmer_Smith__West_Philly_High_takes_center_stage_-_for_a_day.html THE MAYOR'S caravan turned off Walnut onto 47th Street right on schedule. Megastar Wyclef Jean was being escorted through a throng of excited students in the marble hall outside the East Auditorium. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 5de9cc70a5a4aac3ddf149ac128a52bf 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354617&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_S__Phila__man_dies_2_weeks_after_being_hit_by_van_near_ballpark.html About an hour before the Phillies clinched their second straight trip to the World Series on Oct. 21, a handful of fans were knocking back beers in a parking lot across the street from Citizens Bank Park. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT dcfd9254e8e8d766572bc0449ea43284 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354607&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_Newspaper_collects_420_000__lbs__of_food.html Brian Tierney, chief executive officer of Philadelphia Media Holdings, flanked by several boxes overflowing with food, announced yesterday that more than 420,000 pounds of food had been collected for Philabundance and the Food Bank of South Jersey. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 590eac7d8c81d075ad8c0b47683994bc 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=69354582&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20091106_Broad_Street_Billy___Would_I_love_a_rematch___one_diehard_says.html STANDING WITH the Phillies fans at 30th Street Station yesterday, waiting to greet the Fightin's returning home from New York, Broad Street Billy loved Judy Maira of Bella Vista's mockery of Yankee slugger Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez's death stare. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3a7cfa9ba39d746f932baddad56d910f 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z