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 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823462&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Mentor_to_troubled_kids__he_s_making_all_the_right_moves.html When Orrin Hudson speaks, it's hard to tell whether he's talking about chess or life: Make every move count. Surround yourself with smart players who can make you better. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT fe9fa85e563ad267af0df86252369885 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823547&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_SPCA_rehires_doc_who_was_fired_in_March.html Ravi Murarka, the banished medical director at the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has been rehired, according to Sue Cosby, the shelter's new director. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT d50aa8ed9cdd84f1d328dfc33c743095 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823452&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Disciplined_judge_won_try_criminal_cases.html Common Pleas Judge Willis Berry Jr. has recused himself from presiding over criminal cases following a request by the District Attorney's Office. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 02b987f9fb1fd804dd2f9c20772459ba 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823512&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Closings_and_events_on_the_4th.html Philadelphia will celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence 233 years ago with a holiday weekend marked by special events and closings. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 4d521a5e9bfad4051f14335e40661c6f 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823532&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Cops___Party_girl__slayers_aided_by_tenant.html MAYBE THE owners ought to do background checks on tenants who want to live in the trendy Piazza at Schmidts apartment complex in Northern Liberties. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT aff330f00859ab0545fa92de3c65a43e 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823507&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Harry_Gross__She_claims_she_was_his_dad_s_wife.html Dear Harry: My father died last year. He was 80 years old, and he was supposedly married to a woman who was 31 years his junior. I tried to find some evidence of the marriage, but I could not. In his obituary, it never stated that they were married . . . Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT c90ef9f9145e848107e7d57ff3e770fd 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823542&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Fond_memories_of_a_slain_police_officer_at_plaque_ceremony.html The only memories that Christopher Davis has of his father, Ernie, are watching sports while sitting on his lap and playing a game of wiffle ball in which his dad's leg was broken. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 93119a3290dae0542a00be417503666e 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823447&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Health-care_aide_admits_guiltin_death_of_elderly_man.html The first time Yolanda Steele was caught stealing money from the ailing elderly man she was caring for, his family forgave her, authorities say. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT c3e61ee70c4c42b2d48bc1f4df88d583 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823522&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Accidentally_left_in_car__boy__2__dies_from_heat.html By the time he was found about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, 2-year-old Daniel Slutsky had spent almost seven hours inside a locked car with the windows up, authorities said. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 47454600f0d1ecf08b7345e913629dc3 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823467&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Clout__Former_British_PM_Tony_Blair_has_cheesesteak_wit__Mayor_Nutter.html MAYOR NUTTER took a little break from budget headaches last Friday to take on what some might call a more important international diplomatic mission: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT cca87b6145688f45ef949b0ff2b51eb5 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823492&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Briefly______CITY_REGION.html Man slain in North Phila. A shooting last night killed a 24-year-old man outside a North Philadelphia home, police said. Several shots were fired shortly before 9 p.m. at 16th and Master streets, striking the man, police said. He was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 9 p.m. Police reported no arrests. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT c7e240da34b0a2260d32418f11671b32 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823527&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Trash_sculpture_to_honor_Abe_s_200th_birthday.html Yesterday, Joel Spivak and his fellow artists were screwing together misshapen plywood planks on Independence Mall. But by Sunday, those planks will be a gleaming art sculpture to honor Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 81aa0afba587e877f0aa05698ef9afd7 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823557&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Body_found_in_Fairmount_Park_is_identified.html The body that a jogger discovered Wednesday in Fairmount Park was identified yesterday as Christopher Jermaine Scott. Now detectives are trying to figure out how Scott, 36, a transvestite prostitute, got there. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 67cb0d9bc2e24af37fa1ba750a073aa0 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823502&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Fumo_says__new_evidence__concerning_jury_merits_retrial.html With his scheduled sentencing less than two weeks away, attorneys for disgraced former state Sen. Vince Fumo filed court papers yesterday to win a new trial based on "newly discovered evidence" not available at trial. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 66f30222e66bd03253704abe474508ea 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823482&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Elmer_Smith__The_beating_was_wrong__but_was_prosecution_worse_.html WE SAW them squirming on the ground, fending off the kicks and nightstick blows in that televised police feeding frenzy. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT e0506729f501116961d1d77c4742aaba 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823472&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_Probation_for_2__friends_for_Danieal_case_perjury.html Two women who were friends of the mother of Danieal Kelly - the 14-year-old girl who died of starvation and neglect in 2006 - were sentenced to probation and community service yesterday for lying to a grand jury about the girl's condition. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT da72ece694baa6cc50a181a2b3a243d3 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167721&44=49823442&32=3796&7=195372&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Flocal%2F20090703_No_budging_for_union_or_Acme_as_deadline_nears.html Neither Acme Markets management nor the union representing Acme workers is budging as the July 10 deadline for contract negotiation nears. 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