http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F Philadelphia headlines from the Inquirer. en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z en-us http://media.philly.com/designimages/PhiComLogo_Header.gif http://www.philly.com Philly.com http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687022&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Family_talks_of_its_life_after_Cassidy_s_death.html On a mournful day of testimony that regularly brought men and women, jurors, veteran police officers, and prosecutors to tears, Officer Chuck Cassidy's widow told a Philadelphia jury yesterday about life after 10:30 a.m., Oct. 31, 2007. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT e099835cd632c0b6f05db05de8d703f5 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687242&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_A_bicycle_blitz_in_Center_City.html Philadelphia police officers biked through Center City on a mission yesterday: to make bicyclists more aware of their surroundings, their fellow travelers on the streets, and, most important, the laws they're supposed to follow. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT de7416ff4a29b704cd25e74f6eabbafb 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687257&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Six_charged_in_W__Phila__rape.html Police last night were holding six male suspects, ranging in age from 16 to 52, all charged in the assault of a woman who was dragged from a Chinese takeout in West Philadelphia and gang-raped in a nearby apartment. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT fb0a14544643dc0535b24074103ac164 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687262&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_SEPTA_workers_approve_five-year_contract.html With none of the dramatics that marked their bitter, six-day strike against SEPTA, transit workers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve a new five-year contract. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 1d1a11c432108139aa1cdfcae83ea80f 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687252&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Two_drug_officers_taken_off_street_in_corruption_probe.html Two more narcotics officers have lost their police powers and been forced to give up their weapons in an ongoing corruption investigation that has ensnared three others this year. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 84fe9142e00cc97627b5e104fd92c68f 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687247&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Flight_to_Ohio_rescues__puppy-mill__dogs.html When a Philadelphia animal-welfare activist heard that nearly 400 Lancaster County dogs had been trucked to an auction in Ohio last month, he saw it as a chance to call attention to animal abuse in Pennsylvania. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 98d0129e7b22bd6de26a05ac556a7544 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687207&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Man_being_questioned_in_his_mother_s_death.html An 88-year-old woman was found beaten to death in her West Philadelphia home yesterday morning and detectives were questioning her son, police said yesterday. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2e98949d1c0c47cfa2d96c21b68f3a01 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687217&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Veterinarian_pleads_guilty_in_death_of_office_parrot.html HOWELL, N.J. - A Monmouth County veterinarian has pleaded guilty to failing to properly care for his office's parrot, which died when temperatures fell. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 93f65020cc61bf04b19de58a102fac23 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687212&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Man_shot_inside_an_Old_City_apartment.html A 30-year-old man was in critical condition last night after getting shot in the head inside an apartment in Old City, police said. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 87da258e4fd4bf52745de9ec9df9fc5f 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687192&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Boaters_say_storm_sand_clogging_Manasquan_Inlet.html MANASQUAN, N.J. - Boaters say some of the sand lost in last week's nor'easter has piled up at Manasquan Inlet in Monmouth County. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 962677b28f468c0d507e742151b9eea1 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687202&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Free_eye_exams_today_for_children_in_Phila_.html Are your children squinting at the TV or, worse yet, the blackboard at school? Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT f5c8ef25afeceefceb2049cb6db708c9 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70687197&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091121_Ex-postal_worker_gets_46_months_in_gasoline_scam.html A former Philadelphia postwoman was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for his role in selling about $20,000 worth of gasoline bought with U.S. Postal Service gas cards to hundreds of friends, neighbors, and strangers. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 4a173bf177995acebcbbc4bb37ef5697 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70600337&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091120_16_months_in_jail_for_Germantown_rape.html A Germantown man who pleaded guilty in July to raping a woman who could not hear or speak was sentenced yesterday to eight to 16 years in prison by a Philadelphia judge. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 7c90abee5260376cfd0abae95c4766fe 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70600077&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091120_Rumson_flaunts_charms__hoping_regatta_will_stay.html RUMSON, N.J. - When they convene here six months from now for the first Dad Vail Regatta outside Philadelphia in more than half a century, thousands of collegiate rowers on the Navesink River will race past the Salt Creek Grille and take in a view of the splendid Oceanic Bridge and riverfront homes. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT ca693bc18e959f523b7335e8f258d4d8 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70600072&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091120_John_Lewis_guilty_of_first-degree_murder.html John "Jordan" Lewis, the baby-faced North Philadelphia man whose string of six armed robberies ended with the Halloween 2007 slaying of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, was found guilty of first-degree murder yesterday by a Philadelphia jury. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 809c6c7b6d93eb16b725881f5edb6c1d 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70600387&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091120_Phila__Education_Fund_bestows_Eddy_Awards.html The Philadelphia Education Fund last night presented its annual Eddy Awards to people and organizations that have helped improve education for youths in the Philadelphia region. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 03cbc6d600c94adee86511355c2a6ba3 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70600392&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091120_Devon_subscribers_get_Media_Theatre_offer.html About 700 subscribers to the Devon Theater in Northeast Philadelphia, which has canceled its inaugural season, citing a cut in anticipated state funding, have a new alternative for their unused tickets: a theater 27 miles away. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 96c7aeffa13586aa82bd00c0f9e60bfa 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70600362&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091120_Three_charged_with_hacking_into_Comcast_service.html Three men have been indicted on charges of hacking into Comcast's e-mail and voice-mail service for its Internet customers during two days last year, federal prosecutors announced yesterday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT bbfeaa61fa2dfb5397eb30ffbb8b67b4 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70600357&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091120_Ten_arts_programs_in_Chesco__Montco_get_grants.html Ten arts organizations and programs in Chester and Montgomery Counties will receive $143,485 in state funding, State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D., Chester) announced yesterday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 84b851efe0e7def3386ede14f22de589 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=70600352&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20091120_SEPTA_moves_ahead_on_extending_R3_rail_line.html SEPTA took another step toward restoring rail service to Wawa in Delaware County with approval yesterday of nine property easements necessary for the construction. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT d8579dbf6c1fb87f9ddc1763f53ffaf5 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z