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 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z 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=25793659&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Teens_testify_about_alleged_sex_party.html They were three skinny, sheepish teenagers, pushing the limits of adolescence but not yet men. In voices ranging from firm to barely audible, each testified yesterday about a suburban teen party that ultimately turned seamy and, in the eyes of authorities, illegal. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 23014e428d1126cb3e96606fe506f3c5 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793649&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Bucks_County_officials_wrangle_another_gator.html Bucks County's Gator Wranglers have busted another rogue reptile. The Wranglers, that would be Warminster public works director Buddy Mullen and animal control officer Craig Claycomb, plucked a 30-inch gator from a pond near a construction site for new homes in Northampton on Monday. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 6e56c0b58fe53e2eb8a9c3dbc771f895 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793619&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Shooting_victim_had_been_target_before.html The basketball referee shot during a game at a Strawberry Mansion recreation center Monday night was the target of an ambush 21/2 years ago that left his 6-year-old grandson paralyzed from the neck down. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT d66e62725c9a33b4844737995b1c1eb3 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793304&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_No_short-term_fix_to_rid_Phila__park_of_homeless.html A predawn amorous romp. A bath. A morning shave. Acceptable behavior for your home. But for a public space like Rittenhouse Square? Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT a71998cf662565762ea4833e0107ab4d 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793549&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Kennett_Square_man_killed_while_kayaking_in_Del_.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT d326c808476d1393227666d72203aa2f 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793314&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_17_arrests_aimed_at_the_mob_in_Delco.html Investigators dubbed it "Operation Delco Nostra," and they said that for at least five years, the tentacles of Philadelphia's organized-crime network took a firm hold in Delaware County, engaging in illegal activities that included bookmaking, loan-sharking and drug-dealing. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 4856750b2c57352736404f283471ed2f 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793644&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Suspect_in_Phila__shootout_had_record_of_violence.html Authorities yesterday were trying to determine whether the man who allegedly opened fire on four Philadelphia police officers Monday afternoon, and was wounded by police, is wanted in connection with a recent slaying. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT f330e68ec31eddaf1e3cabf348b0e118 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793664&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Garrett_Reid_to_be_incarcerated__treated.html Garrett Reid was sentenced yesterday to two years in a relatively new state corrections program that combines incarceration and intensive drug treatment. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT ddbc658e49c3a9097d875054552f29a9 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793674&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Pa__submits_revised_plan_for_tolling_I-80.html Pennsylvania officials yesterday resubmitted an application to install tolls on I-80, hoping to win federal approval to have as many as 10 tollbooths on the 311-mile highway by summer 2010. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 58c54f575926491341d400a4131662ad 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793654&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Driver_who_hit_cruiser_gets_probation.html The driver who injured two state troopers and snarled Schuylkill Expressway traffic overnight after plowing into a stopped police car in a construction zone will be on probation for four years. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT c6811c356a5dfa7f2eee12341b420725 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793669&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_At_retrial__man_convicted_of_killing_wife.html A little more than eight years after Hollie Rosen was stabbed to death in her North Wales home, her husband faces life in prison after a two-day retrial in the slaying ended in his conviction yesterday. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 79b0c3a101d83efb00929609e9171135 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793634&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Abu-Jamal_loses_latest_appeal_for_new_trial.html A federal appeals court yesterday refused to reconsider the decision denying a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 699cd3a3cfc374c30421a895a996ddc3 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793629&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Kennel_owner_s_license_revoked_following_raid.html HARRISBURG - In an unusually swift move, the state Department of Agriculture yesterday revoked the license of a Chester County kennel owner following a raid last week that resulted in multiple counts of cruelty and the seizure of 23 dogs. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 681b94550ec0bd715a2543af9f7bfebf 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793639&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_2_arrested_in_alleged_drug_smuggling_ring.html Two Philadelphia men were arrested last Thursday after six bales of marijuana totaling 221 pounds were discovered during a search of a rental truck in Folcroft, Delaware County, state Attorney General Tom Corbett announced yesterday. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 3ab4796d446deb8ca0505032523adb4a 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793624&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Pa__high_court_OKs_forced_drugging_of_mentally_ill_death-row_inmates.html The Pennsylvania Supreme Court yesterday dealt setbacks to four death-row inmates, including two mentally ill prisoners from Philadelphia who can now be forcibly medicated in order to make them mentally competent to continue their appeals. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 0d730f6759899a50e10341e7839f6250 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793574&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Workers_may_be_able_to_keep_money_in_bonus_scandal.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 7ec2dc872152ccda3e86a47883791a96 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793569&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Two_men_shot_to_death_in_city_neighborhoods.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 826e40bbe3dcb92b09071ba2aa7c9e78 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793564&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_SEPTA_trolley_crash_hurts_11__none_seriously.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 442cfad8854c1a149ef541b98deafa0c 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793524&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Phila__police_radio_system_goes_silent_again.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT bfc0c65697cc2ceb5b75d43b1fffcba9 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166841&44=25793544&32=3796&7=195362&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fphiladelphia%2F20080723_Heat_wave_claims_2d_victim__relief_due_today.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT ebb8b08b3146c0328999835d995cc27d 2008-07-23T07:01:00Z