http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news RSS Feed for Inq News en-us Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:05:11 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/Scandal_has_Dewesse_out_.html Those who follow Pennsylvania politics would not recognize this Bill DeWeese. No bow tie, no seersucker suit, no outsize vocabulary. He's ready for "Operation Brute Force." http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/28142109.html Brian Ford a senior executive with Foxwood Casino Philadelphia comments on the Gallery casino location. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/28141539.html Mayor Michael Nutter comments on the Gallery casino location. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/28141484.html Gov. Rendell comments on the Gallery casino location http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/Doing_the_ChaCha.html ChaCha at a glance: Phone number: 1-800-2ChaCha (1-800-224-2242). Text number: 242242. Web site: www.chacha.com http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/dhs_settle_lubrano_082508.html http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/skateboard_kensington.html http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/Avalons_beach_is_open_again.html The beach in Avalon, closed Saturday when medical waste washed ashore, reopened yesterday, luring bathers to its freshly cleaned sand. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/Democrats_descend_on_Denver.html As the Democrats prepared to open their convention tonight, top Republicans were doing all they could to stir any lingering resentment among delegates over Barack Obama's decision not to include Hillary Rodham Clinton on the ticket. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/news/Pennsylvania_State_School_Assessment_Results.html Search below for Pennsylvania School of School Assessment results for all schools and districts statewide including Philadelphia and its suburbs. The database will return the results for each school for tests given last spring as well as the one-year and three-year change in the percentage of students who scored at proficiency or higher. To make the grade under No Child Left Behind, Pennsylvania now requires at least 63 percent of all students to be proficient or higher in reading, up from 54 percent and 56 percent to be proficient or higher in math, up from 45 percent. To search for Philadelphia district schools, select "Philadelphia" as the county, then select, "Philadelphia City SD," as the district and then select the school.