http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F Stories from the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:09:50 GMT 2010-02-09T22:09:50Z en-us http://media.philly.com/designimages/PhiComLogo_Header.gif http://www.philly.com Philly.com http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83864987&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100209_In_Aston__an_unlikely_capital_of_ice_dancing.html It's hard to imagine a more macho-flavored chunk of the Philadelphia area than lower Delaware County. Ride west from the Delaware River refineries to Baltimore Pike's strip malls and you'll pass through a vibrant blue-collar world of bars, parish gyms, street-hockey games, hoagie joints, Eagles flags, Phillies hats, Flyers decals, and rowhouses whose sports-crazed occupants are as rock-hard as the brick facades. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:09:50 GMT e6f53d66a2712351f2d1db4ec3619f77 2010-02-09T22:09:50Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83864997&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100209_Multiple_storms_deplete_snow-removal_budgets.html Haverford Township Manager Larry Gentile, sick of this weather, is "ready to move south." His snow-removal budget has already gone there. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:19:44 GMT 5ff916dfaca2d6ffe850311af314b795 2010-02-09T17:19:44Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83865002&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100209_Next_snowstorm_could_be_a_record-breaker.html Even in a winter in which the surreal has been the rule, this forecast has hallucinatory qualities. It calls for yet another mega-snowstorm, a foot plus, maybe up to 20 inches, more than enough to make this the snowiest winter on record in Philadelphia. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:58:18 GMT 0da7b3865e510da2bbfe5922b849fe10 2010-02-09T15:58:18Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83865167&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100209_Rep__Murtha__a_force_on_Hill__dies.html John P. Murtha, 77, the powerful dean of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation who survived scandal and seismic political shifts to become the longest-serving House member from the state, died yesterday at a hospital in Arlington, Va., after complications from gallbladder surgery. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:23:16 GMT e4ea09a5434fd54b5e68d27a4d0f486c 2010-02-09T12:23:16Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83864982&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100209_Municipalities_may_need_federal_help_after_snow.html With two major snowstorms in less than two months and a third on the way, municipalities are devouring snow-removal budgets and, without state or federal help, may be forced to cut services to cover winter's costs. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:23:16 GMT fa69ffd24375900e802266d1994aa9e0 2010-02-09T12:23:16Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83864992&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100209_D_A__charges_ex-policeman_Tepper_with_murder.html Abandoning the grand jury his predecessor had seated to investigate a controversial police shooting, District Attorney Seth Williams yesterday charged a recently fired police sergeant with killing his unarmed neighbor. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:02:22 GMT b5151fe8aba79ee11422fcff23f4acbb 2010-02-09T08:02:22Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83783907&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100208_Web_not_yet_the_answer_to_college-text_costs.html As a freshman at Temple University, Gian Hunjan shelled out $500 per semester for textbooks at the bookstore, all new. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:59:58 GMT 0018b615c1c945ee038139c1ea1842a7 2010-02-08T17:59:58Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83783897&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100208_A_desperate_gamble_fails_to_pay_off_for_Sunoco_worker.html The dreaded one-page letter arrived last week, confirming Len Norvilla's worst fears. Sunoco's Eagle Point refinery will be "permanently shut down," the form letter said. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:08:29 GMT 6afe0228823f896fc13b8d8982cc9030 2010-02-08T15:08:29Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83783902&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100208_After_snowstorm__digging_out_and_ready_to_roll.html As Philadelphia-area residents dug through nearly 30 inches of snow to find their cars and sidewalks yesterday, life began to return to normal, with buses and trains rolling again and airlines returning to the skies. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:56:59 GMT 6781e1e4b04d724e380a250d44cf4f15 2010-02-08T12:56:59Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83783912&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100208_Winter_could_be_snowiest_on_record.html If the atmosphere could be checked for performance-enhancing substances, no one around here would be surprised if it tested positive this winter. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:50:43 GMT a716c18a4eb7b89dd075bb71f84a62e6 2010-02-08T12:50:43Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83783892&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100208_Obama_calls_bipartisan_meeting.html WASHINGTON - In the first major step to revive his health-care agenda after his party's loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority, President Obama yesterday invited Republican and Democratic leaders to discuss possible compromises in a televised gathering this month. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:31:34 GMT 24f5ddac139ad273508a6c503ce6bc27 2010-02-08T09:31:34Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83741527&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100207_The_national_bet__Billions_and_growing_.html The numbers are staggering. And impossible to confirm. But the intelligent estimate is that 200 million people throughout the world have placed bets totaling $5 billion on a football game that's scheduled to be played this evening in Miami. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:49:29 GMT 02707315c143fcb2def080e991481338 2010-02-08T01:49:29Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83741507&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100207_Family_s_dilemma__Gas_rights_vs__black_heritage.html BROOKLYN, Pa. - Denise Dennis' ancestors were among the first farmers who settled in northeast Pennsylvania, in 1793. They were free African Americans, extraordinary because they became integrated in a largely white community, 70 years before emancipation. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:24:39 GMT 51de27203d2831e4f67a59d75a77a150 2010-02-08T00:24:39Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83741522&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100207_HAMMERED_.html The great snowstorm of Feb. 5-6, 2010, is history - quite literally. Officially, 28.5 inches was measured at Philadelphia International Airport, just shy of the all-time record and vaulting the winter of 2009-10 to No. 2 for snow in 126 years of record-keeping. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:58:47 GMT a085310ca64e5e324c95a34f36c15c43 2010-02-07T15:58:47Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83741512&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100207_Games_likely_to_mirror_their_hosts.html The 2010 Winter Olympics will begin Friday in Vancouver with the opening ceremonies, the first to be held indoors, and these Games seem likely to resemble the nation that will host them. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:32:41 GMT 15deae7401c4a04ffd4c62e7d2fa607f 2010-02-07T07:32:41Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=83741517&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20100207_SEPTA_enacts_new_snow_policy__stops_running.html Yesterday, in the face of one of the worst snowstorms in the region's history, SEPTA did something unprecedented: It took the massive, regional transportation system and turned most of it off. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:34:31 GMT 4aed47dca2d5addcee17ec5b0c27274d 2010-02-07T05:34:31Z