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 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2008-07-09T07:01:00Z en-us http://media.philly.com/designimages/PhiComLogo_Header.gif http://www.philly.com Philly.com http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24167074&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080709_A_new_bet_on_Pittsburgh.html While Philadelphia politicians mounted an eleventh-hour effort to move two planned casinos from the Delaware River waterfront, the billionaire developer of one of them has been concentrating on Pittsburgh for the last few days, ready to pour millions into that city's stalled casino project. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 0ade625e3ca9d8fab0fc98e446e63a26 2008-07-09T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24167314&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080709_An_investor_in_money_and_faith.html John Marks Templeton, 95, an investor and philanthropist of deep faith and inexhaustible intellectual curiosity, died yesterday at his home in Nassau, Bahamas. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 017e75772633a20e1f931dc153073d4f 2008-07-09T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24167114&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080709_Summer_brings_hunger_in_suburbs.html Hunger lined up, quiet and orderly, in the summer heat of a Delaware County day. Suburban women, many looking a decade older than their ages, awaited their turn to collect strawberries, bananas and bread being distributed by Philabundance, the hunger-relief agency, at a Delaware County Housing Authority building in Woodlyn. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 17887ef54a4e3d9607d7d8d95874faf3 2008-07-09T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24167104&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080709_Another_Moorestown_student_killed_on_road.html A 17-year-old Moorestown High School graduate died yesterday after a car hit the bicycle he was riding, making him the third member of the school's Class of 2008 to be killed in a car accident. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT d35cad01e988f33ab133fa5a646926d2 2008-07-09T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24167084&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080709_G-8_vows_to_halve_emissions_by_2050.html RUSUTSU, Japan - The United States for the first time yesterday joined other major industrialized countries in committing to try to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. President Bush immediately began promoting the plan with skeptical leaders of developing nations who would be crucial to its success. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT fa32e63df8a293af811fbe141d52a4e8 2008-07-09T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24167094&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080709_Scrap-metal_thieves_are_stealing_manhole_covers.html Kneeling at City Inlet No. 3, at the corner of Tulip and Somerset in Kensington yesterday, Water Department crew chief Fred Feoli was on a mission to deter crime and prevent injuries. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT d03db959057c3aaab157983e19912e38 2008-07-09T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24057764&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080708_Housing_market_not_so_bad_in_right_niches.html When all else seems to fail, the tried and true often succeeds. So perhaps it's not surprising that even in this tough real estate market, what's selling new houses is what always sells them: Location. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 956c245c2e54fa22ea6a263c1f54532f 2008-07-08T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24057779&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080708_Officials__casino_operators_butt_heads_over_waterfront_plans.html HARRISBURG - Several days after State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo (D., Phila.) threatened to kill tax breaks for Philadelphia casinos if they don't relocate from the waterfront, this much is clear: The casinos intend to stay. Gov. Rendell says that he won't twist arms to make them move and that the legislature has no legal grounds to force them out. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT ed47e4676e0325875468a54ad8c94397 2008-07-08T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24057774&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080708_Corzine_opposes_offshore_drilling.html BELMAR, N.J. - With the Atlantic Ocean in the background, Gov. Corzine and other New Jersey Democrats yesterday decried a Republican effort to lift a federal moratorium on offshore oil and natural-gas drilling and called for a permanent ban. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT eb44e960065286fcd446e4711eac495b 2008-07-08T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24057769&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080708_Killing_them_softly__with_his_words_.html CAPE MAY - Coming into a bar mid-karaoke is a risky proposition at best, but at Martini Beach on this Monday, to the strains of a 64-year-old Brit who is not Paul McCartney singing "I Saw Her Standing There," burning questions were all around. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT b1ef76dc16c729d6375950f5a0f79315 2008-07-08T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24003434&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080707_Mayor_wants_crime.html Homicide and violent crime decreased substantially during the first half of the year, but the decline is not keeping pace with the ambitious goals set by Mayor Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 6ab52c94bb5ea1af43087043cc547648 2008-07-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24003419&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080707_Drug_kingpins_cashing_in_on_suburbs__spoils.html They were living the American dream. A lavish home in the suburbs. Fine clothes and jewelry. Expensive cars. All financed, if federal investigators are correct, with narco dollars. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT edc6b86713a280744754403ab35e1927 2008-07-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24003409&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080707_Fighting_cholesterol_early.html CHICAGO - For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 94ee9a85908b8691656fa82cd7eb050d 2008-07-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24003399&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080707_Trek_put_cars_on_map.html This year marks the centennial of a wealthy Pennsylvanian's historic, cross-country automobile journey. Highway repairs, traffic-clogged roads, and $4 gas probably make this summer a poor time to emulate Jacob Murdock. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT eedab59f63ca57366a6946f79d939a27 2008-07-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166721&44=24003444&32=3796&7=195342&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Ffront_page%2F20080707_Region_braces_for_energy_rate_hike.html HARRISBURG - Paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump may be bad enough, but Pennsylvanians should prepare for another painful pinch to the pocketbook. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 4c4244459e1d2f04722bf0c6b16abade 2008-07-07T07:01:00Z