http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F News from the Inquirer and Daily News. en-us Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:35:00 GMT 2008-09-05T11:35:00Z en-us http://media.philly.com/designimages/PhiComLogo_Header.gif http://www.philly.com Philly.com http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27902369&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Sentencing_today_in_South_Philadelphia_road_rage_murder.html Calling the case "Philadelphia's worst nightmare," a Philadelphia judge imposed the maximum sentence - 26 to 52 years in prison - on a South Philadelphia man convicted in last summer's road rage killing of 14-year-old bicyclist Tykeem Law. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:53:00 GMT 88d0f439b100ab3ad206dd5b1ec7cd1b 2008-09-05T10:53:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27899559&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Students_welcomed_back_with_news_of_some_success.html With a sense of glee, Cheryl Glaser popped into the muggy classrooms at A.L. FitzPatrick School yesterday morning, radiating sunlight. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 3f8a60e30e37e728c0e7c5cc676b5922 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27903174&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Hanna_hits_Phila__area_tonight__Its_gonna_be_a_mess.html Tropical storm Hanna is expected to strike the Philadelphia region late tonight, dropping up to 5 inches of rain and bringing wind gusts up to 55 miles an hour through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:35:00 GMT c36be49c7040eb330ced5f710635f1a3 2008-09-05T11:35:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27899514&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_2_at-large_Council_seats_targeted.html Councilman W. Wilson Goode Jr. plans to propose a charter change that would reduce the number of at-large City Council seats from seven to five - a move that would effectively eliminate the two at-large seats that traditionally go to Republicans. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 197b1846489fc1d2cbfc9d02677a3a32 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27899874&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Dentist_s_home_searched_in_medical-waste_mystery.html Authorities yesterday searched the Main Line home of a dentist who they believe may have been involved in dumping some of the syringes and other medical waste found on eight Jersey Shore beaches in the last two weeks. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 1c8b9b471bb4445cc460b708f945d858 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27900279&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Striking_Souderton_teachers__school_board_to_meet_this_morning.html Striking teachers and the school board in Montgomery County's Souderton Area School District will hold a face-to-face bargaining session this morning, their first since the teachers started walking the picket lines on Tuesday. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2218bf11faab09b5e342ea66bb5d4bd6 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27900284&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Teacher_shortage_widens_in_Philadelphia.html School started yesterday with 166 Philadelphia School District teaching jobs unfilled - more than double the number a year ago. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 8dd3b946a9aa3b2c107b2b5ce5703945 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27900269&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_S__Jersey_students_step_into_high-tech_schools.html With new programs and technological advances awaiting them and, in some districts, longer walks to the school bus stop, many South Jersey students began the new school year yesterday. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT c16a96c7102c754e67e166a5b0137790 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168206&44=27899984&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Felections%2F20080905_Ridge__VP_bridesmaid_again__praises_Palin.html ST. PAUL, Minn - For the third time, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge made it to the short list of potential vice presidents. For the third time, he was passed over. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT c83e6874f9decf1c0f38faa9e441e61f 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27899864&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_McCain_says_he_aims_to_end_partisan_rancor.html ST. PAUL, Minn. - Accepting his party's presidential nomination here last night, John McCain pledged to try to end the partisan rancor that has dominated the nation's politics and questioned the ability of his Democratic rival to do the same. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 8fc13c4ecb5ff94b80f73eb78bc7f5ed 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27900154&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Annette_John-Hall__Pit_bull_of_a_soccer_mom_leading_war_on_diversity.html No matter how much John McCain tried to reclaim his party's middle ground while accepting the Republican nomination for president last night, I still can't shake the feeling that we have another war on our hands. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT e386d06f6adf8d5f825f7e381e2eeb5e 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168206&44=27899979&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Felections%2F20080905_Palin_speech_a_winner_with_area_Republicans.html They may have mixed feelings about the national convention as a whole, but local Republicans were unanimous in their praise of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's vice presidential acceptance speech Wednesday. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 0c61e0cf324c1b453bb6923cfce48da3 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168206&44=27899959&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Felections%2F20080905_McCain_bio_film_gives_visions_of_grandeur.html Pictures come before words - that's the convention of American political conventions. Before accepting his party's presidential nomination last night, the Arizona legislator was introduced by "Senator John McCain." The seven-minute film fanfare framed the candidate both as a "mama's boy," in the words of his mother, Rob Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT a6e56aff1104dd7a53921619d20bfa1b 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27899859&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Making_a_return_to_maverick_roots.html ST. PAUL, Minn. - The January night he won the New Hampshire Republican primary, six months after his campaign was broke and left for carrion, Sen. John McCain walked into a hotel ballroom to chants of "Mac is back!" Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 1f53c1e45dd7626942f0942f6c9175de 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168206&44=27899989&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Felections%2F20080905_Low-key_and_folksy__McCain_touches_all_bases.html Stepping into the audience on a newly built platform, Republican presidential candidate John McCain gave a low-key, folksy speech last night, even reaching out to his opponent, to whom he offered respect and admiration. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT ac4534a3d43030971c483df17fa29119 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168206&44=27899974&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Felections%2F20080905_In_Pa___Obama_offers_his_take_on_GOP_convention.html LANCASTER - Sen. Barack Obama, back to work yesterday in Pennsylvania, said he was not worried about the attacks that have been lobbed at him during the Republican National Convention. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 1bf9eaaa47091db31191e0129811fbd4 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=27899879&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20080905_Disability_advocates_see_Palin_as_a_leader.html Jennifer Bonawitz cried when she saw baby Trig cuddled in his sister's lap as his mother took the stage Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2da1b403b4adddac1e629a8b46259c15 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168206&44=27899969&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Felections%2F20080905__Use_the_best_ideas_from_both_sides_.html Excerpts from the text of Sen. John McCain's remarks last night: I'm very proud to have introduced our next vice president to the country. But I can't wait until I introduce her to Washington. And let me offer an advance warning to the old, big-spending, do-nothing, me-first, country-second Washington crowd: Change is coming. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 78761c22f0dfb7eea551fee94704e93b 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168186&44=27900129&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fcolumnists%2F20080905_Worldview__Petraeus_on_achievements_in_Iraq_and_what_s_ahead.html As John McCain and Barrack Obama gin up their campaigns, a general of importance to both of them is winding down his job. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT d49f6e83be08b28045bd11f7f831ec91 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168186&44=27900124&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fcolumnists%2F20080905_One_Last_Thing__Pivotal_conventions.html ST. PAUL, Minn. - In the space of two weeks, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have radically revised the strategies of their campaigns. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2fb93b7cddcb7163a840b3d6c53dc49b 2008-09-05T07:01:00Z