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 Mon, 28 May 2012 19:10:04 GMT 2012-05-28T19:10:04Z 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=155114205&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_A_day_for_remembering.html Grace Moore walked slowly from one gravestone to the other, her head bent as she read the names: Henry E. Butler, Spanish American War, Army. Henry W. Klemmer, World War I, Navy. Frank M. Flack, World War I, Army. Mon, 28 May 2012 19:10:04 GMT 88a3f86767ed4e36a30f7e10cb9410bf 2012-05-28T19:10:04Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154917505&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Boom_times_in_Barnes__new_neighborhood.html People say the Franklintown neighborhood is changing, but that's not true. It's being transformed. An area that's become chock-a-block with quality housing, good restaurants, stores, and attractions is going to get more, and soon, encouraged by the opening of the Barnes Foundation and its own surging momentum. Mon, 28 May 2012 18:55:46 GMT ef73fa2698130b4b2c296a659c2004eb 2012-05-28T18:55:46Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154204125&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Ocean_City_NJ_bridge_is_a_massive_marvel_of_concrete.html Along with the usual water ice, greasy pizza, and tubes of sunscreen, the unofficial first weekend of summer was marked by a new arrival this year at the Jersey Shore: 175,000 cubic yards of concrete. It didn’t arrive all at once, of course, but the concrete — the Route 52 causeway bridge — is now a finished product and represents a major feat of engineering. The bridge stretches more than two miles from Somers Point on the mainland to the barrier island of Ocean City, able to accommodate 40,000 cars a day. Mon, 28 May 2012 17:00:40 GMT 83fa43254c3fdd382ce0df411c1c6042 2012-05-28T17:00:40Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154917515&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Memorial_Day_can_stir_deep_emotions_in_veterans.html For the typical American, the annual Memorial Day parade serves as a stirring display of pomp and patriotism, a diverting prelude to the shopping or barbecues to follow. Mon, 28 May 2012 15:58:25 GMT 88ebe1b417c315e10585c98a6cb25471 2012-05-28T15:58:25Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154158015&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528__lsquo_Geek_rsquo__helps_gardeners_find_a_food_bank_for_their_harvest.html Gary Oppenheimer hates waste. And he loves gardening. Mon, 28 May 2012 13:53:01 GMT 37559d3aed4da62a742c89dd454e830c 2012-05-28T13:53:01Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154917485&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Black_Civil_War_troops_honored_in_Burlco.html On a frigid, moonlit night in 1860, four horse-drawn coaches pulled up at a small, two-room house in Westampton, Burlington County, and a dozen armed men got out. They were looking for Perry Simmons, a fugitive slave. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:23:20 GMT 27a1d7f230f644d3a8c2342d4c59de88 2012-05-28T10:23:20Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154872485&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Ticketing_snafus_keep_some_Barnes_visitors_waiting.html About 3 a.m. Sunday, a waitress, an ex-restaurant manager, and an assistant Philadelphia district attorney decided the night had just begun and headed for the trendiest scene in the city over the holiday weekend. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:38:42 GMT 74bd4a2af3912862b5ea0d955d8cce2d 2012-05-28T09:38:42Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154841905&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_A_tale_of_gangsters_and_hazing_and_Atlantic_City.html ATLANTIC CITY — James Rahn swings the Honda Accord to the side of North Maine Avenue so he can sniff the ocean air."It’s nice, right?" he says, a gravel-voiced question, technically, but not one that awaits an answer. His stories are big on smell. His book Bloodnight, a collection of semifictionalized memories of growing up tough in this forlorn city, begins with a fifth-grade trauma. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:26:05 GMT a03df3e2091c8e6228b72835f5dfb697 2012-05-28T09:26:05Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154942675&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528__lsquo_SideShow_rsquo___Gaga_backs_down__Tim_gives_houses__Loreen_wins_Eurovision__Peevish_Lilo_.html Gaga bags Jakarta Lady Gaga has canceled her June 3 concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, after receiving threats from the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front. Some 50,000 ticketbuyers are out of luck. The group protested against LG, calling her a "devil’s messenger" who wears only "bra and panties" and promising flash mobs at the airport and concert. The Gagster tweeted she was "very sorry to the fans & just as devastated as you if not more." Tim, Engelbert, LiLo Mon, 28 May 2012 06:37:42 GMT 44f18248188c625e91d6be11303b4256 2012-05-28T06:37:42Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154919175&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Tango_stirs_dance_veterans_and_beginners.html Below a ceiling draped in blue and white twinkle lights, people of all ages danced the Argentine tango Sunday afternoon at the darkened Ruba Club in Northern Liberties.Some wore sneakers, others were in dress shoes. Meredith Klein, 37, codirector of the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School, looked to her six years in Buenos Aires to describe what she saw. Mon, 28 May 2012 05:47:16 GMT 0ce5b88a95c821031c685cd8e3fb2e0a 2012-05-28T05:47:16Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154914195&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Douglas_Heller__57__Springfield_Twp__commissioner_and_historian.html Douglas J. Heller was instrumental in developing ushistory.org, a website that hundreds of publications have turned to for details about Revolutionary War events.National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition regularly credited "Doug Heller from Flourtown" for providing brain-twisting word puzzles. And as a commissioner in Montgomery County’s Springfield Township, he organized efforts to save the historic Black Horse Inn from demolition and introduced legislation to ban discrimination in township housing and employment on the basis of race, gender, or sexual orientation. Mon, 28 May 2012 05:18:57 GMT ed9debefe4f1fe7bf03967c5662fb8c9 2012-05-28T05:18:57Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154843025&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Pottstown_designer_awaits_Tony_Awards_night.html To create the set for the Broadway smash Newsies, Pottstown resident Tobin Ost served multiple masters: a choreographer who needed space for his performers to dance, a director who envisioned a jungle-gym effect, a writer who moved the action from scene to scene, and producers who worried about the box office.So the scenic designer crafted a tiered, tic-tac-toe metalscape that separates, recedes and rotates. Performers dance up, down, and through it during a musical set in turn-of-the-century New York. For his efforts, Ost has been nominated for a Tony Award. Mon, 28 May 2012 05:10:05 GMT 7b7bd20f1d21c00737818732ba6da8bd 2012-05-28T05:10:05Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154902455&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Man_shot_four_times__in_critical_condition.html A 19-year-old was in critical condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Sunday night after an unknown assailant shot him four times, once in the right side of his chest, twice in his right arm, and once in his right thigh in West Philadelphia, police said. The shooting occurred outside in the 6300 block of Theodore Street shortly before 8 p.m. Mon, 28 May 2012 01:59:33 GMT 15ecdb039d15cfbd7649e95628b007b2 2012-05-28T01:59:33Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154221915&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120528_Penn_computer_model_simulates_blood_clotting_and_treatment.html The best way for a patient to understand what happens in a heart attack is not to have one at all, but to have the doctor simulate it on a computer. That is the idea behind new research at the University of Pennsylvania, in which scientists created computer models of the blood of three volunteers and correctly predicted their response to various anticlotting medications. In one case, they were able to determine that a donor’s blood would have no response to aspirin, and indeed that person turned out to have a previously unknown genetic mutation that caused exactly that problem. Mon, 28 May 2012 01:07:25 GMT c280dd6ec27f644d74a7ecbcd774c6b2 2012-05-28T01:07:25Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154870265&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_City_issues_excessive-heart_warning.html A forecast for above-90 temperatures and high humidity prompted the City of Philadelphia to issue an excessive heat warning for Monday and Tuesday and to institute home visits to the elderly and other precautions aimed at preventing illness and death."We strongly urge the public to visit older friends, relatives, and neighbors to ensure that air-conditioners or fans are working, and homes are adequately ventilated. In a heat wave, the majority of the victims are older people and those with pre-existing medical conditions," Philadelphia Health Commissioner Donald Schwarz said. The National Weather Service said the temperature would be in the 90s Monday and Tuesday, but was expected to drop into the 80s Wednesday and the high 70s Thursday and Friday. The normal high for this time of year is 77. Mon, 28 May 2012 01:05:02 GMT 6f206053e31ce7557be44513a107ba02 2012-05-28T01:05:02Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154839595&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Pool_death_ruled_an_accident.html The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office ruled Sunday that the drowning of a 3-year-old Winslow Township girl was an accident, officials said.Jason Laughlin, spokesman for the prosecutor, said the toddler was dead when her family found her body in the home swimming pool about 8:45 p.m. Saturday. He said emergency workers took the body to Virtua Hospital Berlin. The child’s identity was not released. Sun, 27 May 2012 21:43:09 GMT 8cc69b20684692ce8af05f986a8d07b1 2012-05-27T21:43:09Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154653585&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Lynn_rsquo_s_testimony_is_a_losing_gamble.html Sun, 27 May 2012 20:29:44 GMT 33df2f489c4f7e21546fe6408a7bc7ff 2012-05-27T20:29:44Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154591885&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120526_Rutgers_studies_genetic_link_military_suicides.html Rutgers University will study the genetic makeup of soldiers at risk for suicide or psychological issues, thanks in part to a national grant that the school has received. Sun, 27 May 2012 19:25:04 GMT 29c8d528c389fccf8f2f436453a7a052 2012-05-27T19:25:04Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154779015&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Shooting_suspects_arrested_after_South_Philly_chase.html Police are questioning four people who they believe may have been involved in the fatal shooting early Sunday of a man gunned down in the 2200 block of Hemberger Street in South Philadelphia. Sun, 27 May 2012 18:59:07 GMT a0cc9c33867ba3eaf352859f99782a96 2012-05-27T18:59:07Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154777995&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Chesco_car-truck_crash_claims_two_brothers.html Two Lancaster County brothers died late Saturday when their car collided with a tractor-trailer rig in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, state police said. Sun, 27 May 2012 17:55:13 GMT c1518ebe77ae5b21c81b378f0cf0f5c4 2012-05-27T17:55:13Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154771475&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Last_escaped_inmate_captured_in_New_Jersey.html The last of four inmates who escaped from New Jersey prisons last week was apprehended early Sunday morning.Michael Bentley, 23, of Lincoln Park, Morris County, was picked up in Sussex County about 5:45 a.m. by the New Jersey Department of Corrections Fugitive Squad, said Deirdre Fedkenheuer, a corrections spokeswoman. Bentley escaped May 20 with an inmate from Camden County from the Mountain Youth Correctional Facitilty in Annandale. The other inmate, Corey Agostarola, 21, of Pine Hill returned to his home town and was picked up Friday evening by local police. Sun, 27 May 2012 17:54:01 GMT b1a15e860cec287db0544b3108db5663 2012-05-27T17:54:01Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154632635&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Karen_Heller__Sharing_loss__finding_comfort.html Jeannie Paul and Ruthie Joyce met a few weeks ago only to learn they've led parallel lives. Both women are 68, raised by independent mothers who were teachers. Both women moved to Philadelphia as young wives and raised one child. Now, they're grandmothers living 10 miles apart. Sun, 27 May 2012 17:29:12 GMT 8ce7f916ce20cedf7a10df870cca047a 2012-05-27T17:29:12Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154783045&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_KATHMANDU__Nepal_-_Political_discord_has_come_to_Nepal.html Political discord has come to Shangri-La. Again. Sun, 27 May 2012 17:07:20 GMT 88ef7c50d695df9670d6a814199dbf3e 2012-05-27T17:07:20Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154259585&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Beloved_Gettysburg_map_could_be_auctioned.html Sun, 27 May 2012 16:39:54 GMT ff0b4c3e3685127b91dd287e00604f3a 2012-05-27T16:39:54Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154632685&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Philadelphia_schools_face_ugly_budget_options.html Less than a week before the School Reform Commission must adopt a 2012-13 budget, even the best-case scenario is ugly. Sun, 27 May 2012 16:39:24 GMT 606ef91b0cefbe38853c30a832869e27 2012-05-27T16:39:24Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154652315&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Cuts_threaten_Upper_Darby_schools_rsquo__legacy_of_arts.html Up­per Darby High School maintains a col­lec­tion of im­pres­sive­ly large trophies, showcasing decades of ex­cel­lence. This spring, to no one’s surprise, sev­er­al more were added, top prizes at a na­tion­al com­pe­ti­tion. All this is not a boasting of ath­let­ic achieve­ment; Up­per Darby High’s trophies are found in the cho­rus room and rep­re­sent its out­stand­ing suc­cess in mu­sic. Sun, 27 May 2012 16:22:33 GMT aa4802c04608d68dee19d4942ac0653e 2012-05-27T16:22:33Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154174855&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Colin_Powell_rsquo_s_mea_culpa.html It’s sobering, on this Memorial Day weekend, to read the chapters on Iraq in Colin Powell’s new book, to ponder the waste of soldiers’ lives that resulted from the peremptory decision to wage war on the basis of specious intelligence. Sun, 27 May 2012 14:58:17 GMT 589fe7eb4fff3e9299549f9d3df43a15 2012-05-27T14:58:17Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154745885&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_ap_pacrashinvolvingmilktruckkills2brothers.html State police in suburban Philadelphia say a car collided with truck hauling a milk tanker, killing two brothers in the car. Sun, 27 May 2012 14:28:42 GMT 9f6e9240b9c4f56bcc9a6f7789f75f55 2012-05-27T14:28:42Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154219295&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Changing_of_the_guard_at_old-time_eatery_in_Millville.html Change comes slowly to Jim’s Lunch, and folks around Millville like it that way. Tuesday’s special is always liver and onions, and until a few years ago, takeout orders rang in on a rotary phone. Sun, 27 May 2012 14:02:58 GMT d2fc32aa471f6062347f9c43b7eba2fb 2012-05-27T14:02:58Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154632665&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Backpack_full_of_cash_and_questions.html The cash was bundled in rubber bands and stuffed in two plastic bags found in the backpack of a 75-year-old man who dropped dead after stepping off a train in Manhattan's busy Pennsylvania Station one day last summer. Sun, 27 May 2012 14:00:43 GMT cfb8e581121e37e44f31762789ecf766 2012-05-27T14:00:43Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154632935&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Friction_among_Philadelphia_city_commissioners.html A new set of city commissioners - Stephanie Singer, Anthony Clark, and Al Schmidt - has been running Philadelphia's election machinery for the last five months, delivering on campaign promises of more transparency and efficiency. Sun, 27 May 2012 10:40:44 GMT 052eaa6fef0c71e96775ea7795805165 2012-05-27T10:40:44Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154632675&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Firm_sues_school_district.html A suburban firm that lost a $7.5 million surveillance-camera project after former Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene C. Ackerman intervened on behalf of a minority-owned firm has filed a federal civil rights suit against her and the district. Sun, 27 May 2012 10:38:21 GMT 9d187ec9374ec023e918f0e9cee265f0 2012-05-27T10:38:21Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154653575&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Outside_the_Barnes__a_smaller-scale_draw.html Sitting at a table in the shade of sycamore trees outside the new Barnes museum, Isabella Royal, 5, was a tiny picture of concentration Saturday morning.Henri Matisse’s The Red Madras Headdress was on display inside, but Isabella was peering at a small laminated reproduction and using colored pencils to create her own impression of Matisse’s iconic image of a seated woman in a patterned headdress. Her parents, Kenya and Peter, watched, rapt. "Normally she’s coloring in a coloring book or just using a little notepad and scribbling," Kenya said as her daughter tried to decide between using gold or orange to draw the woman’s chair. "But this!" Sun, 27 May 2012 10:37:51 GMT 5cf2d7582dcf444a8c38984edb3ec892 2012-05-27T10:37:51Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154269465&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Cooper_River_a_top_rowing_venue.html Sun, 27 May 2012 10:33:56 GMT c846419222b6ea232eeeac459be56b24 2012-05-27T10:33:56Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154594045&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Honoring_vets_Downashore.html Sun, 27 May 2012 10:32:40 GMT ed20bb5e2574fd4eb166f18783207aa5 2012-05-27T10:32:40Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154632645&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Nearly_6_years_later__whistle-blower_returning_to_Camden_district.html At 3:30 p.m., Joseph D. Carruth jumps up from the couch at his Townsend, Del., home and heads to the garage. He speeds off on a Razor scooter with another scooter in tow. Sun, 27 May 2012 09:38:35 GMT 6531a93a99ddbd512282392c08f5e8a9 2012-05-27T09:38:35Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154664585&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Cops__Girl_poisoned_by_her_killer_mom_is_stable.html A 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL whom police said was poisoned by her suicidal mother who killed two of her other children was listed in stable condition at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Friday afternoon, police said. Sun, 27 May 2012 09:17:27 GMT 6bc817099f501015777122a070ef6c6c 2012-05-27T09:17:27Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154655485&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Camden_apartment_fire_claims_life_of_22-month-old.html Marcos Sosa of Camden was shaken from his sleep by the screams."Oh, my God! Oh my God!" he heard someone yelling from above his first-floor unit in the Gramercy Park Apartments. When he ran outside, he saw flames burning so furiously one neighbor described them as looking "evil and alive." Sun, 27 May 2012 07:41:01 GMT b11acbd48a39947181f0fed398855a68 2012-05-27T07:41:01Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154664565&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Briefly______CITY_REGION.html Pair of rapists sought City police are seeking the public's help in identifying two men who raped and robbed a North Philadelphia woman after breaking into her home on Tuesday morning, police said. Sun, 27 May 2012 06:30:20 GMT c2e92211f3f9c48980a3c0fcee0cfa19 2012-05-27T06:30:20Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154664595&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Etan_s_alleged_killer_on_suicide_watch.html A 51-YEAR-OLD Maple Shade man who is accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York 33 years ago was put on suicide watch Friday, the anniversary of the boy's disappearance and National Missing Children's Day. Sun, 27 May 2012 06:18:15 GMT ef1a605b37c069299c134736e52df745 2012-05-27T06:18:15Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154664575&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_This_is_why_they_call_it_Memorial_Day.html THEY'RE ALWAYS special, the Memorial Day services that unfold every year at the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Friendships are renewed, old stories are rehashed, and precious time is spent paying tribute to the 646 local soldiers who didn't make it out of 'Nam alive. Sun, 27 May 2012 06:18:14 GMT 34ce0b09b3933887e1b3b99993ab52ca 2012-05-27T06:18:14Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154632705&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Pope_s_butler_arrested_in_Vatican_leak_case.html VATICAN CITY - An already sordid scandal over leaked Vatican documents took a Hollywood-like turn Saturday with confirmation that the pope's own butler had been arrested after documents he had no business having were found in his Vatican City apartment. Sun, 27 May 2012 05:06:37 GMT d5f193415a81bb2ab5942ab0b2ca66d3 2012-05-27T05:06:37Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154653565&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Couple_held_on_child-endangerment_charges.html A Levittown couple were being held Saturday on children-endangerment charges after, authorities said, they left their two preschool children home alone while they spent time at the Parx casino in Bensalem.Ryan Feyh, 30, and Nicole Donahue, 25, were arrested about 2 a.m. Friday when they returned to their apartment to find a police officer with the children, ages 2 and 4, according to Middletown Township police. The younger child wandered away from the apartment complex and was found crying in the parking lot of the nearby Giant grocery store, said Robert Brosius, the arresting officer. Sun, 27 May 2012 05:05:03 GMT c413fce866bda121f235d70bd2ea5874 2012-05-27T05:05:03Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154228495&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120527_Egyptian_voters_send_clear_message.html CAIRO, Egypt — Last week, Egyptian voters delivered a stunning setback to the Islamist candidate for president, who had anticipated an electoral triumph so great that it would catapult his movement to power throughout the Middle East. Sun, 27 May 2012 03:37:49 GMT 50fe5cdcdeb827b265cef074981cd62d 2012-05-27T03:37:49Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154590415&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120526_ap_psuspaternospaniereachmadeover1min2011.html Penn State University has made public a report that shows fired football coach Joe Paterno and former president Graham Spanier each earned more than $1 million in compensation last year. Sun, 27 May 2012 02:38:23 GMT efcf6433917c83e6b3b1c06a4b660b8a 2012-05-27T02:38:23Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154590705&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120526_Pair_on_motorcycle_hurt_by_hit-and-run_SUV.html A 31-year-old man was dragged several blocks after an SUV struck his motorcyle and seriously injured a 21-year-old woman in the city's Feltonville section, police said. Sat, 26 May 2012 23:57:02 GMT 103a214f2a514efab99b35a74dfb426d 2012-05-26T23:57:02Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154176385&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120526__lsquo_Dave_on_Demand_rsquo___Shuffling_deckchairs_on__lsquo_X_Factor_rsquo___Clay_loses_again__Unseen_and_forgotten.html The fun never stops, folks. During the broadcast of American Idol’s season finale, Ryan Seacrest announced the cities and dates for next season’s auditions. Sat, 26 May 2012 23:20:10 GMT 4f7c723a22d715222bc83709068b45d2 2012-05-26T23:20:10Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154313485&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120526_For_Shore_merchants__the_make-it-or-break-it_season_begins.html Jersey Shore businesses are opening for a critical summer season with high hopes - and high stakes. Sat, 26 May 2012 20:29:20 GMT 896fe0872ed9222fa78d64da0de6cadf 2012-05-26T20:29:20Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154313475&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20120526_In_Atlantic_City__tension_growing_between_Marina_and_Boardwalk_areas.html ATLANTIC CITY - The Borgata wants out of an $860,000-a-year assessment as part of an expansion of the Special Improvement District under the new state-run tourism district the Christie administration created. Sat, 26 May 2012 20:28:40 GMT 300914312fc85e6af4b5885154d9fec5 2012-05-26T20:28:40Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=154419855&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F154419855.html and Kristin HolmesStaff Writers A four-alarm fire that witnesses say rousted them from bed in the middle of the night with an explosion tore through a Camden apartment complex, killing a toddler, and injuring four others. Sat, 26 May 2012 17:38:03 GMT fa46afca0c1a03b704436ef43f0cf613 2012-05-26T17:38:03Z