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, 06 Jul 2009 12:30:00 GMT 2009-07-06T12:30:00Z 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=50006707&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Plenty_of_cameras_monitor_55_000_Lancaster_residents.html On a sunny afternoon at H.M. Musser Park in Lancaster City, Vilma Caraballo pushed her grandson on a swing. Marion Young, 60, ate tortilla chips from her bagged lunch. And Maicol Ortiz, 19, sat on a brick wall, talking in Spanish with his 23-year-old girlfriend, Evelyn Monzon. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 9aa65ca05967c2c32f36784a43d85d3f 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006682&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_For_America_s_aged__surgery_at_any_price_.html Should a 97-year-old man undergo an expensive, dangerous open-heart operation to repair a lethal tear in a main artery of his heart? Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 38ff34769123e7cb5bb4d54ed8c42a66 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006952&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Fireworks_accident_kills_man_in_Bucks.html An accident during the grand finale of a July Fourth fireworks show in Quakertown has left one man dead and authorities investigating what went wrong. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 9b38526e724330f8b9839215f2891a85 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50017512&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_4_in_Pa__win__1_million__5_in_N_J__win__250K.html No one hit the nation's biggest jackpots over the weekend, but a quite of a bit of wealth was spread around in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:30:00 GMT 0d9bebe3d10f37852d748a25e7261049 2009-07-06T12:30:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50004027&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Cops_recover_body_of_drowned_11-year-old_boy.html A boy who drowned in the Delaware River Friday night, along with the man who tried to save him, had been properly fitted with a life jacket just hours before. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 4302393daec2772b5f54b733836abf8d 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006987&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_ATV_bills_would_tighten_enforcement__create_riding_parks.html Dennis Farmer fears he will never share the thrill of riding ATVs with his 6-year-old son. Fred Akers worries about the survival of the Pine Barrens tree frog. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 0bd55fcd21b34d5e20c701a4468ae660 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007032&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_In_budget_rhetoric__do_Rendell_s_numbers_add_up_.html HARRISBURG - If Gov. Rendell has said it once, he's said it a hundred times - or literally close to that. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 73c99e3e83977d83cfb628486982a7d7 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007042&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Sharif_Street_may_run_in_190th_District.html His father is out of the mayor's office, but the public-service bug that bit Sharif Street, too, has not faded. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 8247deb70b9f532a3f444797f5bf40aa 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007022&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Body_of_drowned_boy_found_in_the_Delaware.html Philadelphia marine police yesterday recovered the body of an 11-year-old North Philadelphia boy who drowned in the Delaware River Friday night while on a family boating trip. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT bdc3bb4598782ea46b1e48ca4943030f 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006697&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Trial_for_accused_Mafia_hit_man.html A reputed North Jersey mob figure who spent more than a decade on the run from a murder investigation was once part of a notorious Genovese crime family hit team known as "The Fist," according to government documents filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT ab96a53a8d5bd033947ba31a967c04da 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50004062&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_2_held_after_allegedly_shooting_3_after_Old_City_argument.html Two men were in custody yesterday for a shooting that wounded three men - one critically - early yesterday in Old City, police said. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT be86b96317a9ce7e60397eb519414e9f 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946242&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Life_after_the_death_of_Phila__Police_Officer_Charles_Cassidy.html Just after breakfast on Halloween, Judy Cassidy hears a knock at the door. One of her neighbors has noticed something peculiar in a house a few doors down and wants to find out if there's any "police activity." Cops and firefighters populate the whole Northeast. Judy's husband, an officer in the 35th District, is this street's resident protector. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT cce150aa50a51231c31707b878f2f83b 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006977&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_An_ill-timed_boot_spells_Phils__doom.html Say! for the love of Mike, who slipped our goat to Roger Bresnahan this season? For aeons and aeons have we been accustomed to viewing the St. Louis baseball team as a nice bunch of juicy ensilage on which to fatten our percentage in the official averages. ... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 3554bb2c87473e8a144a3107b930590b 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007047&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_String_band_relocates_to_Upper_Darby.html The Greater Overbrook String Band is now strutting its stuff in suburbia. The Mummers have relocated to the basement of the Highland Park Firehouse at Park Avenue and Cedar Lane in Upper Darby. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 8b86d866af600226ac321efd65ce6624 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50004057&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Fire_reveals_likely_meth_lab_in_Chester.html A Chester resident who started a fire in his rowhouse Saturday wasn't baking cakes or grilling burgers for the Fourth of July - he was cooking meth, police said. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 8b52ff8de97a3b5ede1f0f09530b76ce 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007037&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Two-part_dig_under_way_in_Valley_Forge.html The snapshot of the Continental Army's encampment at Valley Forge is a picture deduced from pieces of pottery, bone, and a military belt buckle. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 924a57835eae9410a3338754a29d662a 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50004042&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Harry_Gross__No_statute_of_limitations_on_this_debt_from_the_courts.html Dear Harry: I recently received a letter from the accounting department of the Court of Common Pleas stating that I owe them $759 going back to 1990-98. I don't deny that I owe this money, but can they come after me after all these years? Will credit-reporting companies be notified so it hurts my score? I think the city is in such desperate straits that it is trying to get money any way it can, even if the debt-collection period has expired. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT c7a30c22861b38b3d2662d771e1c9a8d 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50004017&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Upper_Darby_cops_nab_alleged_playground_shooter__despite_lack_of_help_from_witnesses.html Aaron Kearney took a bullet for his friend in front of 100 people on an Upper Darby playground in May, authorities said. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT f51ce6107ae8937104c3fa08345dbc3e 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50003987&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Stu_Bykofsky__Immigrants_are_key_to_the_American_spirit.html CONSIDERING THE recent headlines, I went looking for an Iranian, and found one, but the interview didn't really pan out. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT e9dc137e96cdd4f85f9aa5f8e969eb47 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006967&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Daniel_Rubin__Remnant_of_war_poses_conundrum.html So what do I do with the Nazi flag? Cousin Bobby asked us to grab it, before someone else went through the house and found it in the attic - folded up and faded by the sun, but still capable of inspiring horror. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT ba32c1dd1a7b829f067e95170125c4ac 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006997&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Popularity_slipping__Corzine_has_work_to_do.html Many voters don't like Democratic Gov. Corzine, despite his progress on promises to cut state spending and to support tougher ethics laws, two areas where residents wanted action. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 3115497a693ece37389e3c3e6f718ce2 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007017&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_The_next_day__the_Parkway_looked_like_nothing_happened.html Willie Guess said his job was to make "Philly look like Philly again" after big events such as Saturday night's Welcome America concert and fireworks show on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 5deed06ffa5be1b60f8a4b43ab308543 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007002&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Evesham_squabble_over_campaign_finance.html The invitation last month for a party celebrating the recent return of Republican rule to Evesham featured this request: Contributions to campaign funds and political action committees should not exceed $300. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 6cb2f2e65b170b39beaf2987796cbcfa 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007007&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Rutgers-Camden_helps_in_hunger_fight.html A Rutgers University initiative aimed at easing hunger across New Jersey has collected more than 20 tons of food in its first months, officials said last week. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 2e4864ec91b50d53df3b031bf5f91455 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50007012&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_To_Submit_Obituaries.html The Inquirer welcomes obituary information from funeral directors, relatives and friends. Please submit information promptly. We want our obituaries to be timely. Recent photographs of publishable quality are desired. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 44d103fbf1c6e7d9f3c27ff33732d88d 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006982&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_On_Philly_com.html To read the entire series of stories appearing on Mondays thus far, and for more classic photographs and stories from our first 180 years, plus historic front pages available for purchase, see a special interactive display at www.philly.com/inquirer Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 292cd4143dda9e53ade3c9dd984cde07 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006687&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Ousted_leader_is_denied_reentry.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing at the main Honduras airport yesterday because the runway was blocked by groups of soldiers with military vehicles, some of them lined up against a crowd of thousands outside. His Venezuelan pilot circled around the airport and then decided not to risk a crash. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 7d490d6ba9a7ec0bc010fc6e69848f8d 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50006702&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Obama_seeks_new_start_with_Russia.html MOSCOW - President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will try to break a deadlock in talks to replace a vital nuclear arms control treaty when they meet here today, with U.S. missile defense plans and Russian demands for sharper cuts in launchers presenting the key obstacles. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT a7495db010a0f6d3a747bd8a636504da 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50004032&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Briefly______CITY_REGION.html McDonald's holdup in NE Three armed men held up a McDonald's in Oxford Circle yesterday and escaped with $500 to $600, police said. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 2d0e57dd0bfee86fcbfb4dd387f2ddfa 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50004077&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Eve_is_playful_and_active__seeks_home_with_children.html This week's Adopt-a-Pet at the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society is Eve, a 6-month-old pit bull/terrier mix. Eve is active and playful, and would do best with an active family with older children. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 93e2662397b808704356eb0b5fee08fd 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50004072&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_No_parole_for_repeat_violent_offenders__Not_so_fast__critics_warn.html WITH EVERY violent crime committed by a repeat offender, get-tough politicians and police bemoan crime's incalculable cost to society - the lost victims, the rising public-safety fears, the ruined reputation of a thug-choked city. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 4dd7ae65d1e702d27599cfb5f4bfc44a 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50003992&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_Correction.html * A Friday story about a double homicide at the Piazza at Schmidts suggested that the owner of the complex ought to conduct background checks on tenants. A spokeswoman for Tower Investments says routine background checks are conducted on all potential tenants. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 7a21ce978f10664838594674f8a43d0c 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=50003967&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090706_John_Baer___Per_diem__is_a_magic_term_during_budget_impasse.html HERE ARE some fun facts related to the state budget impasse. Lawmakers can get up to $158 a day in expenses for each and every day the budget battle goes on, and most can collect it even in the absence of a budget. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 120d63fb062dc378f04d282b6f555f7e 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946397&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Heavy_rains__lack_of_sun_hamstring_crops.html By now, John Ebert should see neat rows of cornstalks rising at least five feet over his sprawling Cherry Hill fields. He should be getting ready for the first harvest in a few days. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 4fb378054c698ff1d22da751176c4217 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946257&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Hollywood_East_.html Dena Robbins found the perfect pad for - well, she can't really say, you understand, but a star, a BIG star, acting in a major motion picture production shooting in Philly. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT a1e8b7241251a5a17b9b9a70a1fb16b9 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49974167&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F070509_first_fourth.html It was a happy American birthday for children pledging their allegiance at the Betsy Ross House. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:39:30 GMT 820346352ba0ad4eccc7fd335dfb8734 David Ralis 2009-07-05T13:39:30Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946402&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Shore_cyclists_parade_their_patriotism.html OCEAN CITY, N.J. - A sea of red, white, and blue descended upon South Ocean City yesterday morning, when more than 1,000 cyclists of all ages displayed their patriotic-decorating skills in the annual holiday bike parade. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 567f25c681ee92ff8de45efa216e7da0 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49944547&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090704_July_4th_celebration_strong__entertaining.html Twelve of the world's strongest men dragged the Philadelphia Museum of Art down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Saturday and dropped it in LOVE Park. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:11:00 GMT d22aaf0fee669caf6a84b5010388a59a 2009-07-05T03:11:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49977982&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Taking_pride_in_cleaning_up_the_parkway_after_the_big_bash.html Willie Guess said his job is to make "Philly look like Philly again" after big events such as Saturday night's Welcome America concert and fireworks show on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:34:00 GMT 4e177575bbe23aa26459414526f86a28 2009-07-05T18:34:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946262&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Rub__No_place_he_d_rather_be.html Tall, fair-haired, and patrician, strongly emitting that ineffable thing called presence, Timothy Rub is wandering through the galleries of the Philadelphia Museum of Art late one recent night like a kid let loose in a candy shop. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 4f52aab80218a7cb385fa15416488891 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946247&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Troubles_at_VA_beyond_1_doctor.html Is Gary Kao a renegade physician, or a sacrificial lamb - or maybe just a doctor who was allowed to get in over his head? Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 6bef1a56fd3b7aa0a8146887c5dc29ce 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946387&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Karen_Heller__An_education_in_survival.html Shinelle Diamond Superville has the name of a superhero. Which is fitting. Much of what we take for granted in life, Superville does not. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 72d7497921a423ba31102e251fa517c9 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946252&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Trip_to_Russia_a_test_for_Obama.html WASHINGTON - President Obama is scheduled to leave Washington tonight on a weeklong trip that will help determine whether his personal popularity and fresh policy approaches can yield concrete results on difficult issues including arms control, missile defense, and nuclear nonproliferation. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 6cbece4d55844a1370405273c7bafe70 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946392&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_Inqlings__Messy_Mustang_goes_to_Army_vet.html Skippack's John DelVecchio, who lived in a flaming-red 2009 Ford Mustang for 11 days, will have to wait a bit before taking delivery of the car he won. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT f67050d208c040b97e1e82f0ab9c0913 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946407&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_N__Phila__man_s_body_found_in_Del__River__nephew_still_missing.html Police yesterday recovered the body of a 43-year-old North Philadelphia man who had dived from a boat into the Delaware River on Friday night in a failed attempt to save his nephew. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 1111403efff401d7766aa2c3e396cb3a 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946372&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_To_Our_Readers.html Monica Yant Kinney's column does not appear today. Also, Dan Rubin's column moves to Monday, starting tomorrow. Annette John-Hall's column will appear Sundays beginning next week. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 78cbcdce83c2b917d11d80afe34b4c5e 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49946367&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090705_The_Philadelphia_Inquirer.html SUBSCRIBER SERVICES service.philly.com For your convenience, you can start a subscription, temporarily stop delivery, register a service complaint, Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT c56e551cb2c79522ce8195424c815503 2009-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49903057&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090704_Pa__company_works_to_make_fireworks_greener.html Tonight, the fireworks arcing over the Ben Franklin Parkway will be a little bit greener. The colors in the display will be as bright and varied as ever, but with less environmental impact. That's because Zambelli Fireworks Internationale, the company staging the show, is working to reduce - and eventually eliminate - the pollutant perchlorate from its fireworks. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 8dc5b213dcc271ec02e3e73fdf1a434d 2009-07-04T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49903117&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090704_Pa__man_on_trail_of_identity_thief.html The unusual news of a Thomas Parkin caught in New York impersonating his dead mother to collect her Social Security struck Thomas Parkin of Plymouth Meeting uncomfortably close to home. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT a72c049035d8e1595837c17c40901e71 2009-07-04T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=49925047&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20090704_ap_boy11missinginparivermansbodyfound.html The Coast Guard has suspended the search for an 11-year-old boy missing in the Delaware River since Friday night along with a 43-year-old man whose body has been recovered. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:41:38 GMT ccfef878c8ecc218d2859c7f2f96ff27 2009-07-04T13:41:38Z