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, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:00 GMT 2009-11-20T23:28:00Z 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=70609372&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Bike_enforcement_push_to_begin_today_in_Center_City.html Philadelphia police officers biked through Center City on a mission today: to make bicyclists more aware of their surroundings, their fellow travelers on the streets, and most important, the laws they're supposed to follow. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:36:00 GMT 029c9e9bee8fd8b0ef69fb37b0763cd0 2009-11-20T12:36:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70661527&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Brazen_wild_turkeys_step_out_in_the_suburbs.html With Thanksgiving around the corner, you'd think turkeys would be lying low. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:00 GMT f65430e18f90d3bcc92f759cfe016cdc 2009-11-20T23:28:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70630792&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Defense_asks_jurors_to_spare_Lewis_life.html S In a mournful day of testimony that regularly brought men and women, jurors, veteran cops and prosecutors to tears, the widow of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy today told a Philadelphia jury about life after 10:30 a.m. Oct. 31, 2007. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:44:00 GMT 7370e3c603a8137ee3ae4dd5873fa3da 2009-11-20T17:44:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70657727&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Six_held_in_gang_rape_of_West_Philadelphia_woman.html Police tonight are holding six males, ranging in age from 16 to 52, all charged in the assault of a young woman they dragged out of a Chinese take-out in West Philadelphia, and then gang-raped inside a nearby apartment. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:44:00 GMT f2b91bb1f3d8320c7b283ad3fd7a8e19 2009-11-20T22:44:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70648182&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Cop_killer_will_have_to_wait_to_learn_fate_.html John "Jordan" Lewis will have to wait through the weekend to learn if he is to live or be sentenced to death for murdering a Philadelphia police officer. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT 227f848efa2504ec5548c65b7bec7934 2009-11-20T21:00:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600842&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_3_charged_with_hacking_into_Comcast_s_Web_site.html When Comcast's Internet customers tried to connect to their e-mails or voice mails two days in May 2008, they were redirected to a Web site that read "KRYOGENIKS Defiant and EBK RoXed COMCAST sHouTz to VIRUS Warlock elul21 col 1 er seven." Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT eb00788d40806441c7969c51f1f04a17 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70648017&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Two_more_narcotics_officers_snared_in_probe.html Two more narcotics officers have lost their police powers and been forced to give up their weapons in an ongoing corruption investigation that has ensnared three others this year. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:00 GMT 217c36b0a54843342dc2f9bf225e901e 2009-11-20T20:59:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600417&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Longtime_firefighter_gets_light_sentence_for_two_Coatesville_arsons.html A former assistant fire chief accused in two Coatesville arsons this year walked into the Chester County Courthouse yesterday in shackles and exited without them, free to go home. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 39f71e9f11c09054ac841b4e95a2cae0 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70634072&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Vigil_tonight_in_Philadelphia_for_teen_found_dead_in_Puerto_Rico.html A vigil will be held tonight in Philadelphia for Jorge Lopez Mercado, 19, who was found dead on the roadside in his hometown of Caguas, Puerto Rico on Nov. 14. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT 12db97db4199d2c09fe3e350e3f4132f 2009-11-20T18:23:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600367&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Rowan_football_team_taps_ailing_boy_s_spirit.html No one thought Luke DeFilippo would come this far. Luke, 7, has a rare brain tumor, gliomatosis cerebri. When doctors diagnosed it in October 2003, they told Rick and Laura DeFilippo of Audubon that their baby had two months to two years left. But Luke has far outlived that grim prognosis. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 0068a6b9ca6dc2859eef437296e71ed2 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600332&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Annette_John-Hall__Killing_Bambi__coddling_Bambi.html It started about a month ago when my puggle, Angel, began barking at fleeting shadows when I took her out at night. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3bad85212ca568adb18725d6c73f1ec5 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600847&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Death_of_disabled_man_at_Krol_center_remains_a_mystery.html IT WAS after midnight in mid-April, and Greg Harlen would not stop screaming in his room at the Cardinal Krol Center. Harlen, 52, a resident of the Philadelphia Archdiocese-run home for mentally handicapped men, was lying in his bed, writhing in pain. Both of his hips had been shattered. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 87c01e058df04f866ed23a5d033c301a 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600077&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Rumson_flaunts_charms__hoping_regatta_will_stay.html RUMSON, N.J. - When they convene here six months from now for the first Dad Vail Regatta outside Philadelphia in more than half a century, thousands of collegiate rowers on the Navesink River will race past the Salt Creek Grille and take in a view of the splendid Oceanic Bridge and riverfront homes. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 8bf48d67e685f92292d94c6863fc5dd4 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70464072&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091119_College_students_arrested_for_not_paying_tip.html It was an evening out that college students Leslie Pope and John Wagner will long remember. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT 724ac2fd766350fcff8b6d40e5f8e77d 2009-11-19T15:21:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600397&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_District_OKs_bid_for_daily_gym.html The Downingtown Area School District agreed yesterday to allow a Lionville Middle School sixth grader coping with diabetes to take physical-education classes every day, as his family had requested. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2f89a79b0f1734b888daa6eea53e79e1 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70608142&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Rare_thunderstorm_jolts_area.html In the early-morning hours Patrick O'Hara heard something not usually associated with the week before Thanksgiving - peals of thunder. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:03:00 GMT a7b089f2ebdf0af487c5542b8871f264 2009-11-20T12:03:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70614857&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Man__19__slain_in_Chester_City.html A 19-year-old Delaware man was shot and killed last night in Chester City, police said. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:00 GMT 8261a56f1c4cf214c44935fda79701ec 2009-11-20T14:28:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600427&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Order_s_up_-_and_so_is_their_gig.html This time, police - and a pizza shop owner - were ready. A week earlier, a delivery call to an Upper Darby pizzeria had come from a blocked number, and the delivery man was robbed at gunpoint. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT d7fe811a64643be3a536ccdb23313544 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600797&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Cuffed_Chester_slay_suspect_flees_cops.html Just after being charged with murder in the stray-bullet killing of a Chester woman, 17-year-old Abdul Johnson stole a vehicle from detectives while handcuffed and drove away from the prison that was to become his home. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 093952c89276c2fe25ff078a95f53c0f 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600067&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Corzine_warns_Christie_on__unenviable__budget_choices.html ATLANTIC CITY - Gov. Corzine's voice wavered as he choked out the words: "From the bottom of my heart, serving you as a U.S. senator and as governor have been the highest points of my life." Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 9c94271fdd35a49905920ab6430feaea 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600437&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Farm_family_staves_off_sprawl_in_Bucks.html When 90-year-old Sam Snipes was a boy in the 1920s, Falls Township was a bucolic place with about 2,500 people. Nearly all the land was occupied by farms. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 031a06dc4b944ccb4fe249614336bd0c 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600432&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Chester_residents_applaud_arrests_in_stray-bullet_death.html A crowd of nearly 100 outside the William Penn Homes in Chester burst into applause yesterday when police announced first-degree murder charges against two young men accused in the death of a woman struck by a stray bullet there. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT a320c85d6da3587fcea4279b901384b3 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600412&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Temple_U__adjunct_teachers_stage_a_protest.html Adjunct instructors, who say they make up nearly half of Temple University's faculty, called for better pay and working conditions yesterday at a demonstration in front of the campus bell tower near Paley Library. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 7e436da2ace2ea65fba1e27370d2d80f 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600817&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_2_more_narcs_taken_off_the_street_in_corruption_probe.html The Internal Affairs Bureau has stripped two more narcotics officers of their police powers and service weapons in connection with an expanding federal-local investigation into allegations of perjury and misconduct, including fabrication of evidence. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 44cd8d0d881f4e3bcddb8f51b1755cec 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600377&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Camden_drug-ring__enforcer__guilty_of_murder__other_charges.html Two-Face was stoned-faced yesterday as a federal jury in Camden delivered a verdict that could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 9f48240fd32bc6dcbaae2a7a9141683b 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600072&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_John_Lewis_guilty_of_first-degree_murder.html John "Jordan" Lewis, the baby-faced North Philadelphia man whose string of six armed robberies ended with the Halloween 2007 slaying of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, was found guilty of first-degree murder yesterday by a Philadelphia jury. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT c5031a243af367a786d07971dc2ce16a 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600857&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_2_charged_in_Upper_Darby_food_sting_operation.html A robber who tried to hold up his deliveryman at gunpoint in Upper Darby Wednesday night got more than the cheesesteak he ordered. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 88f096e6ca71307aba5853689175d816 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600807&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Cop-killer_s_life_is_in_hands_of_jury.html STARTING THIS morning, a life-or-death matter will be the subject of conversation in Courtroom 304 of the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT a43d3cec9d0028a6af9c91473021d2b9 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600792&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Cemetery_reserves_a_place_for_the_Jewish_community.html In the sprawling grounds of the West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, a portion of the 187-acre tract was dedicated yesterday as a Jewish burial site. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT edee81419f15b987672659147aa2b174 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600422&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_City_cyclists_cheer_one_bill__boo_others.html A less-motorized metropolis was the subject of City Council bills yesterday - one to allow human-powered taxis, another seeking strict regulation of the city's estimated 300,000 bicyclists that cycling advocates immediately denounced. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 5b167f5e3fac646f32eb9b46111d304c 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600052&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Computer_glitch_causes_hours_of_flight_headaches.html ATLANTA - For the second time in little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air-travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT c47d608be67c086f8aafa682c34c42ef 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600407&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Student_and_educator_for_ABCs_and_Ph_D_.html Annemarie Jay had kissed hundreds of her first-grade students on the cheek as they said goodbye on the last day of school. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 675555f6d42f8fe5c9cfbedf2fb84fde 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600402&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Owen_J__Roberts_board_hires_superintendent.html Weeks before six of its nine members leave office, the Owen J. Roberts School District board has hired a superintendent over the objection of many who wanted the new board to make the decision. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 8a0abcd5bc7c37e5b668b9bbcdc9a6c0 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600852&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_SEC_accuses_4_people_in_alleged_Ponzi_scheme.html Federal regulators have accused four people and two companies of fraud in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that lured 300 investors nationwide in purported eco-friendly investments involving a Montgomery County firm. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT ea3097c96aac6d7e154ba96062ebc34a 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600862&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Lawmakers__city_at_odds_over_table-games_revenue.html Adding table games to Pennsylvania slot parlors could bring some Philadelphia community groups the biggest windfall of cash since former state Sen. Vince Fumo tapped Peco Energy to give millions to his nonprofit Citizens' Alliance for Better Neighborhoods. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2df6978dd72180785b34ae851a28d1e9 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600832&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_People_with_good_credit_facing_foreclosure.html WASHINGTON - The foreclosure crisis likely will persist well into next year as high unemployment pushes more people out of homes, pulls down housing prices and raises concerns about the broader economic recovery. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 0f8033cb5bd7abaaf9e5e35e03b6ca2f 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600837&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Harry_Gross__Son_can_t_get_late_dad_s_SS.html Dear Harry: My father died in 1981. I am his only child. Until he died, he collected Social Security. This lasted about four years. My mother died before him so she never got a dime of his SS. I'm 51, and I'm too young to collect on my own SS, but it sure Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT c942abb1129a120f79a964608a7170fc 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600827&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Briefly______CITY_REGION.html Man shot 6 times in Olney A shooting in Olney last night left a 25-year-old man in critical condition, police said. The victim, whom they did not identify, was shot twice in the head, twice in the right arm and twice in the leg on Marshall Street near Louden about 9 p.m., said Officer Jill Russell, a police spokeswoman. The victim was admitted to Albert Einstein Medical Center. Police had no suspects and knew of no motive. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 171c437deac753fe3ea66ccd49dde707 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600822&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Elmer_Smith__Temple_s_close__can_take_you_far.html I ASKED STUDENTS in my journalism class what comes to mind when they think of Temple University. "Access" was the first word out of one student's mouth. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 92186eb1d3ae8f9b378b1385b7c605e3 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600802&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Clout__Rushed_to_center_stage.html A TWO-TERM congress- man looking to knock off a five-term senator in a primary election needs a lucky break or two. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 80308d627df2a80826f1588296740699 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600812&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Correction.html _ A headline in yesterday's Daily News listed the incorrect location for a crash that killed business leader Chris Pavlides. The crash occurred in Delaware County. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 711c1936d13c498523e499e47dcdca1b 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600392&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Devon_subscribers_get_Media_Theatre_offer.html About 700 subscribers to the Devon Theater in Northeast Philadelphia, which has canceled its inaugural season, citing a cut in anticipated state funding, have a new alternative for their unused tickets: a theater 27 miles away. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT a320ada3e1ed78fe0624e3ac8e8a1e95 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600387&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Phila__Education_Fund_bestows_Eddy_Awards.html The Philadelphia Education Fund last night presented its annual Eddy Awards to people and organizations that have helped improve education for youths in the Philadelphia region. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 43d402aeda20b3f99fa7c56758ef4c62 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600062&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_Senators_dig_in_for_health-bill_showdown.html WASHINGTON - Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors yesterday assailed the Democrats' newly minted health-care legislation as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts, and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 11939cea011595078f97bd9cb396d2bc 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70600057&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091120_The_mammogram_storm__Benefits_vs__risks.html Common sense tells women that while mammography is an imperfect, inadequate defense against a disease that will kill 40,000 of them this year, it is better than nothing. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 40dd09ac3c4ce4be07febab4dfb32f5e 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70524407&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091119_Fate_of_Cassidys_killer_soon_to_be_in_hands_of_jury.html John "Jordan" Lewis, the baby-face North Philadelphia man whose string of six armed robberies ended with the Halloween 2007 slaying of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, was found guilty of first-degree murder this afternoon by a Philadelphia jury. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:18:00 GMT 045f53db4424291ef03e99dbf480222c 2009-11-19T18:18:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70444837&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091119_Rape_suspect_arrested__2nd_man_sought_in_4_sex_attacks_in_Kensington.html Kevin Maxwell was a creature of habit in his alleged crime spree against Kensington prostitutes. He purportedly picked them up, sometimes at gunpoint, from his navy-blue Toyota pickup truck as he cruised along Kensington Avenue, police said. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 5a87d82e139183b2485cc248dcd239a9 2009-11-19T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70585017&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091119_Man_in_Olney_shot_twice_in_head_tonight.html A 25-year-old man was in critical condition after being shot twice in the head in the city's Olney section, police said. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:18:00 GMT 6b32f63ae64e015a5adfb12fedddef92 2009-11-20T02:18:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70491202&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091119_Arrests_expected_in_Chester_shooting.html Police have arrested two Delaware County teenagers in connection with a shooting that killed a Chester woman who was lying in bed Sunday. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:20:00 GMT 38482d67dd98e51ad1c5ee183c9f98cf 2009-11-19T16:20:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165761&44=70444377&32=3796&7=195202&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2F20091119_Police_probe_pattern_of_rapes_around_Kensington_Ave_.html Detectives are investigating a pattern of four rapes that have occurred since October on women walking alone at night in the area of Kensington Avenue. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 23edfd2f54d2a39a0eccdfc3c00d97bf 2009-11-19T08:01:00Z