Hurricane Earl bears down on East Coast
Hurricane Earl took aim at North Carolina on Thursday and is on track to lash its barrier islands with dangerous winds and pounding surf before cutting a path up the U.S. East Coast.
A LONG, HOT AUTUMN
If you hear a distant fanfare this weekend as you huddle around the last barbecue of summer, chances are it is Labor Day signaling the start of the home stretch to the Congressional mid-term elections. From here on out, we’ll see more ads, more posturing, more mudslinging, and great herds of political pundits thundering across the land with all the enthusiasm and grace of buffaloes in a rut. And no one will be more aware of all that than a man whose name is not on any ballot, and yet has everything on the line: President Barack Obama.
Oil sheen spreads from rig after fire
An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames on Thursday and unleashed a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico, in the region’s first major offshore disaster since BP’s oil spill began in April.
‘Housewives’: The Beverly pill-billies?
Coming fresh off of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” reunion (did you all catch that horror show? One word: cray-cray) is the announcement that Bravo is set to release yet another Real Housewives franchise, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” next month.
Didn’t I see that one already?
Hollywood loves a good formula, and this fall movie season is rife with tried-and-true plot setups that will give you deja vu.
University City back in business
From Baltimore to Lancaster avenues and along Market Street in between, University City is abuzz from the arrivals of college students and professors back after summer vacation.
Tiger losing, and so is his clothing line
Tiger Woods fans have put up with the philandering, the text messages and the domestic spats. Now comes what may be the hardest thing of all to tolerate: losing.
‘Check out the moobs on that guy’
While breast-enhancing surgery has become almost a norm for American women, men are also heading to the plastic surgeon’s office more often — to have their man-boobs (moobs) removed.
The very best in Cape Cod’s clam shacks
If you are what you eat, then most Cape Codders would be a clam — or maybe a lobster roll A land named for a type of fish should abound with chances to sample tasty seafood, and Cape Cod does not disappoint
‘I am good enough, I am smart enough ... ’
So you squandered an estate note on a bachelor’s degree, then trudged through more entry-level hardships and thankless internships than should be legally permissable, only to backslide into a self-esteem shattering, résumé-derailing grind, several tax brackets below your dignity.
Baby girl hurt in vicious dog attack
An 11-month-old baby girl remained at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Thursday after she and her mother were attacked by a vicious dog inside an Upper Darby home.
Bail up for cop assault suspect
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA. Bail for the 37-year-old man accused of attacking a city police officer at a South Philadelphia Rite Aid was raised from $100,000 to $250,000 during a preliminary hearing yesterday.
Nutter vs. Katz and Street?
As the conventional wisdom of Philly politics go, Sam Katz’s dreams of elected office died with his 2003 rematch loss to John Street, and Michael Nutter is guaranteed re-election next year. Is the grapevine wrong?
Shore coffers eyeballing Earl
Though Hurricane Earl is projected as a medium threat-level for the start of the Jersey Shore’s lucrative Labor Day weekend, tourism officials in Atlantic and Cape May counties are optimistic worst-case projections won’t come to pass.
‘Phlyin Phanatic’ takes to the sky in competition
The Phillie Phanatic has seen it all in his 32 years, from dancing on dugouts to fighting with umps to appearing in an episode of “Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” This weekend, an ambitious group of Phillies fans hope to launch the country’s most famous mascot into the Delaware River.
3 injured in propane explosion
COLLINGDALE. Three civilians were treated for non-life-threatening injuries in yesterday’s blaze at a welding supply company in Collingdale, Delaware County, that burned for five hours.
Teenager is held in slaying
HUNTING PARK. A 17-year-old girl was ordered held for trial yesterday on multiple charges stemming from the June 27 death of Quinta Brown, 22.
Police on hunt for bank robber
UNIVERSITY CITY. Authorities are searching for the man who robbed a TD Bank branch at 3735 Walnut St. yesterday.
Did Alzheimers make him murder his wife?
An 88-year-old Delaware County man has been charged with killing his wife of 50 years in their Springfield home after the Alzheimers-riddled woman told her husband to leave, police said.
New budget director named
A day after former city budget director Stephen Agostini started his new job in Washington, D.C., Mayor Michael Nutter announced his replacement yesterday.
Philly
Hit-and-run driver paroled out
Murano residents: Occupancy a mirage
Snoop Dogg drops in for bottle signing
Contract talks in deadlock at Inky, DN
Another delay for new rail cars
Life after the war in Iraq
Firefighter dead in crash
Two dead in SW car crash
AC fire leaves 37 homeles
Feds: US rep.’s staff threatened
Weekend murder unsolved
How did we get to this orwellian situation?
Claims of stalking involve cell carrier
PHA head suspended, under scrutiny
End of church now near
Children who are homeless a growing concern for city
Alleged double murderer nabbed
Temple researches city gun violence
Scandals stoke calls to end Greene tenure
Venture cash flowing into Philadelphia area
‘Most hated’ wants another try at his job
Civil unrest leads to resisting arrest
NEW FEES ON WEB, WEEDS
Drugged driving the new drunk driving
Metro readers rate the Nutter tenure
Cops: Woman’s scorn behind Logan blaze
Craigslist hooker ring busted
School-choice cash out of the gov. race
Facebook isn’t the place to put a hit out
PHA head emerges, takes leave
Lawmaker’s office raided by FBI, IRS
DRPA makeover? The jury’s still out
Startling gaps in workplace equality
Dougherty calls for reform
For hire: Cops in Baltimore
He’s fighting through the dog days
Jury can’t decide, so cop killers get life
‘Sinvestments’: Ire as Pa. pensions leak
WHAT ABOUT THE SMART?
Union: Fire Dept. response time a ‘lie’
Escaped suspect on the loose
Penn can’t catch break on Forbes
Careless smoking led to blaze, boy’s death
Business owner killed for cash
Massive fishkill on Del. bay befuddling
Rapist’s horrible crime recounted
Gov. candidate touts education
Inventors compete for shot to change the world
Permits no longer required at Mall
SEPTA bus slams into Monk’s Cafe
Mystery surrounds claim of three kids thrown into river
Lawsuit filed in duck boat crash alleges safety issues
Job hunting is a hot, crowded undertaking
Not safe on your own front steps
Warner uses ‘brain damage’ as defense
63 years for beating, robbing women
WHAT'S WITH EARLY CLOSE?
Vacancies in new homes spell out market difficulties
Two kids injured, caught in crossfire
Former cop charged in hit-and-run
MOVE shooting: It’s been 32 years
Ramsey takes steps to weed out bad apples
Seaside town not so quiet these days
Korean cars unloading at Phila. port
Families of victims and lifers talk parole rights
Comcast-NBC merger: A little insight
Pa. looks at policy on juvenile lifers
Counselor charged in death of autistic man
Nutter: Pension plan must be scrapped
Casino’s near and far future
Tattoo business won’t be erased
Brownouts mean delays, union says
SAFETY AT STATION
‘Lost year’ for hikers still being held in Iran
South Philly parking fix? Fuhgeddaboudit!
Cop allegedly took cash from bar safe
Victims hope justice ends ‘Pukemon’ saga
Life or death choice looms for cop killers
Stadium vendors cited for feces, insects
Hit-and-run suspect given bail
Free rides cost tolls official his $180K job
Aretha, Condi just what Mann needs
Apple Store opens this week on Walnut
Campus shaken up by Drexel baller arrests
Liczbinski trial now in jury’s hands
Inform the passengers
The new plan for fighting corruption
Disabled still have to fight for rights 20 years later
Brazen bike thief steals in daylight
CDC scores on SEPTA cleaning contract
Death penalty and race at issue
Gunfire, even arson in towing turf war
His testimony won’t count
Christie wants casinos
Father of cop: Wait for a jury’s verdict
Neither judge nor lawyer can talk sense into Floyd
Apple Store nears an opening
Support in her bid for Playboy
Dems’ DC big guns enter Pa. races early
No ‘obvious foul play’ in death of Jenna Lord
Shooting at crash over who got to tow
SEATBELTS, ELEVATORS
District has lots to prove this summer
$10K reward for suspect in officer’s shooting
Our own shark week on the Jersey Shore
DA not willing to concede wrong verdict
Time to say goodbye to the Rs
From carjacking to sex — and now computer theft
Geno’s raises cash for Arizona’s law
City must again cut budget
‘Kate plus 8’ plus questionable child labor
Onorato hammering Corbett on jobs quote
$3.5 million later, too drunk to recall
Ten days later, Delco woman still missing
Men in blue now suspects
Website dumps on Phils fans
Electricity, transit suffer as rain falls hard and fast
Del. native killed by bomb in Uganda
Tug boat plot thickens: Crewman takes Fifth
Green light plans saving some green
OH, SEPTA CROWDS
Three cheers for La Furia Roja
Vick told not to travel, a no-show at camp
The river attracts crowds once again
Onorato says gov. race all about jobs
Train cars caught in squabble
What was a rescue is now a recovery
More than half of city’s students meet standards
Duck boat sinks after barge crash
Boyfriend charged in murder
‘All over a bike,’ Sabina’s alleged killer told police
Gratz sophomore dies from shooting
Rendell signs budget, touts education
Tax deadbeats give $60M during amnesty program
Body may be missing Mayfair woman’s
New fares not so simple
Liberty Medal goes to ...
Actually on budget deadline?
The good, bad and headaches of Fourth
Officer injured in Chester shootout
Emotional start to murder trial
Where Tiger goes, bad publicity follows
Tigermania comes to Philly for July Fourth
Local entrepreneur takes her beauty line national
Bail jumpers are city’s new target
Federal gun ruling fuels local interest
ARE HORNS NECESSARY?
Drastic shift in where kids go to school
Thieves steal cancer patient’s donations
Triathlon swimmer found dead
Fans aware of Chester crime issue
Big decisions, big concerns still loom for Pa. state budget
AT&T now at one end of subway line
Committee of Seventy calls for election reform
Three murdered overnight
Inconvenience on Parkway
Transit cash in limbo
Chester lockdown extended 30 days
Jury: Local Boy Scouts should remain rent-free
Richmond fire kills 3-year-old
Port project gets approval
Grocery chain brings food, jobs
Alleged star stalker now charged by feds
House fire seriously injures 3 young children and their pregnant mother
59-year-old graduates high school
Superfan may be sent to Gotham
Conviction in NE robbery spree
Kin questioned in prison officer death
Philly as new center of the TV universe?
Papa legacy grows with cancer run
Curfew seen as last-ditch effort
Will Sheriff’s Office go the way of the BRT?
Witnesses to crimes get attention
Victims testify in robbery spree trial
'Troublemaker' charged in Sabina slaying
Jaworski "really pumped" for Soul return in 2011
Job fair attracts young, hungry college grads
Murder suspect freed by Delco prison, but turns self in
City says boy scouts' group reneged on promise
Scouts’ building battle goes to court
More murders solved but toughest have few leads
Many Philadelphians unfit to serve in nation’s military
‘Person of interest’ in Sabina’s murder
Phila. region going gaga over real estate, survey says
Beer and soccer early for many during the Cup
Cop-killer suspect punches own lawyer
Satellites, concerts on Council’s to-dos
Punishments get initial approval
Massive melee in Kensington
Go-go goes up in blaze
Ticket scandal ends in firings
Building a diamond in the rough
Axe coming down on hit-run drivers?
Parkway overhaul to change landscape
Kin of lawmaker is murder victim
East Falls enjoys its spot along bike race
She saw city as ‘her playground’
Nutter hires a new — and cheaper! — managing director
Violent robbery crew holding up city pharmacies
NoLibs server murdered near her apartment
SEPTA on cable show
Pedicabs coming streets for riders ... sort of
Behind the Flyers is a sea of support, or at least a city
Memorial Day kind to the Jersey Shore
Williams thinks he'll try again
SEPTA fares go up, without full support
Flyers success driving fans to batty for tickets
Watch out for the Rickshaws
City's green efforts not as easy as flipping a switch
Women still struggling to enter to Pa. politics
‘Pukemon’ fan comes up guilty
Boy electrocuted at SEPTA train depot
U.S. hikers held in Iran get engaged behind bars
Barnes innocent, but not set free yet
From near-worst to first for SEPTA fares
Kidnap hoax mom Sweeten again in legal trouble
Budget passes, but not without consequences
Sestak, Toomey already lobbing attacks
Rape suspect ID’ed with the help of a little DNA
Joe Sestak manages major upset
No reason behind early morning murder, police say
Trial in 1966 cop shooting opens new wounds
Tickets show old habits die hard
Philly will play large role in Dem. primary
N.J. raids connected to failed NYC bomb
MOVE philosophy lives on in survivor
For those close to MOVE, past hard to forget
Ethics reform moves forward
This week: 5500 block, Lancaster Ave.
City officer confesses he shot himself
Costly cameras now ey South Phila. High
Tiger looking forward to "rowdy" Philly crowds
Getting nothing, but paying for it
Laptops hinder classrooms as much as help
Lingerie league still appealing
Suspicions of affair leads to deadly end
Did he deserve such a shock?
Wife: Cop shouldn’t have had his firearm
Family fight turns deadly; cop charged
Unwrapping a new Tastykake factory
Worry for city’s young victims
A bad day for a Mets fan at Citizens Bank Park
Backyard brawl with Mets begins
Soda tax not popped yet
Is Foxwoods' ready for cement shoes?
Temple nurses get back to work
Time to 'Xip' for your supper
Hire education, or I’m leaving
Fender bender? Cops won’t come
Lining up for SugarHouse
