The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) back issues from September 2007:
Jailed father won't talk of missing son.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Joseph A. Gambardello Sep. 1--Sara Breen has not seen her 2-year-old son, Dimitrius, since March 25, when she took the boy for a visit with his father in West Philadelphia. Now the father is in jail, refusing to discuss his son's whereabouts, and Breen, as ...
Swordfish Steak.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Todd Zolecki Sep. 1--MIAMI -- The Phillies left the electric atmosphere at Citizens Bank Park for the tumbleweeds and crickets at Dolphin Stadium. It hardly bothered them. "We're in the hunt," Kyle Kendrick said after a 9-2 victory last night over ...
Ailing Hamels will miss next start.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Todd Zolecki Sep. 1--MIAMI -- Cole Hamels seemed certain he would miss no more than two starts because of his strained left elbow. But he will miss four. At least. The Phillies lefthander has been scratched from tomorrow afternoon's ...
Florida Int'l has new attitude The Golden Panthers, winless last season, hope to challenge Penn State.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Shannon Ryan Sep. 1--Florida International's task will be tougher than winning a game when the team visits State College to play No. 17 Penn State at noon today. The Golden Panthers are out to restore their image. Last season, while Penn State fans ...
Tut still revealing secrets: Former Penn student returns to tell more.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Avril Sep. 1--Egypt's top antiquities official was down in the fabled tomb of Tutankhamun a few weeks ago -- doing a television interview, of all things -- when he noticed something curious he had never seen before. In a back room closed to public view, ...
Stripper poles: New feminism?: Some argue that the frat-house toy allows young women, sober or not, to flaunt their liberation.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Alfred Lubrano Sep. 1--College fraternities, long known as bastions of grace and decorum, are these days featuring yet one more accoutrement of scholastic refinement -- the stripper pole. The most important campus development since the keg, the stripper pole ...
Phila. to get lion's share of computer grants: In its second year, Classrooms of the Future will set up high-tech centers in 255 more Pennsylvania high schools.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Hardy Sep. 1--With $90 million in new grant money in this year's state education budget, 255 more Pennsylvania high schools, including high schools in 44 Philadelphia-area districts, will get high-tech classrooms this fall with laptop computers and high-speed ...
Garrett Reid fails test, barely: The positive morphine was so low it could have been a fluke, but he must stay home.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Infield Sep. 1--Garrett Reid, son of Eagles coach Andy Reid, found himself back in court yesterday after testing positive for drugs in his urine. Montgomery County Court Judge Steven T. O'Neill said the amount of morphine in an Aug. 10 test was so low that ...
Penn admissions dean quits abruptly.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Kerkstra Sep. 1--The University of Pennsylvania's powerful dean of admissions abruptly resigned yesterday, and neither he nor the university explained why he was leaving, effective immediately. Lee Stetson, 65, had been Penn's chief gatekeeper for ...
EDITORIAL: Campaign Spending: FEC penalty too paltry.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sep. 1--It sounds odd to call a six-figure fine "too little," but the penalty imposed by the Federal Election Commission against a liberal political group is both too little and too late. The FEC sanctioned America Coming Together $775,000 for its massive, illegal ...
Soldiers at Fort Dix learn how to take the HEAT.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Edward Colimore Sep. 1--This vehicle goes nowhere and has accidents almost daily. It turns on its side, lands on its roof, and leaves passengers upside down or crammed to one side, shouting a few choice expletives. Guerlen Guerrier said yesterday she was ...
Rendell: Don't rush to judge fund-raiser: He's holding off on divesting $40,000 from his friend Hsu.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Thomas Fitzgerald Sep. 1--A prominent Democratic fund-raiser with a criminal past surrendered to California authorities yesterday as nearly every politician he has helped rushed to disavow him -- except Gov. Rendell. The governor said he would wait to see if ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer David Aldridge column: Ready for football? McNabb looks set, the defense doesn't. And then there's Andy Reid.(Column)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: David Aldridge Sep. 1--The exhibition season (just call it that and watch the NFL's head explode!) now over, here are a few things we know for sure about the Eagles: They are, clearly, the best team in the eastern half of the state. They will have ...
Eagles may have shown their hand early.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Brookover Sep. 1--At least one name on the now-infamous List was correct and, despite what the Eagles said, there's plenty of reason to believe they all were. Early yesterday afternoon, the Eagles' official Web site -- www.philadelphiaeagles.com -- posted ...
Owls give Navy a game while receiving a loss.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Tatum Sep. 1--The 2007 edition of the Temple football team was unveiled last night at Lincoln Financial Field in front of a crowd of 30,368 that was the Owls' largest since they moved to their new home in 2003. Navy was in town to test the young Owls, ...
'Nova faces tough test in Terps: Wildcats hoping momentum carries over after winning last four of '06.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Juliano Sep. 1--Villanova won its final four games of the 2006 football season, reversing a slow-motion start and finishing with an unlikely 6-5 record. Now the Wildcats are wondering whether momentum has an expiration date. Then again, from what coach ...
Glavine amazingly avoids the disabled list.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Salisbury PHILADELPHIA _ The Phillies hoped to have Cole Hamels return to the mound on Sunday in Miami, but their ace lefty suffered a setback in his recovery from a tender elbow and is expected to miss another week of the National League pennant race. ...
After cleaning up in the game, Penn State must clean up the stadium.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Ford STATE COLLEGE, Pa. _ Joe Paterno thought he would make it all the way but running into the stadium with the team to begin a 42nd year as Penn State head coach was far from a sure thing on Saturday. He still gimps a bit on the left leg that was broken ...
Names in the news.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Folk legend and onetime Communist Party member Pete Seeger has written a new song denouncing Joseph Stalin. Described by Seeger as a yodeling blues song, "The Big Joe Blues" is direct: "I'm singing about old Joe, cruel Joe," Seeger sings. "He ruled with an iron hand. He put an ...
BRIEF: Four shot to death overnight.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sep. 1--Four more persons were killed early today in separate and apparently unrelated shootings on the streets of Philadelphia. Two of the shootings occurred in West Philadelphia, one in 3800 block of Haverford Avenue and the other in the 6100 block of Callowhill Street. ...
Phillies' winning streak ends at six.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Todd Zolecki MIAMI _ There would be no comeback this time. No miracle moments. Just an old-fashioned pounding. Phillies righthander J.D. Durbin allowed seven runs in the first inning on Saturday night _ Charlie Manuel told him to hit the ...
Penn State opens with a flurry.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Shannon Ryan STATE COLLEGE, Pa. _ The place to be on Saturday at Penn State's season opener was under the stands at Beaver Stadium, near the concession booths, where TVs hung overhead. Fans waited to restart tailgate parties and watch the final minutes of a ...
Eagles take their cuts.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Brookover PHILADELPHIA _ This time, the cuts were official. That, however, doesn't mean the Eagles' 53-man roster is final. After a snafu on the team Web site Friday inadvertently, and in five cases incorrectly, identified the names of 22 ...
Roger Goodell gets tough by necessity.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ashley Fox PHILADELPHIA _ It was a year ago Saturday that the stodgy, arrogant lawyer handed his office keys to the young, hip former public relations intern. And yet, Roger Goodell had no interest in commemorating his one-year anniversary as commissioner of the NFL ....
The Philadelphia Inquirer Phil Sheridan column: Birds burned by early cut list.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Sheridan Sep. 2--Some irony is especially satisfying. Case in point: The Eagles' official Web site managed to scoop the world with an incorrect list of final roster cuts this weekend. Ultimately, it probably didn't mean all that much. In a conference ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer Bob Ford column: Old-fashioned football.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Ford Sep. 2--STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno thought he would make it all the way, but running into the stadium with the team to begin a 42d year as Penn State head coach was far from a sure thing yesterday. He still gimps a bit on the left leg that was ...
Phillies Notes / No sign is found of sign stealing.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Todd Zolecki Sep. 2--MIAMI -- The New York Mets have a theory why the Phillies hit so well at Citizens Bank Park. They cheat. The Mets complained to Major League Baseball that the Phillies use a center-field camera to steal signs that they relay to ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer Inqlings column: Shyamalan's slam-bang filming.(Movie review)(Column)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Klein Sep. 2--M. Night Shyamalan is going for his first-ever R rating with his new film, The Happening, and people on both sides of City Avenue could see why. Shyamalan and company staged a death scene and a bloody car crash Tuesday for the thriller ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer Incites column: A week to remember.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Don McKee Sep. 2--It was a glorious week for baseball in the waning days of August, all the more so because sensational hardball this deep into a season has been so rare in these parts. But on Thursday afternoon, the Phillies did something most observers ...
Durbin drubbed by Marlins.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Todd Zolecki Sep. 2--MIAMI -- There would be no comeback this time. No miracle moments. Just an old-fashioned pounding. Phillies righthander J.D. Durbin allowed seven runs in the first inning last night -- Charlie Manuel told him to hit ...
City cabbies say technology is too taxing.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Joseph A. Slobodzian Sep. 2--Cherry Hill is about eight miles from Center City as the crow flies, nine miles according to most computer mapping software, and 269 miles if you're a Philadelphia cabbie. At least that's what the global positioning system, or GPS, ...
Love /.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jennifer Dorazio Sep. 2--Married July 14 in an outdoor ceremony at the Merion Tribute House in Merion Station, with the Rev. Stanley Alston presiding. A reception followed for 150 guests. They met In 1992, over Nikki's Thanksgiving ...
Woman with gun: That's the simple, scary premise of "The Brave One," says star Jodie Foster. It's not a revenge fantasy. Deal with it.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Steven Rea Sep. 2--Jodie Foster is in Queensland, Australia, on the phone, in a room looking over the ocean. It's early morning, and a storm is blowing. "There's rain and huge waves -- sideways rain," she reports. "And there's been a drought here. It hasn't ...
Art / A modest proposal for new Barnes.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Edward J. Sozanski Sep. 2--On Tuesday the battle of the Barnes moved back to court, probably for the last time. The Friends of the Barnes Foundation, a citizens group, filed a lawsuit in Montgomery County Court seeking to halt the foundation's planned move from Merion to ...
Burlington City shots leave 1 dead and 1 hurt.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Walter F. Naedele Sep. 2--A 19-year-old Burlington City man was killed and a 17-year-old girl wounded in a shooting in the city about 3 a.m. yesterday, police said. Jesus A. Avila, 22, of the 100 block of Lemmon Avenue in Pemberton Township, was arrested soon ...
Healthy growth in marketing of drugs.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Stark Sep. 2--It used to be that patients could get free drug samples straightaway in a doctor's office. That still happens, but now patients also may get a voucher with an expiration date to pick up drugs at a pharmacy. Or they may receive a plastic card giving ...
'Idol' judges underwhelmed: The consensus: Phila. contestants mostly lacked "wow" factor.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jonathan Storm Sep. 2--Three men in black guard the escalator at the Penn's Landing Hyatt Regency. Occasionally, shrieks descend. Have aliens taken over the second-floor ballroom? Nope. Just Meanie, Crazy Paula and The Dawg. And they're sending a few gifted ...
1 of 4 jackpot tickets is sold in S. Jersey.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Gelles Sep. 2--A Cape May County grocery sold one of four winning tickets that will divide Friday's near-record $330 million jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions Lottery, New Jersey lottery officials said. The owner of the ticket, expected to be worth ...
Probe tests Pa. casino oversight: A grand jury is considering whether a slots owner misled the state about alleged mob ties.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Craig R. McCoy Sep. 2--HARRISBURG -- A grand jury investigation involving a Scranton millionaire and a reputed mobster is shaping up as a test of Pennsylvania's oversight of its fledgling casino industry. The probe, in Dauphin County Court here, is exploring ...
September day kisses the Shore.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jacqueline L. Urgo Sep. 2--ATLANTIC CITY -- Perhaps the summer was saving the best for last. Yesterday at the Jersey Shore was simply gorgeous under a deep blue sky as holiday throngs, bathed in sunshine, jammed the beaches and boardwalks or clogged the roads ...
As festivals urge peace in Phila., homicide toll rises.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Nussbaum and Walter F. Naedele Sep. 2--On a day devoted to neighborhood festivals promoting peace and harmony, Philadelphia police reported four more homicides yesterday, bringing the year's total to 285. Local civic leaders and antiviolence groups ended ...
Staying afloat in college: Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr students must pass a swimming test to graduate, a fading tradition.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Lini S. Kadaba Sep. 2--Classes don't start until tomorrow, but freshman Steve Dean has already confronted his first test at elite Swarthmore College -- a sink-or-swim challenge in the truest sense. On Thursday, Dean jumped into 13 feet of water at the school's ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer Web Winners column.(Column)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Reid Kanaley Sep. 2--Has real estate become another dice game for investors -- and for people just looking for a home? Here are Web sites to help sort out the market, and to give yourself an education. Home values. Plug in your address, or your neighbor's, and ...
OPINIONCenter : Nutter's task will take time.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Satullo Sep. 2--There can be such a thing as too-great expectations. As Michael Nutter lies in bed at night, after another pell-mell day of meetings with policy wonks, would-be staffers, and citizens eager to pump his hand, he must have his anxious ...
Owls coach sees loss as disappointing, not discouraging.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Tatum Sep. 2--Though he was furious about the penalties that quickly ended his football team's first two possessions Friday night, Temple coach Al Golden was satisfied that his Owls are on the way. "I'm not discouraged. I'm disappointed," Golden said ...
EDITORIAL: Presidential Primaries: System needs repair.(Editorial)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Sep. 2--A dispute between the Democratic National Committee and Florida Democrats shows how broken the presidential primary system has become. The DNC ordered the Florida Democratic Party to move back its planned Jan. 29 primary or lose the state's 210 delegates to next year's ...
EDITORIAL: Philadelphia School District: Hard work must continue.(Editorial)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Sep. 2--Philadelphia public schools' 166,000 students can relax for another week until the bell summons them back to class from the summer. Administrators and teachers have no such luxury; the troubles buffeting the district require all the good, hard work they can muster. ...
Modo Mio.(Restaurant review)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Craig LaBan Sep. 2--Listen carefully beneath the joyous din that vibrates through the wood-floored confines of Modo Mio, and you may hear the staccato song of hand-waving Italians at a neighboring table arguing literature over homemade tagliatelle and politics over ...
oast-to-coast.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Alan J. Heavens Sep. 2--We planned our cross-country camping trip with almost the same attention to detail as the Allies used for D-Day. I had the most recent Rand McNally in hand while my wife used her laptop to Google tent-camping sites along the route that ...
Destination Doylestown for music: Puck nightclub has added to the county seat's allure for performers, many of them nationally known.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kristin E. Holmes Sep. 2--At least a few musicians who perform regularly in Doylestown call the borough a Nashville in Bucks County. The town that doubles as the county seat, home of museums and a courthouse, has several places where musicians come to play. ...
Vintage fire truck a Radnor celeb: Built in 1954 and now lovingly restored, the Mack pumper will make a flurry of appearances.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bonnie L. Cook Sep. 2--Years ago, when Dick Brown was just a rookie, he was learning to steer the Radnor Fire Company's then-new 1954 Mack fire truck in front of the station house. "Turn, turn, turn," his instructor urged, but Brown didn't put enough elbow ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer On Golf column: Drive to Walker Cup.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Logan Sep. 2--As clear and crisp as his voice sounded, you would have never suspected that Buddy Marucci was on a cell phone, calling from Northern Ireland. Only hours earlier, Marucci, 55, from Villanova, captain of the 2007 U.S. Walker Cup team, and his ...
At 19, he's racing in Germany.: Duffy rises to rigors of triathlon.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Don Beideman Sep. 2--Brian Duffy grew up swimming, but by the time he reached sixth grade, he was tired of it and wanted to give other sports a try. His freshman year at Malvern Prep, he tried cross-country and found he was good at it. Track followed. At the ...
Art palace is right fit with Phila.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Inga Saffron Sep. 2--In the Art Museum's new Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, Philadelphia has at last acquired a modern civic building that is a true Philadelphian. It matters little that the architect, Richard Gluckman, hails from a certain big city ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer On Baseball column: Glavine keeps going.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Salisbury Sep. 2--The Phillies hoped to have Cole Hamels return to the mound today in Miami, but their ace lefty suffered a setback in his recovery from a tender elbow and is expected to miss another week of the National League pennant race. Meanwhile in ...
It's official: Johnson, Bloom among cuts.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Brookover Sep. 2--This time, the cuts were official. That, however, doesn't mean the Eagles' 53-man roster is final. After a snafu on the team Web site Friday inadvertently, and in five cases incorrectly, identified the names of 22 released ...
Terps are too much for Cats: Villanova hung in for a half. But then Maryland wore down the Wildcats.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Juliano Sep. 2--COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Among the items on Villanova's checklist for its season opener against Maryland were to keep things simple for first-time starting quarterback Antwon Young, not get anyone hurt, and keep the game competitive. A mixed ...
Shuler capitalizes on slot for Quarless.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff McLane Sep. 2--STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Mickey Shuler surprised even himself yesterday. This was, after all, the first career start for the Penn State redshirt sophomore. Add in the facts that he was pressed into the role and was carrying the weight of ...
Lions obliterate Panthers.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Shannon Ryan Sep. 2--STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The place to be yesterday at Penn State's season opener was under the stands at Beaver Stadium, near the concession booths, where TVs hung overhead. Fans waited to restart tailgate parties and watch the final minutes ...
Do Irish have an answer for QB question?
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Shannon Ryan The quarterback mystery continues. After a preseason of swirling speculation about who would be Notre Dame's next quarterback in the post-Brady Quinn era, coach Charlie Weis tried three QBs to start the season. But three options ...
NFL's rules let Harrison get off with lighter penalty.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Ford In a sports weekend full of shocks and surprises _ the Appalachian State upset of Michigan, a baseball no-hitter by a guy who looks to be about 12 years old, the Eagles getting their own roster cuts wrong on their official Web site _ the news that Rodney ...
Two bodies found in river: Teen's and likely Nelson's.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Walter F. Naedele Sep. 2--The body of teenager Ryan Lewis of West Deptford was found yesterday afternoon along the bank of the Delaware River in West Deptford. About 30 minutes later, a body that authorities believe is that of Floyd "Pete" Nelson, father of ...
Missing for five months, son, 2, reunited with mother.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Shields Sep. 3--Sara Breen was reunited with her 2-year-old son Saturday night and she spent yesterday replacing the clothes he outgrew in the five months he was missing. An unidentified woman dropped Dimitrius Whitaker next door to his paternal ...
A financial ouch for hospitals: Medicare won't pay for some mistakes.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Josh Goldstein PHILADELPHIA _ Last year, nine patients got infusions of the wrong type of blood at hospitals around the region, errors that typically added thousands of dollars in treatment charges paid by Medicare. Hospitals will soon have to bear much of the ...
Simmering over trans fats: As a ban began, diners complained most about Philadelphia's meddling.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Mondics Sep. 3--It was the dawn of a new era of trans-fat-free foods in Philadelphia yesterday, and many diners were none too happy. Some were spitting mad. "This is exactly the sort of issue that the city should not be meddling in, what you ...