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Obama appears on 'The View': A bit of TV history

'We're making American history!" cried the announcer on ABC's The View. And they were. Special guest Thursday on the late-morning talk show: President Obama, the first sitting president to make a personal appearance on a daytime TV talker. The audience was pumped, the political tension was palpable, and behind it all boiled the vitriolic political year of 2010.

Crash closes N.E. Extension lanes in Montco

A two-truck crash closed southbound lanes of the Pennsylvania's Turnpike Northeast Extension, playing havoc with the start of the morning rush hour.

N.J., Pa. governors call for DRPA audit, changes

The governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Thursday called on the embattled Delaware River Port Authority to allow an audit by watchdog agencies from both states and enact a long list of policy changes to restore public confidence.

Official accused of E-ZPass abuse improperly received pension credits

Michael Joyce, the Delaware River Port Authority executive who resigned this week after allegations of E-ZPass abuse, improperly received pension credits last year for a part-time, $67,356 solicitor's job in Pennsauken.

E-mail shows Philadelphia Parking Authority was told of lawyer's dual roles

Top executives at the Philadelphia Parking Authority - owner of the site for the proposed Family Court building - were told more than two years ago that a lawyer for the courts planned to join developer Donald Pulver on the $200 million project, e-mails obtained by The Inquirer show.

Ramsey: Only 1 of 3 cops who entered bar is dirty

You can't buy integrity, but one longtime Philadelphia police officer allegedly kissed his goodbye for the paltry sum of $825.

Eureka! Audubon's first engraved illustration discovered

For more than half a century, scholars and biographers of famed bird artist and ornithologist John James Audubon had been stumped.

Autistic man who died in hot van was mother's 'sweet little boy'

Bryan Nevins looked like a young man, but to his mother, he was a baby. "He had a man's body, but he never grew up," said a tearful Diane Nevins, speaking from the home in Oceanside, N.Y., that she shares with her husband, a retired New York police officer.

Feds charge 3 more in N. Philly pot operation

Business was going so well for a marijuana-growing operation in a North Philadelphia warehouse that James Alberts and Richard K. Creamer decided in June 2009 to expand their business to northern California, authorities said.

Preliminary DROP findings: 'Substantial' toll on Philadelphia's pension fund

A preliminary version of the closely guarded report on the city's controversial DROP retirement perk found that the program comes at a "substantial" cost to the city's beleaguered pension fund.

New director of Cancer Institute of New Jersey Hamilton is a survivor

Ladawna Leeth of Eastampton is living proof that cancer can, in some ways, change a person's life for the better.

N.J. says AIDS patients won't lose coverage

In a rare about-face, the Christie administration announced Thursday that it would help pay for AIDS medications for nearly 1,000 New Jersey residents who were expecting to lose their coverage through a state program Aug. 1.

Oswalt becomes Phillies' latest ace

For 20 minutes late Wednesday, Roy Oswalt and Brad Lidge talked on the phone. It had been two months since Oswalt, the Houston righthander, had demanded a trade from the Astros. He had been presented a potential deal to come to the Phillies. With Saturday's trade deadline fast approaching, the 32-year-old ace turned to Lidge, a teammate for six seasons in Houston.

Nutter, activists cheer immigration 'sanity' as judge rejects part of Ariz. law

Before a crowd of 100 people, citizens and immigrants, Mayor Nutter yesterday proclaimed that he was "very excited" that a federal judge in Arizona brought "some level of sanity" by "striking down most, if not almost eviscerating" a law that was to go into effect yesterday in that state.

Woke up, it was Chelsea wedding

INTEL ON TOMORROW'S fairy-tale nuptials of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton and investment banker Marc Mezvinsky is sealed tighter than the sturdy cap on the BP oil leak. Even the mother of the groom is under strict orders.

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Fatal stabbing in West Philly A 53-year-old man was stabbed to death after an argument inside a West Philadelphia home last night, police said.

Clout: Orie sisters sunmmoned 'Angel lady' on court case

AREPUBLICAN City Committee member from Center City's 5th Ward has emerged in the last week in a quirky role for a politically powerful western Pennsylvania family mired in scandal.

Friend of Bill? No invite for you

IF YOU HAD to put your money on any Pennsylvania bigwig getting an invite to the Chelsea Clinton-Marc Mezvinsky political wedding of the new millennium tomorrow in upstate New York, it would have to be Gov. Rendell, right?

Philadelphia officer accused of stealing from Pat's Cafe in Frankford

It started as a routine call - a tripped burglar alarm at a Northeast auto shop in the early morning.

President of Friends of Rittenhouse Square stepping down

Last spring's uproar over proposals to bring commercial, money-generating events to Rittenhouse Square has quieted to a muffled grumble. But the rancor, expressed in e-mails, anonymous letters, and public meetings, has led Wendy Rosen, president of Friends of Rittenhouse Square, to resign after 16 years.

Both sides dig in for long fight

PHOENIX - Hundreds of marchers protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigration took to the streets Thursday, even as the local sheriff launched raids to arrest illegal migrants - vivid signs that the court ruling stopping most of a controversial state law will not quell the furious debate over immigration here.

Teens taking late night swims at city pools

Every night since city pools began opening on June 18, youths have been jumping fences to swim after hours. They allegedly have used bolt cutters to get inside the fencing at four pools. The pool at the Hunting Park Recreation Center has been the target of youths who jump the fences and swim in the middle of the night.

Lilith Fair rises above disappointing sales

It's been labeled everything from an estrogenfest full of aging hippies to an empowering, inspiring celebration of women and sisterhood.

Kitten abandoned in Montco library drop box dies

The 6-week-old striped kitten abandoned in a drop library box in Cheltenham died Wednesday night at the Montgomery County SPCA, the organization's director said Thursday.

A coordinated effort

As the big day approaches for Chelsea Clinton and fiance Marc Mezvinsky, we can only wonder what's going through wedding planner Bryan Rafanelli's mind.

Foxwoods developers get 2 more weeks to build case for keeping license

Stop us if you've heard this story before: The investors behind the long-stymied Foxwoods casino in South Philly begged for more time yesterday and promised that a new partner was almost ready to save the project.

South Philadelphia woman hit with pile of animal-cruelty charges

A South Philadelphia woman from whom animal-cruelty agents seized 88 Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mix dogs and two cats two weeks ago was charged yesterday with 134 counts of animal cruelty, the Pennsylvania SPCA announced.

Rendell offer reforms for beleaguered DRPA

Gov. Rendell, responding to weeks of discord and controversy at the Delaware River Port Authority, yesterday suggested several reforms for the agency.

Feds: She made 185G selling city records at discount

A former cashier in the city Records Department is accused of pocketing more than $185,000 in cash by selling official police reports at a discount to three high-volume customers.

One grandchild given back, two to go

Janice Brown lost her 22-year-old daughter and 11-month-old granddaughter in a notorious car accident in June 2009, when a driver fleeing police crashed onto a Feltonville sidewalk and killed four people.

Elmer Smith: Few Mensa members in city's perp parade

YOU COULDN'T run a flashlight on the energy emitted by the brain of your average criminal. That's why you'll never see a show called "CSI Philadelphia." Police don't pursue criminals here. They just kind of stumble across them.

Harry Gross: Using the Internet to your job-search advantage

Dear Harry: I was among the many unemployed people looking for a decent job. I am working part-time in a retail store with payment "under the table." One of my co-workers told me he just got a new job through the Internet at a site called monste

The Apple of many an eye opening in Philly tonight

As of tonight, Apple worshippers in the city no longer have to journey very far to get their latest technology fix.

No word after lawyers meet in Lower Merion webcam case

Lawyers for the Lower Merion School District and the first student to sue over its use of webcams to track laptops met Thursday with a federal judge but would not say if they were any closer to resolving their dispute.

Correction

A story in yesterday's Daily News incorrectly reported the date of an assault on a woman who filed a federal lawsuit against the principal of South Philadelphia High and the school district. The incident occurred at the school on Jan. 29, 2009.

Early-learning center, 40 jobs are budget casualties

During a budget presentation to the School Reform Commission in May, district officials warned that drastic cuts that will harm students would be made if enough funding from the state didn't come through.

Philadelphia worker charged with selling city records, pocketing cash

Kelly Kaufmann Layre allegedly had a special deal for three customers in Philadelphia's records department. She charged them as little as $5 for traffic and other reports that cost as much as $25, and in return they paid her in cash, which she pocketed, according to charges the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia brought against her and three others Thursday.

Heat-death charges considered

The recent heat deaths of several men under treatment for mental issues in Philadelphia's suburbs are being criminally investigated, prosecutors in Bucks and Montgomery County said Thursday.

Nutter's spokesman expected to take Philadelphia Gas Works job

There's a homecoming in the works for Doug Oliver. Mayor Nutter's spokesman since the 2008 inauguration, Oliver is expected soon to announce that he is leaving the administration for a senior-level job with the Philadelphia Gas Works - where he worked for more than three years before the mayor took office.

Man fatally stabbed in West Philadelphia

A man died Thursday night after he was stabbed during an argument in West Philadelphia, police said. The man, 54, was stabbed in the chest in the 500 block of North Wanamaker Street shortly after 7 p.m., police said. Medics took him to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he died.

Philadelphia, Boy Scouts in talks to settle dispute over headquarters

Barely a month after a bitter court fight, Philadelphia and the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts are negotiating to settle the nearly decade-long dispute over the scouts' refusal to explicitly renounce the national organization's antigay policy.

Philadelphia man gets 4 to 10 years for faking accidents to defraud insurers

The mastermind of an extensive scheme to fake car accidents that defrauded insurance companies out of more than $1 million was sentenced Thursday to four to 10 years in state prison.

Foxwoods gets two-week extension in license fight

HARRISBURG - Lawyers for Foxwoods Casino came here Thursday to ask the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for an extra three months to gather documents and depositions for their fight to keep the project's gambling license.

Three plead guilty in fatal robbery at Philadelphia mosque

Facing possible death penalties if convicted of first-degree murder, three men have pleaded guilty in exchange for varying prison terms in the April 13, 2008, robbery and shooting of a man entering a North Philadelphia mosque for morning prayer.

Philadelphia lawyer charged as part-owner of warehouse where marijuana was allegedly cultivated

The warehouse in Philadelphia's American Street industrial corridor looks like many other relics of the city's blue-collar past, but in 2008 and '09, it entered the modern world when it was turned into an indoor marijuana farm with 1,600 plants, authorities say.

Philly library thieves ignore computers, take copper piping

The thieves had only one thing on their minds when they broke into a Philadelphia library branch early Monday: They left it high and dry, stripped of its copper piping.

No-frills Megabus makes unscheduled side trip to Harrisburg on way to Philadelphia

Pennsylvania cities must all look alike to Canadian bus drivers. Either that or this is a lesson in "you get what you pay for."

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Annette John-Hall: In death, Eddie Lewis still inspires

God knows it couldn't have been easy. But time and time again, Eddie Lewis bounced back from myriad health problems resulting from years of abuse at the hands of adults who were supposed to protect him - whether they were foster parents or his relatives.

Early report: DROP costly

A preliminary version of the closely guarded report on the city's controversial DROP retirement perk found that the program comes at a "substantial" cost to the city's beleaguered pension fund.

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