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Great Dane ad for Doritos nabs $1 million

A diabolical dog, a weak-willed husband, a dead cat and a spicy snack.

DeWeese guilty on 5 of 6 counts

Chaput censures contraceptive plan

Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is demanding that the Obama administration rescind what he calls its "flawed and dangerous" decision requiring virtually all employers to offer employees health coverage that includes contraceptives and "abortion-inducing drugs."

Police in southern Chester County say they're targeting gangs aggressively

In a remote area of southern Chester County's mushroom-growing country, young people partying around a bonfire on Dec. 3 scattered when two carloads of Sureños - a Hispanic gang - roared up, wielding bats, boards, knives, brass knuckles, and broken bottles.

Snow: Chance of a little midweek

Flakes might be flying for a while Wednesday, and probably won't add up to much.

Powerball cash jackpot 2d biggest ever

Powerball's annuity jackpot will be worth $250 million dollars - a quarter-billion - Wednesday, because no one hit all the numbers drawn Saturday night.

Gillison's family doesn't get a busy signal

EVEN ON A Sunday afternoon, Everett Gillison's BlackBerry is buzzing with updates about the latest happenings on the streets of Philadelphia - a weekend fire, a person found dead of a possible drug overdose.

Towering ambitions for Chinatown

To explain why Chinatown needs a community center, John Chin likes to point out a tight, dead-end alley behind his father's old restaurant on 10th Street near Cherry.

Shore renters being duped by Craigslist scammers

BRIGANTINE, N.J. - When Shore real estate agent Maria Schrenk started getting calls last week inquiring about a cheap summer rental on an upscale property that she had listed for sale or annual lease, she knew something was awry.

Villanova hopes more dorms ease community friction

Villanova University has launched a $200-million-plus building project that will transform two parking lots on Lancaster Avenue into a Gothic "gateway" to campus and include two residence halls, a parking garage, and a performing-arts center.

Tentative deal on Pennsylvania shale-gas fee

HARRISBURG - After months of wrangling behind closed doors, Gov. Corbett and Republicans who hold the majority in both legislative chambers have reached a tentative agreement to impose a fee on the extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale.

Daughter discovers parents' letters and an extraordinary wartime love story

Months after her husband was killed by the Nazis, an emotionally torn Kate Schmid fell in love. Hermann Hoerlin was a tall, rugged mountain climber who helped her through a crisis. But Schmid was Jewish. The man she loved was not.

School board president Webb is a polarizing figure in the Neshaminy district

There's no middle ground when it comes to Ritchie Webb. Take, for example, last month's Neshaminy school board meeting. As Webb took his seat as president, half the packed crowd rose and cheered; the remainder jeered and chanted, "Negotiate."

Phillies’ 3-game deals start this morning

Add another ticket option for Phillies fans: The Three Game Pack.

John Baer: A Harrisburg snafu

THE first-century Roman poet Ovid defined chaos as "a rude and undeveloped mass that nothing made except a ponderous weight."

Three more showdowns for GOP this week

LAS VEGAS - Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota, and Maine. With back-to-back victories fueling him, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that hold GOP nominating contests. Meanwhile, his main rival, Newt Gingrich, is brushing aside any talk of abandoning his White House bid - all but ensuring the battle will stretch into the spring, and perhaps beyond.

Services begin today for Cardinal Bevilacqua

The public will able to pay its last respects to Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua today and Tuesday at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.

DEMOCRACY 101: CALLOWHILL NID FOES WENT UP AGAINST POWERFUL FORCES ... AND WON

THE ANGRY crowd in City Council chambers in September held up signs blasting "Taxation Without Representation," but Paul Levy wasn't concerned.

Man slain in W. Philly identified

A man found shot dead inside his West Philadelphia home Sunday was identified this morning as 21-year-old Frank Trower.

Merger plan will harm Camden's effort to recover

Camden doesn't need another blow to its always fragile efforts to recover from decades of decline. The proposed merger of Rutgers-Camden with Rowan University is being touted by its supporters as a move that could help reverse that pattern by creating an outstanding research institution. Unfortunately, under the current plan, such a move would almost certainly have just the opposite effect.

Man killed, 2 workers hurt in crash on closed Platt Bridge

A 32-year-old man was killed today when he crashed his Cadillac into a boom lift on the Platt Bridge while it was closed for construction work overnight, police said.

Public viewing set for Philly Cardinal Bevilacqua

The public viewing is set for the former spiritual leader of Philadelphia's 1.5 million Catholics.

In NID fight, a question of who vs. what

LEE QUILLEN, an architect who helped launch opposition to creating a neighborhood improvement district in Callowhill with boyfriend Philip Browndeis, says that she would rather see portions of the Reading Viaduct torn down to make way for affordable housing. That would make way for street-level parks, "and it doesn't kill the budget," Quillen said.

PHA balks at HUD's demand to pay back $726,400 spent on lawyers

In an ongoing tug-of-war over legal bills, the Philadelphia Housing Authority is challenging the latest demand from the federal government to reimburse $726,400 in government funds for legal fees to one firm.

45 displaced by Chester apt. building fire

A four-alarm fire ripped through an apartment building in Chester early today, displacing about 45 people, officials said.

Democrats would fight delay in Pa. primaries

State Democratic leaders say they hope to block any attempt by Republicans to delay the April 24 Pennsylvania primary. Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa and House Minority Leader Frank Dermody said Sunday that they would oppose a GOP lawsuit to be heard Monday in federal court in Philadelphia.

Activists mobilize ahead of Corbett budget address

HARRISBURG - Once again, a coalition of faith-based groups is holding its vigil at the Capitol before the governor's annual budget address.

Archbishop blasts Obama administration

New Jersey already planning 2014 Super Bowl

Even before a team from the Meadowlands - the New York Giants - earned a spot in the Super Bowl, New Jersey was preparing for a Super Bowl at the Meadowlands.

Tragedy, liver donation overwhelm donor's coach

BERGENFIELD, N.J. - Bergenfield baseball coach Ed Mooney said "it broke me, big time" when he received word that the liver he desperately needed was available - and that it was from one of his former players, who died of injuries in an accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Friends try to make sense of suicide on Temple campus

THE SMALL CANDLES on the ground added no warmth to the Temple University campus last night as students shuffled through the biting cold, past a makeshift memorial for a former student.

Briefly... CITY/REGION

PHILADELPHIA N. Philly fire injures 7 An early-morning fire in North Philadelphia yesterday morning injured seven, including Fire Lt. Marvin Melvin, who was admitted in critical condition to Temple University Hospital's burn center.

Pet of the Week: Layla is sweet & active

THE Daily News Pet of the Week is Layla, a 6-to-12-month-old pitbull mix at the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society.

Tattle: The wives will be thrilled, your honor

A FEDERAL JUDGE in Utah has ruled there's sufficient evidence to allow the polygamous family of Kody Brown, made "famous" by the "reality" TV show "Sister Wives," to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law.

Weigh in on superintendent

HERE'S WHAT WILL make news in Philly this week: SCHOOLS Supe-search hearing The Philadelphia School District will continue its series of community forums as part of the search for a new superintendent with three meetings this week.

Stu Bykofsky: New name for old game: Slavery

SLAVERY IS alive and well. Not the old-time slavery - that is rare, although it exists in a few backwaters of the world. I'm talking about neo-slavery, which goes by the name of "human trafficking," and its reach is global.

Man slain in University City

Man slain in Univ. City * 39th and Market streets A woman found her brother shot to death inside his University City home yesterday afternoon, police said.

Museum talk highlights civil-rights titan Catto

Despite its significant history, the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library in Philadelphia is an unimposing structure - save for the two armed guards standing out front. Bedecked in Union blue, the guards leaned on their rifles Sunday ushering in patrons with a tip of the kepi.

Philadelphians stage a birthday party for Dickens

In his will, Charles Dickens asked that no statues of himself ever be erected in his honor. Instead, the famed English author wanted the recognition to go to the characters in his books.

Lower Merion could soon be home to a beer smorgasbord

Peter Vitale envisions a place in Lower Merion where local beer connoisseurs and novices alike can choose among craft, import, and other specialty brews when they want to take a break from the pricey beer cases or the easy Bud Light purchase.

N. Phila. rowhouse fire injures several, including 3 firefighters

Three Philadelphia firefighters were injured, one critically, when they became trapped on a third floor while fighting a rowhouse fire early Sunday in North Philadelphia.

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Man shot dead in West Philadelphia

A 21-year-old West Philadelphia man was fatally shot in his home about 4 p.m. Sunday.

A Facebook faceoff: Novice vs. incumbent

State Rep. Mark Cohen hasn't racked up 40 years in the Pennsylvania legislature by taking his political opponents lightly. When he heard that Numa St. Louis, 31, an Olney educator, was planning a run against him this spring, Cohen discovered they were both Facebook devotees - St. Louis with more than 700 friends, Cohen with more than 5,000.

It's Romney at the fore, but challengers still can sting

Perhaps it was appropriate that Newt Gingrich campaigned on the eve of Saturday's Nevada caucuses at Stoney's Rockin' Country nightclub in Las Vegas, next to a mechanical bull, a contraption designed to shake-and-bake wannabe cowboys and fling them into the sawdust.

Corbett 'buckled' to pressure, former aide says

HARRISBURG - A controversial former welfare adviser who left Gov. Corbett's administration says the governor "buckled" to media and special interests in his case.

N. Philadelphia blaze injures firefighters and residents

Three Philadelphia firefighters were injured, one critically, when they became trapped on a third floor while fighting a rowhouse fire early Sunday in North Philadelphia.

Monica Yant Kinney: On electoral reforms, the silence is deafening

As I type, jurors deliberate the fate of State Rep. Bill DeWeese, the former House speaker who will go down in history as a modern legislator who spoke primarily in 19th-century verse.

Democrats: Keep April 24 primary

State Democratic leaders say they hope to block any attempt by Republicans to delay the April 24 Pennsylvania primary.

Fake beard worn in bank heist

A man brandishing a fake beard and a silver handgun robbed a Citizens Bank in Whitpain Township on Sunday, police said.

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