• Kurt W. Klein claims adjuster and CYO leader

  Kurt W. Klein, 51, of Springfield, Delaware County, a claims adjuster and former director for the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Youth Organization Athletic Program, died Wednesday, May 15, at home of complications from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease. Since 1992, Mr. Klein was employed by Professional Insurance Adjusters in Malvern, and before that by Bristol-Myers Squibb in Princeton. He ...

• Kevin Riordan From a local author adventure story with cinematic sweep

  Patti Sheehy remembers thinking, this story has everything: Bravery, romance, suspense, and an evocative historical backdrop. Plus, it was true. She decided the best way to convey the emotions as well as the political ramifications of a young Cuban soldier's daring 1967 escape to America was as a novel. "It was a story that needed to be told, and I wanted to do it justice," says ...

• Ex-housekeeper sentenced in Franklin bust theft

  A former house cleaner who stole a rare bust of Benjamin Franklin from a Bryn Mawr house where she once worked was sentenced Monday to six years in prison. U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones II also ordered three years of supervised release for Andrea Lawton, 47, of Philadelphia, for taking the 235-year-old bust by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. The bust's owner, lawyer George ...

• Sandy could change Shores demographic face

  LAVALLETTE, N.J. - Yes, they were here to show off the rebuilt boardwalk in this picturesque seaside town, with its touching buy-a-board messages such as "This too shall pass" etched into the compressed pine planks. But as much as they were peddling the "Jersey Shore is open" message on this foggy morning, neither Mayor Walter "Wally" LaCicero nor Gov. Christie ...

• A new kind of college signing day

  With cheerleaders, mascots, and thunderous applause, thousands of students from Mastery Charter Schools gathered for a giant pep rally Monday, but the event had nothing to do with sports. It was "College Signing Day," held to celebrate the academic success of 450 high school seniors heading off to pursue degrees in higher education. "We believe you will be the ones . . . to ...

• D.A. Complaint against DeCoatsworth was not credible

  Richard DeCoatsworth, once hailed as a hero for his actions as a Philadelphia officer, is in jail facing charges of rape and other ...

• Trenton man convicted in Bucks musicians slaying

  Jermaine Jackson, the Trenton man accused of masterminding a plot that left Levittown musician Danny DeGennaro dead, was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in Bucks County Court. Jackson, 21, was not accused of shooting DeGennaro, who died from a shotgun blast to the chest in December 2011, but of developing a plan to rob him that turned fatal when two gunmen opened fire after entering ...

• Controller judgeships up for grabs in Phila.

  It may come as a surprise to many Pennsylvania voters, but Tuesday is primary election day, with balloting to choose party candidates for judgeships and a variety of local offices throughout the state's 67 counties. In Philadelphia, the marquee race is a three-way contest for city controller between incumbent Alan Butkovitz, who has held the post as the city's financial watchdog the ...

• Judge says shell decide NCAA suit within weeks

  HARRISBURG - A federal judge said Monday that she would decide in a few weeks whether to dismiss a lawsuit by Gov. Corbett against the NCAA over sanctions against Pennsylvania State University stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. During a two-hour hearing before U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane, a lawyer for the NCAA said the suit had failed to prove there was an antitrust ...

• State mandates residency. There are always exceptions.

  For the last two years, the meeting held monthly in a bare Trenton conference room determined the fates of hundreds of New Jersey public employees, including scores of teachers and school administrators. But the process has nothing to do with disciplinary actions or tenure or anything like that. The meetings of the five-member Employee Residency Review Committee are all about where people can ...

• Developer buys Woodcrest Country Club

  Cherry Hill's Woodcrest Country Club was auctioned off Monday to a Marlton real estate group that bid $10.1 million for the historic golf course - nearly $4 million more than its appraised value, according to Camden County officials. Cherry Hill Land Associates, a subsidiary of First Montgomery Group, outbid the county and the Union League of Philadelphia, and narrowly defeated George E. ...

• N.J. lawmakers hear sharply different revenue predictions

  TRENTON - As the Legislature moves toward adopting a new budget, the Christie administration and a nonpartisan budget analyst offered starkly differing projections Monday of how much revenue the state will take in. The Office of Legislative Services' budget and finance officer, David Rosen, testified before the Senate Budget and Finance Committee that revenue will fall short of Gov. ...

• N.J. bid to tie sales tax to open space preservation

  TRENTON - A proposal to let voters decide whether to direct a fraction of sales-tax revenues toward land preservation for the next 30 years cleared another hurdle Monday when a Senate committee signed off on legislation to put the question on the ballot this November. Land-use experts and preservationists were nearly unanimous in their support. Preservation proponents have long sought a stable, ...

• Texans N.J. gun conviction is upheld

  TRENTON - A Texas man arrested with 21 guns in his car while passing through New Jersey four years ago will remain in prison after an appeals court on Monday upheld his conviction in a case that could wind up in front of the state Supreme Court. Dustin Reininger is serving a five-year sentence with a three-year minimum before he is eligible for parole. A jury convicted him in absentia in 2010 ...

• Thomas Fitzgerald IRS scandal may give ammunition to conservative groups

  It had become fashionable in certain circles to mock tea party activists for their vocal warnings about the abusive power of government, with jokes, for instance, about tinfoil hats. But isn't paranoia useful if someone really is out to get you? That question seems relevant in the wake of reports that the IRS was targeting hundreds of right-leaning groups with tea party or patriot in ...

• Rare peregrine falcons nest in City Hall

  ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER A peregrine falcon swoops in to protect its young as Pennsylvania Game Commission employees band the young birds at City Hall yesterday. For a photo slide show of the newborn birds from Alejandro A. Alvarez, visit ...

• Tornado pummels Oklahoma towns leaving dozens dead

  THE 200-MPH killer tornado that blasted through the Oklahoma City suburbs yesterday afternoon came with such little warning that grown-ups at two besieged elementary schools flung themselves atop schoolchildren in a frantic bid to shield them from the swirling cloud of twisted metal and splintered wood. "She was on top of me," a sixth-grader named Brady told local TV station KOCO ...

• Ryan Vogelsong suffers broken hand against Nationals

  Ryan Vogelsong suffered a broken hand after swinging at an inside pitch that hit him in the knuckles in the fifth inning. (Marcio Jose ...

• City nets more than $1 million in arts grants

  SPOTS AROUND the city will soon be livened up with art, thanks to more than $1 million for arts projects coming to Philadelphia. Mayor Nutter announced yesterday that the city won $1.2 million in grants from ArtPlace America for four projects that will enhance public spaces in University City, Frankford and on the Delaware River waterfront. The projects, selected from a pool of more than 1,200 ...

• MJ wants to go back to Hornets

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• Retirement is going to cost you

  WHEN IT COMES to how much money we all need to retire comfortably, it gives us a headache. I just need to say that up front, before telling you about the latest news that is sure to scare you even more about retirement. You probably already know that health care is likely to be among your largest expenses. But how much? In its annual look at medical expenses for retirees, Fidelity Investments ...

• Pacers Vogel gets James attention

  MIAMI - If this whole coaching thing doesn't work out, Frank Vogel probably has future in fight promotion. His hair will never rival that of Don King's, but the Pacers' coach certainly has a natural gift for monstrous chatter. Vogel isn't going into his team's playoff series against the Heat $15,000 in hole this time, but his mouth still appears to be running up a ...

• Pro-pot activists arrested at protest appear in court

  TWO ACTIVISTS arrested at a pro-marijuana protest on Independence Mall on Saturday had different reactions to the same bad news in court yesterday. Authorities say Adam Kokesh, a former Marine, and Richard Tamaccio, a comedian who goes by N.A. Poe, "assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, and interfered" with National Park rangers at Saturday's "Smokedown Prohibition." ...

• Larry Brown Old-school coaching means more than analytics

  Larry Brown is an old-school coach who is not sold on the heightened focus on advanced statistics in the NBA. (Chuck Burton/AP file ...

• Michael Vick and Trent Cole try to adapt to new Eagles era

  After closing time at Club Chipper, the hot new dance spot in South Philadelphia, the patrons clear out pretty fast. They have to exit via a hallway lined with blowups of newspaper pages celebrating great moments in Eagles history - if you define Eagles history as things that happened since the NovaCare Complex opened in 2001. What is striking is how ancient that history is beginning to feel. ...

• Inside the Eagles Eagles QB competition settles in for long haul

  The Eagles have a good, old fashioned quarterback competition that will play out through the hot days of training camp. (Matt ...

• Perennial Options For The Shade

  Since you can’t really plant those regular shade impatiens this year because they have a disease called downey mildew, this is a good time to put perennials in those shadier spots so you won’t have to crawl under conifers and shrubs to plant so many annuals every ...

• Harbor Avant want multipurpose labels

  FOR EAGLES tight end Clay Harbor, all this part-time linebacker stuff harkens to an uncharted and uneasy future. For Jason Avant, playing a little nickel corner takes him back to his past. "I got recruited out of high school by most of the big schools to play defense," he was saying after yesterday's OTA concluded at the NovaCare Complex. "I was a two-way player. And I was ...

• Secondary school of hard knocks

  The Eagles' secondary would appear to have nowhere to go but up under Chip Kelly and his defensive coordinator, Bill Davis. (Kathy Willens/AP file ...

• Eagles rookie wideout Ifeanyi Momah has a good altitude

  EVERYBODY loves an underdog, and every year there is a rookie of humble pedigree who catches the imagination of Eagles fans. Sometimes he's a seventh-round draft choice (Nate Ilaoa, a stubby fullback from Hawaii in 2007), sometimes he's an undrafted free agent (Chad Hall, a height-challenged ex-Air Force officer in 2010, or Damaris Johnson, the wideout/returner who supplanted Hall last ...

• Inside the Phillies Location not velocity is Papelbons focus

  Jonathan Papelbon is in the century club. According to baseball-almanac.com, there is video evidence of his fastball being clocked at 100 m.p.h. during an April 22, 2008 game at Fenway Park. It's a cool accomplishment because there are so few people on this planet who can generate that kind of arm speed. But velocity is like good looks. Eventually, unless you're a super freak like ...

• Eagles QBs feeling their way in Kellys new offense

  The Eagles have a lot of learning to do, along with a lot of winnowing of players, in the early days of the Chip Kelly era. (Matt ...

• Calendars By Readdle App

  The default calendar on most phones isn’t anything to write home about. Calendars by Readdle syncs with both the built in calendar and Google’s calendar app, letting you manage events online and off. It’s a very clean interface that’s easy to read and edit. It also has a solid search function, so you can quickly find an ...

• A Dog’s Tail Is Telling

  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Every dog's tail is fully equipped with signals and messages meant for communication with us and with each other on a daily basis. It's fascinating how it's displayed for that specific purpose. For example, the tail wagging behavior is reserved for other beings entirely, meaning that a dog will not wag his/her tail without the presence of another being ...

• Older Adults As Volunteers

  Once a week, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students go to churches, nursing facilities and retirement homes for an hour where they have been paired with older adults as "reading buddies." Currently there are 350 kids involved and founder Pat Quigg, 82, organizes snacks, buses, school schedules, 14 meeting places and 250 mostly older volunteers, some of whom read with and mentor more than one ...

• Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma City Area

  – Officials in Oklahoma are trying to sift through the destruction left by a tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City area Monday. The second twister in as many days has left more than 50 people dead, and dozens more hospitalized with injuries. The tornado is classified a ';devastating EF 4″ by the National Weather Service. Its nearly 200-mph winds leveled homes, tossed ...

• NHL Notes Lecavalier wants to stay in Tampa

  NHL offseason awaits, that could change for Lecavalier. After a disappointing 2013 season, rumors are swirling that Lecavalier could be one of the pieces moved in the offseason to clear some cap space and relieve the team of its injury-prone captain. Yet, the 33-year-old doesn't want any change. "I want to play here the rest of my career and I've always said that and will keep ...

• “3 On Your Side Target Facebook Launch Cartwheel Savings Feature”

  – Target and Facebook, they’re two big names that are now partnering to put a whole new spin on saving. They’ve launched a new feature called Cartwheel. But will it have shoppers doing a cartwheel? 3 On Your Side Consumer Reporter Jim Donovan tries it ...

• Murder charges filed in Montco home invasion

  Murder charges were filed Monday against three suspects in a West Pottsgrove home-invasion case earlier this month, when Kareem Ali Borowy, 19, was removed from his home and shot to death. Andre Collier, 25, Rasheed Teel, 21, and Charles Freeman, 31, are being charged in the crime, according to a news release from Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman. Collier has not been ...

• Blackhawks vs. Red Wings Officials wave off controversial Chicago goal

  Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville yells at referee Brad Watson (23) during the third period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul ...

• Student Hurt in Truck Crash Outside School

  Police say the teen, a student at Cherry Hill High School East, was leaving the school and making a left turn onto Kresson Road from a parking lot near Cooper Run Drive around 2 p.m. As the student turned, police say a tractor trailer loaded with gravel was traveling eastbound on Kresson. The truck was unable to stop and collided with the teen’s ...

• Health New Way To Drop Belly Fat

  – The secret to dropping belly fat, just in time for swim suit weather. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl shows you. Diane Burlingame is ready for bathing suit season. The Bucks County mother of two boys had put on a few pounds over the winter. And no matter how hard she worked out and dieted, she couldn’t get rid of some extra belly fat. "I needed something to ...

• WIP’s Marc Rayfield Joins Larry Brown In Philly Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

  By Joseph Santoliquito PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- It's easy to assume from the outside looking in, as you see the polished desk and lofty office space, that it all came so easy for Marc Rayfield, CBS Radio Philadelphia's Senior Vice President and Marketing Manager. It wasn't. None of it came easy. Actually, nothing was ever handed to one of the pillars of the radio community that ...

• Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1 take 2-1 series lead

  Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard (35) stops a Chicago Blackhawks left wing Viktor Stalberg (25), of Sweden, shot as defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo (28) defends during the third period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul ...

• Sanabia outpitches Hamels Marlins beat Phils 5-1

  Miami Marlins' Justin Ruggiano (20) and Marcell Ozuna, right, high-five after scoring on a single by Nick Green in the eighth inning during a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Miami, Monday, May 20, 2013. The Marlins defeated the Phillies 5-1. (AP Photo/Lynne ...

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