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Schuylkill River overflow inManayunk, Center City all that’sleft of Irene here Hurricanewinds leave South Philly,suburbs underwhelmed {page 02}
We wish theywere bestiesCan you imagineif these celebs were best friends forever? {page 06}
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Delays onSEPTA thismorningAll modes of thetransit agency’ssystem, includingRegional Rail, areexpected to be upand runningtoday. But delays,disruptions arelikely, SEPTA said.
Manhuntfor soldierendedBUCKS COUNTY. An Armysoldier from Virginia
wanted for allegedly mur-dering three people in thatstate this weekend beforedriving to a home nearNew Hope and killing awoman in her own livingroom killed himself, re-ports said.
Leonard John Egland,
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His body was found ashort distance from the lo-cation of the shootoutwith police the night be-fore. METRO/BXM
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Irene’s mixedbag leaves someunderwhelmed
Schuylkill River still making its presence felt inplaces it burst its banks But many people leftsurprised by outcome of once feared hurricane
Hurricane Irene did leave abig wet mark on Philadel-phia, submerging Man-ayunk’s Main Street yester-day as well as some areas ofCenter City along a swollenSchuylkill River.
Mayor Michael Nutterwarned that flooded roadswould continue to maketravel risky in some sec-tions of the city throughthis morning. SEPTA, mean-while, also hoped to have itswhole system back up andrunning by today’s earlyrush hour.
But in most neighbor-hoods farther from the riv-er, a sense of relief seemedmore often the reaction in
the aftermath of a stormthought early on to be po-tentially historic in thedamage it could bring.
“I was disappointed,”
Pennsport resident MarkMoore said yesterday. “Itwas all hyped up. I expectedmy roof to blow off.”
Downed tree branchescould be seen in someneighborhood parks, but nolocals in some parts ofSouth Philadelphia report-ed power outages or flood-ing.
“I stayed up until four inthe morning watching thenews for no reason,” saidmassage therapist KristaSorensen. “Saying this was ahurricane is ridiculous. Itwas really just a rainstorm.”
Apple tree no moreFOX CHASE. The appletree was having a goodyear. Maybe its bestyear. Thirty years aftermy parents planted itin their Northeastbackyard — too closeto their house, tooclose to the neighbors’houses, just right ifyou’re hiding fromsomeone in thekitchen — it was final-ly producing the kindof apples you mightconsider eating.
And so yesterdaymorning, as it layagainst theirbathroom window, itseemed important touse its last apples.These weren’t perfectapples, and theseweren’t appleswithout the occasionalfuzzy worm ormissing nibble, butthese were better ap-ples than it had everoffered up before.
Here’s the problemwith downed appletrees: They make a lotof apples. And pies on-ly need about five ap-ples. MONICA WEYMOUTH
Spotty poweroutagesEAST OAK LANE. Thewrath of Irenebypassed this part ofthe city with theexception of a fewbrief power outagesovernight Saturdayand some uprootedtrees in residentialneighborhoods.
The deluge of raincaused the TaconyCreek to swell, risingto the level of a pedes-trian bridge nearAdams Avenue earlySunday. Much of thewater receded by theafternoon, but thecreek remainedcovered with debrisand downed branches.
The torrentialdownpour, while per-sistent, did not seemto cause much damageto power lines orhomes. Tree removalcrews did have to liftaway a few trees thatwere knocked downby the gusty winds,but it was better thanexpected given theforecast. SEPTAresumed by the after-noon. SOLOMON D. LEACH
Schuylkill Trail submerged.
An old industrial site on Manayunk’s waterfront normally sits well abovethe Schuylkill River, as this photo taken Friday shows.
The same site in this photo taken yesterday afternoon shows howhigh the Schuylkill rose from Irene’s six inches of rain.
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Large waves pound the pier in Ocean City, Md.
As Weather Channel meteorologist Eric Fisher, broadcasting live in Virginia Beach,said he was “pretty much speechless” about how many people were out in the hurricane, one man came completely out.
Hurricane Irene surgedthrough New York City yes-terday, flooding waterfrontsand low-lying areas, butAmerica’s most populouscity avoided the mass devas-tation some had feared.
Irene was downgraded toa tropical storm as it movedup the coast, droppingheavy rain on Massachu-setts, Connecticut andRhode Island.
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weekend, the storm left atleast 12 dead, as many as 3.6million customers withoutelectricity, widespreadflooding and damage tocoastal towns in severalstates. REUTERS
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A man walks the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights with a view of the Manhattan skyline as the eye of the storm passed over the region.
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Memorableoutfits ofpast VMAs:In honor of Sunday night’sVMA awards, here is Metro’sroundup of the worst outfitsof VMAs past:
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Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.
Andy Milonakis is get-ting all sci-fi on hismom, Fabolous needsto cut out the cray-cray, Russell Simmons wants tobroker peace, LL Cool Jgets philosophical andBill Cosby is strangelyoptimistic about thefuture. Which news-paper is he reading??
@Andy Milonakis My mom talks a lot, ijust called her mom-makin skytalker
@FabolousI’m about to unfollowsome people ... Butnot on twitter, frommy life.
@RussellSimmons Lil Wayne and Jay aregenius lyricists. Buryda beef
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Hollywood is already filledwith weird best friends.You don’t think so? Whatabout Gwyneth Paltrow andMadonna, Katie Holmes andVictoria Beckham, Rihannaand Katy Perry, Kanye Westand Jared Leto? But hey, ifyou’re super rich and can’thave normal friends forfear they will sell all ofyour information to UsWeekly for a nice payday, Ican see how you will clingto whomever. Here are afew more couplings we’dlike to see happen:
Zac Efron and Lil WayneWhat better way for Efronto show the world that,yes, he can tap dance, butalso that he has meanstreet cred?
Helena Bonham Carter and Rhianna:If you think about it, theirclosets are probably simi-
larly madcap? Ricky Gervais
and Justin Bieber:Because someone needs toshow Bieber what it’s liketo have a sense of humor.
Tyra Banks and
Kristen Stewart:If anyone is going to teachStewart how to stand upstraight and smize, it’sBanks.
John Malkovich and Anne Hathaway:
Hathaway needs anotherthespian to whip theannoying out of her other-wise formidable perform-ance skills. Calling JohnMalkovich!
Drew Barrymore
and Lindsay Lohan:Barrymore can showLohan it’s possible to over-come addiction while stillretaining a sense of funand a career. Wouldn’tthat be nice?
Jake Gyllenhaal and James Franco:Because. Wow. Imaginethe gay rumors on thatone.
Jeff Bridges and Taylor Momsen:Maybe all Momsen needsto do to chill with this in-sane angst she’s sportingis to drink a few domesticswith the Dude in someCalifornia dive bar? Iknow it’d make me feelbetter about my daddy is-sues.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Dee Snyder:Because, when you thinkabout it, they really mightbe long-lost twins.
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work with Guillermo,” shesays when asked how doingthis movie compared withthe horror movies she didearlier in her career. “I lovedthe characters and the fami-ly dynamics that really bringthe audience in. Then, all ofa sudden something scaryhappens and you realizeyou’re on this thrill ride.”
But how about those filmslike “I Know What You DidLast Summer”? She continues:
“I started my career with‘The Ice Storm’ — that was acharacter-driven slice-of-lifedrama and horror. I feel for-tunate. I’ve worked with alot of really good actors andfilmmakers, so it was nice tohave that opportunity againin this picture.”
Joey Potter has grown up.The 31-year-old woman whobecame famous for thatcharacter on “Dawson’sCreek” so many years ago, isnow poised and unflappableas she sits in New York’s Wal-dorf Astoria, sweetly answer-ing questions about her lat-est film, “Don’t Be Afraid ofthe Dark.”
Produced by the auteur ofgore, Guillermo del Toro,“Dark” centers around ayoung girl named Sally(Bailee Madison) who joinsher father (Guy Pearce) andhis new girlfriend (Holmes)to live at an old restoredmansion, which, Sallylearns, harbors some creepyancient creatures who aredying for some company.
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After one day andone night, JulianaHatfield is donewith vacation. Ap-
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“I went to Martha’sVineyard recently. I wassort of planning on beingthere for three days,” saysthe Boston-based alt-popsinger-songwriter. “But Ihad to come home after24 hours, because I could-n’t handle any more than
24 hours of relaxation.But I really, really enjoyedthe 24 hours of relax-ation. I just didn’t wantany more.”
Hatfield, whose candidmemoir “When I GrowUp” was published in2008, admits that insteadof allowing stress to con-trol her as it did when shewas younger, she now us-es it as fuel. She celebratesthe release of her new al-bum, “There’s Always An-other Girl” next week.
“I put a lot of pressureon myself, and I definitelyhave anxiety about get-ting stuff done, about get-ting songs written,” shesays. “I guess I kind ofthrive on anxiety, I needit. If I’m not constantlyproducing work then I’llseize up and become a logon my couch, doing noth-ing. Inertia is a powerfulforce, and I can getsucked into black holes ofdoing nothing for a longtime. I try not to let thathappen.”
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Plenty ofalbums (and rest)Even Hatfield admitsthat doing nothing cansometimes be quite anattractive way to spendyour time, especially forsomeone who has beenhard at it as a profession-
al musician for, astound-ingly, 25 years. “I doallow myself plenty ofrest. I always say that Iwork hard and I resthard. I can be really lazyand I look back on all thealbums I’ve made andsay, ‘Well, I deserve a dayof doing nothing. I’m go-ing to do nothing todayand enjoy it.’”
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tation of life, thereforemaking us think that beingnormal is totally lame.”
That’s just the point, ar-gues Dr. Tonia M. Edwards,film and media professor atGeorgia State University.
“Those mundane mo-ments are often removedbecause Hollywood encour-ages escape from everydaylife. By removing the oftentedious aspects from thestory being told, it allowsthe viewer to distancethemselves from a life inwhich they spend large por-tions of their days doing rel-atively unexciting things,”she says, but adds that a cer-tain brand of film far re-moved from Hollywood
Why is Hollywood so unreal?Many everyday things that happen in our
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Surely Jack Bauer found two minutes to use the bathroomat least once within a season of “24” even if we never saw it.
You’re watching a movie inwhich two characters are inthe midst of an intense con-versation about a giant as-teroid that is on a directpath to the Pentagon whenall of a sudden one of themsays, “Hold that thought —gotta pee!” and darts offscreen.
Doesn’t happen much,does it? As a matter of fact,unless it’s directly related tothe advancement of theplot, we never see these re-al-world moments happenon screen. Are there conse-quences to this exclusion?Grae Drake, movie critic atmovies.com thinks so.
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that movies are single-hand-edly reinforcing why it’scooler to be a movie starthan it is to be a real per-son,” she says. “Because allof these menial tasks thatmake up a life are complete-ly edited out of a represen-
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Given that “art cinema”doesn’t often make it to themultiplex, it’s a fair guessmost people aren’t lookingfor reality. Professor of filmstudies at Seton Hall,Christopher Sharrett, ex-plains why.
“Today’s movies empha-size spectacle and special ef-fects. Writing takes a backseat, and with it real humanconcerns,” he says. “Observ-ing real human concerns arenot, sad to say, what the au-dience has been trained towant, with a few excep-tions.”
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and a few weeks or monthsinto the semester, you mightrealize that person you be-friended can be not reallyworthy of your trust. Youspend 18 years getting to thispoint and you have friend-ships and networks withpeople that know you andwho you are: Don’t just chuckthem out the window be-cause you’re in college andeverything is exciting andnew. Why did you choose to includematters of faith in your book?A lot of college guidebooksdon’t.That’s kind of the reasonwhy. There’s a lot of booksout there about getting intoschool and making yourself
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What’s the biggest mistakefreshmen make when theystart college?They assume that everybodyis going to be trustworthy,
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“Whenever you see yourquarterback fall like that,regardless of whose fault itis, it’s never a good feel-ing,” Kelce said. “It’s likethe bottom of your stom-ach just falls out. We got tocorrect it. It won’t happenagain, let’s put it that way.”
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GM plugs in to LG for electric cars
Two companies combine effort to do more than they could alone Experts:Joint approach is way of future Electric vehicles gaining steam in market
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General Motors Co. and LGCorp. have struck a deal todevelop electric cars togeth-er, a first-of-its-kind alliancebetween the top U.S. au-tomaker and a leading Kore-an conglomerate that repre-sents a major bet on batterytechnology.
LG Corp.’s LG Chem Ltd.currently supplies the lithi-um-ion batteries that powerGM’s Chevrolet Volt andOpel Ampera plug-in hy-brids which debuted in late2010.
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Earlier this month,GM confirmed it wasdeveloping a plug-inhybrid for its luxuryCadillac brand.
