Extra, Extra

• Let's face it: we're all pretty much screwed on this whole Pennsylvania budget thing.
• Big bucks, big bucks, no Whammy, no Whammy.
• Joe Sestak set out to reassure veterans that their health care benefits will not change under President Obama's proposed Universal Health Care Plan, and took some shots at Arlen Specter in the process. Woohoo for a non-stop campaign cycle!
• For all the dog lovers who were upset by the Eagles' signing of Michael Vick last week, here's a local dog story with a happy ending.
• Camden chief operating officer Theodore Z. Davis has resigned from his position. No reason has yet been given for the resignation.
• Greg Wade, the former president of the Philadelphia Home and School Council who pleaded guilty in May to stealing $115,000 from the organization, was sentenced to 11.5 to 23 months of house arrest followed by 54 months of probation. Members of the parents' organization are decrying the sentence as being too light.

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