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- In other news-related news, CBS3 anchor Larry Mendte is no longer under house arrest.
- A dogfighting ring was uncovered in Overbrook, and the bust revealed stashes of drugs and weapons.
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- Former CBS3 news anchor Larry Mendte was sentenced yesterday to six months of house confinement, along with three years of probation and a $5,000 fine for obsessively and illegally reading the e-mails of his former co-anchor, Alycia Lane. Lane also attended the sentencing.
Well, sort of.
And no, it's not Larry Mendte.
Maybe you forgot about it in the wake of the DHS mess, but let us remind you.
For those of you who don't know, Larry Mendte used to do stand-up out in California. Now that he has some free time, maybe he'll pick up the mic again.
The saga of CBS 3 anchorwoman Alycia Lane has gotten even stranger. The Daily News reports that her first call upon release from NYPD custody was to Governor Edward Rendell. A spokesman for the governor,Chuck Ardo, said to the paper that she did it to "make sure he knew her side of the story because he is an opinion-maker and runs around in influential circles." And "I think she knew better than to ask him to intervene." Ardo also made it clear that the governor's office was not going intervene in the case.

CBS 3 Eyewitness News anchor Larry Mendte
Kudos to NBC 10 for airing a live election special Monday night dealing with the issues and candidates in the Delaware Valley. Steve Highsmith handles things like this very well, but co-anchor Tim Lake seemed like a lightweight sitting next to him. Among the highlights: conservative talk show host Michael Smerconish and Democratic analyst Rob McCord provided a nice right/left debate on some issues and tactics. WCAU really did their election coverage - pre, during and post - right.
Election night, NBC 10 had the best broadcast locally, supplying the right mix of live coverage, analysis and discussion, as seen on both its own newscast, and the one it produces for WPHL. Admittedly, Tim Lake seems like he should be hosting Good Day Tampa Bay or some late night infomercial rather than a newscast. Also, there is something disconcerting about Renee Chenault-Fattah anchoring election coverage, seeing as how her husband is U.S. Congressman Chakah Fattah. It has the appearance of something not-quite-kosher, but hey, this is Pennsylvania politics, where pork is not a four letter word. And anyway these are only a few minor complaints about some informative and insightful coverage.
In a post last week, we directed you to the Philadelphia livejournal community, where the posters were fondly remembering the not-quite-dead Dave Roberts and his, as it turns out, not-quite-dead weather board. Phillyist reader Jen Miller writes in to tell us:
