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More than 1,300 mourners packed the Basilica Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul for the funeral of Dr. John P. Pryor earlier today. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania trauma team leader and army reserve major was killed in Iraq on Christmas while serving as a combat surgeon.

A suspended Montgomery County constable, awaiting trial for allegedly abusing his authority, has been ousted from his position by a county judge.

Two dozen picketers angry at a proposed redistricting plan for the area's two high schools demonstrated in front of the Lower Merion School District headquarters this morning.

A former sheet-metal assembler at Boeing Co.'s Delaware County helicopter plant was sentenced this morning to five months in prison and five months of house arrest for cutting part of a wiring harness on an Army Chinook helicopter.

Talk about a price range.

A fiery car crash on Interstate 76 in Camden County last night led to the arrest of a Glassboro man on multiple drug and weapons charges, police said.

MINNEAPOLIS - There were plenty of warts on this homely toad of a football game, but in January in the NFL there is no award for style points.

I DON'T BELIEVE in group punishment, but I do believe in group identity. For instance, there's no question African-Americans got a bigger lift from Barack Obama's election than white Americans. That's the plus side.

After a year marked by horrific crimes committed by repeat violent offenders, Gov. Rendell called yesterday for legislation to keep them locked up longer.

NEWARK, N.J. - Some business owners say recent enforcement of a decades-old ordinance prohibiting some types of barbed wire and razor wire is making Newark more attractive - to thieves.

TRENTON - "Hey, baby, you OK?" Mike asks his girlfriend as she sits next to him. "Yeah, I'm OK," Toni says, and she puts her head on his shoulder. Mike thinks it's safe to move in for a kiss.

A man held police at bay for several hours yesterday in a Gloucester Township neighborhood after firing a gun randomly in the street.

William J. Castner Jr., executive director of New Jersey's Assembly Majority Office, was headed for a job as a lawyer in the private sector when he got an offer he couldn't resist.

ATLANTIC CITY - In this gambling mecca, where 2008 brought a record decline in profits for casinos and mass layoffs for casino workers, not all the news is grim.

Tucked into a pocket on Ryan Bonifacino's sleeve was a family heirloom, a strange talisman that he swears brings great luck to the Phillies and the Eagles.

WASHINGTON - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew yesterday as the nominee for commerce secretary, saying a federal probe that has reached into his office could last months and was certain to bog down his confirmation.

WASHINGTON - Lowering expectations for quick passage of an economic stimulus bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yesterday rejected setting "some false deadline" for delivering legislation to Barack Obama, in favor of a more deliberate approach that allows Congress to get the package right "the first time."

ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER - Israeli tanks and ground troops moved swiftly yesterday to seize large sections of Gaza, encircling its largest city and cutting the narrow strip of land in two in what military officials called a "real war" on the extremist Islamic group Hamas.

Mayor Nutter stood at the center of a hot and cramped room at the Kingsessing Recreation Center three weeks ago, repeatedly interrupted by hissing, booing and foot-stomping as he pleaded his case.

Want to lose weight? Quit smoking? Overcome your fears? Wendy Merron believes hypnosis can help both longtime strivers and people who recently committed to New Year's resolutions.