Kat Bode is half of a band I used to love to see: eastmountainsouth - well she's back and well worth a listen - wish she would come to Philadelphia area again - used to play the Point and WXPN singer songwriter events...
Members of a New Hope family whose son was stabbed to death in the U.S. Virgin Islands six months ago say they remain unhappy with how the case is being handled, despite the arrests of two suspects.
The death of 21-year-old Jamie Cockayne, knifed after he left a bar on the resort island of St. John, got national attention in the weeks before the August arrests.
But with the men - charged with first-degree murder - released after posting bail, the Cockaynes are angry, complaining that the police and prosecution initially failed to appear at a bail hearing for one defendant.
"One hand does not know what the other is doing, that is for sure," said Jean Gilligan Cockayne, mother of the slain man.
www.freealycia.comNews item: CBS3 anchor Alycia Lane tried to call Gov. Rendell last Sunday during an Eagles-Cowboys game to "tell her side of the story" of her encounter with a New York City cop. She didn't get through until Monday. But what if she had?
Governor: Hello?
Lane: Hi, governor! It's your favorite hottie TV news woman!
Governor: Leslie?
Lane: Guess again.
Governor: Cecily? Erin?
Lane: No, it's Alycia, governor. A-l-y-c-i-a.
Governor: Alycia! Can you hang on a minute, sweetheart? It's third down. I gotta see this play.
Lane: Oh, well, OK.
Governor: Go! Go!
Lane: But you just told me to wait.
Governor: Huh? No, not you. I was yelling at the TV. What's wrong, Alycia? Did you e-mail pictures of yourself in a bikini to somebody's wife again?
Lane: No, I got arrested.
FOR THREE weeks, I've been busy promoting a new book. During that time, I've been closely monitoring the traffic to my Web site, where information about the book has been posted.
The launch ended Friday, so I was surprised to learn that the highest number of visits to my site was recorded three days later, on Monday.
At first, I fooled myself into thinking I'd created enough hype to carry through the weekend....But, alas, I'm a knucklehead.....For reasons known only to the Internet gods, when the name "Alycia Lane" is typed into Google "images," the first picture to pop up is one taken in my radio studio and posted innocuously on my Web site - a smiling, pony-tailed, fresh-faced Alycia Lane. (No doubt to the disappointment of the surfers, she's fully clothed.)
Worse for them, she's standing next to a pretty average bald guy. That would be me.
The Web hits were yet another sign of how big the Alycia Lane story has become, even though exactly what happened remains somewhat mysterious....That's when police say an intoxicated male (who may or may not have been a local DJ) jumped out of the taxi and confronted the people in the other car, who turned out to be police. Lane allegedly got out of the taxi and began taking pictures with her iPhone.....Somebody get Larry Ceisler on the phone. She needs a trip to rehab and a return visit to Dr. Phil before Philly will forget. *
Delaware County Times columnist Neal Zoren writes that if CBS 3 anchor Alycia Lane is convicted of assaulting a NYPD officer, she is not a criminal, rather "just someone who had a moment of hot-headedness, possibly fueled by the libations typical to night out in New York."
Lane's attorney, errr, Zoren continues, "Yet, that hot-headed moment could land her in jail, where, frankly she does not belong, guilty or not, the “victim” being a police officer or not. As for the gay slur, allegedly calling the allegedly assaulted police officer a “dyke,” it’s not pretty, but in a moment of anger, people go for the jugular."
On April 3, Channel 3 news anchor Alycia Lane will appear in New York Criminal Court to answer charges of a Class D felony, assault with physical injury to a police officer.
Felonies are classified in severity starting with “A” and going to “E,” so a Class D offense is considered low on the felony totem pole. As with any felony, it can still mean more than a year in a New York state prison.....Juicy details of the case involve a gay slur and a call Lane made to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell to tell him personally about her innocence...Police are often found to have lied to move a case forward or to make their case. That’s why I think it would be a mistake to rush to judgment in Lane’s case, even though the story, as presented so far in the press, and on the New York Criminal Court docket looks bleak for her. (In fact, I’ve spent a good portion of the morning — more than two hours — trying to relocate a passage on the NY State Criminal Court site that actually warns defendants that “police may not tell the truth or embellish.”)
Certainly, Lane’s TV career, especially at Channel 3, is in limbo. The station moved a planned vacation up a week to being on Dec. 17 instead of today, and one can only expect that vacation will last until April 3 if not longer. Even if Lane is acquitted of all charges, or the charges are dropped in some round of court hearings, damage to Lane’s reputation and to the station are permanent. People may sympathize, people may bow to new information, but Lane’s situation is too well known, and she will, pardon the expression, forever be a punch line.
Ok, I wish I could be full of Christian charity and say "oh the poor Reid family..." or "oh poor Andy and Tammy Reid they are so conflicted.." --- But the simple fact of the matter is I can't.
How quickly can you say publicity stunt? Andy: We’ve dealt with Garrett’s situation for a long time, and we’ve done it through Super Bowls and championships. And it’s new to a lot of people, but it’s not new to us. As long as Jeffrey Lurie will have me, and as long as I can do my job to the best of my ability, I would love to be an Eagle.
Tammy: Plus we do have house payments, he does need to have a job. Any other dad, any other man who has things going on in his family, has not had it questioned whether he’s going to retire or step down from his job. The CEO of any major company, it would never be in question.
PHILADELPHIA -- Andy Reid and his wife know well the problems facing parents of children with addictions. The Philadelphia Eagles coach even spent six weeks in counseling with his oldest son, and now the usually guarded Reids are sharing their story.
The Reids broke their almost yearlong silence about their sons' problems and vowed their support in an interview with Philadelphia Magazine for its January edition.....Reid said he learned that, because of the chemical makeup of the brain, certain people are more susceptible to drug use and addiction than others.
"It's an epidemic that has attacked America," he said. "I was sitting there, in counseling, with good people. They are not bad people, it encompasses everybody."
And that is the point the Reids want to get across: that others dealing with the same troubles are not alone.
"It was a way to share our story with others," Reid said Friday. "We've had tremendous support through this whole event. It was a way to reach out to those who are going through similar situations.
"It was an opportunity to do this while the players were still in town and let them have an opportunity to, likewise, to read about it so there would be no gray areas as they left town."...The Reids have faced plenty of criticism, from Eagles fans questioning whether the coach should step down, or be removed, to the judge who sentenced the two Reid boys to jail and likened the coach's home to "a drug emporium."
Reid acknowledged he was "sad" and "disappointed," but said it all comes with the territory.
"We've accepted public criticism as a family even when it's not true," the coach said in the interview....Tammy Reid said, "We raised these boys. We taught them to pray, taught them to ride their bikes
On January 30th, 2007, Garrett and Britt Reid, the two oldest sons of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid and his wife Tammy, were arrested in separate driving incidents. Police found drugs in the car of Garrett, 23, a student at Montgomery County Community College, after he had an accident. Britt, 21, also attending MCCC, was held on drug and weapon offenses after allegedly pointing a gun at another motorist. Thus began a media firestorm and a bizarre year for the Reids. Andy and Tammy Reid had said nothing publicly about the events until they agreed to meet with Philadelphia features editor Robert Huber for an interview. The Reids were limited in what they could discuss because of possible upcoming legal action; their lawyer, Paul Rosen, was present. But sitting in the living room of their Main Line home, the Reids spoke openly for two hours about their family’s battle with addiction.
.....Tammy: You’re thinking, let’s try one more time. Because that’s what you do as a parent. You think, okay, it didn’t work the last couple of times, but there’s still hope. We raised these boys. We taught them to pray, taught them to ride their bikes — you see this potential in him, and you’re just not going to give up. And that’s the one great thing from all the letters we’ve gotten, they all say, stay with them, always tell them you love them, show them you love them, do what you can, but know that they’ve got to do it themselves. Are we going to be there for them all the time? Yes, no matter what happens.
On Andy’s future with the Eagles …
Philadelphia Magazine: Here’s the 64-dollar question: How close were you to resigning, and is that still a possibility?
Andy: We’ve dealt with Garrett’s situation for a long time, and we’ve done it through Super Bowls and championships. And it’s new to a lot of people, but it’s not new to us. As long as Jeffrey Lurie will have me, and as long as I can do my job to the best of my ability, I would love to be an Eagle.
Tammy: Plus we do have house payments, he does need to have a job. Any other dad, any other man who has things going on in his family, has not had it questioned whether he’s going to retire or step down from his job. The CEO of any major company, it would never be in question.
SHORTLY after she was sprung from a New York City jail cell Sunday on charges that she'd sucker-punched a female cop, one of the first priorities of embattled CBS3 anchorwoman Alycia Lane was to get Gov. Rendell's cell-phone number, sources said.
And shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday she called the governor, Rendell's spokesman Chuck Ardo confirmed yesterday, to "make sure he knew her side of the story because he is an opinion-maker and runs around in influential circles."
Asked if the anchor wanted Rendell to lobby any New York law-enforcement or court officials on her behalf, Ardo said, "I think she knew better than to ask him to intervene."
"He will not, he would not, and he has not been asked to," Ardo said about whether Rendell had planned to get involved in Lane's case.
Station sources questioned Lane's journalistic integrity in contacting or seeking assistance from a prominent politician.
Lane's attorney, David Smith, did not return a call from the Daily News for comment....As the Daily News reported yesterday on its PhillyGossip.com blog, Lane was scheduled for time off beginning next week, but due to "the pressing situation" she began her vacation yesterday, said station spokeswoman Joanne Calabria.
While the story made its way onto blogs and media outlets outside Philly - the New York Post featured Lane on its cover and the Associated Press sent the story out across the world - Lane and her attorney vehemently denied the allegations against her...
Alycia Lane Philadelphia Timeline
by Laura Nachman
lauranachman.net
December 18, 2007
It's been an eventful four-plus years in Philadelphia for CBS3 news anchor/man magnet Alycia Lane. Here's our Alycia "Time-Lane."
September 2003 - Alycia Lane debuts on CBS3 as the weeknight news anchor at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. She arrives from the NBC affiliate in Miami, FL where she was weekend anchor.
March 2004 - Begins dating North Carolina insurance executive Jay Adkins, who she met at a party in Miami.
May 2004 - Divorce from first husband, minor league baseball player, Dino Callandriello becomes final after three years. They did not have children.
May 2004 - Lane discusses her divorce with Dr. Phil for a sweeps segment to promote his "Relationship Rescue Retreat" special on CBS.
January 2005 - Lane and Adkins get engaged.
February 2005 - Lane and Adkins discuss their relationship with Dr. Phil for another sweeps segment.
August 2005 - Lane marries Adkins in North Carolina. Lane's father, Marlin Lane, a minister, officiates.
May 2006 - Lane is photographed dancing closely at a party with Prince Albert while in Monaco to report on the 50th anniversary of Princess Grace's wedding.
September 2006 - Lane and Adkins, who never moved full-time to Philadelphia from North Carolina separate. They are divorced a short time later.
May 2007 - Lane makes national news after vacation photos of herself in a bikini that she sent to friend, Rich Eisen of the NFL Network are intercepted by Eisen's wife.
August 2007 - Lane is linked with CBS2 news anchor Chris Wragge, who is legally separated from his first wife, former "Playboy Playmate of the Year," Victoria Silvstedt.
October 2007 - Lane begins dating Q102 morning man Chris Booker, who was previously linked with Lynda Lopez, the sister of Jennifer Lopez.
December 2007 - Lane is arrested in New York City and charged with assaulting a police officer. Lane, who was originally scheduled to begin a two week vacation Christmas week is told to stay home one week earlier by station management.
Anchorwoman Alycia Lane's future with KYW (CBS3) is uncertain after her arrest early Sunday on charges of slugging a plainclothes New York City police officer.
The station announced that Lane, 35, would begin a planned two-week, end-of-year vacation a week early, effective yesterday. Her name and image were stripped from station promos, and her work on the station's holiday special, airing tonight, was edited out.
Observers say her return to her $700,000-a-year anchor job hinges not only on her legal case - a felony charge of second-degree assault that could take months to resolve - but the court of public opinion.
CBS, the station's parent company, is deliberating how to handle the public relations fallout....."Behavior clauses" in the contracts of many on-air personalities hold them to conduct that does not embarrass their station. ...Yesterday, more pieces of the story came to light. Lane and Booker were in a New York taxicab early Sunday with another couple - identified by a source as a radio executive that Booker knows through radio DJ Howard Stern, and his wife.....According to the report, Lane placed the phone's camera against a male officer's face.....A witness said Lane, screaming, was thrown to the ground and apprehended......She was the only person charged in the incident.
The radio executive did not return a call or e-mail for comment.
...Is Canus Corp, apparently the new building owner, under Susan Rabinovitch playing Scrooge this holiday season in Ardmore at Ardmore Crossing, now with it's new name change to "Greenfield Commons"? That is what the article in Main Line Life and Main Line Times infers, right?
December 17, 2007 -- A foxy Philly anchorwoman - who once e-mailed sexy swimsuit snaps to a married TV talking head - became an anger woman yesterday, calling a female NYPD cop a "dyke bitch" and slugging her in the face, law-enforcement sources said.
Yes, yes! We may not get photos of Alycia Lane in a bikini, but we apparently will be getting a mugshot! That's right: Alycia Lane has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a female NYPD officer.
Daily News reporter Regina Medina is reporting exclusively that Lane, 35, was arrested at 2:04 a.m. today at the corner of W. 17th Street and 9th Avenue and later charged with one count of assault witih intent to cause physical injury to an officer, said NYPD spokesman Sgt. Carlos Nieves. The 10th Precinct officer suffered lacerations to her face, Nieves said. Lane was also accompanied by an unidentified male, according to the NYPD report....Absolutely unbelievable. Alycia Lane has thrown down the gauntlet late in the year for the Philadelphia Will Do Person of the Year. Milton Street, Barbaro and Mark B. Cohen are shocked. Also: The Eagles beat up on TO, Romo and Dallas! Now we all get to have false hope for another week.
NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Fogelberg, whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era in the 1970s, died at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer.
His death was announced Sunday in a statement by Anna Loynes of the Solters & Digney public relations agency, and was also posted on the singer's Web site.
"Dan left us this morning at 6:00 a.m. He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side," it read. "His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him."
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