REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - You can count on a thunderstorm to pump up business at a brewpub. Especially at the shore.

Word on the Main Line is that new Eagle Michael Vick is house-hunting in Bryn Mawr. Before his legal unpleasantries, the former Atlanta Falcon lived large in an eight-bedroom mansion on a golf course in Duluth, Ga. A sale on that $4 million spread is held up in bankruptcy proceedings, Realtor Russ Robinson told me Friday.

For area drivers, this is becoming the summer of their discontent.
An unusually hectic season of road construction, intensified by hurry-up federal stimulus projects, is creating widespread congestion and delays for motorists.

Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter became a symbol of the angry protests against President Obama’s proposal to overhaul health care as he absorbed insults and curses Tuesday from constituents in Lebanon, Pa. - live, on all the major cable news networks.

Democrats have long grumbled privately that Christopher J. Christie’s tenure as U.S. attorney - marked by high-profile corruption prosecutions that made him one of New Jersey’s most prominent Republicans - was tinged with political ambition.

Sen. Jim Webb met with top officials in the hard-line military government of Myanmar yesterday and arranged for the release of an American prisoner there, part of a mission that may open the door to further U.S. engagement, according to senior administration officials.

PITTSBURGH - The federal and state governments have agreed to provide $16.3 million to provide security at next month’s Group of 20 global economic summit in Pittsburgh.

A Glen Mills man was killed early yesterday when the car he was driving in West Bradford Township crossed into oncoming traffic and was struck by a vehicle whose driver and passenger then fled, state police said.

The first surprise came in February, as they inspected the stucco on a Haddonfield house before repainting it. They removed pieces around the windows and discovered beautifully preserved red brick.

Concluding nearly two days searching the Glassboro home of a suspected arms dealer, police said yesterday that they found guns stashed in every room and throughout the backyard, eventually pulling out more than 50 firearms and a "large amount" of ammunition.