Thursday deluge II: Other stories

• Schools may get some Parking Authority cash -- a fraction of what was promised, but it's something. Also, House panel: Parking Authority must aid schools
  
  
• Study: Pa. schools need cash: A panel said $4.8 billion - a 28% hike - was required to remedy underfunding. Phila. would get $1 billion. Also, Pa. study: State underfunding schools by $4.6B a year and discussion at YPP here.
  
  
• Not trying to hide the past: A Philadelphia job fair centers on helping ex-offenders.
  
  
• Up from the depths of history: A remnant of the Revolution is pulled from the Delaware. spiff!
  
  
• John Baer | Scandal storm sinks 'Year of Reform'
  
  
• Opinion: The OT threat to our health -- healthcare workers working long hours...
  
  
• Letters | COALITION TAKES DROPOUT PROBLEM SERIOUSLY
  
  
• Two from New Jersey:
  
  
  
  • PATCO 'smart cards' to debut: The fare-paying devices will appear after Thanksgiving, officials said. (whiffs of transit envy...)
    
    
  • Chief justice seeks pay hike for judges: Rabner says N.J. jurists should be on par with the federal bench. Their last raise was in 2000. (all this underpayment is epidemic!)
  
  
• A good news story for the day, as strangers help strangers: Love and grace for a flat tire
  
  
• And Albert notices fall colors arriving in the city.