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TOP STORY
THERE IS a guy who sits 12 rows back in the leftfield bleachers who has, over the years, embraced Pat Burrell like a brother, kicked him around like a dog, and now loves him like an old army buddy again. Anyone who has sat back there on Sunday afternoons has heard him, has laughed with him and now, laughs at him.
Sports
IT WAS GONE. All of it. The noise, the energy, the excitement. A game that had been hyped all week - over the airwaves, on television, in the newspaper - as the first League Championship series contest on Philadelphia soil in 15 years had devolved into a glorified game of infield practice. Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe pitched, Phillies hitters swung, and Dodgers first baseman James Loney padded his put-out stats.
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Ellen Gray: Networks import plots from across the pond
- KATH & KIM. 8:30 tonight, Channel 10. ELEVENTH HOUR. 10:01 tonight, Channel 3. LIFE ON MARS. 10:01 tonight, Channel 6.
- HUGH HEFNER didn't shock the world at all earlier this month when he announced that two of his three girlfriends were moving on to do other things and he would likely be replacing them with a pair of twin sisters, Karissa and Kristina Shannon.
- SOMETIMES AN "Exclusive" is the story everyone wants. Sometimes it's not. The National Enquirer reported on its Web site yesterday that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant again less than four months after giving birth to daughter Maddie.
- THE GIZMOS: KVAR Energy Controller ($399.99 plus installation); Black & Decker Power Monitor ($99.99). Energy bills getting you down? Angry about our dependency on imported fuel? Maybe it's time to take matters in your own hands and slow the flow of energy into your house. That's the pitch of two products I've been testing: the KVAR Energy Controller and the Black & Decker Power Monitor.
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'Body' a fast-paced thriller
- If recent movies about the Middle East have taught us one thing, it is this: If you're riding in a convoy of SUVs, get out, because it's going to explode.
- IN 2007 AND AGAIN in 2008, Citizens Bank Park was named North America's Most Vegetarian-Friendly Ballpark. And after more than a decade of drought, in 2007 and again in 2008, the Phillies made the playoffs.
- LATELY, I'VE been receiving tons of e-mail regarding quick ways to lose weight. You name it, I've been asked about it. The grapefruit diet. Cabbage soup. The master cleanse diet. Atkins. South Beach. The Zone.
Blogs
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- The Idle Rich: Phils grab control
- Philly Fan Fare: Game 3 to be shown on the big screen at Penn's Landing
- Hey Jen: More on Cheating
- It's Our Money: The flip side of city’s latest job acquisition announcement
- Attytood: Red Friday
- PhillyGossip: Rob Guarino heads to Albuquerque