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Taste: Trend: Healthy Pizza

Whole wheat pies get thumbs up from Oprah, Weight Watchers and South Beach. See inside for the tastiest local picks. Whole wheat pies get thumbs […]

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Taste: Where We’re Eating August 2006

Clam Tavern We can get so caught up in froufrou and foie gras that finding the completely unassuming, inexpensive and family-friendly Clam Tavern (339 East […]

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On the Street: Hair Bands

Chanel and Gucci have been milking this summer’s return of the ­headband — the weapon against humid-hair-days — for all it’s worth with pricey plastic […]

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Look We Love: Summer-to-Fall Totes

Stop feeling bad about splurging on a new beach bag with so few weeks of summer left — just take your pick of these three […]

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Pulse: Creative Buzz

Penn writing prof Lorene Cary (Black Ice; The Price of a Child) has written her first young adult book, Free!, a collection of nonfiction stories […]

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60-Second Critic August 2006

Television: The 10! Show NBC 10, 10 a.m. weekdays I’d like to start a collection for the hundreds of thousands of area residents without cable. […]

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Out and About: The Ten Coolest Events

1. Performance Van Morrison He’s one of rock’s greatest vocalists, but Van hasn’t played Philly in 16 years. In that time, he’s explored jazz, blues […]

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Local Talent: Lidia Kaminska

When we heard there was a hot Polish accordionist living in South Philadelphia, we immediately went to check out her show, expecting to hear a […]

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The Appreciation: Comcast SportNet’s Fred Bibbo

There’s a good reason to note this month’s release of Invincible, about former Eagle Vince Papale, and it has nothing to do with our love […]

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Music: Down-Loathed

That Geoffrey Beauchamp is hated should come as no surprise. He’s a lawyer. But Beauchamp commands an especially reviled place in the hearts of many […]

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Politics: Raj Against the Machine

Ask Apprentice addicts how they remember Raj Bhakta, the bow-tied flirt from the show’s second season, and you’ll get something like “goofy, but smart,” or […]

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Pulse: Mail Bonding

What with founding Postmaster General Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday, the issuance of a Franklin stamp, and the opening of a new mail-processing facility in South […]

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Transport: Breaking Away

The murder rate is still shockingly high, the long-awaited smoking ban includes gaping exemptions, and a former councilman was convicted of bribery, fraud and money […]

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Games: Now That Takes Balls

Occasionally these days, Daily News staffers wander past a vacant portion of the paper’s increasingly vacant newsroom and say, “You know, this would make a […]

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The Snapshot: In Plane Sight

Who: Jared Alexa. What: Flying a Piper J3 Cub. Where: Somewhere above Wildwood. Why: Alexa flies for Paramount Air Service, one of the region’s best-known […]