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Sideshow: Joe the Journalist, in Gaza - 2:27am: By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer

Joe the Plumber, whose pronouncements during the campaign established him as the most influential political pundit since Bart Simpson, plans to save journalism - from itself. London's Guardian says Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher is "dropping his unlicens
Morning Bytes: Inane lead-up to Eagles-Giants - 2:27am: By Frank Fitzpatrick, Inquirer Columnist

Peeking in on the electronic media in the run-up to the Eagles-Giants divisional playoff game Sunday at the Meadowlands WHA-TV: (Late in its 6 p.m. local newscast:)
Tell Me About It: Introduced as 'friend,' but she's much more - 2:27am: By Carolyn Hax

Question: Jeff and I have been dating for more than one year and are both in our 30s. Recently, we visited his family, and his parents introduced me to several people as "Jeff's friend."
PhillyDeals: PhillyDeals: Suburban office space in crunch this time - 2:27am: By Joseph N. DiStefano, Inquirer Staff Writer

Last time the real estate market hit a wall, in the early 1990s, the slowdown lingered in Center City Philadelphia longer than elsewhere.
On the Side: The invasion of the pushy atmosphere-snatchers - 2:06am: By Rick Nichols, Inquirer Columnist

By a stroke of good fortune - for the server and manager, at least - my wife was not present at the Center City lunch where the following unsettling events transpired.
Table Talk: Plea to moon goddess graces Thai spot - 2:06am: By Michael Klein, Inquirer Columnist

Nongyao "Moon" Krapugthong has gone warm but dramatic for MangoMoon, her new tri-level Thai-influenced small-plater/bar at 4161 Main St. in Manayunk (215-487- 1230), down the street from Chabaa Thai and across from the parking lot on Lock Street. It's open daily from 5 p.m.
Phil Sheridan: New year, new slate for Eagles - 01/07/2009: By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist

December in the NFL does not necessarily offer clues to January. Under Andy Reid, the Eagles' goal has always been to get better as the regular season goes on, ideally peaking as the playoffs approach. Look at their 2008 season casually and it seems as if the Eagles were following that formula. They won four of their last five regular-season games - including big wins against two NFC East rivals, New York and Dallas - to claim the last wild-card berth.
PhillyDeals: Plan for office building advancing - 01/07/2009: By Joseph N. DiStefano, Inquirer Staff Writer

The big, speculative Center City tower-construction projects are on hold, maybe for a very long time. But smaller building projects continue in pockets of the Philadelphia region.
Love: Katherine Faragalli & John Howard - 01/07/2009: October 25, 2008, in Wrightsville, Pa.

By Kellie Patrick Gates, For The Inquirer

Hello there Sometimes, the one that got away comes back. Kathy and John met in fall 1991, when John was a sophomore and Kathy a freshman at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Kathy and her friends and John and his had wound up at the same bar. John says Kathy was hard to miss. "She just lit up the room. She had a real sparkle to her," said John, who grew up in Louisville, Ky.
Sideshow: 'We did NOT break up!' LiLo insists - 01/07/2009: By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer

The alleged lesbian love affair between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Rosen - which has never been officially acknowledged - is not over, insists LiLo. (In other words, that which may never have been is not no-longer.)
Worldview: - 01/07/2009: By Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Columnist

Trudy Rubin's column, "Worldview," does not appear today.