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Ronnie Polaneczky: Tattoo south of the border was no laughing matter 07/24/2008: AS ELIZABETH MATEO was getting dressed the morning after April 28 back surgery at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Burlington County, N.J., her husband noticed a rose tattoo on her belly, just below her panty line.
Michael Smerconish: How city can turn fat into gold 07/24/2008: NEW York City is on the move, undertaking extraordinary measures to protect residents from themselves, and earning the envy of those of us in so-called second- class cities.
Kimberly Garrison: Bike riding: Good exercise, if you exercise common sense 07/24/2008: IS IT MY imagination or are there more bike riders on the road these days? By golly, I think the prohibitive gas prices have driven many people to biking as their final resort.
Jim Coleman: The secret is citrus when dressing avocado 07/24/2008: Q: I am looking for two salad dressings that involve avocados. First, I want to find a recipe for a good dressing for an avocado salad - not your typical vinaigrette, something that will enhance the flavor of the avocados. The second dressing is one like my mother used to make that had avocados in it. She called it Avocado Goddess Dressing. Other than avocados, I know it also had anchovies, and it was creamy. Thank you for your attention.
Tattle: Smith makes more but Vaughn's worth more 07/24/2008: By Howard Gensler

PHILADELPHIA'S BEEN looking for a champion for 25 years, and finally we're No. 1. Thank you, Will Smith. According to Forbes.com, the Pride of Overbrook is the top-paid actor in Hollywood.
Dan Gross: A Mendte Emmy dilemma? 07/24/2008: LARRY MENDTE usually cleans up at the mid-Atlantic Emmys, raking in awards every year, but this year the local chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is trying to figure out how to handle his entries.
Ellen Gray: Philly native makes 'Kath & Kim' dysfunction function 07/24/2008: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - It's a long way from Australia to South Philadelphia, but for Michelle Nader, the producer charged with transforming the Down Under sitcom "Kath & Kim" into an NBC hit, the show's mother-daughter act hits close to home.
John Smallwood: McNabb expects Eagles to make playoffs this year 07/23/2008: BETHLEHEM - I liked what Donovan McNabb said yesterday, the way he carried himself, the confidence he exuded. But then, I've always liked what No. 5 has said during his media conference to open training camp.
Jill Porter: What more could Larry Mendte want? 07/23/2008: IS HE SICK? Or just plain evil? Larry Mendte's obsessive spying on Alycia Lane's e-mails seems to be both. The CBS 3 anchor turns out to be a treacherous betrayer, preoccupied with destroying Lane, according to a federal investigation.
Bullpen still mightier than the starters 07/23/2008: NEW YORK - So here's the million-dollar question to be answered over the last 62 games of this incredibly flammable Phillies season:
John Baer: Pa. Legislature: Too bad, so sad 07/23/2008: HOW BAD IS the Pennsylvania Legislature? So bad, they're talking about it in Washington. The Brookings Institution, the oldest think tank in America, a centrist (leaning left) nonprofit, almost always referred to as "the prestigious" Brookings, held a daylong round table this week on our own beloved Legislature.
Ellen Gray: Getting the details right is key to 'Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner 07/23/2008: MAD MEN. 10 p.m. Sunday, AMC. LOS ANGELES - We're walking, we're walking . . . and Matthew Weiner is talking.
Tattle: Bale arrested for alleged assault of relative 07/23/2008: By Howard Gensler

YESTERDAY afternoon it appeared as if "Dark Knight" star Christian Bale was a Joker, allegedly arrested in London during a family spat. But as the day wore on, the events evoked less Gotham pity and more curiosity.
Dan Gross: Stern: Rehire Lane! 07/23/2008: HOWARD STERN says that CBS 3 should apologize to Alycia Lane and give her back her job. On his Sirius Satellite Radio show yesterday, Stern, a friend of Lane's boyfriend, Chris Booker, formerly of Q102, said he used to think Lane was a bit nutty when she complained that she didn't understand how personal stuff about her was getting in the papers, but now he feels for her.
Jonathan Takiff: What's hot from the Electronic Entertainment Expo 07/23/2008: GIZMO: News from E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. NO PLAYING AROUND: Riding high on a $48-billion-a-year (worldwide) business that reputedly exceeds movie box office grosses, music and DVDs sales, the video game industry rolled out hundreds of new products at its annual E3 game convention last week in Los Angeles.