Family haunted by loved one's disappearance

ON THANKSGIVING, a holiday when families traditionally gather, a loved one will be missing from Pamela Browner's extended clan. Browner is senior vice president of public relations and government relations for the Philadelphia Eagles. Her missing relative is a niece by marriage, Mitrice Richardson.

When Sarah meets Hillary

WOULDN'T YOU love to be close enough to eavesdrop if Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ever agrees to have a cup of coffee with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? One can only imagine that their java summit might go something like this:

'Tough Love' hosts dish the dating advice

Jenice Armstrong; I think of myself as pretty frank, but there are certain opinions people are better off keeping to themselves, like when it comes to romance.

Enter Steve Ward and JoAnn Ward, Philly-area matchmakers and stars of a wildly popular new reality TV show.

Miss Black America pageant returning?

Jenice Armstrong: Remember the Miss Black America pageant? Organizers want to bring it back. Should they? Or has the pageant outlived its purpose?

Deadline drama

NEWSPAPERS have long enjoyed dueling images - one as bastions of gentlemanlike civility and the other as busy, cluttered places where gruff city editors chain-smoked and cussed out reporters whenever they felt like it.

AIDS threat still raging

LIKE THE TITLE character in "Precious," the new Lee Daniels' film, this 14-year-old Philadelphia girl had been raped by a relative and infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Michelle's family tree is multi-hued

Jenice Armstrong: First lady Michelle Obama' has white cousins? Oh, my gosh! Can you believe it? Well, yeah. Just about every black American I know has white relatives.

Women talk about sex

Jenice Armstrong: It was kind of like being at a Tupperware party but instead of the focus being on plastic containers, the conversation centered on sex.

Michelle's dating tips

FIRST LADY Michelle Obama graces the cover of the December issue of Glamour. What's even more interesting is that in the accompanying article, she gives dating advice. Given that all the single women I know who are searching for their own version of Barack Obama, her advice is worth paying attention to.

This World Series can divide households

Can't we all just get along? Not if one of us is from Philly and the other's from New York, with the Phils and Yankees squaring off tonight. Jenice Armstrong talks about how her house has been divided, and Stu Bykofsky, a Philly institution who grew up in the Bronx, has practically become a house divided against itself. Do you have New York friends, or a Yankees fan at home?

Cell phone was lifeline

THE LAST thing Sheila Armstrong remembers about the attack was the sight of her lover hoisting a vacuum over her.

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