We sent our Paper Doll to the National Funeral Directors Association's Convention and Expo. Here's her report from the floor and the trenches. »»

Al sits on a wooden park bench outside City Hall every evening when the weather's warm. He's been a regular here for a lot longer than I've been passing by. Ask him and he'll tell you about being homeless in Philadelphia.
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Until last Wednesday, the most interesting fact about a semi-shaded clearing in the Andorra Natural Area was its use in the not-quite-classic 2005 flick Shadowboxer. Cuba Gooding Jr. digs a grave — while postcoital and naked. »»

The mayor's plan, presumably, was to do a Friday news dump. By Monday, it seemed fair to assume the media would have moved on to something else. »»

Hot young American baritone Troy Cook has come a long way from band trumpet and school chorus in Eminence, Ky. (pop. 2,000). »»

Opening just shy of a year before the assassination of George W. Bush, Death of a President's faux-documentary future shock has less to do with speculation than extrapolation. »»

According to Odean Pope, it wasn't until he formed the group Catalyst in 1971 that he was sure that he wanted to dedicate his life to playing jazz.
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How Valerie Safran and Marcie Turney — thirtysomethings without business backgrounds — took a couple blocks of the decidedly un-chic 13th Street and built a neighborhood. »»

If blowing half a paycheck on a ridiculous dominatrix/sugar plum fairy costume isn't your idea of a wonderfully wicked All Hallow's Day, try filling up your pumpkin pail with these frighteningly frugal alternatives. »»

"Hello, 1-900-Sex-Line." This is how my father picks up the phone these days — at least when he knows it's me. »»