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We won’t diss ‘Distance’
Most coastal city-dwellers who are familiar with the grittier, busier side of life, relationships and indie-rock bands will love “Going the Distance”; the rest of America, not so much.
New York Sports
Vazquez due back in rotation
A mechanical alteration has Javier Vazquez back in the Yankee rotation.
National
Illegal population has fallen
The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. shrank 8 percent to 11.1 million in 2009 from a peak of 12 million in 2007.
My Food
Veggie burger revolution
Even though he occasionally eats meat, Lukas Volger champions veggie burgers. “I love them, but veggie burgers have a terrible reputation,” he says. To change the perception of this freezer staple as boring, over-processed and cardboard-y, Volger created 32 flavorful recipes using fresh, wholesome ingredients in his new book, “Veggie Burgers Every Which Way.”
Sports
‘Other’ Andy aims for breakthrough
Andy Murray's latest bid to end Britain’s long wait for a Grand Slam champion gets under way today when he begins his U.S. Open campaign against Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko.
International
Playing Nintendo in the mine
The 33 miners trapped underneath a Chilean mountain are safe. The most challenging task now is making sure the miners don’t lose their sanity as they await rescue.
Philly Sports
Quakers not about to second that emotion
For the first time since 2003, the defending champion Penn Quakers find themselves the hunted, rather than the hunters, in the Ivy League this season. They’re also a win away from the prestigious 800 mark in school history, with longtime coach Al Bagnoli three wins from passing George Woodruff as the school’s all-time winningest coach.
My Career
‘I am good enough, I am smart enough ... ’
So you squandered an estate note on a bachelor’s degree, then trudged through more entry-level hardships and thankless internships than should be legally permissable, only to backslide into a self-esteem shattering, résumé-derailing grind, several tax brackets below your dignity.
Philly Home
University City back in business
From Baltimore to Lancaster avenues and along Market Street in between, University City is abuzz from the arrivals of college students and professors back after summer vacation.
My Wellbeing
‘Check out the moobs on that guy’
While breast-enhancing surgery has become almost a norm for American women, men are also heading to the plastic surgeon’s office more often — to have their man-boobs (moobs) removed.
Updated 17:48, July the 29th, 2010
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Music
MMMpod
In the July MMMpod,
Young Veins
talk about breaking away from
Panic! at the Disco
,
Keith Lockhart
talks about
Buckwheat Zydeco
throwing the
Boston Pops
for a loop,
Zooey Deschanel
talks about how Roy Orbison inspired a
She & Him
song,
Derek Miller
of
Sleigh Bells
talks about how awesome
Funkadelic
is, and we talk about how awesome
Jimmy Cliff
is, who in turn talks about
Sam Cooke
and divine intervention. An explosive show for July! Oh yeah, and we also test your knowledge of America songs in the MMMPod medley.
Metro Life Panel
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