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Super Bowl A Study In Quarterback Precision

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:08 a.m.

They went at it, as expected, and Peyton Manning and Drew Brees executed the game of Operation! absolutely perfectly. They used an array of short- and intermediate-area passes to move the football by bits and pieces up and down the field as Super Bowl 44 moved into the fourth quarter. And then, early in that fourth quarter, the Colts demonstrated why quarterback is the most important position in all of sports ...

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Ask Amy: Pregnant mom's snoring irks him

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:06 a.m.

Dear Amy: I am 81/2 months pregnant with my second child. I am a stay-at-home mother. Unfortunately, my pregnancy is causing me to snore. My husband wakes me up throughout the night to tell me to stop or get me to change positions ...

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Tattle: Tiger apologizes to pre-schoolers for all the fuss

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:06 a.m.

ONCE YOU start apologizing, it's hard to stop.Tiger Woods has offered up another "I'm so sorry," this time to parents of children at Premier Academy, where his 2-year-old daughter attends pre-school ...

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Sideshow: Bristol lays siege to TV

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:05 a.m.

Someday she may occupy the White House as first daughter - and perhaps as a future prez - so it's good to hear that Bristol Palin is preparing for the rigors of public life - by starring in a TV show ...

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Mirror, Mirror: How Phila. might foster its designers

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:04 a.m.

It takes money to make clothing. Not only do designers have to pay for pattern makers, people to sew the samples and produce runway shows, they also need access to a showroom - a place to present collections to buyers ...

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Jonathan Takiff:

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:03 a.m.

SOUND TECH : Gizmo, Page 32 ...

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Ellen Gray: 'Secret Life' delivers confusing message

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:03 a.m.

SOME PEOPLE believe there's no problem television can't solve.I tend to think there are few it can't complicate.If your relationship's at a crossroads, you could talk to your significant other - with or without a therapist present - or, hey, you could go on CBS' "The Amazing Race" and let millions of people watch you scream at each other while one of you rides a zip line ...

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Jonathan Takiff: It's a high-def Winter Olympics ... and maybe 3-D next time

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:02 a.m.

THE GIZMO: Olympic-gold technology.IN YOUR FACE: That's what I'm gonna keep in mind about the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Thanks to upgrades in broadcast technology and new distribution methods, this Winter Olympics may be remembered more vividly than any so far ...

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Dan Gross: Indie Doug Sakmann heads to N.Y. for shoot

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:01 a.m.

LOCAL FILMMAKER Doug Sakmann and his company Backseat Conceptions head to New York next month to shoot "Keep Your Enemies Closer," an indie film by "Sopranos" actor Federico Castelluccio. Castelluccio, who played Furio, wrote the screenplay and will also direct the crime thriller, which stars Peter Greene (Zed in "Pulp Fiction."). Sakmann formerly spent several years working at Troma, home to the "Toxic Avenger" movies ...

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Jenice Armstrong: Here's to a great Dad

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

MY COLUMN hasn't been in the paper for a while because my dad, McKinley J.H. Armstrong, died Feb. 11. Don't feel sorry for me, though, because I really lucked out big time in the dad department ...

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