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Scared straight: Pushing the panic button

RAY ARMSTRONG, a model whose chiseled body once graced a Target billboard in Times Square, ran out of the Grays Ferry house of his friend, Anthony Williams, on Sept. 27, 2008, stark naked and soaking wet, according to witnesses.

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Scared straight: Pushing the panic button

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Moyer has olden touch in Phillies' win over Indians

SOMEONE ASKED Jimmy Rollins about the Phillies' 5 1/2-game deficit in the National League East. "Four-and-a-half," he interjected. Informed that the first-place Braves had yet to actually lose to the White Sox, despite trailing by a healthy margin in the eighth inning, he didn't miss a beat.

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Ellen Gray: ABC News documentary 'Boston Med' details the work life at three hospitals: BOSTON MED. 10 p.m. tomorrow, Channel 6. NEW YORK - PLAYING fly on the wall of a big-city hospital might seem like a good way to get swatted.

Tattle: MJ's mom OKs tribute concert set for Saturday: MICHAEL JACKSON's mother, Katherine, has given her public blessing to a tribute concert that will mark the anniversary of her son's death.
Dan Gross: Weather Channel pal for Maria LaRosa: WHEN Maria LaRosa starts at the Weather Channel on Monday, the former CBS 3 meteorologist will be reunited with her Penn State pal Jen Carfagno, who's also on air at the Atlanta-based channel.

Jonathan Takiff: Panasonic's 3-D TVs are top-notch, if you can't wait for the future: The Gizmo: Spending time with the Panasonic Viera TC-P50VT 25 - the best 50-inch 3-D (and 2-D) TV on the planet.

In ‘Knight and Day,’ Tom Cruise takes us back to a younger Tom: "Knight and Day" is by no means a period piece, but it's certainly dated - another '80s flashback, this time to the Classic Coke version of Tom Cruise.

Delicatessen: New villa of nova's taste fusions earn some yeahs, a few fehs: Much of my workweek is in Old City and I always enjoyed the occasional lunch trip to Kibbitz in the City. The snappy, if not demanding, service and overstuffed deli sandwiches were reminiscent of work lunches in Manhattan.

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