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Reyna Aguirre-Alonso, a Mexican immigrant, was “executed” during a hit late Tuesday.

‘Because shegot involved,she wasmurdered’

Neighbors say 33-year-old store clerk wouldn’t letdrug dealers run corners around her N. Philly bodega

Victim participated in anti-violence efforts {page 02}

Debate: Whatare they lyingabout now?

Candidates piled on Obamain Florida Did ‘ObamaCare’kill jobs? Is the presidentjust appeasing Iran? {page 06}

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OccupyPhilly inCongress?A member of the Occu-py Philly encampmentwill become the firstperson from the Occu-py movement to run foroffice, according toPolitico. The website re-ported NathanKleinman, 29, will op-pose U.S. Rep. AllysonSchwartz.

1Fed up, and gunned down

Beautiful, hard-working immigrant wasn’t afraid to kick dealers off her store’s corner Friends, neighbors believe she paid ultimate sacrifice Police believe it wasn’t random

The execution-style shootingdeath of a North Philadelphiacorner store employee was de-scribed by a neighbors as a hiton a woman who didn’t bendto drug dealers.

Reyna Aguirre-Alonso, whopolice identified as RosemaryFernandez-Rivera, 33, wasshot four times by a manwearing a ski mask inside ElCaribe Grocery at 3300 MutterSt., detectives said.

The shooter wordlesslypassed two other employeesand did not announce a rob-bery before opening fire at7:48 p.m. The motive for thekilling is unknown, policesaid.

But Greg Bucceroni ofCrime Victim Services, whoseoffice is less than a block awayfrom the store where the mur-der occurred, believes the in-tent of the shooting was clear:to send a message against po-lice cooperation. Bucceronisaid his organization reachedout to neighbors, includingRivera, to participate in vio-lence reduction efforts.

Rivera agreed, calling 911on criminals hanging in frontof the grocery and warningthem to find another spot.“She was fed up with illegaldrug transactions and dealershanging out in front of thestore,” Bucceroni said. “It wasimpacting her business — cus-tomers were not coming in be-cause they were afraid to walkpast the drug dealers.

He believes she was target-

ed because of her efforts todrive the dealers away. “Be-cause she got involved, shewas murdered,” Bucceronisaid. “There’s so much drugand gang activity here that theresidents are overwhelmed.Law abiding citizens arehostages of urban terrorists.”

Bucceroni said that, sincethe young woman's murder,he's already received about 75phone calls from frightenedcommunity members whowant nothing to do with theanti-violence campaign oreven community cleanups.

“Neighbors are scared, realscared,” he said. “Every timethey call the police for somereason, even Homicide, theycome to their house. It putsthe ones who cooperate athigh risk.”

Free tickets to JoePamemorial put on eBayPENNSYLVANIA. How muchwould you pay for tickets to JoePaterno’s memorial service?

Free tickets to Thursday’smemorial service weredistributed yesterday to morethan 10,000 fans and alumni.By midday, tickets startedpopping up on eBay auction,with pairs selling for $400and $500. One bid went ashigh as $99,509 before eBayfinally pulled it. In fact, theauction site has removed alltickets to the Paterno memo-rial service, claiming it violat-ed the website’s policies.

“I can’t tell you how repre-

hensible I find those kinds ofactions,” Penn State presidentRodney Erickson saidyesterday. “We have tried to doeverything within our powerto stop that, but there are cer-tain legal limitations on whatwe are allowed to do.” METRO

Teen gunned down inWest Oak Lane gunfireWEST OAK LANE. Police areinvestigating the shooting oftwo 17-year-old boys lastnight, one of them fatally.

Rashi Anderson was fromthe 6200 block of North 21stStreet, a block from the loca-tion of the fatal gunfire. Hewas shot numerous times inthe torso on the 6300 block,while the teen accompanyinghim was shot in the leg. Po-lice found both victimslaying in the street around8:20 p.m.

They were taken toEinstein Medical Center,where Anderson died at 8:34

p.m. The other victim wastreated and released.

Police have not yet estab-lished a motive or madearrests. Anderson’s murderbrings the city’s tally for thefirst three weeks of 2012 to 28murders, not including a 28-year-old shot to death on 66thAvenue last week. Police havenot yet classified his death ashomicide.

The 27 murders throughyesterday before Anderson’sdeath tied it for the highesttotal through Jan. 24 underMayor Michael Nutter.through Jan. 24. METRO/AW

Drug andAlcohol nodHARRISBURG. A formerPhiladelphia prosecutorhas been tapped to headthe new Department ofDrug and AlcoholPrograms by Gov. TomCorbett.

Gary Tennis, who re-tired as chief of the legis-lation unit in thePhiladelphia district at-torney's office, will headup the new departmentbeing created as a resultof a 2010 law passed un-der Gov. Ed Rendell.

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Neighbors‘traumatized’Neighbors rememberedAguirre-Alonso as agenerous woman who oftengave needy patrons leewaywhen it came time to pay.“Everybody feelstraumatized,” said Molta De-Jesus. “Everybody was a cus-tomer, everybody is a neigh-bor, everybody watches out

for everyone else. But don’tget it twisted — I don't trustanyone.”

The remarks came as ru-mors swirled yesterday thatAlonso was a cooperatingwitness in the Nov. 25 shoot-ing of 22-year-old Luis OmarChevere across the streetfrom the store. Bucceronisaid that Alonso mentionedseeing the slaying, but didnot know if she wasworking with investigators.

Familymembers re-portedly saidthat Alonsohad recentlybeen taken toidentify possi-

ble shooters in the case. Awarrant was issued Mondayfor Jorge Aldea, 22.

Police declined tocomment on whether thetwo incidents were related.

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“Because she gotinvolved, she wasmurdered.There’s so muchdrug and gangactivity here thatthe residents areoverwhelmed”GREG BUCCERONI,CRIME VICTIM SERVICES

A friend of Aguirre-Alonso, below, visited her closed store yesterday. Aldea, inset, is wanted for a murder that occurred Nov. 25 across the street from the store.

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Agassi serves up a winfor city school students

Agassi, rear, celebrated a new elementary school with children in North Philadelphia yesterday.His foundation bought an old factory, then leased it to a charter school provider.

A group of excited, young stu-dents got to show off theirnew school yesterday to May-or Michael Nutter and a na-tional celebrity.

KIPP, a national charterschool provider, had a ribbon-cutting for the opening of itsfirst elementary school in thecity. The school leases a formerfactory in Allegheny which waspurchased and renovated by anorganization co-founded bytennis legend Andre Agassi.

The partnership is the firstof what Agassi and KIPP offi-cials hope will be severalschools in low-income neigh-borhoods across the country.

“I’m a ninth-grade dropout.I was fortunate to have tennisto fall back on,” Agassi told theaudience, describing what ledhim to start the Canyon-Agassi

Charter School Facilities Fund.“I said ‘What about those kidswho don’t have tennis to fallback on? Where do they endup?’ And unfortunately we allknow that too well.”

The school opened in Au-gust 2010, but just moved intothe new facility last Augustand construction was finallyfinished last month. It has 150students in K-2, with plans toexpand to fourth grade by2014. Parents say the school isa godsend.

“I’m grateful to have thisschool here,” said Brock NelsonSr., who has twins in the firstgrade. Nelson, a school teacher,said he appreciates KIPP’s mod-el of preparing each studentfor college. “Just the structure,the time they have with them,I appreciate that.”

Under a compact recentlysigned between the city, thePhiladelphia School Districtand charter school groups, thecity hopes to replicate the high-est-performing schools andclose poor-performing schools.

Nutter lauded KIPP officialsfor their record. “[The stu-dents] have to understand theopportunity to achieve is rightthere before them,” he said.

109Charter schools that KIPPowns and managesacross the country; thisincludes four in Philly.

Call by Googlefor PhillydoodlesPHILADELPHIA. Studentsfrom across the region arebeing asked to enter theirown Google “doodle,”which couldeventuallybe dis -played onthe Googlewebsite,the Webgiant announced last week.

The topic of the contestis “If I could travel in time,I’d visit...” The winner of

the contest will not onlyhave his drawing on thewebsite, but will alsoreceive a $30,000 collegescholarship and a $50,000technology grant for his orher school, the companysaid. There will be a finalistfrom each state.

After the winners fromeach state,thecontestantswill be nar-roweddown to

five finalists,then a final National Win-ner will be chosen May 18in New York City.

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This doodle commemorates Machu Picchu.

Hershey SchoolcontroversyPENNSYLVANIA. Protesters gath-ered outside Hershey School,about 100 miles northwest ofPhiladelphia, over the low-in-come private school’s rejectionlast year of a 13-year-old boywho is HIV positive.

When the controversy be-gan, the school said it rejectedthe boy’s admission to protectthe health of the 1,850 otherstudents enrolled. The board-ing school is funded by theHershey Company.

Protester Jessica Reinhart ofAIDS Healthcare Foundationsaid that if it’s treated, HIV is“96 percent noninfectious.”

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IMF cuts growthforecast, warns ofglobal recessionWASHINGTON. The IMFchopped its estimate for2012 global growth to 3.3percent from 4 percent justthree months ago andwarned it could drop as lowas 1.3 percent if Europe letsthe crisis fester for muchlonger. For 2013, it predict-ed growth of 3.9 percent.

“The epicenter of thedanger is Europe, but the

rest of the world is increas-ingly affected,” IMF chiefeconomist OlivierBlanchard said at a newsconference. REUTERS

Apple revenuesurges past targetsSAN FRANCISCO. Apple Inc.’squarterly results blew pastWall Street’s expectationsafter U.S. consumerssnapped up near unprece-dented numbers of iPhonesand iPads, sending itsshares up 8 percent intorecord territory.

The world’s most valu-able technologycorporation returned toform after a rare miss inthe previous quarter,assuaging investors’worries that its sheer sizemeant it was headed into aperiod of slower growth.

It sold 37.04 millioniPhones — its flagship prod-uct — and 15.43 millioniPad tablets, doubling froma year earlier and easily out-pacing already heightenedexpectations for a strongholiday season. REUTERS

News in briefObama bids for secondterm in his SOTU speechPresident Barack Obamapitched new initiatives on jobs,taxes and housing in an elec-tion-year State of the Union ad-dress, making a sweeping casefor a second term despite theslow U.S. economic recoveryand high jobless rate.

Framed in what was labeleda starkly populist speech, mostof Obama’s proposals will facestiff Republican resistance,limiting the chance of head-way in a divided Congress be-fore the Nov. 6 general elec-tion.

But the White House hopesObama can gain enough trac-tion with voters to help re-store faith in his economicleadership as the Democraticpresident defends himselfagainst escalating attacks byRepublican candidates vyingto face him.

Obama pushed tax breaksfor bringing manufacturing

jobs home from overseas,ideas to help the troubledhome-mortgage market andincentives for alternative en-ergy development.

“It’s time to apply the samerules from top to bottom: Nobailouts, no handouts and nocopouts,” an early speech tran-script said.

He also called again forhigher taxes on the wealthy —despite consistent Republicanopposition — and for furtherpressure on China over its cur-rency and trade practices.

While these initiatives donot offer a quick fix for highunemployment that threatensObama’s re-election prospects,his speech will be a chance toturn up the heat on an unpop-ular Congress and take controlof the campaign narrative.

Taxes are the most divisiveissue at the heart of this year’selection campaign. REUTERS

President Obama

Romneypaid tax at14 percentWASHINGTON. Mitt Romneybowed to pressure andgave a glimpse inside hispersonal fortune, releas-ing tax returns showinghe pays a lower effectivetax rate than many topearners.

Unlike Americans whorely on a paycheck, Rom-ney earns most of his in-come from investmentprofits, dividends and in-terest. The returns for2010 and estimates for2011 showed that he willpay a total of $6.2 millionin taxes on income of$42.5 million. REUTERS

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Aside from hitting the RonaldReagan trifecta — Romney,Gingrich and Santorum name-dropped the right-wing icon allin their first at-bat to speak —what did the candidates focuson at Monday night’s debate?Well, they lied — not justthrough their teeth, but viatheir lips and tongues as well.

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This one quote from Rom-ney, as NYMag points out,“fits three lies into a singlesentence,” which is impres-sive for any politician andsurely deserves accoladesfrom both sides of the aislefor its contribution to theart of politicking.

“We’re headed to aGreece-type collapse,and [Obama] addsanother trillion ontop for Obamacareand for his stimulusplan that didn’tcreate private-sectorjobs.” ROMNEY

The former Speaker incorrectly sums up thepresident’s relationshipwith Iran. Aside from thefact that, according to re-ports, it was actually Israelwho delayed this exercise,Gingrich downplays thepresident’s toughest-eversanctions against Iran.

“The Iranians are ….actively taunting us… so [Obama]cancels a militaryexercise with theIsraelis so as not tobe provocative?”GINGRICH

We know that vocal conser-vatives oppose the Afford-able Care Act — and will doand say anything to kill it —but the idea that mandatedinsurance is bad for theeconomy is just wrong. Amandate, in this case, bene-fits insurance companies.

It was difficult to find un-truthful remarks from Rep.Ron Paul, who spent muchof the debate railing againstU.S. military adventurismand our banking system.On that latter point, Paulseems overly optimistic onreturning the dollar to thegold standard, about whichhe lauds Gingrich in theabove quote. Economistssurveyed by the Universityof Chicago, however, unan-imously oppose the move.

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2THEWORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip @dorothyatmetro dorothy.robinson@metro.us

Here’s the thing about“The Bachelor” and“The Bachelorette”: Ifyou want to put your-

self in a ridiculous situationby vying for the “love” ofsome stranger while a groupof other similarly dressed peo-ple do the same on national TV,that’s fine. You are a (semi-) ra-tional adult and that’s yourweird bag. However, it’s whenkids are involved that I getthe heebie-jeebies.

It was announced yesterdaythat Emily Maynard, the 25-year-old single mom who was

the chosen one on “The Bache-lor” with Brad Womack, butthen broke up with him shortlythereafter, will now be the starof the eighth season of “TheBachelorette.” Although thereis no word on what kind of roleMaynard’s 6-year-old daughterwill play in the series, the ABCpress releases are quick topoint out that Maynard is thefirst single mom to star in theseries. Maynard’s little girl alsoappeared on “The Bachelor.”

Look. It’s great that singlemoms can be on “The Bache-lorette.” In fact, the series

needs to broaden their castingnet — more single moms! Moresingle dads! How about singlegranddads?! Heck, what about acontestant who isn’t white? Butisn’t it confusing enough for lit-tle children when their parentsdate multiple people/make outhalf-dressed in hot tubs with-out being on network TV?Here’s hoping ABC won’t show-boat the little girl for ratings,like they did with single dad Ja-son Mesnick’s 4-year-old son Tyon “The Bachelor.”

Let’s leave that poor parent-ing to “Teen Mom,” shall we?

Seal speaks out about divorceNews of Heidi Klum and Seal’sseparation has come as asurprise to Hollywood — and toSeal himself. But the Britishsinger is putting on a braveface, insisting their split won’tget ugly. “We’re just not thosekind of people — we never real-ly have been,” he says in an in-terview with PBS talk show hostTavis Smiley. “We’ve neverbeen attracted to that. Ofcourse it’s a difficult situationthat we have to handle rightnow and it’s never easy. Interms of our love and respectfor each other, that hasn’tchanged at all.”

Will Aniston be astay-at-home mom?Jennifer Aniston doesn’t haveany new acting gigs lined up,

and sources say that’s just howshe likes it, according to theDaily Mail. “She wants to focuson herself and hopefullybecoming a mother,” a sourcesays. “She is thinking of launch-ing her own fashion line whichwould allow her to spend moretime at home.” The source addsthat Aniston has not scheduledany movies in the “foreseeablefuture,” telling her agents “sheneeds a break.” Rumors circulat-ed last week that Aniston is sixmonths pregnant, and reps forthe actress have neitherconfirmed nor denied thereports.

Franklin calls offweddingAretha Franklin has called offher planned summer wedding toWillie Wilkerson, according toHollyscoop. “Will and I have de-cided we were moving a little toofast, and there were a number ofthings that had not beenthought through thoroughly,”Franklin says in a statement.“There will be no wedding at thistime. We will not comment on itany further because of the verypersonal and sensitive nature ofit. We appreciate all of the manywell wishes from friends.”

More Berry andAubry dramaGabriel Aubry, Halle Berry’s ex-boyfriend and the father of herdaughter, is reportedly being in-vestigated for criminal child en-dangerment and battery, accord-ing to TMZ. Law enforcementsources say Aubry allegedlyshoved his nanny into a doorwhile she was holding his andBerry’s 3-year-old daughter,Nahla. The investigation waslaunched after the nanny filed apolice report, and Child Protec-tive Services is reportedly mount-ing an investigation.

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Emily Maynard is the chosen‘Bachelorette’

Aniston Franklin Aubry

Emily Maynard will try to find love on national television — for a second time — as the new “Bachelorette.”

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Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.

Cormac McCarthy is el-evating the discourseon Twitter, Paris Hiltonwants to share, AlbertBrooks is making lightof his Oscar snub andSarah Silverman is mak-ing sense of the world.

@CormacCMcCarthySitting on a balconywatching far hills.White spire peaks. I feelblessed. Despite thestabbers the day hasbeen kind.

@ParisHiltonHad fun at Sundance,just got back to LA. Iwill be posting someiPhone pics from mytrip soon. Stay tuned...

@AlbertBrooksI got ROBBED. I don’tmean the Oscars, Imean literally. My pantsand shoes have beenstolen.

@SarahKSilvermanBehind every great bigbully there’s a great bigbully

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Jolie gets(even more)frostyAwards season isapparently getting

awkward, asAngelina Joliehasn’t warmedto GeorgeClooney’s new

girlfriend, Stacy Keibler,according to Us Weekly.Jolie and Brad Pitt report-edly shared a private jetwith Clooney and Keiblerto the Palm Springs FilmFestival, and sources saythe plane couldn’t getthere fast enough. “Angelina refused toacknowledge that Stacywas even on the plane,” asource says. “Angelinawent out of her way to ig-nore her, from takeoff tolanding. She would noteven look Stacy’s way. Shewas not having it.”

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Berenice Bejo

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Yesterday the nominations forthe Academy Awards wereannounced. Below is a list ofthe lucky nominees. TheOscars will air on Feb. 26.

Best Supporting Actress:Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”Jessica Chastain, “The Help”Melissa McCarthy,

“Bridesmaids” Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”

Octavia Spencer, “The Help”Best Supporting Actor:

Kenneth Branagh, “My Week with Marilyn”

Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”Nick Nolte, “Warrior”Christopher Plummer,

“Beginners”Max von Sydow, “Extremely

Loud & Incredibly Close”

Best Actress:Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs”

Viola Davis, “The Help”Rooney Mara, “The Girl With

the Dragon Tattoo”Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”Michelle Williams, “My Week

with Marilyn”

Best Actor:Demian Bichir, “A Better Life”George Clooney,

“The Descendants”Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”Gary Oldman, “Tinker, Tailor,

Soldier, Spy”Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”

Director:Michel Hazanavicius,

“The Artist”Alexander Payne,

“The Descendants”Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”Woody Allen,

“Midnight in Paris”Terrence Malick,

“The Tree of Life”

Best Picture:“The Artist,” Thomas

Langmann, producer“The Descendants,” Jim Burke,

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor,producers

“Extremely Loud & IncrediblyClose,” Scott Rudin, producer

“The Help,” Brunson Green,Chris Columbus and MichaelBarnathan, producers

“Hugo,” Graham King andMartin Scorsese, producers

“Midnight in Paris,” Letty Aronson and StephenTenenbaum, producers

“Moneyball,” Michael De Luca,Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt,producers

“The Tree of Life,” Nominees tobe determined

“War Horse,” Steven Spielbergand Kathleen Kennedy, producers

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‘CSI: Crime SceneInvestigation’DRAMA. After 12 years helpingto solve Las Vegas’ most grislycrimes, Catherine Willows(Marg Helgenberger) makesthe decision to leave the CSIteam. 10 p.m., CBS

‘Touch’DRAMA. Kiefer Sutherlandplays Martin, a working-classwidower struggling toprovide for his emotionallychallenged mute son, Jake,who has the ability to see pat-terns that connect everythingand everyone in the world.The pilot weaves a globetrot-ting web of emotions as theinterconnectivity of seeming-ly disparate people isrevealed through Jake’sactions and Martin’s attemptsto understand them. This is asneak-= peek at the series; itofficially premieres March 19.

Series premiere, 9 p.m., Fox

‘Whitney’COMEDY. Whitney tries to getdirt on her boss’ nemesisfrom the enemy’s assistant,played by guest star KathyGriffin. 8 p.m., NBC

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Jake (David Mazouz), left, and Martin (Kiefer Sutherland) have a complicated father-son relationship on “Touch.”

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Edwidge Danticat’s ‘CreateDangerously’ is a Haitian treasure

It’s fitting that Edwidge Danti-cat’s “Create Dangerously: TheImmigrant Artist at Work” isthis year’s “One Book, OnePhiladelphia” selection. Grow-ing up in Haiti, Danticat is fa-miliar with reading and dis-cussing a single book as a com-munity.

“In Haiti, a book was verymuch a treasured object, evencomic books,” she says. “Ifthere was a book in the neigh-borhood, everybody in theneighborhood had read thatbook.”

After arriving in Brooklyn atthe age of 12, Danticat wasoverwhelmed by the amountof information available, forfree, at the public library. “Icouldn’t believe that all thesebooks would be entrusted toordinary citizens,” recalls Dan-

ticat, who now calls Miamihome. “They had a section ofHaitian books in French andCreole, and before I was able toread or speak English I wasable to have this. I would just

hoard the books — I was al-ways one of those kids, andthen later one of those adults,who was always at the limit ofwhat you can borrow.”

A collection of essays with amemoir sensibility, “CreateDangerously” examines whatit’s like to be an artist who hasleft a homeland in turmoil.“Most artists, I would imagine,have a kind of drive and urge –something that they perhapsdo not understand that is push-ing them to create,” says Danti-cat. “The extra thing that I’vefound as an immigrant is thatyou’re also examining this gapthat you’ve fallen into — thisgap that is between where youcome from and where you are.”

MONICA WEYMOUTHmonica.weymouth@metro.us

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“One Book, One Philadel-phia” kicks off tonight at 7:30at the Free Library (1901 VineSt.) with a celebration thatincludes Haitian music,dance and poetry perform-ances as well as a screeningof local filmmaker Glenn Hol-sten’s documentary aboutthe “One Book” initiative.Visit www.freelibrary.org/onebook for info on otherupcoming events.

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TailoringMilan’s renowned for itssuiting and — surprise, sur-prise — this season was noexception. While most de-signers were looking to thepast, Paul Smith looked sea-side. Dark, skinny pieces were dotted with neon,nautical motifs. But whileSmith toyed with pops ofcolor, Hermes returned tosobriety with slim, mutedtailoring. Meanwhile, thetailoring at Burberry Pror-sum arrived slim-cut (notic-ing a trend?) in shades ofgray and later corduroywith military-meets-countryflight jackets.

Trends from the men’sautumn/winter shows

MilitaryIt’s a men’s fashionparadigm that’s been re-worked on countless occa-sions, and this season wasno different. Versace wentfor camouflage but not thetype designed to make youblend in with yoursurroundings — unless ofcourse you’re on an acidtrip in a rainbow world.Conversely, Jil Sander’s de-signer Raf Simons foundhimself in a dark place witha collection worthy of theGestapo, with long leathertrench coats and black suits— a comment on oppres-sion, perhaps.

Period dressPrada went down the liter-ary trope of appearanceand reality in a show enti-tled “Il Palazzo. A Palace ofRole Play” with actors GaryOldman, Adrien Brody andJamie Bell all taking to therunway in high double-breasted suits and whitecollars reminiscent of Fin-de-Siecle chic — theyshould have topped it offwith a cape from Dolce &Gabbana. AlexanderMcQueen went down asimilarly archaic route withpinstripe suits, breechesand Prince of Waleschecks.

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Nintendo isn’t exactlyknown for its Internetacumen. “Get off mylawn” might be a

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‘Mighty Switch Force!’Company: WayForwardTechnologiesCost: $7Console: Nintendo 3DSGrade: ����This is WayForward’s thirddownload-only title for a Nin-tendo portable. The first two,“Mighty Flip Champs!” and“Shantae: Risky’s Revenge,” setthe bar incredibly high.“Mighty Switch Force!” mostlystays perched on that bar. It’s afantastic looking puzzle gamemasking as a platformer. Thehook? You can use the 3-D to‘switch’ around layers of thegame-world, creating new path-ways. It’s fun as all get out, butcan seem repetitive later on.You know, just like marriage.

‘Zen Pinball’Company: Zen StudiosCost: $7Console: Nintendo 3DSGrade: ����On one hand, this is just a pin-ball game. It’s 2012 and long-haired dudes in Rush t-shirtsaren’t exactly flooding thepinball halls. On the other

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Skip sugary drinks: “Regular so-da, fruit punch and even fresh-squeezed juices and smoothiescan send blood-sugar levels toohigh. Choosing water or dietbeverages will bring yourweight and blood sugar levelscloser to your target.”Focus on fiber: “Foods withthree grams of fiber or more

per serving help keep yourblood sugar even and yourstomach full. Think wholegrains, beans and veggies.”

— Friedman Diabetes Institute’sdiabetes educator Megan Fendt

Lose weight: “Weight loss isusually critical, even for peoplewho are genetically predis-posed to diabetes. In mild casesof diabetes, weight loss cancompletely eliminate diabetes;and in more severe cases, it canmake diabetes more mild.”Stop smoking: “Smoking in-creases the risk of heart attackand stroke, just as diabetesdoes. When these risks overlap,

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On a Tuesday morning, in themiddle of an average workweek, more than 75 membersof the Sons of Ben made thetrek to City Hall.

They wanted to appear inperson to officially hear thenews that the PhiladelphiaUnion and PPL Park were goingto host the 2012 MLS All-StarGame.

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This type of passion is one ofthe main reasons this annualevent is coming to the Chesterwaterfront on July 25. Thegame will be broadcast live at 8p.m. on ESPN2.

“I think, and I’ve said thisfrom day one, we have thegreatest fans in the league,”said Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz.“They were there years beforethe franchise was even award-ed. So, for that commitment,this is their reward. I’m neversurprised to see the Sons of Benat these events. It’s part of why

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Five goals in two games — infront of his dad, no less —would have been a pretty goodweek for Scott Hartnell. Butthe father-son trip will headnorth from Sunrise, Fla. to Ot-tawa, Ontario.

For the first time in his 11-year career, Scott Hartnell is anAll-Star. He will replace injuredBlackhawk Jonathan Toews.

“Obviously [I’m] really, real-ly excited,” Hartnell told theteam’s PR staff. “I didn’t knowif I was going to get the call ornot and unfortunately someguys have to get hurt and takesome time off. It’ll be a prettycool experience.”

The last weekend wasn’t sobad, either. Scott’s father, Bill,was with the team in Newark,N.J., on Saturday and Philadel-phia on Sunday to watch hisson play.

“Five goals in two games,it’s a good weekend for any-body, so I’ll take it,” said Hart-nell after the shootout loss tothe Bruins on Sunday. Theemotional high continued in-to Monday, when Hartnelllearned he was named the No.

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“I found out [Monday]night,” said Hartnell of his All-Star nod. “I got a call fromBrendan Shanahan and hetold me to kind of keep it onthe down-low, but it was pret-ty exciting. It was right beforebedtime and my heart was rac-ing. I got a little nervous, too.”

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