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A National Guardsman from Kensington yesterday admitted storing stolen military explosives in his house and car. Michael J. Graber, 38, of Lee Street near Tioga, a salesman, pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawful storage of 2 1/4 pounds of C-4 explosive and 11 quarter-pound sticks of TNT. In a statement to police and agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Graber admitted taking the explosives from Fort Dix, the...

Matchups and mental toughness. Those are two keys to success in the NBA playoffs, according to TNT analyst and e-nun-ci-a-tor supreme, Hubie Brown. Brown, a former Atlanta and New York Knicks coach, will work with play-by- play man Bob Neal on tonight's first-round Atlanta-Chicago opener at 8 o'clock. Both Brown and Doug Collins, TNT's other analyst extraordinaire, see Atlanta matching up well with Chicago. "Dominique Wilkins, Kevin Willis, Mookie Blaylock and Stacey Augmon are four excellent athletes," Collins said, "and they have a big man, Jon Koncak, in the middle.

SO MUCH television, so little time: "We know drama," proclaims TNT, which might want to clue in whoever decides when and where its onscreen promos appear. Annoying in almost any situation, the widely used device - in which promotions for programs other than the ones you're actually watching at the time unfurl from the bottom of your screen - reached new heights of idiocy on TNT during this week's episode of "Saving Grace. " As Grace (Holly Hunter) and her nephew (Dylan Minnette)

FRANKLIN & BASH. 9 p.m. tomorrow, TNT. MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE. 10 p.m. tomorrow, TNT. BOYS WILL BE boys tomorrow night on TNT, but I think I'll be sticking with the ones who are at least trying to be men. At 9 p.m., Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar go the buddy-comedy route in "Franklin & Bash," a new lawyer show the network's calling an "offbeat drama" - though it's hard to think of something whose beats are this predictable as...

The concern in some basketball circles was that the NBA had made a dreadful mistake this year in moving its All-Star Game from broadcast television to basic cable. At a time when attendance is down a bit and some surveys show interest in the league is waning, it made no sense to take one of the sport's premier events and make it inaccessible to millions of Americans. Or so the theory went. As it turned out, the game's move from NBC to TNT had some negative impact on the size of the audience but not a huge one. Most of the people who wanted to find the game seem to have found it. The total audience was down somewhat from last year, when the contest, which was played in Philadelphia, had the benefit of being sandwiched into NBC's Winter Olympics coverage.

After wondering how the Chicago Bulls will perform without Michael Jordan leading them, the next major topic for NBA thinkers is - surprise! - money. Huge money. Ocean liners overflowing with money. With some NBA owners tossing stacks of $100 bills around as if they were playing Monopoly, TNT analyst Hubie Brown believes trouble is ahead. Brown, the analyst for tonight's Phoenix-Los Angeles Lakers season opener (10:30), is concerned about the megabucks contracts signed by rookies Shawn Bradley, Anfernee Hardaway and Chris Webber.

TNT basketball analyst Doug Collins, a former 76er, says he would enjoy nothing better than to see his former team enjoy a resurgence this season. Speaking on a conference call yesterday, Collins and fellow analyst Reggie Miller tried to remain upbeat when discussing the Sixers, but they could not provide an optimistic projection for a team coming off a 35-47 season. "I don't see them being a team ready to be in the playoff chase," said Collins, who will team with Kevin Harlan and also announce a few games with Marv Albert this season for TNT. "They are trying to build a young core of players.

Today and tomorrow: 7 a.m.-7 p.m., TNT. Saturday: 7-9 a.m., TNT; 9 a.m-2:30 p.m., ABC. Sunday: 6-8 a.m., TNT; 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m., ABC. Playoff: If needed, a four-hole playoff (Nos. 1, 16, 17 and 18) starts immediately.

9 tonight TNT Hit police procedural returns for a sixth season with Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick, right) and her team moving into new, high-tech quarters, where they find the gadgets get in the way of their work.

9 p.m. TNT Dean (Logan Marshall-Green, left) has a complicated relationship with an art gallery owner (guest star Jordana Brewster, right) who also is the daughter of a drug dealer.

AMSTERDAM - TNT Express NV, the express package delivery company, has posted falling profits in the third quarter that reflect weak margins in its European business and losses at its operations in high-growth emerging markets. Net profit fell to (euro) 5 million ($7 million) from (euro) 14 million in the same period a year ago, while revenues rose 1.3 percent to (euro) 1.78 billion. Figures from last year were presented as if the company were already separated from the former Dutch state postal company, PostNL.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3 p.m., NBC10) - Seth Rogen; Deena Nicole Cortese; Bruno Mars performs. The Bachelorette (8 p.m., 6ABC) - Dental student Ashley Hebert, second runner-up on The Bachelor, is the one making the choice of a romantic mate as this hit reality series closes out the season. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (9 p.m., NBC10) - A sitcom star appearing on Broadway is killed while attempting a stunt in a controversial show. Hoarders (9 p.m., A&E)

FRANKLIN & BASH. 9 p.m. tomorrow, TNT. MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE. 10 p.m. tomorrow, TNT. BOYS WILL BE boys tomorrow night on TNT, but I think I'll be sticking with the ones who are at least trying to be men. At 9 p.m., Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar go the buddy-comedy route in "Franklin & Bash," a new lawyer show the network's calling an "offbeat drama" - though it's hard to think of something whose beats are this predictable as...

It's no surprise that Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer have such strong chemistry as a pair of outrageous attorneys on TNT's new series, Franklin & Bash . These two guys are so much cut from the same cloth, they probably share threads. They're the same age - 37. Both got into the business as child actors. Even their hair color is so similar that Meyer had to lighten his for the show to avoid confusion. Both have held onto unusual first names despite advice early in their careers to adopt more conventional showbiz handles.

TNT broadcaster Kevin Harlan likes to say of Sixers coach Doug Collins, his old sidekick: "Nothing surprises me with that guy. " But when asked how he expected the Sixers to do in the playoffs against the Miami Heat beginning tomorrow, Harlan said it would be "spectacular" if Philadelphia won just one game. "Doug would probably cringe if he heard that," said Harlan, who will team up with analyst Reggie Miller and courtside reporter Craig Sager for Game 2 on Monday when the series moves from ABC to TNT. "Doug would say, 'Win one game!

76ers Notes For the only time this NBA season, the 76ers played on TNT. On Thursday night against the Boston Celtics, the Sixers were in the national spotlight, playing the best team in the Eastern Conference. For Sixers coach Doug Collins , it was a situation he hoped his young team would learn from and embrace. Asked about the opportunity presented the team, second-year point guard Jrue Holiday said he hadn't even noticed. "I don't even know," Holiday said about the national audience.

9 p.m. TNT Dean (Logan Marshall-Green, left) has a complicated relationship with an art gallery owner (guest star Jordana Brewster, right) who also is the daughter of a drug dealer.