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Paula Huber says she's "a dying breed," but don't call the coroner yet. She's much too busy -- teasing her customers, dusting off her daughters and managing a staff of 22 -- to hold still for an examination. That's life in the land of Paula's Donuts, a hole in a mall at the edge of Buffalo, New York, demonstrating one dozen at a time that the independent baker can break free of the chains. Two miles to the north, a Krispy Kreme shuttered in 2006. Read [url=http://www.roadsideonline.com/features/paulasdonuts/index.php]more -->[/url]