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In his worst persons segment, Keith Olberman goes off on Wal-Mart. ..Excitable indeed. Number of Views:133

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Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in tomorrow’s edition. Mayor Michael Nutter was on hand to watch Bank of America award a $1 million grant to the National Constitution Center earlier this month. “As the leader of our city, it’s very appropriate,” said Tom [...]

Complete video of Barack Obama’s 30-minute speech at the National Constitution Center yesterday, entitled ‘A More Perfect Union.’ Number of Views:97

MSNBC’s Keith Olberman took on the controversial comments made by Sen. Hillary Clinton adviser Geraldine Ferraro, who was the first female major party candidate for vice president in 1984 with Walter Mondale. The comments, which Olberman quoted from a Feb. 26 Fox radio broadcast were as follows: If Barack Obama were a white man, would we be talking about this, [...]

Yesterday Philadelphia police shot and critically wounded a 24-year-old man whom they say pulled a gun on them, the Inquirer reported. There have been 11 shootings at police in which the cops fired back in the last year. Four of the civilians were killed. It isn’t a recent phenomenon. In a city that hasn’t overcome [...]

(Photograph by Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Photographer) In last Sunday’s Inquirer, Pulitzer Prize-winner Mike Vitez, who is always good for a great trend or human interest story, had one of his best of recent memory. It was the story of residents in retirement homes bowling… with Nintendo Wii. Below check this video for the new [...]

Sadly, yesterday a man was shot by two SEPTA officers at the Allegeny Ave. stop on the Broad Street Line, my stop.This comes after reports of increases of SEPTA and city officers riding the subways, often derided as dangerous. I’ve never had a problem myself, but reports of teenage violence, particularly directed at younger riders, [...]

Carol Ann Campbell, one of Philadelphia’s super delegates and a city Democratic committee cog, has endorsed Barack Obama after a conversation with the candidate’s wife, the Associated Press is reporting. Previously, the former City Councilwoman had said she wouldn’t endorse either candidate before it came time to cast her vote (assuming it will be necessary) [...]