Yo, Philly in the News

• Our very own state could actually be of key importance in the Democratic presidential primary, so the campaigns for both Clinton and Obama will be opening offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in the coming days, and expanding their staff by recruiting local pros.
• The Inquirer takes a look at the battle going on over a proposed state-wide ban on smoking in Pennsylvania.
• A woman leaped from her third-floor apartment window on South Street near 2nd yesterday morning to escape a knife-wielding rapist. She was listed in critical condition last night at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
• There were three more shootings in Philadelphia this weekend, two of them fatal. The non-fatal shooting took place after a man was enraged by a snowball fight between two boys, came back with a gun, and shot one of them. It was the victim's 16th birthday. He's now on life support at Temple University Hospital.
• "A long-needed road-construction project on Germantown Avenue in Mount Airy is taking a heavy toll on some small businesses along the historic roadway."
• "Over the last four years, employees at the Philadelphia Parking Authority have reported being hurt on the job more than twice as often as city firefighters or police officers. As a result, the Parking Authority spends far more on settling workplace-injury claims: $1,558 per employee, compared with the firefighters' average of $1,084 and the Police Department figure of $833." Hey, they don't call that show Parking Wars for nothing!

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