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Most of the national hype about this weekend’s Conference Championship Games has been about the Steelers and the Ravens, and understandably so. There’s nothing like two division rivals meeting in the playoffs with a championship bid on the line. Think Yankees-Red Sox ALCS games or Flyers-Penguins Eastern Conference Finals. It’s simply the highest of high drama punctuated by vitriol and hatred built up over an entire regular season or, in some cases, whole generations.

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No matter what your political leanings, you have to appreciate the momentousness of Barack Obama being elected President, the first (half-) African-American to be selected as the Commander in Chief. (As an aside, we have to give major kudos to the President-elect for strongly considering adopting a shelter mutt as the dog to join the Obama family in the White House. Obviously, we hope he does go the shelter route.) So much for the Bradley effect, which so many on the left had feared and so many on the right had counted on.

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  • If you voted in Philadelphia, you noticed the four referendum questions on the right-hand side of your ballot (see, we voted!). You can find the results here!
  • We'd planned on updating you throughout the night about this, seeing as McCain's people said this morning that the whole election could come down to the great state of Pennsylvania, but half an hour ago, with 0% of polls reporting, MSNBC called the state for Obama. We'll keep you posted should anything change, but we'd like to believe the networks learned their lessons in 2000 and that nobody will be calling things without being certain of the outcome.

  • Voter-rights advocates and election officials argued yesterday in federal court over how to keep lines moving if Pennsylvania voting machines break down on Election Day. The Inquirer takes a look at how the Obama and McCain campaigns faired in the bad weather; Obama went ahead with an outdoor rally in Chester, despite the rain and wind. The latest Franklin & Marshall/Daily News poll shows Obama winning in Pennsylvania by 13 points. Meanwhile, traditionally Republican Chester County could go blue.
  • John McCain, Barack Obama, and Sarah Palin will all be campaigning in Pennsylvania today. It's all part of a last push for votes. Meanwhile, the Inquirer has coverage of local races.
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  • Police were investigating two homicides and at least two shootings in the city over the weekend.
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  • On November 4th, voters will be asked to abolish the Fairmount Park Commission and merge it with the city Recreation Department, placing the whole under the mayor as a standard city department. The Inquirer looks at some of the arguments for and against.
  • Oh boy, the Fumo corruption trial is finally going to start this week! The Daily News lists some of the key players so you can follow along at home, while the DA praises the defendant for his work on gun laws. That's not the only big trial getting started this week, either; there's also the Fort Dix terrorism trial, and a civil trial that could cost the financially struggling Diocese of Pennsylvania millions of dollars.
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  • Someone sent a threatening letter containing a suspicious substance to Barack Obama's South Philadelphia campaign office at 15th and Christian streets. The office was evacuated, but initial tests determined the substance was brown sugar. Meanwhile, McCain was unveiling his new plan for the economy in Montgomery County.
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    Things got hot in LA this weekend and it looks like we may have a real series on our hands. A few head-seeking fastballs, a little bench-clearing, and a whole lot of jawing just turned this NLCS into a tense and competitive slugfest. Game 4 is tonight. Joe Blanton is winless in Chavez Ravine this season. Derek Lowe is pitching on 3-days rest. Gear up, Philly, this could get good as the Phils try to take control in a 3-1 series, or allow the Dodgers to knot it up at 2-2.

  • Hey, it's Columbus Day! The Daily News covers a local Columbus Day Parade, and let's us know what's open and what's closed today.
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    Philebrity reminds us it's been 25 years since we saw Philly's favorite reporter, Jim O'Brien.

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  • Michelle Obama will make several appearances this week in the Philadelphia area. John McCain spoke yesterday at the Delaware County Courthouse.
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