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  • The Inquirer takes a look at the battle going on over a proposed state-wide ban on smoking in Pennsylvania.
  • In the wake of Super Tuesday, the Daily News and the Inquirer both take a look at how the candidates fared and what voter turnout was like in the area. The Daily News also reveals that the workers in the city commissioners office received over 400 calls from people who thought it was Election Day in Philadelphia, and who were trying to figure out why they couldn't find a polling place that was open. Um... wow.
  • After a three month pause, a grand jury resumed its investigation yesterday into wealthy businessman, and owner of the Mount Airy Casino Resort, Louis A. DeNaples. DeNaples is suspected of lying to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board about his connections to organized crime. DeNaples' brother Eugene, a former state gambling investigator, showed up at the proceedings yesterday.
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  • The consensus on our recent storm? It could have been worse! The flooding wasn't as bad as feared.
  • One thing Philadelphians didn't do to celebrate New Year's was watch the Mummer's Parade; it was postponed, due to rain, until this Saturday, January 6th.
  • The Farm Aid concert might not be rocking Camden until Sept. 30, but events leading up to the big schebang start this Saturday morning with the Urban Farm and Garden Bike Tour. So hop on that mountain bike you bought with good intentions (to save gas? For exercise?) and petal over to the Weavers Way Co-Op (Washington Lane between Arleigh St. and Chew Ave. in Mount Airy) for a lesson in Philadelphia’s urban farms. The tour starts at 8:30a.m. and rides on to the Mill Creek Farm and Yards Brewery.

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