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Finally, a ridiculous cartoon satirizing former Inquirer columnist Stephen A. Smith, Paula Abdul, Barry Bonds, and President George W. Bush.

I have no way to justify posting this other than because it’s hilarious.

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Hat tip to former Main Campus Program Board chief Raysean Hogan for spotting the video.

Oh, today is the much hyped Pennsylvania primary.

If you’re registered in Philadelphia and need to know where you’re voting, using the Committee of Seventy’s Citizen Access Center.

Oh, and if you’re an Independent or Republican and feeling bummed out ’cause everyone is talking Obama/Hillary, fear not, in Philadelphia, there are also two ballot questions that mean a whole lot to some people.

Want a real explanation of what to do? See that from the Committee of Seventy and their endorsements.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyhIBXNfqMA 350 292]What would any of us do with our free time if Philadelphia wasn’t so crucial in this year’s presidential election? 

I am so late on this, but I finally dug into the Colbert Report’s trip to Philadelphia from last week.

While Mayor Michael Nutter had just a brief appearance, Gov. Ed Rendell totally nailed his interview with Stephen Colbert. See it here, courtesy of Red Lasso.

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As reported by The Temple News, Sen. Barack Obama spoke to some 35,000 people outside the National Constitution Center in his first open rally in Philadelphia on Friday, days before the April 22 primary. Latest polls from Temple University still peg Sen. Hillary Clinton ahead of Obam, though undecided voters tend to swing his way.

David Brooks wrote a column for the New York Times on how Obama has fallen into normal political representations, most notably his misrepresentation of Sen. John McCain’s stance on U.S. presence in Iraq, as you can see in this speech.

Obama’s speech came less than a week before he inside the Constitution Center, debating Clinton, of which The Temple News had video coverage, see below.

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When The Temple News profiled Daryl Hall and John Oates, the former Temple students who became pop rock legends Hall & Oates, we mentioned Daryl Hall had been jamming with younger musicians and podcasting the experience from his upstate New York pad.

One launched last month with Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes made its way onto Youtube, including the building process of their version of TSOP staple “Wake Up Everybody” Check it out, and holler at our man Daryl Hall, who left Temple in the 1960s.

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Watch the two and others jam on the Gym Class Heroes jawn “Queen and I” below.

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And, their best collaboration, a cover of the Animals hit “Don’t let me be misunderstood.”

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Check out Live From Daryl’s House here.

Video of Barack Obama’s speech at the National Constitution Center yesterday.  [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watchv=pWe7wTVbLUU&eurl=http://video.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wv 350 292] 

Here is audio from the post-game press conferences from Saturday night’s Atlantic Ten Conference Championship game between the Temple Owls and the St. Joseph’s Hawks and locker-room interviews with Temple men’s basketball players Ryan Brooks, Chris Clark, Lavoy Allen and Dionte Christmas.

The Owls beat St. Joe’s, 69-64, to win their first A-10 Championship since 2001.
All audio courtesy of TTN.

Temple coach Fran Dunphy:
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Temple senior Mark Tyndale and junior Dionte Christmas:
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Saint Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli :
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More audio after the jump. Continue reading →

In a new segment of Cut to the Chase, I will be sharing the best news bloopers available on YouTube every week.  Because really, what’s more fun than live screw ups?

The first involves one of Philadelphia’s finest, CBS3 anchor Larry Mendte, as he covers a flood a few years back.  Just as he gives viewers advice on what not to do, Larry becomes an instant hypocrite.  If you stick around long enough, you’ll see ousted anchor Alycia Lane looking concerned.

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