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Starbucks stock sank.

We're sure you'll be missing these, now that the Primary is over.

Author’s Note: I hate to be on the losing side. I think this covers me regardless of the PA Primary results.

Yesterday, the city was humming with national media and energetic supporters of Clinton and (mostly) Obama.

Get out and vote today. You wouldn't want to make Puff Daddy P. Diddy Diddy Sean Combs angry, now would you?

Wow... Even the BBC is talking about us these days.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

We don't really like to cop out, but let's face it, this week was a total no-brainer. We're sick of talking about, and you're sick of hearing about, next Tuesday's Presidential primary. But, because we're sadistic and you're masochistic, we keep writing about it, and you keep reading about it. And being the gluttons for punishment that we are, we couldn't help but tune in to the Democratic debate between the Phillyist People's Choice candidate, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. With polls indicating that roughly 10% of Democratic voters are still undecided, this week's debate, held right here in Philadelphia, could have been pivotal. It could have gone a long way towards determining whether Obama could, while probably not win Pennsylvania, keep Clinton's margin of victory sufficiently small to sway uncommitted superdelegates to his camp. It could have helped focus Pennsylvanians' attention on the issues that are going to be important in the general election campaign, once the Democratic party stops eating itself a Democratic nominee is finally chosen.

With all the news focus this week on the Presidential primary, there wasn't a whole lot to report in the world o' Nutter. But here's what we've got for you.

Here it is, in its entirety. (The remaining clips are after the jump.)

If you happened to be near the Visitor’s Center this morning, you might have noticed some dapper and intimidating looking folks perusing the area, and we’re not talking about tourists with floral patterned shirts and hefty digital SLRs. We’re talking Secret Service.

• The Daily News has more on how faulty the emergency radio system is, and also a bit on how personnel are under-trained on its functionality. Meanwhile, PHA cops have similar problems with their radios.
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*Yes, we know it's Tuesday. Blame the Film Festival.

While pundits foam at the mouth debating who’s getting the black vote, the white vote, the women’s vote, and the young vote, Phillyist only cares about who’s getting your vote. The results from our People’s Choice Endorsement are in, and there’s no need to argue over superdelegates—Barack Obama is the winner by a landslide, with 68% of the vote. So much for the most recent professional poll results predicting a statistical tie between him and Hillary Clinton in the Pennsylvania primaries. Was it the bowling?

More information on that guy who wanted Obama's photo and made Philadelphia look so good in the national news.

Turns out that the guy's actually an eBay vendor, so the picture was not "for [his] family" after all.