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Annette John-Hall: It's time to rally around Obama's agenda

By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

I can't believe it's been only a year since President Obama took office. It seems more like decades - long, weary, tumultuous years.

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PhillyDeals: Optimistic words from SAP's new (co-)CEO - 02/09/2010: By Joseph N. DiStefano, Inquirer Staff Writer

SAP AG's sales boss, Bill McDermott, was in Hawaii on Sunday, rewarding top sellers, when the business software giant named him co-chief executive officer, following the surprise resignation of Leo Apotheker, who'd been sole CEO at the Germany-based business software giant.
Jonathan Storm: Supernatural hokum - 02/09/2010: Two shows with an eerie focus are likelier to spark jeers than fears.

By Jonathan Storm, Inquirer Columnist

People will believe anything, and TV plays to that tonight with a cheesy reality-show episode about our very own Jersey Devil and a new series in which people connect with their past lives to catch killers.
Inqlings: Smiths strike first with a suit - 02/09/2010: By Michael Klein, Inquirer Columnist

You'll sue me? Well, I'll sue you first. That seems to be the logic that Philly-bred mogul Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith are applying to a Philly developer/investor who, they thought, were threatening to sue them over a movie that flopped.
Law Review: Health-care debate is good business for lobbyists - 02/09/2010: By Chris Mondics, Inquirer Staff Writer

Is it possible that the election of the first Republican senator from Massachusetts in more than a generation will boost revenues of select Philadelphia law firms?
Sideshow: Brangelina cuddle, cheer for the Saints - 02/09/2010: By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer

It was extraordinary. Mystical, almost. Thousands witnessed in awe as Brangelina made a resplendent appearance Sunday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami and looked down on the adrenaline-drenched field below, where two bands of mere mortals battled over an inflated oval ball.
Tell Me About It: Deciding whether to take an undesirable job - 02/09/2010: By Carolyn Hax

Question: My husband has been offered a job (hooray!) with a decent salary, but he doesn't want it. I'm trying to be sympathetic: It is a step down, the boss is a bit nuts, and it really doesn't capitalize on his incredible skills (Ph.D. plus years of cutting-edge research).
West Chester's Shante Evans stars at Hofstra - 02/09/2010: By Mel Greenberg, Inquirer Staff Writer

Delaware's Elena Delle Donne isn't the only newcomer in the Colonial Athletic Association having an immediate impact. Hofstra freshman Shante Evans, a 6-foot forward who is a graduate of West Chester Henderson, has been lighting it up at Hofstra (13-10, 6-5 CAA).
E. J. Dionne: Democrats' remodeling job - 02/09/2010: Like an unfinished kitchen, health-care reform benefits no one until it's done.

By E. J. Dionne

If President Obama gets to sign a health-care reform bill, as I believe he will, one reason may be Rep. Jay Inslee's difficult experience renovating his kitchen.
Daniel Rubin: Another TSA complaint close to home - 02/08/2010: By Daniel Rubin, Inquirer Columnist

Last month's column on the TSA worker who jokingly planted a bag of white powder on a passenger at Philadelphia International Airport generated a half-million page views and scores of tips of other alleged abuses by those who work to keep us safe.
Stephen A. Smith: 76ers should be thinking draft pick - 02/08/2010: By Stephen A. Smith, Inquirer Columnist

NEW ORLEANS - With NBA all-star weekend just a few days away, we already know all we need to know about these 76ers.
Bob Ford: Now, pressure's on Phillies to play three - 02/08/2010: By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist

Welcome to baseball season. Close enough, anyway. Now that the football season, with its standard helping of local frustration, has come to a finish at the annual NFL orgy of excess last night, it is time to look forward to something that might actually have a happy ending here.