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#PhillyFive What We're Reading: Jan. 30, 2015

What we're reading this morning.

Stories from around the Web that we're reading this morning. Something for everyone.

1. What's it like to sit across the table from a mob hit man? City Paper's Lil Swanson gets the low down from the godfather of Philly crime writers, George Anastasia.

2. Forget the Super Bowl and Tom Brady. Puppy Bowl XI features Jamison, a pit bull found on the streets of North Philadelphia.

3) Comcast's former director of customer service, explains why the company keeps getting into trouble, and how to fix it.

4. Outrage in Bryn Mawr after the college health center invites students on high BMI list to take a weight loss class.

5. Scaaaary science. Bill Gates on the dangers of artificial intelligence: "I don't understand why some people are not concerned" he says in a conversation on Reddit. And the WSJ writes about startups using algorithms to analyze your face and discover your deepest feelings as you shop and watch ads.

- Sam Wood