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Freshman Congressman Heath Shuler (D-NC), a former quarterback for the New Orleans Saints in town for the Democratic National Convention, was one of the many in attendance and applauded the effort to spread financial literacy...
When Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his running mate, he surely had Scranton, Pennsylvania, on his mind. Biden, Delaware's senior Senator, was born in this former coal-mining town two hours north of Philadelphia - a point made countless times during his anointment as the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential candidate. To win the crucial swing state, Obama needs help in towns like Scranton, where Hillary Clinton won 74% of the vote in the Democratic primary and where many are still offended by Obama's remarks about "bitter" small town Pennsylvania voters...
...press this has generated for us," says Tracy Barone, executive director of the Lackawanna County Convention and Visitors Bureau. "If it's been mentioned on The Office, people want to come and see it." It doesn't seem to matter to Barone or anyone else in Scranton that the town's image in the show is comically dismal. "We couldn't be happier they picked Scranton and not Utica," she says...
...Biden, although he has lived in Delaware for decades, his roots in Scranton are real. His relatives, the Finnegans, live near Doherty, who says he's met Biden many times. Talking to a local newspaper reporter recently, the vice-presidential candidate was quick to mention his connections to the town, including his Scranton friends Larry, Charlie and Tommy. After he got the nomination, he said his mother told him, "Joey, everybody in Scranton will be so proud." It's exactly the reaction Barack Obama is hoping...
...Meanwhile, he has also come under fire for his support of policies that would extend Malaysia's affirmative action benefits - now exclusive to ethnic Malays - to the nation's other minority races. As votes were being counted on election night, Anwar supporter Abdul Fatih, 51, a trader in the town of Permatang Pauh still harbored doubts. "Will he really win? Will they let him win?" he asked...