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April 4, 2012

By Shai Ben-Yaacov

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Elizabeth Fiedler reports from the priest sex abuse trial in Philadelphia, where one of the accusers gave emotional testimony. It's Our Money's Holly Otterbein joins us to discuss Councilman Jim Kenney's $29,000 expenditure on a Twitter consultant. Mark Fowser reports the Fisker electric car plant in Wilmington could be in danger. Jen Howard talks to the co-founder of La Colombe about his latest concoction: Pure Black. Peter Crimmins reports on the emergence of Philadelphia's underground Tango scene. And Lari Robling brings word of the return of the pressure cooker.

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