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On such a busy day of news, CBS found time for a cheerful, if compromised, sporting closer. CBS' Seth Doane traveled upstream on the Delaware River to the twin towns of Phillipsburg and Easton. Since 1905 their two high schools have enjoyed a fierce football rivalry. Never was a game closer than in 1993, when they fought to a 7-7 tie. To resolve that deadlock more than 15 years later, both teams--even their cheerleading squads--returned to training in person for a rematch. This weekend they played again in front of a crowd of 10,000. Watch the videostream if you want to find whether New Jersey prevailed or Pennsylvania. This would be an unambiguously heartwarming feature except for that compromising fly in the ointment. The replay turns out to double as advertising, a publicity stunt for its sponsor Gatorade.
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