Okay, here is a story that puts the 3 in 3-dimensional.

1. Newspaper runs historic cover story of Presidential win by Barack Obama. 

2. Local news station does story on said historic cover story of Presidential win.

3. Peterson’s runs story on blog about Local news station doing story on historic cover story, er..um, well, you get the picture.

Before the ink was even dry, the newspapers were flying off the racks at Peterson’s Convenience Stores in downtown Portland the morning after Barack Obama’s Presidential Victory.

This was an historic occasion, and many, many people wanted to have some kind of keepsake to add to their library of cherished memories. Only problem was, we had to turn many people away empty handed.

It became quite apparent that this situation was equally widespread across the entire globe. So much so, that local T.V. news outlets were running segments about the newspaper shortages covering the Obama win.

Here at Peterson’s we have our own claim to fame. KPTV Field Reporter Brent Weisberg, pictured below, was on scene at our Morrison store covering the situation.

 Brent took a few shots of the store, and then some shots of the newspaper racks.

After the exterior shots, he headed inside for the interview with star employee, Mr. C.

The actual news coverage can be seen in it’s entirety by clicking THIS LINK HERE.

Stay tuned, as we have more news worthy stories developing as we speak. And I have a hunch that KPTV will be back to cover these as well.

Now if you’ll exuse me, I have to go get a newspaper, and this one won’t be lining the bottom of a parrot cage. This one I’m keepin’ mint.

UPDATE: CLICK THIS LINK HERE to view several hundred newspaper front pages from around the world regarding the Obama win.

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