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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


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An Optimist’s Guide to Philadelphia

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Allan Domb Is Upbeat About Philly’s Economy (And You Should Be, Too)

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Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

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SPOILER ALERT: Aly Raisman Competes in Women’s Floor

Aly Raisman secured her first individual medal at the London Games earlier Tuesday when she won herself a bronze on the balance beam after appealing […]

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Penn State Adds Names to Jerseys

Penn State University has announced that the uniforms worn by its football teams will change for the upcoming football season. In Bill O’Brien’s first season […]

Rick Santorum Named a Headliner of the RNC

Rick Santorum will be featured as a speaker at the Republican National Convention in Tampa this month. The keynote speaker has yet to be officially […]

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Mohegan Sun to Assume Control of Operations at Resorts in Atlantic City

Mohegan Sun Tribal Authority will reportedly take over control of at least the behind-the-scenes aspects of Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. Mohegan Sun already has […]

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Police Are Looking for a 7-Year-Old Suspect in a Home Invasion Attack

Police say that three kids broke into a woman’s home in Juniata and beat her with ropes, sticks, a potted plant and a plunger before […]

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Celeb Scoop: Michael Phelps (Finally) Lets the World Meet His Girlfriend

Michael Phelps Has a Girlfriend. And, apparently, he’s not embarrassed to bring her out in public (anymore). The greatest Olympian of all time met the […]


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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VIDEO: Victorino and Pence Get the “Somebody That I Used to Know” Treatment

With all of the “Call Me Maybe” crap that we’ve put each other through this summer, it feels like Gotye hasn’t been relevant in decades. […]

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NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB and NCAA Sue Jersey Over Sports Betting

The NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and NCAA have filed a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey to prevent the legalization of sports gambling in […]

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SPOILER ALERT: Gabby Douglas Competes on the Balance Beam

On Tuesday morning, America’s latest sweetheart Olympian, Gabby Douglas, failed to add to her medal count after slipping off the balance beam. Douglas—who won a […]

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Where In the World Is Mayor Michael Nutter?

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is apparently out of town on a vacation at a top secret location. His staffers wouldn’t give away his coordinates, but […]

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Inside The Well of Horniness

Butch, femme and farce

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


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Mike Emrick Says Australian Women Are the Philadelphia Flyers of Water Polo

On Monday morning, Olympics broadcaster Mike Emrick compared the women’s water polo team of Australia to the Philadelphia Flyers because of their dirty and controversial […]

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Which PA Congressmen Should Be Shaking in Their Boots?

The folks at PoliticsPA.com have released their August edition of Congressional Vulnerability ratings and three Philly-area pols are considered vulnerable. Republican Mike Fitzpatrick is said […]

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Will Delaware Legalize Gay Marriage?

It could happen as early as next year

Chris Christie Says Nobody Is Voting for Joe Biden

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recently found himself fielding questions on the issue of the current vacancy on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s running ticket. […]

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