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Ben Kirshner’s Plan to Transform How Pennsylvania Does Business

Pennsylvania is a notoriously tough place to start or run a business. Can the first guy to sell coffee on the internet fix that? The governor sure thinks so.


Sylvester Stallone, Tom Hanks and Grace Kelly all made memorable moments in Philadelphia Oscars history (photos via Getty Images)
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Great (and Not So Great) Moments in Philly Oscars History

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Inside Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Wild Ride From Mount Airy to the Oscars

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Jason Kelce Retires After 13 Seasons

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Peter Nero OKs Exit From Philly Pops

After three and a half decades leading the Philly Pops, 78-year-old Peter Nero has OKed a severance deal that will have him step down from […]

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PHA Employees Have to Give Up Their Keys

Philadelphia Housing Authority employees must have missed curfew or something because the PHA is taking their keys away. At one point, more than 200 PHA […]

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Weekend Roundup

The guide to the city and shore

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Same-Sex “Kiss-Ins” Planned for Chick-fil-A Stores Across the Country

Two days after “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day,” the chain of chicken joints will see a different group of patrons as same-sex marriage advocates across the country […]

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Amtrak Lost $833 Million on Junk Food

Amtrak riders have long been able to enjoy cans of carbonated beverages whilst traveling via railroad. The cans of soda set riders back $2 a […]

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WATCH: Gay Olympian Covers Single Ladies

Matthew Mitcham and his ukulele


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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Where in the World Are Frank Kameny’s Remains?

A dispute over the ashes

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TODAY: A Big Gay Chick-Fil-A Kiss-In

Find out what’s planned in Philly

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Movie Review: Total Recall

A quick, math problem: It takes 17 minutes for a transporter to go from London to Sydney through the Earth’s core. If the diameter of […]

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7 Ways to Know If He’s Into You

Dear Monica, How do you know when it is time to stop kissing a frog, because he is not going to be your prince? —T.C., […]

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7 Ways to Know If He’s Into You

Dear Monica, How do you know when it is time to stop kissing a frog, because he is not going to be your prince? —T.C., […]

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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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Out: Ryan Lochte In: America’s 2012 Distance Runners

Hey, you! Yes, you, the one who can’t shut up about running when we’re at the bar. Stop lacing up your Brooks Glycerines and pay […]

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Morning Scoop: Firefighters Catch Heat for Tweeting

City Cracks Down on Firefighters Using Twitter. The city issued a three-page social media policy to the Philadelphia Fire Department. Thou shalt not tweet about […]

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Buzz Bissinger Is Raging Against the Wrong Guy

I don’t usually find myself caught in the middle of a media standoff between a Pulitzer-winning writer and another journalist, but this was a strange […]

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The Danger Inside America’s Medicine Cabinet

Overbrook Park is normally a pretty quiet neighborhood. Working-class families, well-maintained homes, shiny new (and used) cars parked out front—it’s like a small slice of […]

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