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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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Hamels Deal Means Phils Likely to Shop Victorino, Blanton

This morning, we awoke to the fantastic news that Cole Hamels and the Phils had inked a deal to keep the ace playing his home […]

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President Obama Wants Michael Vick to Slide More

Michael Vick has a history of problematic sliding. Philly’s quarterback has struggled to adopt the safety-first mentality when running with the ball. Actually, most of […]

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PA Voter-ID Law Heads to Commonwealth Court

A debate on the validity of Pennsylvania’s Voter-ID law has begun in a Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg. Attorneys representing civil liberties group argue that the […]

New Poll Shows Obama Has a Six-Point Lead in PA

Public Policy Polling has released new polls that indicate that President Barack Obama has a six-point lead on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the […]

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Mayor Nutter Still Hasn’t Given Up on His Soda Tax

In 2010—and 2011—Mayor Nutter tried and failed to have a tax on soda implemented in Philly. Despite his two unsuccessful attempts, he hasn’t given up […]

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Aurora Shooting Suspect Supposedly Sent Illustrations, Plans of Massacre to Psychiatry Professor

Authorities have reportedly recovered a notebook that the Aurora shooting suspect is said to have mailed to a University of Colorado psychiatry professor more than […]


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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Celeb Scoop: Christian Bale Visits Shooting Victims in Aurora

Christian Bale Visits Victims. Christian Bale—who plays Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy—recently visited victims of the shooting in Aurora. [Denver Post] Sherman Hemsley, […]

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Coaches Hover Outside Student Apartment to Try to Poach Penn State Players?

Penn State defensive backs Stephon Morris and Adrian Amos have pledged allegiance to Penn State. The NCAA announced on Monday, along with its sanctions against […]

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2012 PSU Football Will Only Be Sad Reminder of Scandal

The NCAA gave Penn State a harsh penalty but it is the wrong one. Plain and simple the football program should have been shut down […]

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Toomey Beats Casey (at Softball)

Late-inning heroics lifted Hit It Toomey (Senator Pat Toomey’s softball team) over Scrantonicity (Senator Bob Casey’s team) in Senate Softball League play on Tuesday night.

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VIDEO: Penn State Players Issue Statement on “The Greatest Opportunity a Penn Stater Has Ever Been Given”

Penn State’s football student athletes made an announcement today, indicating that they’re eager to turn the NCAA’s sanctions against the university into an opportunity. Senior […]

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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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Stingrays and Sharks Down the Shore?

Approximately 50 stingrays were reportedly spotted in the water just off the shore in Spring Lake on Tuesday. Swimmers were told to get out of […]

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The South Philly Flood Fiasco of 2012 Could Take a Month to Repair

The water main break that caused a flood and a gas leak and a sinkhole in South Philly Sunday night will continue to be a […]

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Philly Prisoners Get Extra Punishment in Heat Wave

Weather is a great leveler. We talk about it when we have nothing else to talk about, with people we’d have nothing to talk about […]

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How to Bring Gun Lovers & NRA Haters Together

If you love hunting, either because you’ve been raised in a hunting family or because you’ve taken a liking to it later in life, I […]

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