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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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Penn Prof Has Solution for Troubled Philly Schools

While Philadelphia politicians, activists and researchers continue asking the same, tired questions about school reform, one bold professor has been asking a much simpler one: […]

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Sally Ride: More Than a Women’s Pioneer

She was also a lesbian icon

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Picture Yourself Holding and Firing a Gun

The last thing I want to do here is type up a column on the tragedy in Aurora on Friday. I know nothing of James […]

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VIDEO: Should Olympic Athletes Have Sex Before Competing?

Timaree Schmit recently earned her PhD in human sexuality from Widener University, and runs a sexuality website (sexwithtimaree.com), as well as a podcast about sex. I […]

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Morning Scoop: FBI Investigates Threats Against Villanova Students

FBI Investigates Threats at Villanova. The FBI and the Radnor Township Police Department are working cooperatively to investigate several threats made against students at Villanova […]

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ABC News Prefers Googling to Reporting?

Earth to TV news: Speed kills. Americans’ confidence in TV news has hit an all-time low, says a new Gallup poll, and it doesn’t take […]


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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Ousted PSU Prez Writes a Letter, Wants to Speak to Board of Trustees

ESPN’s Outside the Lines obtained a letter that former Penn State president Graham Spanier wrote to the Board of Trustees to call shenanigans on the […]

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People Compare the NCAA to Bane from The Dark Knight Rises

In a Monday morning press conference, NCAA President Mark Emmert listed the sanctions levied against Penn State for the coverup of Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse […]

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Embezzlement at the Free Library

According to Philadelphia Inspector General Amy Kurland, three library assistants at the Free Library of Philadelphia have embezzled over $9,000 in overdue book fines. Today, […]

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Governor Christie Says It’s Too Soon to Talk About Gun Control

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says that it’s too soon to argue about gun control in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in Aurora. I’m […]

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Guy Robs the Same Bank Twice in One Week

A man has robbed the Citizens Bank in the Acme on Red Lion Road twice in the past week. Both times—once on July 18th and […]

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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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A Roundup of Reactions to the Penn State Sanctions

At a Monday morning press conference, NCAA President Mark Emmert announced that the NCAA has handed down a number of sanctions in response to the […]

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Aurora Shooting Suspect Makes First Court Appearance

James Holmes—the man who reportedly killed 12 people and injured another 58 when he opened fire in an Aurora theater during a midnight screening of […]

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Celeb Scoop: Will Smith Came Back to Philly

Will Smith Was Back in Philly. The actor and his son Jaden came back to Philly over the weekend to appear at an award luncheon […]

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Did Olympians Cause Grindr Crash?

The day the app went down

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