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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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NCAA’s PSU Hypocrisy

It doesn’t matter whether you are a Penn State fan or not, watching the announcement of the NCAA’s substantial penalties against the Nittany Lion football […]

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Gays Blamed for Colorado Shooting

Zealot uses tragedy to bash liberals and more

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Prosecutors Will Retry Reverend James Brennan for Attempted Rape

Philadelphia prosecutors have announced that they will retry Reverend James Brennan for the alleged attempted rape of a 14-year-old boy in 1996. A jury came […]

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PHOTO: New AIDS Memorial

What do you think of the design?

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Philadelphia’s Movie Theaters Are Death Traps

A night out at the local movie theater used to be an enjoyable American family tradition, but those days are long since over. And no, […]

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Did Tripp Palin Just Say What We Think He Said?

Toddler drops the F-bomb on TV show


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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Cake Shop Says No to Gay Couple

Owner’s against gay marriage

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NCAA Fines PSU $60M, Vacates Wins from 1998-2011

NCAA President Mark Emmert announced Monday, during a 9 a.m. press conference, that Penn State University would be fined $60 million, with the funds to […]

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Add a Gas Leak and a Sinkhole to South Philly’s Problems

How do you make a major water main break that floods city streets, forces the evacuation of at least three city blocks, an even larger […]

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James Holmes: Face of the Constitution?

Here’s the bottom line: The Second Amendment is a Constitutional guarantee of the right of Americans to kill and injure each other. So maybe Colorado […]

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Stop the NRA From Ruining Our Nation

Another day, another dozen or so dead. A guy on his birthday. Men protecting their girlfriends. A young woman who wanted to be a journalist. […]

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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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Morning Scoop: Water Main Break Floods South Philly, Forces Evacuations

South Philly Floods. A water main break near 21st and Bainbridge flooded streets in South Philly and forced the evacuation of three to four blocks […]

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Banning Guns Won’t Stop Evil

As we see the pictures of the dead, read the stories of the wounded, hear interviews with those who escaped unharmed, and watch the video […]

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A Man’s Guide to Miscarriage

The first miscarriage occurred in December, shortly before my wife’s birthday. The second miscarriage happened in May 2011, at the start of Memorial Day weekend, […]

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Let’s Talk About How Ugly the Barnes Is

The Barnes Foundation used to be unique: a suis generis collection in a genus loci space (one of a kind in a place all its […]

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