Bad Behavior
Here’s The Full 60 Minutes Video on Philly Mob Hitman John Veasey
After much anticipation, 60 Minutes’ profile of Philly mob hitman John Veasey finally appeared Sunday night. (Here’s PhillyMag’s profile of Veasey.) “Today, the one-time killer […]
PA Man Tries To Shoot Off Finger To Remove Wedding Ring
AP reports: “A federal prison guard has been charged with shooting his own finger in a drunken attempt to remove his wedding ring during an […]
PREVIEW: Philly Mobster John Veasey On Sunday’s 60 Minutes
Here’s a preview of John Veasey’s Sunday appearance on 60 Minutes: And of course, you can prep with PhillyMag’s 2010 profile of Veasey.
Ann Curry Could Save Matt Lauer From Getting Fired From the Today Show
Television hosts and anchors have an unusual relationship with their viewers. It is a relationship that is constantly analyzed, measured and dissected by researchers, focus […]
WATCH: St. Joe’s Prep Student Gives “Wet Willie” During Live Newscast
It may be that St. Joe’s Prep makes Philadelphia’s future leaders, but that doesn’t mean the students there don’t know how to prank each other […]
WPHT Fills Its Afternoons With Dick
Consider this: Dick Morris—the man who will replace Michael Smerconish as WPHT’s weekday afternoon host—is such a huge hack and has so little regard for […]
Video: Union Chief Goes Berserk Over LCB Privatization at State Capitol
Mayor Nutter wasn’t the only one getting interrupted this week. Yesterday, state liquor employees union chief Wendell Young IV loudly and repeatedly heckled a pro-LCB […]
Return of the Poop Deck: Another Cruise Ship Mess in the Caribbean
Why do people insist on taking cruises? In 2011, the ship sank in Italy. In February, the ship stank in the Gulf of Mexico. And […]
Penn Staters: Tweet Your Campus Sins Using “PSU Confesses”
Penn State alumni can be a nostalgic bunch, celebrating their alma mater by tailgating at football games, sharing stories at reunions, and even storming trustee […]
Powerful Law Firm Gave Corbett Thousands in Sweet, Suspicious Gifts
Last week, Tom Corbett found himself subject to an ethics complaint after taking thousands of dollars in gifts from powerful lobbyists and businesses. Just call […]
Would Philadelphia Care If The Next Pope Had Mafia Ties?
Since I’m one of four people in the world who actually kind of liked The Godfather Part III—what with its byzantine plot regarding popes, cardinals, […]
PA Inmate Flushes His Life Away With Poop-Smeared Threat Against Judge
Can we call this a “Dear John” letter? Prosecutors say Philly native William Brown was so angry about his 2011 murder conviction that he wrote […]
WATCH: Driver Crashes Through Roxborough Dunkin’ Donuts
Oopsie: ABC 6 reports the incident happened just after 3 p.m. Monday at the Dunkin Donuts on the 7100 block of Ridge Avenue. No one was […]
The Ultimate Philly Criminal? An Alleged Ponzi Schemer with Explosives
Real story: The FBI found (and disposed of) 60 pipe bombs in a Malvern storage space that belonged to a guy facing federal charges for […]
Politics 101: Sex Talks, Money Walks
A story in the news this week made me think of The Contender, a 2000 movie starring Joan Allen as Senator Laine Hanson, the first […]