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Joel Mathis

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City Life

GOP Flier Links Wolf With Gosnell

Republicans go after Dem candidate on abortion.

City Life

Five Great Philly Artifacts in the Baseball Hall of Fame

Mo’ne Davis donates her jersey today. It will join other pieces of Philly history.

City Life

Ed Rendell Is Using Bedbugs to Fight Brooklyn’s DNC Bid

Ex-Philly mayor says he’s just “busting chops.”

City Life

10 Reasons Comcast Says It Deserves Merger Approval

Battling opposition to its Time Warner takeover on everything from economics to politics.

PGW sign
City Life

Philly (Still) Has A Lot of Leaky Aging Gas Pipes

And a reminder: Selling PGW might solve that problem.

City Life

Pregnant Woman, Baby Dead in North Philly Shooting

It’s the second such incident in recent weeks.

City Life

The Cigarette Tax Passes: What They’re Saying

Will smokers leave the city to buy tobacco in the suburbs?

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Hall of Fame to Honor Mo’ne Davis

She’s donating her Little League World Series jersey to Cooperstown.

State Capitol in Harrisburg
City Life

3 Reasons This Is the Moment to Pass an LGBT Anti-Discrimination Bill

Mathis: A hate crimes bill is unlikely to pass in Harrisburg.

City Life

The Cigarette Tax Is (Finally) Passed

Senate approves, 39-11. Bill goes to Gov. Corbett, who says he’ll sign it.

City Life

(Update) Suspect Identified in Killing of Girl at Einstein Medical

Aisha Abdur Rhaman, the victim, was a 10th-grade student.

City Life

Penn Can’t Quite Get Over Last Year’s NYT “Hookup Culture” Article

Feelings are raw about Kate Taylor’s return to campus.

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Flyers Fans Make Over-Ostentatious Display of Their Heterosexuality

They boo the Ice Guys for not being Ice Girls.

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Jersey Court: No GPS for Pre-2007 Sex Crimes

That’s when the law was passed.

City Life

Suspected Trooper Shooter Was in War Documentary

Video appeared on Today show.