Joel Mathis

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City Life

It Happened: A Good Guy With a Gun Stopped a Bad Guy With a Gun

Doctor shot assailant in Darby attack.

Tom Corbett
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5 Reasons to Vote (No Really!) For Tom Corbett

He’s not the worst Republicans have to offer.

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State Approves Plan to Place Cameras in Philly Taxis

Plan designed for driver safety.

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Why Can’t Philly Students Win on Standardized Tests?

It’s the textbooks, says Meredith Broussard.

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Christine O’Donnell Not a Witch, Nor a Fact-Checker

In her column for conservative newspaper, she repeats story Philly Mag debunked two years ago.

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Ryan Howard’s Run With the Phillies Might Soon Be Over

Team is talking about releasing the slugger.

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Use North Jersey Gaming Dollars to Rebuild AC?

Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney makes the proposal.

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Philly Nazi Suspect Is Dead

Johann Breyer’s death may mean the end of an era for Nazi hunters.

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Olbermann Names Cliff Lee the “Worst Person in the World”

For farting.

Traffic on the Ben Franklin Bridge
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Accident Snarls Ben Franklin Bridge, Center City Traffic

Some delays expected, obviously.

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Every Single Taxi in Philly Could Get a Surveillance Camera

Part of crackdown on violence against drivers.

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Report: National Parks Bring $196 Million to Philly

But visits in 2013 declined because of government shutdown

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Famed Spice Company May Move to Pa.

McCormick and its line of spices have long been associated with Baltimore.

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Acquittals in Traffic Court Case

Though some guilty verdicts for lying to investigators.

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Pa. Children’s Home Will Take Immigrant Children

Does so despite Gov. Corbett’s concerns.