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Joel Mathis

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Always Sunny Renewed for Two More Seasons

The show is starting to make television history with its long run.

City Life

Players Union Probes DeSean’s Release by Eagles

NFLPA will examine whether the Eagles leaked misinformation to the media.

City Life

Nutter Signs Ethics Bill: No More Big Gifts to City Officials

No cash, and other gifts must be limited to $99.

City Life

Grocery Store From Witness Closes

Hollywood fame didn’t help it stay afloat.

City Life

“Princeton Mom” Snagged a Married Man

Susan Patton met her husband at work, not college. Just one problem…

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Arson at Councilwoman’s House Generates Unstated-But-Implied Conspiracy Theorizing

The Daily News lays out the pieces. It just won’t say what they mean.

City Life

Interview: Christopher Wink on Philly Tech Week

How a young event became a Philly institution.

City Life

Cops Looking for “Rat Retaliation” Suspects

Rodents used as instruments of revenge in a fight over a man.

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Tom Wolf Is the Future of Politics

Mathis: A Supreme Court decision means candidates will be defined by their access to money.

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Community College of Philadelphia Hires Controversial New Leader

Donald Generals Jr. was provost of for-profit school that closed under cloud of scandal

PA Governor Tom Corbett
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Anti-Tax Activist Throws Corbett to the Wolves

Grover Norquist on PA transportation bill: “It’s a tax increase.”

Philadelphia School District Building
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Teachers Union Challenges End to Seniority Rules

Says SRC is asking for “relief from agreements it negotiated.

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SEPTA, Union Report Progress on Talks

Will a transit strike be averted?

An employee of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority raises his fist in the air, Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, while entering a SEPTA bus depot in north Philadelphia. | AP Photo, Joseph Kaczmarek
City Life

Interview: Willie Brown Doesn’t Want to Strike

But he’s willing to do it anyway.

City Life

Comcast Today: Did the Feds Just Save the Time Warner Merger?

Plus: How David L. Cohen missed out on $25,000.