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Foobooz

Top Chef Episode 14 Recap: How Urkel Got His Groove Back

With apologies to my editor, this every other week thing is totally working out for me–and for a season which barely has enough notable things […]

City Life

Officers Charged With Brutal Beating of Motorist

Najee Rivera is lucky to have a very determined girlfriend, or he might be sitting in jail today, convicted of charges stemming from his own […]

Property

Will the Carl Dranoff Touch Help Sell These Luxe Condos at Two Liberty Place?

Last we wrote about developer Carl Dranoff, his proposed One Ardmore Place in Lower Merion had taken hit from local business owners who recently filed […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Natalie Portman Teaches Us the Most Dramatic Way Possible to Call Off a Wedding In Her New Dior Ad

Natalie Portman wastes a perfectly good wedding dress in the new ad for the perfume Miss Dior. Behold as she just strips and leaves it […]

City Life

PARCC Opt-Out Confusion Explained — Sort Of

Like many other parents in the state of New Jersey, Jack Fairchild of Moorestown is against his children taking the controversial PARCC examination, so much so that […]

City Life

On Net Neutrality, Comcast Loses — and Wins

Well, this wasn’t entirely expected. Sure, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler was expected to endorse new regulations that would classify the Internet as a utility — […]

Foobooz

Boxcar Brewery Hosts Beer Pairing Dinner

Boxcar Brewing is hosting their first (post opening) event at their new brewpub, and it’s going to be a beer pairing event with head chef and […]

City Life

Police Warn of Pickpockets at Wegmans, Panera Bread

Police in Cherry Hill yesterday released images taken from surveillance footage of two people they suspect of stealing a woman’s wallet from her shopping cart at […]

City Life

Even Harrisburg Is Turning Its Back on the Phillies

And the, er, hits just keep on comin’ for the Philadelphia Phillies, who start spring training in two weeks.

Property

Morning Headlines: Proposed 2401 Washington Ave. Project Moves Along

Last month we filled you in on the plans developer Green Construction LLC has in store for the vacant lot at 24th and Washington, which […]

City Life

Kane Asks Court to Quash Grand Jury

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has made her case why the Pennsylvania Supreme Court should quash a grand jury that has recommended she face charges related […]

City Life

Pope’s Visit: Bigger Than The Super Bowl

Talk about a blessing. CBS News reports that Pope Francis’s September visit to Philadelphia is expected to generate up to $418 million in economic benefits […]

Citified

Jim Kenney: Philly Must “Take Control of Its Own Destiny”

Nearly a half-century ago, Jim Kenney walked through Philadelphia City Hall’s doors for the first time as a 9-year-old kid to watch his father, a […]

Property

More Drama for One Ardmore Place: Nearby Business Owners File Suit Against Lower Merion Township

Six business owners neighboring Carl Dranoff’s One Ardmore Place project at the site of the Cricket Parking Lot have filed a lawsuit against Lower Merion […]

City Life

UPDATE: Actually, Biology Is Offered at Overbrook High School

[UPDATE: 4:25 p.m.] Editor’s Note: On Wednesday morning, we published the story below, stating that Overbrook High School has not offered biology to students during […]