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Meet the New Philly.com Brain Trust

Meet the new braintrust of Philly.com. These are the guys who may hold the future of Philadelphia’s two major daily newspapers in their hands. Mike […]

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Get Loads of Inspiration for Your Wedding-Day Look at Nordstrom’s Beauty Event This Weekend

Obviously, you can always search the Web to see what’s trending in the beauty world this season, but wouldn’t you prefer to actually see the […]

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City Life

(Update) Inquirer, Daily News Continue Circulation Decline

Updated with comment from a company spokesman. Print circulation at the Philadelphia Inquirer continues its long slide, according to preliminary numbers from the Alliance for […]

City Life

Philly Cop to Teen: “I’m Gonna Beat the Shit Out of You”

We’re guessing that the Philadelphia police officer captured in the below video didn’t realize someone was recording him as he threatened a teenager near Overbrook […]

City Life

Introducing #catjawns, Instagram Hashtags for Philly Cats

The problem: Lots of Philadelphia cats on Instagram, but no way to tell what neighborhood they live in. The solution: #catjawns. A few years ago, […]

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Shake Shack’s Halloween Specials Start Today

From today, Tuesday October 28, through Friday, October 31, all Philly Shake Shack locations will be serving their Halloween specials: The Halloweenie and the Shack O’Lantern […]

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Philadelphia Bars Bailing on Bar Rescue

Michael Klein has the story that both recently filmed Bar Rescue bars are backing away from their Jon Taffer makeovers. The former Lickety Split has removed […]

City Life

(Update) Penn State Trustees Won’t Revisit Freeh Report

[Update 2:30 p.m.] Looks like Penn State won’t revisit the Freeh Report, after all. The Post-Gazette reports: An alumni trustee’s proposal at Penn State University […]

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Penn Course Requires Students to Waste Time on the Internet

This is why Penn is ranked 19th in the world, folks. Aptly-named “Wasting time on the Internet,” the real-life course will be offered by the […]

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Dear Willie Brown: Don’t Mess Up the Election

Dear Willie Brown: I’ve got a favor to ask. You’ve waited a long time to lead TWU 234 on strike — the 4,700 members of […]

City Life

Joan Orie Melvin Apologizes to Pa. Supreme Court for Stuff Her Lousy Staff Did

Former Pa. Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin has given up her appeal of a conviction on charges that she used staffers in her office […]

City Life

PPA Releases Impounded UberX Cars

Over the weekend, the Philadelphia Parking Authority, which oversees all taxis and limousines in city limits, impounded six UberX cars in an undercover sting operation, […]

City Life

Top 10 Pennsylvania Careers Destroyed or Damaged by the Jerry Sandusky Scandal

Now that Seamus McCaffery has retired from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, it’s worth asking: How many significant Pennsylvanians have had their careers destroyed or derailed because […]

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Adaptive Reuse Proves Difficult at La Peg

Rick Nichols checks in at La Peg, Peter Woolsey’s two month old French brasserie at the once-upon-a-time pump house that is now the home of FringeArts. Nichols finds […]

Foobooz

Tickets On Sale Now For La Tuade de Cochon, Part Deux

If the Kensington Quarters’ Instagram feed is any indication, we’re getting very close to experiencing meaty, pasture-raised goodness at the much anticipated butcher counter, bar, […]