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Seamus McCaffery Retires From Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery has retired from the Court, reports the Legal Intelligencer. This follows an earlier report by the Daily News‘ Chris Brennan anticipating the […]

City Life

Time to Stop Electing Pennsylvania Judges?

Recent scandals involving the Pennsylvania judiciary have some observers wondering if it’s time to end the practice of electing the state’s top justices. The “Porngate” […]

Restaurants

From The Tip Line: Garces At The Granary?

The Granary, over at 19th and Callowhill, has already got a couple of heavyweight restaurant tenants. First, there’s Pizzeria Vetri, for those craving Italian. And […]

City Life

Jeremy Maclin’s Gatorade Crash Echoed Jim McMahon Play 23 Years Ago

Although the Eagles lost a frustrating game to the Cardinals on Sunday, Jeremy Maclin had his best game of the season: He caught 12 passes […]

Property

DiStefano: New Center City Office High-Rises Unlikely

This morning’s PhillyDeals column is titled “Are more towers on the horizon?” The answer is, “Probably not.” (I guess “More towers probably not on the […]

City Life

Report: Comcast Was Offered Chance to Buy Washington Post

The Financial Times has an in-depth look today at Comcast’s attempt to merge with Time Warner Cable that includes this unexpected tidbit: Before Amazon’s Jeff […]

City Life

Facebook Trying to Civilize Young People; Young People Resist

It’s no surprise to anyone who’s ever had one that kids are mean. Really mean. Unspeakably mean. They’re enormously invested in social status, and the […]

Restaurants

Sherlock Holmes Dinner at The Treemont

The Treemont is hosting a Sherlock Holmes Dinner this Friday, Halloween. The Center City restaurant is offering a three-course and one cocktail meal for $35 […]

City Life

WATCH Mo’ne Davis Throw First Pitch at World Series

Your browser does not support iframes. If you’re noticing that the Mo’ne Davis hype hasn’t died down, you’re not alone. Following last week’s commercial for […]

Restaurants

Hotel Monaco Celebrates Halloween in Heaven and Hell

  In case you haven’t already finalized your Halloween plans, Hotel Monaco and their rooftop Stratus Lounge are transforming their spaces into heaven and hell […]

City Life

Bill Green Responds to Helen Gym: Honest School Dialogue Requires All the Facts

In criticizing our decision to begin charging teachers for health benefits and directing the $44 million annual savings to schools, Helen Gym makes an important […]

City Life

Atlantic City Woman Said to Throw Baby in the Ocean

Horrifying: A mother threw her baby into the ocean over the weekend. Gratifying: The baby was saved by a retired firefighter fishing nearby. The Press […]

City Life

UPDATE: Christie Backs Down on Ebola Quarantine

[Update 9:55 a.m.] Gov. Christie had second thoughts after all, the New York Times reports: A nurse who recently returned from West Africa and was […]

City Life

The Inquirer Endorses Nobody for Governor

And in the 2014 Pennsylvania governor’s race, the Philadelphia Inquirer endorses … nobody. Absolutely nobody. Readers on Sunday were instead treated to a list comparing and […]

City Life

Archdiocese: Chaput Didn’t Criticize the Pope

Remember last week’s report that Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput had criticized the recent summit of cardinals and bishops that had considered offering a friendlier face […]