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Montco DA: Mom Injected 15-Year-Old Daughter With Heroin

On Wednesday afternoon at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman and Lower Salford Police Chief Thomas Medwid announced the arrest of […]

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Look at This Enormous Fish Someone Caught in Delaware

From the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control comes this photo of a record-setting catch in the Delaware Bay. It’s the largest sheepshead […]

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Two Food Documentaries At Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival

Two documentaries exploring icons of the New York City food business will be shown at Philadelphia’s Jewish Film Festival. The Sturgeon Queens, a look at the past of Russ […]

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9 Instagrams From the #StudentsforTeachers Protest

Loading View on Instagram This morning, some students at several Philadelphia public high schools went on strike to protest the cancellation of the teachers union […]

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Grilled Cheese and Ice Cream Coming to Suburban Station

Milkhouse Grilled Cheese & Ice Cream is coming to the concourse of Suburban Station. The storefront will replace the short-lived Moe’s Southwest Grill and as […]

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Greatest Wrestling Match Ever Invented Coming to Philadelphia Next Year

The headline is no exaggeration. The greatest wrestling match ever invented is coming to Philadelphia in January of 2015. Last night, at a taping of […]

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Newark Airport to Screen Arrivals for Ebola

Newark Liberty International is one of five U.S. airports that will begin screening passengers from West Africa for the Ebola virus, starting next week. Philadelphia […]

City Life

Remembering the Great Charles Bowser on His 84th Birthday

A version of this story ran in 2010. Many prominent, as well as not-so-prominent, Philadelphians have important stories to tell about the preeminent Charles W. […]

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Chaka Fattah-Supported Nonprofits Employed His Friends

Today’s Daily News has a long, well-researched story by William Bender about the goings on at several nonprofits connected to U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah. In […]

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Architype: Lush Life

Developer Tom Scannapieco has spent his career surrounded by skeptics — or his career since 1974, at least, when the self-described “urban pioneer” bought property […]

Property

Retail Roundup: The City’s Newest Stores

Shoppist is always abuzz with news of store openings, so here’s a roundup of the latest in Philly. Center City We told you months ago that Uniqlo at […]

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Pho Jerky is Back Pho Real

Back in late 2012, Side Project Jerky collaborated with chef Sean Magee of Time to create Pho jerky. It was a hit. Since then, Side Project […]

City Life

The Harrisburg Porn Email Scandal, Translated by a Woman

As a human with a computer, I expect people to mess around on the clock a bit. Amazon, Buzzfeed, Facebook, The Daily Puppy (just me? […]

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Get All of Your Big Day Beauty Questions Answered at Just B Beautiful’s Bridal Beauty Boot Camp

Remember the fantastic garden pamper parties we told you about earlier this year? Well, if you couldn’t wait to gather up your best girls for one […]

City Life

Camden Keeps Getting Less Scary

We told you last month about a whole slew of statistics that suggest Camden — notoriously torn by violence and poverty — is becoming a […]