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Catch Jen Carroll on Finale of Top Chef Duels Tonight

Tonight is the ultimate showdown for the $100,000 on Bravo’s Top Chef Duels. Philadelphia’s chef Jennifer Carroll is going  after the bragging rights, a feature in Food and Wine […]

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[Update] Comcast Customer Details Firing Allegation

[Update 3:30 p.m.] Comcast has sent out a press release with the title “A Public Apology to Conal O’Rourke” — and it comes straight from […]

City Life

Philadelphia to Bissinger: Buzz Off

Philadelphians have responded to Buzz Bissinger’s request for an apology with a definitive “Shut the Fuc* up” you “narcissistic moron.” Those quotes came from a […]

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Man in Halloween Mask Robs Bank

An “older male” in a Halloween mask robbed a TD Bank branch in Hatboro Wednesday morning, police say. At 10 a.m. this morning, cops say, […]

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Good Spoon Soupery Coming To Fishtown

Just in time for the cool weather to set in, popular farmer’s market vendor Good Spoon Soup is opening up shop! On the border of […]

City Life

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 […]

City Life

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 […]