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Want Dinner Delivered From Fat Ham, High Street, Amada Or FedNuts?
Well starting today, you can. Because there’s a new delivery service in town called Caviar and it’s acting like a kind of restaurant curation and […]
Mayor Nutter Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
Starting October 20th, possession of small amounts of marijuana will be a civil offense in the city of Philadelphia. Mayor Michael Nutter signed Jim Kenney’s marijuana […]
Pa. State Trooper Fatally Shot During Training Exercise
Pennsylvania State Trooper David Kedra was fatally shot in the chest during a training exercise in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania State Police announced. He was 26. Kedra […]
Philadelphia 7-Eleven Robbed with AK-47 Style Rifle
Philadelphia Police are looking for three men who they say robbed a 7-Eleven in Overbrook. One of the suspects had a rifle that looked similar […]
Facebook Crunched Users’ Check-Ins to Determine the 10 Most Popular Honeymoon Destinations of 2014
Well, we have seen lists declaring various destinations to be the most popular for honeymoons based on a variety of factors: according to where the […]
People Think It’s Going to Snow Because of a 2013 Story
Last year’s winter was quite bad: We got more than 60 inches of snow. The temperature was 15 degrees or colder for 15 days. “It […]
Mark Ladner Is Doing A Gluten-Free Pasta Flyer Lunch At Drexel
This Friday, October 3rd, Mark Ladner–executive chef of New York’s Del Posto–will be giving a lecture at Drexel, starting at 11 a.m., at the Center for […]
Nat Turner: Maniacal Murderer or Virtuous Visionary?
A version of this column ran in 2011. October 2, 2014 — or thereabout — will be the 214th birthday of Nat Turner. I say “thereabout” because […]
Will Customer Service Kill the Comcast Merger?
Comcast Removes GE Logo Atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza http://t.co/bZEi55XYmJ — iwantmedia (@iwantmedia) October 1, 2014 Tomorrow was supposed to be the day New York regulators […]
Parkway Corner Deli Opens
The Parkway Corner Deli is opening today at 22nd and Spring Garden. The deli will be open from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday, as […]
Dead Raccoon Rots For Weeks on Philly Power Lines Until Radio Station Report
KYW 1060’s John McDevitt has this tale today: After several weeks hanging above the neighborhood, a dead raccoon was finally removed from overhead lines in […]
Reading Terminal Market Makes List Of Great Public Spaces
The American Planning Association is not generally one of the groups we keep our eye on over here at Foobooz World HQ. But thankfully, the […]
Flyers Cave, Bring Back Ice Girls After Fans Boo
Last week, we wondered how long it would be until the Flyers caved and brought back the Ice Girls. Less than a week! Last night, […]
The Wolf-Corbett Debate: What They’re Saying
At Guv debate.. Corbett speaks with dozens of reporters Post.. Wolf leaves with limited response. pic.twitter.com/FY5XSHwamS — Pat Ciarrocchi (@PatCiarrocchi) October 1, 2014 Gubernatorial contenders […]
Revel Sold, Won’t Become a University for Geniuses
The dream of a university for geniuses at the failed Revel casino is gone. At auction this morning, Brookfield Asset Management purchased Revel with a […]