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Four Seasons Food Truck Is in Town
Four Seasons Hotels has launched a food truck tour. The FS Taste Truck is making stops in nine cities as it travels from Boston to Miami. This […]
Here’s a Mugshot of the Man Wanted in the Killing and Dumping of Two Men in the Schuylkill
Philadelphia Police are asking for help finding the man in this photograph, Tam Le, who is wanted for his involvement in the killing of two men […]
The Real Deal: A Philly Police Officer Speaks Anonymously
In our new feature, The Real Deal, we’re talking to people in Philadelphia who will only speak to us with a clear agreement of anonymity. […]
BillyPenn.com Draws Fire for Sex Assault Article
Here’s how BillyPenn.com covered the A.J. Marsico sex assault allegation: You know the story: Boy meets girl, boy takes girl back to his office at […]
Rich People Are Stupider Than You and Me
Rich people, F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, are different from you and me, and there was a doozy of an article in the New York […]
Jersey May Mandate Cell Phone “Kill Switch”
Newsworks reports that New Jersey legislators are considering a law that would require a “kill switch” be installed on all cell phones and tablets sold […]
Rep. Brendan Boyle Says His Hate Crime Bill Could Pass On Tuesday
As we all were forced to remember last week, Pennsylvania’s current hate crime law does not offer protections for gay people. But Democratic State Representative […]
Police Say They’re Closing in on Trooper Shooter
Police say they’re confident they’re closing in on the man who shot two troopers earlier this month, killing one, as they continue to comb their […]
Penn’s Ezekiel Emanuel Wants to Die at 75
Penn’s Ezekiel Emanuel — known for being Rahm‘s brother and a key figure in the development of Obamacare — has a provocative piece in The […]
Morning Headlines: 18th-Century Philadelphia Goes to China
The village is called Southern 1910, will look exactly like Society Hill and will be in Dalian, a coastal city in northeastern China. The Inquirer’s […]
Penn’s Endowment: $9.6 Billion
Maybe this is why Playboy said Penn is America’s No. 1 party school: The university’s huge endowment just keeps on getting bigger. There’s enough money […]
Lobbyist Accused of Sexual Assault
Lobbyist A.J. Marsico was arrested Saturday after being accused of a sex assault at a Center City hotel over the summer. His arrest is notable, in […]
Wolf Leads Corbett in the Money Race, Too
Tom Wolf has a $1.5 million cash advantage over Tom Corbett heading into the final weeks of the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race, AP reports.
House to Vote on Cig Tax Today. (Really.)
Here we go again: the Pennsylvania House is expected to vote today to give Philadelphia the authority to levy a $2-a-pack tax on cigarettes to […]
Are We Really Ready to Boot the SRC?
So the folks who want a public vote on dissolving the School Reform Commission are one step closer to their goal. (Though as the Inquirer […]