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In Interview, Kathleen Kane Defends Her Work

A couple of months removed from intense criticism over A) her choice to abandon a sting operation that had caught several Philly Democrats taking money […]

City Life

Fishtown Food Distribution Center Robbed Overnight

Police say two men posing as cops robbed a Fishtown food distribution center early Wednesday morning.

City Life

UPDATE: Partially Clothed Stabbed Man, Two Bodies Found Along Kelly Drive

[Update 9:34 a.m.] Action News has a gallery of photos: PHOTOS: Man stabbed, bodies found in Schuylkill River #6abc – http://t.co/8zgz5g6Qh1 | pic.twitter.com/Wkz1zijOj1 — Action […]

Property

Morning Headlines: NIMBY Drama Stirs Up Between Residents and Swarthmore College

Three things are set to happen once construction ends on the new development Swarthmore College has commissioned: First, more books will be available; second, the […]

City Life

Pa. Bill Would Decriminalize Transporting Booze Across State Lines

Arthur Goldman may get a bit of redemption after all. You remember Goldman: He’s the Chester County attorney who was accused of bootlegging after he […]

City Life

Comcast: Merger Won’t Be Complete Until 2015

Comcast now believes it will complete its merger with Time Warner Cable in 2015 — a delay from its original estimates of closing the deal […]

City Life

Michael Nutter’s Beautiful, Empty Words About Ferguson

OK, we’ve probably beat up on the Philadelphia Police Department enough for one summer. We’ve suffered through a new scandal, retreaded an old scandal, questioned […]

City Life

Montco Man Starts Write-In Campaign for Governor

Well, maybe this will liven up a humdrum election campaign. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports a Montgomery County man named Dave Naples is running a write-in campaign […]

Philadelphia Wedding

We’re Totally In Love With Our Latest Local Find: Manayunk Calligraphy

We’ve often talked about how your invitations are the first impressions your guests will have of your celebration—and really, your invites’ envelopes are the first […]

Restaurants

Burger Stand Coming to the Reading Terminal

George and Kim Mickel, owners of By George and Mezze in the Reading Terminal are opening a specialty burger stand facing the center court of […]

City Life

Drudge Commenters Disapprove of Philly’s New Spanish-Immersion Preschool

When Philly’s Al Día newspaper ran a story about Philly’s first Spanish-immersion preschool, the paper got something unexpected: A Drudge Report link. The reaction wasn’t […]

City Life

Penn Study: Medical Marijuana Saves Lives

Medical marijuana saves lives. A new study from Penn researchers shows that states where medical marijuana is legal see lower rates of overdoses from opioid […]

City

Philly PD Wants to Expand Camera Registration Program

Several years ago, the Philadelphia police department began a program that would expand the use of private surveillance cameras for use in solving crimes. Called […]

Restaurants

Restaurant Review: Crow & the Pitcher

For food-obsessed Philadelphians, the first half of August unfolded like a rigged game of Two Truths and a Lie. In case you were down the […]

City Life

UPDATE: Drugs, Alcohol Ruled Out in Louis Freeh Car Crash

[Update 3:11 p.m.] The Patriot-News reports: Vermont State Police “have issued a press release saying that preliminary investigations have ruled out drugs and alcohol as […]