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Nom Nom Ramen Opens Location in University City

Nom Nom Ramen, which has won a Best of Philly award for its ramen, has opened a second location, this one in University City. The […]

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Schilling Says Cancer Was Caused by Smokeless Tobacco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG5MV-wUIk4 We knew that Curt Schilling had battled cancer during the last year. What we didn’t know was what kind and why. That changed during […]

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FOP Endorses Wolf for Governor

The Morning Call reports that the 40,000-member Fraternal Order of Police has given its endorsement to Democrat Tom Wolf in the state gubernatorial race. The […]

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Joe Frazier Statue Soon to Be Bronzed

Newsworks reports that the finishing touches are being put on a new statue of former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier.  Sculptor Stephen Layne will soon […]

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Foobooz Jobs: Help Wanted

We’ve seen an uptick in ads placed on Foobooz Jobs. Among the open positions: Ranstead Room Bartender Vetri line cook And all positions at Rich Landau’s […]

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PGW Nightmare: Family Has Gas Shut Off Over “Secret” Gas Line

(This piece has been updated to include comment from a PGW spokesperson and a copy of the termination of service notice Anderson-Bell says she received.) […]

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Eagles Unveil New Food Options at Lincoln Financial Field

The Eagles and Aramark unveiled new food options for the 2014 season at Lincoln Financial Field today. Among the new concessions, Marc Vetri’s Pizzeria Vetri, […]

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What They’re Saying About Mo’ne Davis and the Taney Dragons

https://twitter.com/head_scar/status/502114674343964672 The Taney Dragons play again in the Little League World Series tonight, with Mo’ne Davis — suddenly America’s most beloved baseball player — taking […]

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Here’s an Animated GIF of Chip Kelly Diving Into a Pool of Ice Water

Yesterday, the entire Philadelphia Eagles team took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The team did it as one: Much of the team climbed into a […]

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Spend Your Saturday Afternoon Soaking In Inspiration At Terrain’s Bridal Open House

Clear your calendar for this coming Saturday because you’ll most definitely want to spend a few hours in Glen Mills at Terrain at Styers‘s bridal […]

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Win Two Free Tickets to Diner en Blanc… We’ll Even Throw In a Table and Chairs

If you’re a Diner en Blanc hater, then head to Diner en Sweatpants or Diner en Noir or just shoot over to Bob and Barbara’s […]

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KYW’s Harry Donahue Retires Friday

Harry Donahue, the morning co-anchor at KYW Newsradio, is retiring after more than 40 years at the station.

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Rittenhouse’s Food and Friends Market Burglarized — of $10 in Change

Police are looking for a man who broke into the Food and Friends Market at 20th and Spruce streets on Sunday morning. The burglar got […]

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The Bykofsky Bigotry Debate Continues

And here we go with the latest round in the “Is Stu Bykofsky a Bigot” sweepstakes. The latest entrant: Erika Almiron, executive director of Juntos, […]

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Hilariously, Penn Students Named Most Polite in Nation

If there’s one reputation Penn students have, it’s being impolite — especially to workers in the service industry. Penn kids reportedly tipped 40 cents at McGlinchey’s earlier […]