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Penn State Has Spent Nearly a Quarter of a Billion Dollars on the Sandusky Case

Penn State’s costs in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal have reached a quarter-billion dollars — and are growing. The AP reports Penn State’s costs in […]

City Life

Sixers Match Last Year’s Win Total With 105-95 Victory Over Nets

The Philadelphia 76ers overcame a sluggish start to defeat the Brooklyn Nets by a score of 105-95 Sunday afternoon at the Barclays Center. The Nets, who […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Free Pre-K Got Off the Ground

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Celtics 110, Sixers 106: Violence at the Rim Foiled By Celtics Three Point Shooting

It took 924 days, but Philadelphia 76ers fans finally saw the violence at the rim that they were promised when former general manager Sam Hinkie […]

City Life

Man Claims Uber Driver Beat Him Unconscious In University City

Three days before Christmas, Cabrini College director of public safety Joseph Fusco attended a holiday party in University City, organized by the security company Allied […]

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Pennsylvania Plans to Close Two Prisons This Year

Pennsylvania will close two prisons by June 30th, according to a press release from the state’s Department of Corrections. “We have implemented a variety of […]

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What To Eat This Weekend: Staying Warm And Eating Pie

It’s been another long week. And now that it is almost done, it’s time to look ahead and try to make plans for the weekend. […]

Philadelphia Wedding

PHOTOS: Come Swoon Over BHLDN’s Spring 2017 Bridal Collection With Us

Philly-based BHLDN just unveiled its new Spring 2017 bridal collection this week, friends, and well, we have been staring at it every since. It’s the […]

Restaurants

Banh Street Opens In Ambler

What a perfect #Snowy Pennsylvania day to open a #fried #chicken restaurant — Chef Chad Rosenthal (@ChadRosenthal) January 6, 2017 That was chef Chad Rosenthal […]

City

Pa. Senator Proposes Daily Fantasy, Online Gambling Bill, But There’s a Catch

You soon might be able to gamble online in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Sen. Jay Costa issued a co-sponsorship memoranda earlier this week detailing his plans for […]

Restaurants

About Last Night: Nice Cans

We brought in chefs from The Dutch and the Broad Table Tavern for an Open Stove all-soup challenge. We gave them cans and cans and […]

City

Philly Financial Watchdog: Revenues Up, But So Are Overtime Costs

A quarterly report from Philadelphia’s financial watchdog says revenue in the general fund is much higher than expected — but that that overtime costs are soaring. […]

City Life

ShopRite VP Responds to Accusations of Price-Gouging and Fraud

In the wake of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax — more commonly referred to as the Soda Tax — coming into effect, residents are fuming at […]

City Life

Johnny Doc Forgets He’s a Democratic Elite, Says Democratic Elites Need to “Wake Up”

It’s hard to overstate how profoundly the Democratic Party screwed up in the 2016 election. Republicans will soon control the White House and both branches of […]

Restaurants

Sweetgreen’s New Winter Menu Launches Today

For all of you Sweetgreen junkies out there, I’ve got some news. Today marks the changeover to their East Coast winter menu, which includes a […]