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Broad Street Median Parking Spotlighted on ESPN

Three years ago, I wrote about the establishing shots that are always used during national sports broadcasts played in Philly: LOVE Park, the Rocky statue […]

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Paul McCartney Played A Secret Show in Philly Last Night

Rocking for the truckers in Philly pic.twitter.com/ylNWz8FGkn — Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2015 Paul McCartney has played many storied venues in his career, from […]

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NBA GM Survey: Jahlil Okafor to Win Rookie of the Year

NBA.com released their annual GM survey, where they asked general managers from around the league to answer a wide range of questions.

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We Left a Homeless Toddler in the Middle of LOVE Park

“Young Boy Found Wandering in LOVE Park.” It was easy to judge the story’s first headline, and judge I easily did. Why was a 2-year-old outside alone, […]

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13 Princeton Students Have Weird Infectious Disease

Princeton University made national headlines a while back for cases of bacterial meningitis on campus; one Drexel student, Stephanie Ross, died after attending a mixer […]

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Hershey’s Kisses Are Doubling In Size

In the chocolate world, this is big news. Because, in the chocolate world, Hershey executives haven’t seen change like this in 25 years. They can […]

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Missing Girl Hanniya Mitchell Has Been Found

UPDATE 10/21 8:20 a.m.: The Philadelphia Police Department reports that Hanniya Mitchell has been located. The West Philadelphia 13-year-old was originally reported missing after leaving […]

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Facebook Video of A.C. Man Attacking Homeless Woman Leads to Quick Arrest

On Monday, the Atlantic City Police Department arrested 25-year-old Ibn Hunter, charging him with the aggravated assault of a 45-year-old homeless woman. Police were assisted […]

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Eat, Drink, Dance and Cure Cancer

The Wistar Ambassadors hosted Eat, Drink, Dance and Cure Cancer last Friday night at Loews Hotel on the 33rd floor. The Wistar Ambassadors are a group […]

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It’s Time for Back to the Future Day

Since October 21, 2015, was the day Marty McFly arrived when he time-traveled in Back to the Future II, I’m sure most of us are […]

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WATCH: Guys Shoot ATM With Shotgun Three Times, Get No Money

When you want to get money out of an ATM machine, you probably pull your ATM card out of your wallet, put it in the […]

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Report: Comcast Wants to Sell Audience Data

Good morning, Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today. Your set-top cable box collects lots of information about your viewing habits. Now Comcast wants […]

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People in PA Are Uncommonly Interested in Being a Slice of Bacon for Halloween

Over at the real estate website Estately, Ryan Nickum has done a Google Trends excavation to reveal which Halloween costume search terms are used more often […]

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Susan Komen Breast Cancer Pink Tide Ball

Susan G. Komen Philadelphia presented its 14th annual Pink Tie Ball, this year at Vie. The theme was Pink Tide Ball, and the event space […]

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Muslim Man Sues Tastykake, Says Former Boss Called Him a Terrorist

Usually, the biggest controversy to come up surrounding Philadelphia’s Tasty Baking Company (aka Tastykake) is whether Krimpets are really better than Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes. […]