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Six Things to Know About Kathleen Kane’s Preliminary Hearing

Attorney General Kathleen Kane had her first day in court Monday. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that prosecutors say Kane leaked confidential […]

City Life

Terry Egger Named New Publisher of Philadelphia Newspapers

Terry Egger, former publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has been named the publisher at Philadelphia Media Network, overseeing the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com. […]

City Life

What Can Joe Biden Learn From Five Pennsylvania Presidential Losers?

Pennsylvania has long been regarded as a kingmaker when it comes to presidential politics — we still get awarded “swing state” status by pundits even […]

Property

Development Roundup: PMC Property Group Has Been Busy

PMC Property Group has been making some noise around the Philadelphia real estate landscape recently. We talked with Jonathan Stavin, PMC’s executive vice president, to […]

Philadelphia Wedding

9 Tips For Finding the Most Flattering Wedding Dress For Your Body Shape

Here on the blog we’ve shared tons of advice and inspiration to prepare you for the most important shopping trip of your life (aka finding your wedding […]

Restaurants

Dear Philly Bars and Restaurants: If You See This Guy Coming, Lock Your Doors

Just when we had all but forgotten about the strange tale of accused serial restaurant thief Janeen Thomas — but we’ll get back to her in […]

City Life

Sexual Assault at Port Richmond’s Graffiti Pier Yesterday

Since Conrail moved its coal-carrying operations to Baltimore in the early ’90s, Pier 124 has been a hulking, abandoned ruin at the edge of Port […]

Philadelphia Wedding

De-Stress Before Your Big Day with SANKHYA Yoga Studio’s Wedding Package

Let’s be honest, every bride-to-be can use a bit of stress relief leading up to her Big Day. What with all of the appointments and contracts and […]

Restaurants

All You Can Eat Steak Frites at Garces Trading Company

Garces Trading Company has brought back one of its most popular promotions, endless steak frites on Tuesday nights. For $35 per person, you get unlimited […]

City Life

Off-Duty Police Sergeant Dies in One-Vehicle Accident

An off-duty Philadelphia Police sergeant died after a single-vehicle wreck late Saturday night. Police say Rafael Ali, 32, was driving southbound on the 6000 block […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Gabrielle Union Celebrated Her Upcoming Anniversary By Revealing Never-Before-Seen Photos of Her Gorgeous Wedding Gown

We fell in love with Gabrielle Union’s custom Dennis Basso wedding gown when she first shared photos of her nuptials to basketball star Dwyane Wade last year, and […]

City Life

This Infographic Shows How Wildly Successful Philly’s Indego Bike Share Is

The news about Philly’s bike share system has been almost exclusively good since it launched in April (almost). Indego reached 8,000 rides in its first week, then 65,000 rides in its first […]

City Life

There’s Good Cheating and Bad Cheating — Here’s How to Tell the Difference

There’s been a lot of gleeful moralizing surrounding the Ashley Madison hack. I assume those who are gloating have never cheated on a lover, never […]

Restaurants

Aprons Soul Food Coming to 26th and Washington

The former Moe’s Hot Dogs is getting a new tenant. Aprons Soul Food, which for a time operated near Temple’s campus at 1621 Cecil B. […]

City Life

Man Robs Center City 7-Eleven Using Pepper Spray

A couple of weeks ago, we told you about a man who allegedly robbed cigarettes from a Wawa simply by shoving the cashier, and now […]