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“Fresh Prince” Reunion?

Get ready to dust off your Zubaz pants and pink nylon hats, West Philly’s Will Smith might be returning to Bel-Air. Tatyana Ali recently let […]

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Smerconish in Boston

Beantowners will get the MontCo pundit on their “caah” radios all week long now that WTKK-FM 96.9 Boston Talks has officially picked up the Michael […]

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Ex-Cops Sentenced

Two former Philadelphia Police officers were sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for their involvement in the kidnapping and robbery of a suspected […]

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Brangelina in Blue Bell?

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and their 80 gazillion children are rumored to be looking at a $9.9 million mansion in Blue Bell  for when […]

Restaurants

Fill Out This Philly Beer Week Survey & Win

The fine folk behind Philly Beer Week are asking people to fill out a surveyto find out more information about your Philly Beer Week experience. […]

Be Well Philly

Acme’s First Gluten-Free Deli

Calling all gluten-free grocery shoppers! It’s time to hit up the deli case at Acme’s Paoli location. The grocery store has teamed up with Dietz […]

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Philadelphians Have Less Sex Than People in Other Cities

Philadelphians Don’t Have Very Much Sex. People in the Philadelphia area have intercourse an average of 99 times per year, compared with 120 times for […]

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One of Us: Jerry Blavat

My full name is … Gerald Joseph Blavat. I am a … U.S. citizen, half Italian, half Jewish. I’ve lived in Philadelphia for … 71 […]

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What Happens When BFFs Become Parents?

THE BUCKS COUNTY DINING table was impeccably set, all flickering taper candles and cloth napkins and pretty serving dishes heaped with food. Rachel*, 36, had […]

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As Sarah Palin Might Put It, Someone’s Gunning for Bob Brady

Jimmie Moore, a retired Philadelphia Municipal Court judge, filed papers with the FEC, tipping his intentions to run against Congressman and Chairman of the Democratic […]

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Group All Shook Up Over Philly’s Soda Tax

A group called “Philly Jobs. Not Taxes!” rounded up its unfortunate punctuation choices and a bunch of supporters and headed to City Hall this afternoon […]

Restaurants

Tonight: Happy Flag Day

Today is June 14th, Flag Day. If you’re sporting red, white and blue at Franklin Fountain the ice cream men will give you 10% off […]

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Extreme Makeover: Cable-Interface Edition

Right after announcing plans to bring Skype to your TV, Brian Roberts is ready to show off the cable conglomerate’s “next generation Xfinity TV experience.” […]

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PA Voters Want Their Natural Gas

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that Pennsylvanians are cool with drilling in the Marcellus Shale by a 2-to-1 margin. About the same number think […]

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Hamels Give $200k to Public Schools

This morning, the star slugger and his lovely wife slummed their way up to a high school in Northeast Philly to announce a much-needed gift. […]