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Three Philly Cops Busted in Drug Ring

U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger announced that three members of the PPD—detective Keith Gidelson and officers Joseph McIntyre and George Sambuca—are being charged with conspiracy […]

City Life

Convention Center Fail

A manufacturing defect has rendered the fancy lights on the exterior of the expanded Convention Center not so fancy. A Center spokeswoman says the company […]

Be Well Philly

Does Weight Really Matter?

Any woman who’s ever wasted a moment down the Shore fretting over how she looks in a swimsuit should do herself a favor and read […]

City Life

Roy Oswalt: Out!

In today’s WTF news, Roy Oswalt has left the Phillies for “personal reasons” with no expected return date. Phillies officials say his departure has nothing […]

City Life

Personal Space: Rittenhouse Roost

Who: Kevin Derrick, design aficionado and vendor of made-around-Philadelphia one-off art and furnishings via his e-shop, Shopkellydrive.com What: A Georgian townhouse-turned-apartment living room that doubles […]

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Retailers Gone Rugged

Philadelphia Wedding

Diary of a Marriage: Our Life, In Post-Its.

J. writes me love notes. Every day. Scrawled on scraps of paper, taped to our front door to welcome me home from work each night, […]

Restaurants

Spring Has Sprung at Bistrot La Minette

Spring means outdoor dining, morels, ramps and spring vegetables and you can get all of that at Bistrot La Minette. The attractive French bistro at […]

Restaurants

Scoring the Good Stuff At…JG Domestic

Hands down, the best movie ever made about chefs and their trade is Big Night. There are those who would argue that this is the […]

City Life

Flyers Win!

Flyered Up! After kicking the Sabres’ asses, the Flyers will advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup finals. [Broad Street Bull] Michael Nutter […]

City Life

The Revisit: Fork

Ellen Yin could’ve gone easy on her parents. She could’ve merely threatened to run away with the circus, or hitchhike to Tijuana, or (gasp!) major […]

City Life

Exile on 9th Street

It’s the evening after Peter McAndrews’s triumph on “Throwdown With Bobby Flay” and Monsù, the chef’s new Sicilian restaurant in the Italian Market, is as […]

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NJ Won’t Have Carl Lewis To Kick Around

So the guy owned a pad in Pacific Palisades and Jersey wasn’t his primary residence. Can you blame him? He’s an Olympic athlete! Somewhere Michael […]

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Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets Good News

Mumia Abu-Jamal might yet get off death row (where he sits after being convicted of killing police officer Daniel Faulkner) because a court today “accepted […]

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Complaints From Penn Sorority Chick

In case you missed this, recent Penn grad Samantha Wishman has a Daily Beast post about gender inequality in the college Greek system. She writes […]