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Pulse: Quick Takes

Opening for Ashlee Pepper’s Ghost, five shaggy-haired rockers from Springfield, Delaware County (left), have been likened to the Beatles and David Bowie. So we thought […]

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Pulse: Live 8: Cheesesteaks, Anyone?

While 600,000 people sweltered on the Parkway, our own Victor Fiorillo spent Live 8 backstage with local cheesesteak proprietor Tony Luke, stalking VIPs for photos […]

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Pulse: Player: Chuck Bragitikos

Is it optimism? Hubris? What exactly would cause a guy to try and get young families to cross the river to — gulp — ­Camden? […]

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Pulse: Power: Paper Cuts on Broad Street

In the past 10 years, Knight Ridder has doubled the ­Inquirer and Daily News profit margin and slashed the papers’ staffs. They’re not done yet. […]

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Pulse: Affairs: Face Time

You’re nothing in Atlantic City if you’re not on the wall at the Palm. At least, that’s the prevailing attitude among a certain determined set […]

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Pulse: Media: Turned On By TV

If there were a “Mr. Pop Culture” contest, Ken Tucker would have to be a strong contender for the title. Tucker came to Philadelphia in […]

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Pulse: Affairs: Wile E. Insurers

Are Pennsylvania car insurance companies, hurt by claims from deer collisions, trucking in out-of-state coyotes — those fearsome Bambi predators — and letting them loose […]

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Off the Cuff

Last November, our cover story proclaimed that Atlantic City had reached the turning point in its comeback as a first-class resort. It seemed to me […]

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From the Editor

Thirty-one years ago, this magazine pioneered the city magazine “Best Of” staple. The brainchild of editors Alan Halpern and Maury Levy, the May 1974 issue […]

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Firken & Fish

Beer Lass Suzy Woods tips us off today about a new monthly event at Philadelphia Fish & Co. On the first Friday of the month […]

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Philadelphia Hospitals

The more you practice, the better you become at piano. The more open-heart surgeries you perform, the better you get at them. That’s the philosophy […]

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More May Madness

It isn’t just restaurant openings that has May being absolutely insane. There are also a ton of events to satisfy your hunger and thirst. We […]

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Dine Out For Life Today

Today is Dining Out for Life. Over 200 restaurants are participating by giving 33% of your food bill to the fight against HIV & AIDS […]

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Get Schooled In German Wine

David McDuff is one heck of a person. After all not many people can just drop in at Talula’s Table for dinner. Find out his […]

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The Latest On the Memphis Taproom

The early word on the Memphis Taproom has been overwhelmingly positive (Lew Bryson, Brew Lounge) but they aren’t resting on the laurels after one week. […]