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Sky Pirates: Proposal Would Ban Drones From Smuggling Prison Contraband

Modern technology has revolutionized everything about our daily lives — including, officials fear, the act of sneaking (say) cigarettes to prisoners in lockup. No more […]

Business

Forbes Under 30 Summit Ditches Philly for Boston

It seemed as though the Forbes Under 30 Summit had found a permanent home in Philadelphia — but now the conference is headed to Boston for 2016 […]

Things to Do

Bob Dylan Playing Mann Center This Summer

Bob Dylan will play a concert at the Mann Center on July 13th, it was announced today. Mavis Staples will open. According to this exhaustive […]

Philadelphia Wedding

PW Reader Ring: Brittany & Kim!

The couple: Brittany McLaughlin and Kim Waiters from Philadelphia. The ring: My ring has three round diamonds on a white-gold setting with diamond halos and […]

Be Well Philly

How to Get Your Hands on Free Kombucha Today (Yes, FREE Kombucha)

The folks at Kensington’s recently opened Martha — a bar that serves up both kombucha and kefir, along with hoagies and, you know, normal bar […]

Property

Main Line Monday: Let There Be Light in St. Davids

Spring training baseball games have begun in Florida and Arizona, the days are getting longer, temperatures are going to be in the 70s this week […]

Restaurants

Culinary Events on Rittenhouse Row

From today, March 7th through Friday, March 11th the Rittenhouse Row Culinary Collective is presenting special menus around the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. Sbraga, a.kitchen, Devon […]

Shoppist

Shop Talk: How to Look Wide Awake Using This Beauty Trick

Monday morning, we meet again. Except this time, we found a simple trick to make you look like you got a full eight hours of […]

Be Well Philly

Over 4,000 Pounds of Chicken Nuggets Recalled Due to Possible Plastic Contamination

If you have a package of Applegate Naturals Chicken Nuggets in your freezer, you’re going to want to check the label. Over the weekend, Perdue […]

Business

Comcast Buys Philly Tech Company to Capitalize on Sports Stat Craze

In today’s era of Netflix, on-demand programming, and recorded TV shows, nobody is really watching live television — unless it’s sports. In fact, 93 percent of the […]

Birds 24/7

Eagles Wake-Up Call: Free Agency Primer

With the legal tampering period — the negotiating time for prospective unrestricted free agents — set to start at noon today, the Eagles aren’t exactly in […]

Be Well Philly

The Checkup: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Cooking for One

• If Honeygrow and HipCityVeg are your homes away from home because cooking for one just seems like more trouble than it’s worth, take note […]

Birds 24/7

NFC East Roundup: Free Agency Rumblings

With free agency about to begin, here are the latest rumors and rumblings around the rest of the NFC East.

City Life

Philly’s Next Real Estate Boom

There’s been a lot of talk about the fitful post-bubble recovery of the Philadelphia real estate market. It seems that for every two steps we […]

City Life

A Class of Their Own: African-American Homeschoolers in Philadelphia

Ama Mazama, slight in stature and wearing a tightly fastened Ruth Bader Ginsberg ponytail, is revving up an Epson projector on a cold and rainy […]