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That’s the goal of a cadre of Philly cyclists who dream of turning the city into a bike-friendly paradise. In their way: one cranky Daily News columnist … and a whole lot of angry (sometimes punch-throwing) Philly drivers
“Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.” — H.G. Wells THE SECOND SCARIEST THING that ever happened to Michael Sanders occurred on a sunny Saturday in June, […]
Or, why black folks don’t like Michael Nutter
ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, at the end of a week when John Street told anyone who would listen that Michael Nutter was an Oreo, the Mayor […]
Newtown Square’s Joe Sestak is taking on Arlen Specter in the country’s most important Senate race.
So here’s Joe Sestak, age 57, running his skinny butt off — I mean sprinting, literally booking it down the Ben Franklin Parkway, me and […]
Two decades after taking over the family cheese shop on 9th Street, cousins Bill and Emilio Mignucci have turned Di Bruno Bros. into a $20 million foodie empire. For their next trick: saving the Italian market
IT ONLY TOOK a few dimes to get the old-timers angry. When cousins Bill and Emilio Mignucci took over the narrow and jam-packed Di Bruno […]
The No-B.S. Guide to the 2016 Philadelphia Presidential Election
Here’s everything you need to know for Tuesday.
Why the Sixers Stopped Trying to Lose
Inside the end of the most controversial plan in sports.
Do They Still Make Republicans Like Tom Ridge?
More important: Do they still make Democracies like America?
Mommy Makeovers: Philly’s Latest Plastic Surgery Trend
Why are so many young Philly moms going under the scalpel?
Fifty years ago this month, Philadelphia's Grace Kelly married Monaco's Prince Rainer. To the public and an obsessed press, it was a real-life fairy tale. But to Grace herself, it wasn't quite the storybook romance it seemed to be
Grace Kelly was used to it — the enormous attention she was receiving on this cold January day in 1956. After all, she was a […]
It was a strange-but-true love story — a mildly retarded Korean-American girl from Lancaster County marrying a quiet Egyptian visitor. Then came 9/11, and our government wouldn't let him live here. Why?
You could say Demy and Christi were an odd couple. Most people did. They made a striking pair: Christi, a petite Korean-American with beautiful waist-length […]
To save the Mayor's reelection bid, his brother has gone underground. But no matter who's running the city next month, don't expect that to last
It has come to this: sitting in my Chevy Cavalier on a soupy August day, staked out in front of the home of T. Milton […]
Both of these men have been snared by Megan's Law. One is fighting it. The other needs it to control his urges. Which would you rather have as your neighbor?
Cape May County doesn't appear to be the sort of place where a battle over Megan's Law would begin. This is where families rush to […]
Paul Vallas was the most effective Philadelphia schools chief in a generation. So why did he leave for New Orleans? The story of his downfall says something about Vallas — and even more about the nature of Philly power
Paul Vallas was the most effective Philadelphia schools chief in a generation. So why did he leave for New Orleans? The story of his downfall […]
There was Frank, Sammy, Dean, Lawford and their skinny comic pal from South Philly. Those were the days, and for Joey Bishop, they always will be
The bit Joey Bishop had worked up was this: Peter Lawford, the actor whose brother-in-law, JFK, had just been elected president of the United States, […]
