To us, he was a fallen hero. To them, he was “Victim 88.” John Bolaris, who celebrated the news by emailing philly.com “Bad Guys Go […]

For the past year, StateImpactPennsylvania has been a one-stop media shop for information on the state’s recent boom in natural gas hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. […]

Mirroring a national trend, several gun stores in the Philly area saw spikes in gun sales since the school shooting in Connecticut last week. While […]

This is how Philly’s finest amuse themselves when grounded. DeSean Jackson, on injured reserve, and Meek Mill, temporarily banned from performing, staged a proxy rap […]

According to some interpretations of the ancient “Long Count” Mayan Calendar, the word is ending tomorrow. On December 21st, (roughly) the current 144,000-day calendar year […]

You really thought Cory Booker was going to end his bromance with Chris Christie? Instead of running against him in next year’s gubernatorial race, Booker’s […]

Because watching Christmas movies is as legitimate a Christmas activity as midnight mass, here—besides the most obvious (Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th, blah, blah), are […]

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A year after taking the helm in embattled Happy Valley, Penn State President Rodney Erickson president has seen his salary rise from $515,000 to $600,000, […]

I probably don’t have to tell you that President Obama’s post-victory tweet was the most retweeted message of 2012, because you may have been one […]

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On Tuesday Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin announced that an amendment designed to protect the constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties of American citizens has […]