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Marc Summers Explains Why Reality TV Sucks

The comedian made famous by Double Dare talks marriage, Marc Vetri, and his new off-Broadway show.


John Fetterman
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Is This the John Fetterman Pennsylvania Elected?

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Are These Taylor Swift Lyrics About Jason Kelce?

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The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

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Cops Looking for “Rat Retaliation” Suspects

Rodents used as instruments of revenge in a fight over a man.

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VIDEOS: 6 Great Letterman Philly Moments

Watch Dave go gas shopping with Joe Frazier.

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Tom Wolf Is the Future of Politics

Mathis: A Supreme Court decision means candidates will be defined by their access to money.

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Community College of Philadelphia Hires Controversial New Leader

Donald Generals Jr. was provost of for-profit school that closed under cloud of scandal

PA Governor Tom Corbett
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Anti-Tax Activist Throws Corbett to the Wolves

Grover Norquist on PA transportation bill: “It’s a tax increase.”

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Teachers Union Challenges End to Seniority Rules

Says SRC is asking for “relief from agreements it negotiated.


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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SEPTA, Union Report Progress on Talks

Will a transit strike be averted?

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Study: Pa. Has 10th-Highest Tax Burden

New Jersey, though, is No. 2 behind New York.

An employee of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority raises his fist in the air, Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, while entering a SEPTA bus depot in north Philadelphia. | AP Photo, Joseph Kaczmarek
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Interview: Willie Brown Doesn’t Want to Strike

But he’s willing to do it anyway.

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Halladay: Start a ‘Zoo with Kyle’ Website

Ex-Phillies pitcher supporting his old mates.

Philly Web Series to Make Transphobic Debut

Why we need to stop using the word “tranny.”

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


Babette Booted from Ballot

Babette Josephs won’t be running again for State Rep.

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VIDEO: Betsy Ross Does the Nae Nae

America!

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Union Rejects SEPTA Contract Offer, Wants Binding Arbitration

A strike by SEPTA workers could come as early as next week.

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UPDATE: Manco & Manco Owners Charged with Tax Evasion, to Be Released

They allegedly concealed nearly $1 million in income from the IRS.