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Philadelphia’s Next Great Era Begins Now

Why this chapter of our city’s story might be our best since, well, 1776


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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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She Transformed Bok Into a Creative Force. Now Lindsey Scannapieco Is Taking on Broad Street

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Pat Croce: Doing Chemo on Everest

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14 Questions with Philly Gay Sci-Fi Novelist Thom Nickels

Not your run-of-the-mill Q&A.

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A Very Naked Video of Philly’s Naked Bike Ride (Plus 14 Photos)

Philly’s naked bike ride went down yesterday. Here’s a brief video to give you a sense of the whole thing (or things, as the case […]

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How Philly Bodegas Are Slowly Killing Us

PennDesign professor Amy Hillier has a study out today that documents a large volume of ads for sugary drinks and cigarettes in the corner stores […]

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John McWhorter Gets “Black-on-Black Crime” All Wrong

Last week, Time published “Don’t Ignore Race in Christopher Lane’s Murder,” a piece by well-known commentator John McWhorter with the oh-so subtle subtitle “The association […]

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If the Government Hates You, They’ll Call You a Sexual Deviant

Since Bradley Manning began passing along cables of highly classified NSA information to Wikileaks in 2009, his fate has gone largely unnoticed in the public […]

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Watch: Chris Christie Has Promising Future as Blowhard Talk Radio Host

This morning, guest-hosting a show on New York’s popular WFAN sports radio station, Chris Christie lambasted a New York Daily News Jets beat reporter, apparently […]


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


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The 10 Best MTV VMA performances ever (Sorry, Miley Cyrus)

On Sunday night, Miley Cyrus showed up at the MTV Video Music Awards and gave a performance that has been described as “bizarre”, “insane” and […]

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John Kruk Taken Out of Broadcast Booth on Stretcher Last Night

Leave it to John Kruk to get injured while announcing a baseball game. ESPN’s John Kruk was just taken from the press box at Dodger […]

Six-Word Memoir of the Day

Steve Fala from ‘One of the Guys’

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XFINITY Live For Some Reason Tweets Naughty Message About Justin Timberlake

XFINITY Live! How unlike you to be so interesting! Here’s tweet number two. We greatly apologize for our last tweet. Our account was hacked and […]

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For the Eagles, It’s 2012 All Over Again

If, as many insist, Saturday night’s Eagles-Jaguars game was a dress rehearsal for the 2013 season, then this year’s show looks a lot like last […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

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.


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Pittsburgh “Go Topless Day” a Massive Fail

Yesterday was global “Go Topless Day,” a campaign organized by a group that’s trying to achieve topless equity among men and women. Philly apparently didn’t […]

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MONDAY KICKSTARTER: San Diego Gets Gay Mayor, the Gayest VMA Highlights and More

Your LGBT headlines.

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There May Be a Nazi in Our Midst

There are four known Nazis who defied deportation orders–and are still living in the U.S. One of them, 89-year-old Ukrainian Theodor Szehinskyj, was last seen living […]

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Roy Halladay’s Arm Doesn’t Fall Off in Return to Majors

Roy Halladay returned to a major league mound yesterday for the first time since May, leading the Phils to a 9-5 win over the Diamondbacks. […]

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