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Data Center Opponents Stage Halloween Protest at City Hall

’Tis the season for Jeff Bezos masks and angry pumpkins.


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Former UArts Building Gets a Second Act

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Fight at the Museum: Inside the Collapse of the Academy of Natural Sciences

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Pat Croce’s New Book Is All About Spirituality

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Jersey Court: Don’t Send Texts to Drivers, Or Else

CBS Local reports that a New Jersey court has ruled a state prohibition on driving-while-texting can be used against individuals who sent texts to friends […]

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Corbett’s New New Education Secretary Also Has Problems

It keeps getting worse: Gov. Tom Corbett’s latest nominee to head the state Education Department led the national search team that helped steer the Allentown […]

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Is Cory Booker Gay?

Campaign seasons are long, and they’re even longer when the outcome seems more or less pre-ordained. That’s the only reason we can figure out why […]

LGBT Six-Word Memoir of the Day

A poignant entry from Greg Eleftherakis

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Why Is It Kurt Vile Day In Philadelphia?

The city has declared August 28th to be Kurt Vile Day in Philadelphia, and the Northern Liberties–based musician, husband and father is playing a free […]

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PAFA to Sell Edward Hopper Painting to Create Endowment

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: Harry Philbrick, Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), today announced […]


Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

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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Sarah Murnaghan Goes Home, Takes New Lungs With Her

CBS News reports: Sarah Murnaghan, the Pa. girl whose family sued to get her an adult lung transplant, left the The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia […]

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Mayor Nutter “Drops the Mic” on Schools; Teachers Ready to Compromise

We told you that Mayor Nutter really doesn’t like that ad accusing him of shirking his duty on funding city schools. On Tuesday night, he […]

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Four Questions for President Obama About Going to War in Syria

Well, it sure looks like America is going to go to war in Syria. President Obama, who rose to presidential plausibility as the anti-war alternative […]

10 Hottest Moments in Boys of Summer Car Wash Video

A play-by-play analysis.

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Exclusive: New Philly Mag Story Details Life, Loves and Final Hours of Chuck Peruto’s Dead Girlfriend

On May 25th, 26-year-old paralegal Julia Law was found dead inside the tony Rittenhouse Square apartment of her boss and lover, prominent Philadelphia defense attorney […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.


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The Dead Girl in Chuck Peruto’s Bathtub

“There’s a girl in your bathtub.” It’s 10 a.m., the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, when he gets the call. He’s at the Shore. Chuck […]

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Can’t Run With The Bulls in Spain? Try Berks County Instead.

CBS Philly reports on the “Great Bull Run,” scheduled for the Maple Grove Raceway in Berks County next June. If you’ve always wanted to be trampled […]

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Gay Marriages Spreading Slowly Across Pennsylvania

Keystone Politics rounds up the phenomenon: Meanwhile, now that the growing number of LGBT couples with marriage licenses in Pennsylvania is over 100, some progressive […]

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Philadelphia Fall Arts Preview 2013

FringeArts 9/5-9/22 | Various locations The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe may have a new name (thank God), but the mission is still […]

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