Michael Nutter is trying to impose a cigarette tax in Philadelphia to help pay for a school budget shortfall. (The bill has passed; he’s waiting […]

A biologist from the New Jersey Department of Fish and Wildlife arrived at Runnemede Lake in Camden County this morning to find 300-500 dead carp […]

Sidecar, the “car-sharing” service that paired taxi-hating customers with rando drivers, has ceased to operate in Philadelphia. Since February, when the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) […]

Is she family or not?

Getting drunk and driving golf carts is as American as apple pie. After all, that’s what millions of men do every weekend, to no great […]

Inspired in part by this magazine’s recent neighborhood rankings, Philly real estate analysis startup Kwelia has ranked the priciest Philadelphia neighborhoods in the rental market by […]

Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Betty White, and 100 roadies ate at Cuba Libre last night in Old City. Ok, Betty White wasn’t there. […]

I am getting offended by how easily everyone else is offended and how much energy folks put into being angry about … nothing. “Offended” gets […]

A new report devoted exclusively to the misery that is commuting to and from Philadelphia, has broken down the very worst routes out there, based […]

Amen.

The day after the storm hit, Sally and Peter Burnett sat on their deck, just watching. Boats. A refrigerator. A PVC bench with a pumpkin […]

Paterno is dead. Long Live Paterno. A three-year-old horse, ahem, saddled with the name “Paterno,” has won its first ever race, at the Parx racetrack […]

With America’s eyes narrowly focused on the civil war in Syria, an equally pivotal battle is playing out  in the streets of Turkey, where protesters […]

Part of Revel’s plan for emerging from bankruptcy is to make itself more appealing to chronic and degenerate gamblers who aren’t impressed by bizarre outbursts […]

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