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Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

The 3rd Congressional District has a highly competitive primary for the first time in 35 years. From the son of a former mayor to a famous doctor to a high-profile state representative, here’s what you need to know before you head to the polls.


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

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The PGA Championship, By the Numbers

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

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Friends Ranked Way Too High on Best TV Shows List

The Writer’s Guild of America—the labor union of film and TV writers—has made a list of the 101 Best-Written English-language TV shows of all time. […]

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Philly Cabbies Worried About Safe Working Conditions

6ABC reports: Last month, a driver from All City Cab was gunned down and killed. On Tuesday, drivers from that company met with police brass […]

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Michele Bachmann’s Legacy Is Scarier Than Her Eyes Ever Were

History may very well look back on Michele Bachmann’s political career with much amusement. She was the conservative Republican congresswoman with the ever-present off-kilter look […]

Lauryn Hill Responds to Controversy Surrounding Anti-Gay Lyrics

See the singer’s rebuttal.

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Mummers Get Casino Sponsorship for Three More Years

Philadelphia Business News reports: Television coverage of the New Year’s Day Mummers Parade is assured for at least three more years. SugarHouse Casino said Tuesday […]

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10 Hottest Wildwood Boardwalk T-Shirts of 2013

Wildwood is a town where fashion is important. Hear me out. Wildwood fashion may be trashy, but the boardwalk is a place to be seen. […]


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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“Topless Moira” Brings Bare-Breasted Activism to Philly

“Topless Moira”—a 30-year-old Philly native who has gained a measure of fame by strolling bare-chested through New York—has brought her activism home. Columnist Ronnie Polaneczky […]

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Here’s My Problem With Angelina Jolie’s Scare Tactics

Saint Angelina is getting on my nerves. I’ve used this space before to vent my feelings about the emaciated, leg-jutting, holier-than-thou Angelina Jolie, and the […]

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Philadelphia Was America’s “Sin City” in the 18th Century

At least, that’s what a new piece at Huffington Post suggests: After the Revolutionary War Philadelphia experienced a sexual golden age, replete with casual sex […]

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Sebelius Won’t Help CHOP Patient Get Lung Transplant; GOP Attacks

The Inquirer reports: Saying that three other children at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are just as sick, Kathleen Sebelius reiterated Tuesday that she would not […]

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Court’s DNA Ruling Shows Antonin Scalia Isn’t All Bad

Believe it or not, Antonin Scalia doesn’t always suck. Yes, the conservative Supreme Court justice has plenty of retrograde ideas, and yeah, he’d like to […]

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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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PHOTOS: West Philly Junkyard Fire

The story sure to be leading the local 5pm news tonight will be this fire in West Philadelphia. (Sky Force 10 is currently on the […]

An American Idol Contestant Makes His Gay-Porn Debut

Is that a microphone in your pocket … ?

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Maybe Nicole Brewer and Carol Erickson Don’t Hate Each Other?

Sure, we’ve got video evidence to the contrary, but Kyle Scott at Crossing Broad says the whole Nicole Brewer-Carol Erickson-rivalry is probably waaay overblown: Thing […]

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“Sugar Daddy” Billboard Comes Down in Atlantic City

The Pressof Atlantic City reports: A billboard in Atlantic City encouraging students to find a “sugar daddy” instead of a summer job came down Monday […]

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