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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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The Ultimate Gay Guide to Rehoboth

The best in beaches, bars and boys.

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Pretty Much Every City of Philadelphia Employee Got a Raise This Year

Last year around this time, we compiled a list of some of the highest-paid employees of the City of Philadelphia. So we decided to take […]

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Comcast Is Still the Top TV Provider, But For How Long?

The LA Times reports: Comcast Corp. remained the world’s largest pay-TV provider last year with nearly 22 million subscribers, but the Philadelphia-based giant soon could […]

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Yes, The Taco Shells Were Licked. No, They Weren’t Served to Customers.

We told you yesterday about this photo of a Taco Bell employee licking a whole stack of taco shells…. Turns out the whole thing was […]

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See Ads For Season 9 of Always Sunny

Variety has posted new commercials for Season 9 of Always Sunny on its YouTube page. They’re black-and-white, and they’re Swedish:

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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. […]


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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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. […]

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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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“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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