Simon & Schuster has decided to gives fabulist, plagiarist, and self-plagiarist Jonah Lehrer another shot. The book will tackle the “Power of Love” in the […]

I guess Tom Corbett’s beloved new Philly.com column hasn’t generated any uptick in the polls. U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz leads him 45%-35%, and Treasurer Rob […]

Combine the the increasingly urbane, hipster snobbishness (guilty) of Pittsburgh and Philly with that solid Pennsylvania Dutch proclivity for making things by hand, in relatively […]

Is anyone not to blame in this story? Weak L&I inspections, a drug-dealing contractor, a slum landlord. Now, we learn that blood tests performed Wednesday […]

Plane delays suck. But they suck a little less when the Philadelphia Orchestra is onboard. The orchestra, currently on tour in China, found itself stuck […]

Wide-ranging layoffs have begun at the School District of Philadelphia. “Multiple sources inside the district tell Action News that Superintendent William Hite has sent out […]

CNN reports on a bizarre crime epidemic: A female burglar pepper-sprayed a worker behind the counter before grabbing about 10 packs of remy hair, which […]

If you happen to drive by Philadelphia’s waterfront this Saturday and notice 10,000 or so people in various styles of Muslim garb, you’ve stumbled upon […]

Investigators: Peruto girlfriend Julia Law had .41 BAC – more than 5x legal limit.myfoxphilly.com/story/22439868… — FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) June 7, 2013 Fox also reports that […]

Sheetz, that backwatery, red-headed stepchild of a convenience store, is lobbying for liquor privatization so that it can sell beer. Boosters say it will create […]

The shocking idea of having free elections to choose a school board in the city of Philadelphia where free elections were born has flared up […]

Brad Pitt made a surprise appearance at the King of Prussia Mall yesterday. A screening of his big-budget zombie flick World War Z, which was […]

That was quick. Nadine White, a 54-year-old mother of three who was working at the Salvation Army is suing the owner and the demolition crew […]

When the School District of Philadelphia announced at the beginning of this year that it was closing 37 schools—a number later whittled down to 29—parents […]

This Sunday, Neil Patrick Harris will host the Tony Awards for the forth time. The entire night will really be the battle between two musicals: […]