It was to be expected: The recent round of scandals surrounding President Obama has prompted conservatives to a chorus of every ideologue’s favorite rallying cry: […]

City Controller candidate Brett Mandel has been slapped on the wrist. A complaint filed this morning in Election Court by City Controller Alan Butkovitz’s campaign […]

The Daily News has the eulogy: 6abc weekend anchor Rob Jennings–who’s been with the station 36 years–has announced his retirement. A native of Miami, Fl., […]

One Business Insider staffer spent the weekend in Philly, doing–what else?–sampling cheesesteaks. Business Insider lady, meet BBC lady. In a surprise twist, however, she either […]

The NBA Draft lottery is tonight. Here’s how it works. All 14 non-playoff teams (yes, there are more playoff teams than non-playoff teams; the NBA […]

Yesterday at a little Sandy-related event, a WNYC reporter asked Chris Christie whether New Jersey needed to do more to prepare for climate change (and […]

Even if you haven’t been closely monitoring the Virginia governor’s race, chances are that by now you’ve heard something about the two characters the GOP […]

A Comfort Inn & Suites in Pottstown has a plan to help out victims from the Oklahoma tornado: It’ll donate $1 to the Red Cross […]

Spears’ Latest is ‘Ooh La La’

Wonkblog directs our attention to a recent paper that finds a correlation between public state-level corruption and the state capital’s proximity to the major population […]

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is calling them the “Twin Philly Scandals.” Scandal #1: The District Attorney’s shameful persecution of four members […]

But unlike sexy erstwhile minor-league baseball star player Brett Mandel, Johnny Doc told his supporters in an email blast, Butkovitz deserves your vote. Says Chris […]

Amid the rubble and lost lives that a powerful tornado wrought on Moore, Oklahoma yesterday, Gawker flagged down a little bit of uplift. In this […]

What we know so far.

Will Smith was on Letterman promoting some movie last night when he launched into an impromptu rendition of his classic “Summertime,” set to Kool & […]