*According to the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a coalition of 1,100 “biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and […]

A week and a day after brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev detonated a pair of bombs in downtown Boston, killing three and injuring scores more, […]

Tammy Faymous on last night’s Drag Race.

There’s your damned entrepreneurship! Via Under The Button comes the story of two Penn students who have taken their studies of capitalism at Wharton Business […]

Courthouse News Service reports that Seneca Hardwood Lumber Co., of Cranberry, PA., is getting to proceed with its lawsuit against ObamaCare’s requirements that it cover contraception […]

In the trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell Tuesday morning, Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart granted a motion for acquittal on three first degree homicide […]

Patrick Kerkstra, writing for Next American City, wonders what will happen to the dozens of Philadelphia school buildings slated for closure at the end of […]

Domestic partners included in tax bill.

The New Haven Register reports that Mayor Michael Nutter talked about gun control during a Monday appearance at Yale: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, in a […]

Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow reports: Science fiction author Michael Swanwick sez, “In my adopted hometown of Philadelphia there’s a move afoot to put up a […]

There’s a lot of discussion lately about whether the game of football can be played safely, but former Philadelphia Eagles’ QB Randall Cunningham—one of the […]

Last night in New York, Olympic swimmer-turned-reality TV star Ryan Lochte spoke out about all the criticism he received after flubbing a recent Fox 29 […]

Benjamin Herold, who has doggedly covered the Philadelphia education beat for The Notebook and NewsWorks, announced today he’s leaving local coverage and taking a national […]

  To paraphrase Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects, the greatest trick Joe Carroll ever pulled was to convince the viewers of this show that […]

Gentleman’s Club at Stir