As the train rumbled toward the border crossing, the young woman was terrified. It was a June day in the midst of the Cold War. […]

The appetizer plates were 45 minutes gone from our table when the manager of the Saint James restaurant leaned over our banquette. His gray suit […]

One recent Saturday while reading the Wall Street Journal over coffee, I came upon a couple of editorials that got me boiling. One was about […]

Before he met Michael Solomonov, the James Beard award-winning chef of Zahav, David Magerman wanted to open a kosher Subway franchise. The hedge-fund software developer and […]

My name is … Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins. My other nicknames are “B-Hop” and “Nard.” I am a … champ. I grew up in … […]

For an update to this story, scroll to the bottom. On Monday, we broke the news that the Philadelphia Parking Authority shut down new “ride-sharing” […]

Nooooooo. Philly’s own adopted girl-next-door from the diner-next-door has been revealed as the loose-living miscreant she portrayed in Silver Linings Playbook. Perez Hilton has a […]

South Philly’s own papal svengali Rocco Palmo is headed to the Vatican to cover the highly anticipated conclave this month, reports Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon. More […]

Ed Covington, who’s headed the city’s Redevelopment Authority (RDA) since 2010, is reportedly out at City Hall. It’s unclear if he stepped down, was fired, […]

ActionAIDS’ Kevin Burns explains.

Freshman Daily News columnist Helen Ubinas coined a phrase last month: The Philly Shrug. “Litter? Disgraceful! But – shrug – whadya-gonna-do?” That sort of thing. […]

At 11:59 tonight, across-the-board automatic federal spending cuts–aka THE SEQUESTER–are set to kick in. But that’s not the only deadline that was spooking folks ’round […]

After pining so hard for a spot in the Broad Street Run’s coveted lottery, today is the day you can give all that up. That’s […]

The Roxy, on Sansom St, was rescued last fall by the Philadelphia Film Society, which promised to turn it into an indy, but not quite arthouse […]

If you are a disgruntled, depressed, or disconsolate Philadelphia sports fan, read this gushing paean to Roy Halladay, and surely your spirits will lift. Though […]