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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


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Allan Domb Is Upbeat About Philly’s Economy (And You Should Be, Too)

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Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

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In Defense of Daniel Tosh’s Rape Joke

This week’s moment of national outrage came from Comedy Central host and stand-up comedian Daniel Tosh, who had the audacity to joke about rape. An […]

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Imagine Fighting Your Next PPA Ticket Via Skype

Yes, I watched a few episodes of Parking Wars, the reality show on A&E that followed the antics of various employees at the Philadelphia Parking […]

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Morning Scoop: Leaked Papers Hint at PSU Freeh Report

Deadspin Has Freeh’s Playbook. Deadspin has leaked papers that appear to be prep materials for former FBI Director Louis Freeh’s press conference Wednesday morning. The […]

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Only the Rich Can Afford to Stay Thin

It’s not easy to run in my neighborhood. I considered this the other day as I slogged down Richmond Street lurching over potholes, avoiding cars […]

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Preston & Steve Producer Tries Not To Recreate Touching the Void

Tonight, Preston & Steve producer and on-air personality Nick McIlwain will host a “Celebrity Bartending Night” at XFinity Live to raise money for his upcoming […]

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Chris Christie Fires Back at Letterman

On Monday, David Letterman made fun of Chris Christie by setting video of the governor yelling at a guy on the boardwalk to “fat guy […]


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Rick Santorum Named a Spokesman for a Stem Cell Research Organization

Give Cures is an “ethical” stem cell research organization that only uses adult stem cells and restricts its research to experiments and procedures OKed by […]

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Philly Will Get to Keep Its Second Casino

The final casino license up for grabs in Pennsylvania—the one that had been awarded to a group in 2006 that planned to open Foxwoods Casino […]

Mayor Nutter Says Black Folks Won’t Listen to Mitt Romney’s Nonsense

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke at the NAACP’s annual convention in Houston on Wednesday. Later in the day, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter spoke on […]

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Joe Paterno Posthumously Defends Penn State Football in Column Sent to Players

On Wednesday morning, a Microsoft Word file was sent to former Penn State football players. The file contained a column supposedly written in December and […]

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Celeb Scoop: Stop What You’re Doing and Watch the Little Girl From Modern Family Sing Adele in Her Car Seat

Watch This Adorable Video Immediately. Aubrey Anderson-Emmons is 5-years old. She plays Lily Tucker-Pritchett on ABC’s Modern Family. She’s also going through a big Adele […]

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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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Phillies Announcer Dropped F-Bomb Because Scott Hairston Kills the Phillies

On July 4th—and basically every other game, ever—New York Met Scott Hairston killed the Phillies. The guy is a lifetime .244 hitter who’s batting .324 […]

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Another Man Shot in Presence of a Toddler

Early Wednesday morning, a 19-year-old man was shot in the head while he was holding a 2-year-old girl in Strawberry Mansion. The girl was grazed […]

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Police Inspector Investigated for Alleged Attempted Coverup of Scuffle, Taser Incident

Rodney Handy—the 22-year-old grandson of a retired Philadelphia Police captain—was allegedly backing his car into his driveway on March 19th as two Philadelphia Police officers […]

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Someone’s Hiding a Bunch of George Washington’s Stuff in a Top Secret Location Near Philly

A recent announcement clued us into plans to build a $150 million, 110,000-square-foot super museum in Philly’s historic district dedicated to the American Revolution. R. […]

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