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Marc Summers Explains Why Reality TV Sucks

The comedian made famous by Double Dare talks marriage, Marc Vetri, and his new off-Broadway show.


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Is This the John Fetterman Pennsylvania Elected?

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Are These Taylor Swift Lyrics About Jason Kelce?

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The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

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What Parents Should Really Worry About on Pre-Teen Facebook

My two kids who are under the age of 13 don’t know about Facebook, and I could not be happier. They don’t care about Facebook […]

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How to Turn the Pope’s Philly Visit Into Cash

After blowing us off in 2008, choosing instead to take what must have been a divine form of the Acela Express from New York straight […]

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Huge Sodas Aren’t the Only Thing Requiring a Shrink Ray

Over the last few days, the flap over Mayor Bloomberg’s absurd attempt to ban sugary drinks deemed too big for anybody’s good has opened up […]

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Morning Scoop: Victim 4 to Read “Love Letters” From Sandusky During Testimony

Sandusky Sent “Love Letters”? On Monday, the man known as Victim 4 in the Jerry Sandusky scandal is expected to take the stand and read […]

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Nutter and Corbett Think You’re a Mushroom

I think the Starland Vocal Band gives sound advice in the classic “Afternoon Delight.” My motto’s always been “When it’s right, it’s right.” Why wait […]

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How to Navigate 15th Street’s Chain Restaurant Row

15th Street in Center City has quite a few fantastic local bars: Good Dog, Jose Pistola’s, McGlinchey’s, Tops. But it’s also become the mecca for […]


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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Joe Biden for President in 2016?

Vice President Joe Biden ran for president in 1988 and 2008. He hasn’t definitively said whether or not he’d consider running for the gig in […]

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Sandusky Jury Won’t Be Sequestered [UPDATE]

Potential jurors in the sexual abuse trial of former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky have been told that they will not be sequestered during the […]

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Disney Bans Junk Food Ads

No more Dunkaroos commercials for little Tommy and Sally. The Walt Disney Co. has announced that junk food ads will no longer appear on its […]

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Religious Groups Sue the City Over Outdoor Feeding Ban

A complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania today on behalf of several religious groups in the area argues that the city’s […]

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Wife of Confessed Patz Killer Says Her Husband Has Been Delusional for Years

Rosemary Hernandez—whose husband recently confessed to the 1979 murder of Etan Patz—has issued a statement about her husband’s mental illnesses. Through an attorney, Rosemary Hernandez […]

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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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John Moeller Leaving DVLF

Find out what’s next for the organization

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Chooch Is Fourth Among NL Catchers in All-Star Voting

The #VoteforChooch campaign isn’t working out so well for the Phillies catcher. Today, we learned that Ruiz—who’s batting .368 and slugging .600—is fourth among National […]

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Hundreds of Arrests and Injuries at XTU Concert Over the Weekend

In case you were busy doing something productive with your Saturday, he’s a story from over the weekend about the 191 arrests and 163 injuries […]

A 10-Year-Old Chris Christie Asked for a Law Book for Christmas

Today the authors of the upcoming biography on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were on MSNBC to talk about Christie’s political ascent. Could they make […]

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