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Ben Kirshner’s Plan to Transform How Pennsylvania Does Business

Pennsylvania is a notoriously tough place to start or run a business. Can the first guy to sell coffee on the internet fix that? The governor sure thinks so.


Sylvester Stallone, Tom Hanks and Grace Kelly all made memorable moments in Philadelphia Oscars history (photos via Getty Images)
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Great (and Not So Great) Moments in Philly Oscars History

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Inside Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Wild Ride From Mount Airy to the Oscars

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Jason Kelce Retires After 13 Seasons

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Graduate

Villanova University’s seniors graduated last weekend. By all accounts, it was a wonderful ceremony held on a glorious day. Students were celebrating the milestone with […]

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Trans-Health Conference Returns to Philly

Highlights from three days of events

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Why Aren’t the Hooters at Made in America?

The name is terrible. The lineup is underwhelming. And it’s going to be the best. Tickets for the Budweiser Made in America music festival go […]

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Republicans Can’t Win With Same Old Lies About Obama

One of the more unfortunate episodes of the 2008 campaign had an unexpected sequel last week, and I don’t expect it to be the last […]

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Forget SEPTA’s QuietRide. Who’s Up for a Book Club Car?

First car will be your QuietRide Car. Please, respect the QuietRide Car. If you’ve ever ridden a SEPTA train, or even set foot in one […]

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Morning Scoop: Philly Cop Records Street Brawl, Talks About “Teeing Off on People”

Philly Cop Records Street Fight. Deadspin has a post that includes a video of a brawl in North Philly. They say that the fight took […]


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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Big Business Is Not the Enemy

When I worked in the Philadelphia office of KPMG, the big international accounting and consulting firm, there was one senior manager who made me report […]

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Orbitz Does Q and Gay

Miss Richfield gives us the scoop

Obama Up Eight Percent on Romney in PA

A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that President Barack Obama has an eight-percent lead on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney among Pennsylvania voters. […]

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Jimmy Rollins Placed on Paternity Leave

Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins has been placed on paternity leave by the team. Major League Baseball instituted the three-day leave for new fathers last year. […]

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Dog Set on Fire in Fairmount Park

A PSPCA officer has reported that a male, “pit bull-type” dog was wrapped in a blanket and set on fire at 33rd and Cecil B. […]

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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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Claude Giroux Plays Beer Pong

The Flyers star seems to be enjoying his elongated offseason. Over the weekend he was spotted playing Cornhole at the North Shore Swim Club. Now, […]

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Will John Bolaris Host His Own Conservative Talk Radio Show?

The much-maligned John Bolaris was on 1210 AM last night after Kyle Kendrick fell behind practically every batter for seven innings and the Phils couldn’t […]

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Celeb Scoop: Will Smith Has the Ears to Play Barack Obama

Will Smith Thinks He’s Barack Obama. Will Smith recently confessed that he aspires to play President Barack Obama in a movie and believes that he’d […]

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Joe Paterno Earned a $13.4 Million Pension

Sue Paterno is set to receive a $10.1 million payment, with and additional $3.3 million to be paid out over the next few years because […]

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