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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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Former CBS 3 Reporter and Husband, Matchmakers, Divorcing

Tamsen Fadal—a former CBS 3 reporter—and her husband Matt Titus are getting divorced. Oh, and that news is especially notable due to the fact that […]

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Celeb Scoop: Watch the Trailer for the New Bradley Cooper Movie

Trailer Drops for Hit and Run. Dax Shepard pretty much created Hit and Run from scratch—playing all the positions like in the classic Bugs Bunny […]

Poll Shows Christie Won’t Help Romney Ticket in Jersey

A new poll released by Quinnipiac University shows that Mitt Romney would likely lose New Jersey to Barack Obama in a general election even if […]

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What Do Gap Ads Really Say About Gay Love?

Jessica Goldschmidt’s seeing dollar signs

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Delco Mom Left Toddlers Alone in Yard While She Went to Work

A 26-year-old mother of two is charged with child endangerment for allegedly leaving her two sons, five and two respectively, alone in their yard all […]

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Phils Place Vance Worley on the 15-Day DL

The Phillies have placed starting pitcher Vance Worley on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation. They had previously announced that Worley would hang […]


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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Nifty Fifty’s Owners Charged in $2.2 Million Tax Evasion Conspiracy

The U.S. Attorney’s office has announced that the five owners and managers of Nifty Fifty’s have been charged in a tax evasion conspiracy for allegedly […]

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Michael Vick Is Getting Married in Miami on June 30th

Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback Michael Vick will be getting hitched to PNK Elephant co-owner and longtime fiancée Kijafa Frink in front of 300 people at […]

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New Gap Ads Pioneer the Cheesifying of Gay Love

Gap has a new ad campaign. It’s for t-shirts, and (like most ad campaigns) it’s telling you what to be. Be you, be true, be […]

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PPD Removes Six Evidence Examiners After Routine Test

The Philadelphia Police Department has removed six of its 12 trace evidence examiners following a routine proficiency test. The exam is given twice annually to […]

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Jeff Carter Scored a Hat Trick for the Kings Last Night

While the Flyers are gambling at Revel or golfing or spending more time with their families, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter—formerly of the orange and […]

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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.


Chris Christie One-Upped by Newark Mayor Cory Booker in Video Short

A new video made for the Interwebz features Newark’s Mayor Cory Booker (D) performing all sorts of miraculous deeds, much to the chagrin of Republican […]

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Graduation Cash-Grabbing: The Check’s Not in the Mail

When I graduated high school, back in the Paleozoic Era that was the ’80s, my parents did not throw me a party. In fact, they […]

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Howard Stern Is Offensive on America’s Got Talent

I have never watched America’s Got Talent before, but I tuned in this week just to see the show’s newest judge, shock jock Howard Stern. […]

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This Should Be the Last Thing You Read About Parenting

Last week’s Time magazine cover was a hard one to avoid. Next to the headline “Are You Mom Enough?,” it depicted a young woman in […]

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