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How Far Did Rocky Go in His Training Run in Rocky II?

Rocky wasn’t just a boxer. He was a marathoner.


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Allan Domb: “Make Philly Fun Again”

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Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

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New Documentary Boys to Fame Tells the Most Tender Eagles Story You’ve Probably Never Heard

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Turnpike Gets Car-Charging Stations

The Pennsylvania turnpike has been awarded $1 million to install electric car-charging stations at 17 service stations along the interstate. Car Charging Group L.L.C. got […]

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SEPTA Owed $8.4M in Fines

SEPTA placed a $274 million order for 120 of the new Silverliner V cars—the first of which hit the tracks in October of 2010. Hyundai-Rotem—the […]

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City Workers Waste Time

The City Controller conducted an investigation of time use by Philadelphia Free Library maintenance workers following a report by FOX 29. The result of his […]

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Cop Tasered Girl, Faces Lawsuit

A police officer in Allentown has been named in a lawsuit alleging he unlawfully tasered a 14-year-old Dieruff High School student back in September. The […]

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“The Protester” is Person of the Year

Time magazine has named “The Protester” its Person of the Year. The mag cited the unrest in the Middle East and a worldwide, political attitude […]

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Talk to SEPTA Trains

One small step for technologically savvy Philadelphians, one GIANT step for SEPTA. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation authority is notorious for being behind the times. While […]


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


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Ex-Eagle Loses “Biggest Loser”

Antone Davis—a former NFL offensive lineman that spent some time with the Eagles—finished second on NBC’s Biggest Loser. Last night’s finale revealed that Davis shed […]

10 Gifts Under $40

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Hump Day Headlines

The latest LGBT news

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Single Is the New Black

Happy single, everybody! A piece in today’s Washington Post details the steep decline in the percentage of adults taking the plunge. Janine White tackled the […]

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Chestnut Hill College Changes Policy

Sexual orientation discrimination banned

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

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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NBC Launches “NBC Politics”

With the Republican candidacy heating up and an election less than a year away the Comcast Regime NBC Universal has announced the creation of NBC […]

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It’s Christmas in Paris

TOC hosts an event for The Attic

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Guy Steals CHOP Donations

This will really boost your holiday cheer. Some Scrooge stole a donation jar from Twins Auto Body in Southwest Philly that was intended for the […]

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Rats Are Probably More Compassionate Than You

A recent study at the University of Chicago proved that rats—lowly, disease-carrying, dreaded rats—would turn their back on food in order to free another rat […]

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