Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal—convicted of killing a Philadelphia Police officer 30 years ago—will serve a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole. […]

The U.S. Supreme Court overruled convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence. Now, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams is ready to declare whether or not the […]

Let me start by saying this: there are a lot of Christmas songs I love. I mean, really love. Nat King Cole’s “Christmas Song”? Awesome. […]

When I’m flipping through the channels and see something on TLC like Toddlers and Tiaras or I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant, it makes me […]

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So I wanted a Christmas tree. This would not seem to be an outrageous request at this time of year. We see them for sale […]

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If the Occupy Philly folks are looking for something to do this weekend, they should hop a bus to New York for the annual Pennsylvania […]

Controversial Philly Police Officer Retires. Richard DeCoatsworth retired from the Philadelphia Police Department this week as a result of injuries sustained from a shooting in […]

Players on the Philadelphia Phillies once weren’t too fond of the Phanatic. Don’t believe me? On August 22, 1978, the Phillies beat the Cubs, 5-3, […]

Earlier today, Penn State President Rodney Erickson announced a new Center for the Protection of Children, which will be located in Hershey. The center, funded […]

In case you still care that we have a basketball team, you can now vote for a replacement for the Sixers’ old mascot, Hip Hop. […]

As part of Comcast’s, ahem, “commitment to localism,” NBC 10 (now owned by the cable giant, of course) will partner with Philadelphia public broadcasting station […]