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Comcast Knows How Much You Hate Them — and They Really Want to Fix It
It sounds like the title of a ’70s action flick starring Pam Grier, set to an Isaac Hayes soundtrack: Asshole Brown and SuperBitch. As it […]
How the Penn Working Dog Center Turns Puppies Into Saviors
There’s a golden retriever in the ladies’ room. It’s my first visit to the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, and traffic was tied up on […]
Eric Blumenfeld Is Crazy Enough to Revitalize North Broad Street
Wandering through the rusty, funky skeleton of the Divine Lorraine Hotel is a hallucinatory experience, as if someone had unsunk the Titanic, dragged it through […]
Rocky: An Oral History
I. The Setup IRWIN WINKLER, producer: My partner, the late Robert Chartoff, and I interviewed Sly Stallone as an actor for another picture, and he […]
Perelmans at War
WHEN YOU’RE THE matriarch of one of the most prominent and wealthy families in Philadelphia, when your penthouse on Rittenhouse Square boasts an art collection […]
What Really Happened Inside 121 Greycourt Road?
The police called it "the slashing job." The call came in at 5:18 p.m. on September 12, 2009. Ten-year-old Anthony DiAndrea had been playing with […]
The Ghost of Broad Street
The Big B was at least five stories high, ruby by day, aglow at night, so you could see it from miles away, bright and […]
The Sins of Penn State: The Untold Story of Joe Paterno’s Fall
IT’S A WEDNESDAY IN EARLY JANUARY, a gray afternoon, but not bad by State College standards. It’s not too cold. There’s no snow. […]
The Judge Makers
ONE DAY IN early March 2007, at the Keystone Building in Harrisburg, there was a lottery drawing. Not for cash, but to decide who would […]
How Does Your Marriage Stack Up?
Picture a man and a woman. Let’s call them Michael and Jennifer. Michael is 30 and has a college degree; he’s worked hard to get […]
Thigh, Eagles, Thigh
The road to being a Birds cheerleader is paved with torturous tryouts, exhausting dance routines and lots of mascara. But could today’s pom-pom girls also […]
Why Are Men Who Build Skyscrapers Afraid of This Woman?
Find out who’s not afraid to call a much-hyped downtown condo “a Frankenstein mix of historical elements” SURROUNDED BY STEEL AND GLASS, she stands in […]
Beating the Odds – Susquehanna International – Jeff Yass
LET’S PLAY A game. Let’s say you’re a contestant on Let’s Make a Deal, Monty Hall’s game show from a generation ago. It’s your moment. […]
Who is Jose Garces? And Why Are You So Crazy About His Restaurants?
There’s a bright white tent outside the entrance to the Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, site of the James Beard Awards. Inside, cameras flash as […]
Did Dr. Norwood Go Too Far? (Part Two)
“He was trying to figure out some scheme, some set of hookups,” says Norwood's longtime confidant. It occupied him 24/7. He would sit at the […]