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Wrongful Death

On Monday, March 23, 2009, just after midnight, a young lawyer named Zachary Glaser was working late when he received a text message from a […]

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Philadelphia Phillies Owners: The Phantom Five

THREE DAYS BEFORE the official start of the 2008 baseball season, the Philadelphia Phillies are treating their friends in the city chamber of commerce to […]

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The Last Days of the Philadelphia Lawyer

As lawyers get richer, is the quaint notion of “the Philadelphia Lawyer” becoming a thing of the past? Mark Alderman doesn’t look like the classic […]

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Ed Rendell Still Has a Few Things to Say

I begin to get, more than anything, worried. I’ve been waiting outside Ed Rendell’s small stone Tudor in East Falls for him to answer the […]

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An Oral History of Arlen Specter

Raised in Russell, Kansas — the prairie outpost that also gave the world Bob Dole — and schooled at Penn and Yale, Arlen Specter first […]

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The Corruption of Corey Kemp

In an airless beige room, wearing a dark green jumpsuit, remembering his former life, Corey Kemp shrugs his shoulders. “I think I'm smarter, wiser,” he […]

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Boyd Theater’s Fate May (Finally! Really!) Be Decided Today

Today’s the day we’ll found out whether that last-second donor really will be able to preserve Center City’s Boyd Theater in something like it’s original […]

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Garces Group Declares Bankruptcy; Restaurants Will Stay Open for Now

The end of chef Jose Garces’s troubles is a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring — and a new beginning. Garces, the chef-restaurateur behind Amada, Village Whiskey […]

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Jose Garces on Working With New Partner, What’s Next in Philly

It’s been a few months, but the dust seems to have settled over on the Jose Garces front. This summer, following what was likely the rockiest chapter in his career, the chef was […]

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PHOTOS: These Are the Men Charged With Killing an Elderly Philly Couple

We told you last week how a 39-year-old woman had discovered her parents dead at their Strawberry Mansion home. Police have now made arrests in […]

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How “Rocky” Spawned the Most Philly Love Song Ever

The first Rocky film, the 1976 release that garnered the Academy Award for Best Picture (and, in my book, the only one in the franchise […]

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Features: Who Really Runs This Town?

In thinking about power in Philadelphia, we came up with a simple definition: In this city, power is marked by the ability to get things […]

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How to Find the Best Philadelphia School for Your Child

The move to the ’burbs used to be almost automatic for Philadelphians with means — families of all races picked up and left the city […]

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“How Many Ed Rendells Are There?”

In “How Many Ed Rendells Are There?” (April 1994), Lisa DePaulo masterfully dissected the glowing national reputation of our then-mayor — and found herself splashed […]

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Video Captures Violent Encounter Between School Cop and Ben Franklin Senior

The School District of Philadelphia is investigating an incident that took place last week at Benjamin Franklin High School in Philadelphia in which a school […]