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Jury Awards $500,000 Judgment Against Philabundance

  Philabundance has been ordered to pay $500,000 to a former employee who says he was maliciously prosecuted by the non-profit hunger agency. A Philadelphia jury […]

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Tom Wolf’s Ethics Code Is a Good Start

Governor-elect Tom Wolf’s transition team unveiled a “code of ethical conduct” for team members on Tuesday, and for the life of me, I couldn’t initially […]

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Stop Spitting on the Sidewalk, You Disgusting Pig

The other day after work, I was waiting for the garage attendant to bring down my car. I was standing alongside a well-dressed, dapper-looking man […]

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Assault on Bartram Teacher Is Third in a Month

This is horrifying:

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Joan Orie Melvin Must Try Apology Again

Remember when we said that former Justice Joan Orie Melvin’s court-ordered apology for her conviction — on charges she illegally used state workers for her […]

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Transit Cop Charged With Committing Lewd Act On Subway

A SEPTA transit officer has been accused of masturbating on the Broad Street subway. 44-year-old Kevin Fant was off-duty in August when he was caught […]

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Mummer, Daughter Accused of Attacking Homeless Man

A hall-of-fame Mummer and his daughter have been accused of attacking a homeless man, generating international headlines. Carmen “Butchie” D’Amato, 62, and his daughter, 36-year-old […]

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Police: Student Dressed as Teletubby Steals Chinese Food from Refrigerator

It sounds like 20-year-old Lehigh University student Terez Owens had quite the night on Saturday.

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Philly Cop to Teen: “I’m Gonna Beat the Shit Out of You”

We’re guessing that the Philadelphia police officer captured in the below video didn’t realize someone was recording him as he threatened a teenager near Overbrook […]

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Another Member of “Main Line Takeover Project” Admits Guilt

A member of the alleged preppie drug ring that made headlines last spring has pleaded to misdemeanor charges in the case, the Delco Daily Times […]

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Report: Philly Paid Out $40 Million for Police Misconduct

MuckRock, an investigative website that specializes in open-records requests, says Philadelphia has paid more than $40 million to settle nearly 600 police misconduct suits since […]

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This Halloween, Can We All Just Ghost?

I committed a grievous etiquette sin last weekend. I pulled a Halloween ghost. Let me explain, and see if you wouldn’t have been tempted to, […]

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Ebola Comment Creates Scare on Philly-Based Flight

A man on a Wednesday flight from Philadelphia to the Dominican Republic said he had the Ebola virus — apparently as a joke with unintended […]

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Prosecutors Say This DHS Worker Stole More Than 11,000 SEPTA Tokens

This is Shamira Hawkins-Worthey. She’s worked for the city’s Department of Human Services for nearly eight years. And now she’s in trouble. Prosecutors announced Monday […]

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On-Duty Philly Officers Have Lovers’ Quarrel

A pair of on-duty, uniformed Philly cops — partners who were apparently romantic partners during their off-hours  — got into a physical altercation on Friday night.