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Suit: NJ Real Estate Agents Used Unsold Home for Sex

NorthJersey.com reports on a lawsuit in which property owners say the real estate agents used their home for sex—even propping the asking price artificially high […]

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I’m Not a Bad Driver. I Just Don’t Drive the Same Way You Do.

America: What a country. A wonderful melting pot of races, ethnicities, religions, genders. More and more each day, it seems, we discover new differences between […]

Restaurants

Farmers’ Cabinet Open As a BYOB After Raid and Arrest of Matt Swartz

On Wednesday night, Pennsylvania State Police raided Farmers’ Cabinet, confiscating more than 800 bottles of liquor and arresting co-owner Matt Swartz. But the restaurant isn’t […]

Restaurants

Farmers’ Cabinet Raided By Police, Owner Matt Swartz Arrested

On Wednesday night, the Liquor Control Enforcement arm of the Pennsylvania State Police raided the Farmers’ Cabinet on Walnut Street and arrested co-owner Matt Swartz, […]

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Santa’s Not Brown. Neither Are His Reindeer.

When Fox News’ Megyn Kelly insisted last week that Santa Claus and Jesus Christ were both white dudes, it got me to thinking. Was Our […]

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Penn Prof Found Guilty of “Open Lewdness”

Penn Department of Anthropology lecturer Adam Bund was found guilty of “open lewdness” and harassment yesterday. According to court dockets, there he was accused in […]

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Dude Goes Ballistic at Gym, Causes Bomb Scare

Early this morning at Planet Fitness, in Lawncrest, a new member got so angry about his membership that he issued a bomb scare and then […]

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Lions Fan Says He Was Beaten After Eagles Game

A Lions fan says he was beaten unconscious by Eagles fans after Sunday’s game. “The Lions fans, who is a resident of Philadelphia and chose […]

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Is it Wrong to Pay Alcoholics With Beer?

The story was so startling that I thought it had to be a parody — even though it was on the front page of the […]

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NBC 10 Sends Weekend’s Most Inappropriate Weather-Related Tweet

The good folks at Reddit flagged this one before NBC 10 had time to scrub it.

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Christmas Gifts Guaranteed to Make People Like You Better

It’s Friday, December 6th, and you know what that means? SWEET HOLY BABY JESUS, ONLY 19 MORE SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS, except that the “shopping” […]

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Crack-Smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Has a PA Connection

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VIDEO: Man and Woman Steal Christmas Decorations in South Philadelphia

First came the Black Friday stun gun fight at Franklin Mills Mall. Then came Wednesday’s violent brouhaha at Philadelphia’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony in, yep, […]

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Video: Fight at Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at City Hall

On Wednesday night–less than one week after the Black Friday stun gun fight at the Franklin Mills Mall–a fight erupted at Philadelphia’s official Christmas Tree-lighting […]

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Black Friday Stun Gun Fight at Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia

When I woke up on Friday morning, I was pretty happy to see that Philadelphia hadn’t surfaced in any of the Thanksgiving Day Walmart fight […]