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Looks Like Inappropriate Twitterer Anthony Weiner Is Making a Comeback

Anthony Weiner, the greatest dick-pic twitterer Congress has ever known, is probably running for Mayor of NYC. A. Because he was a frontrunner in ’09, […]

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PA Man Heads to White House, Makes Bomb Threat

44-year-old Krzysztof Wasik, of Hazle Township, PA was hanging out by the White House this morning when he decided to make what a appears to […]

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Looking for Scandal in Mitch McConnell’s Secret Ashley Judd Tape

This week, Mother Jones released the audio of a February 2nd meeting between Sen. Mitch McConnell and some of his staffers during which they reviewed […]

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Tasered Man Who Caught Fire Can Sue PA Trooper

How to explain this story? The short rundown is this: Back in 2008, Allen Brown took a ride on the Schuylkill Expressway on a lil’ […]

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New Report Shows More Americans Are Fed Up With Airlines

In the early 1970s, famed newsman Chet Huntley appeared in a series of television ads introducing American Airlines’ new “Luxury Liner” fleet. The modified aircraft […]

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How Our Cute President, Barack Obama, Let Women Down

On Friday, I was headed down 19th Street, on the way to my favorite bar for happy hour. It was 5:45 p.m. The sun was […]

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Three Philly Priests “Unsuitable For Ministry”

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Sunday announced that it had found three priests unsuitable for ministry in connection with sex abuse allegations. Two of the […]

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WATCH: Philly Contractor Moons His Neighbors

Honestly: I’m not entirely certain what’s going on here in this not-entirely-safe-for-work video… …except that it sure looks like there’s poor relations between this Philly […]

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Rutgers Needs to Fire Out-of-Control Coach Mike Rice. Now. [UPDATED]

[UPDATE 11 a.m. 4/3/13: Rutgers announced they were firing Mike Rice a few hours after this post published.] I know nothing about college sports—I should […]

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Tom Wolf Announces Run For Governor

Tom Wolf, the state’s former revenue secretary, announced today he will ron for governor—and pledged to spen up to $10 million of his own money […]

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PA Inmate Denies Smuggling Contraband In Prosthetic Leg

Yes, Christopher Greer admits that he managed to obtain an illegal cell phone to make calls from the Fayette County Jail, south of Pittsburgh. But […]

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Chris Christie Cracks Down On The Scourge Of “Tan Mom”

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie this morning signed a bill outlawing the use of tanning beds by minors—with a partial exemption for 17-year-olds accompanied by […]

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Pro Tip: Do Not Use Weed To Pay For Your Cab Fare

Philly.com reports on the case of a young man who tried to offer a cabbie pot instead of cash for his Old City ride Friday […]

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The Monster in Buzz Bissinger

A week ago last night, I was walking into the Giant supermarket near my house when my cell phone rang. I couldn’t tell who it […]

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Victoria’s Secret for Teens: Do You Want Anyone “Feeling Lucky” With Your 15-Year-Old?

My daughter is in college now with, hopefully, one more year to graduation. I guess you’d call that young adulthood or “almost adulthood,” or not, […]