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Penn Staters: Tweet Your Campus Sins Using “PSU Confesses”

Penn State alumni can be a nostalgic bunch, celebrating their alma mater by tailgating at football games, sharing stories at reunions, and even storming trustee […]

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Powerful Law Firm Gave Corbett Thousands in Sweet, Suspicious Gifts

Last week, Tom Corbett found himself subject to an ethics complaint after taking thousands of dollars in gifts from powerful lobbyists and businesses. Just call […]

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Would Philadelphia Care If The Next Pope Had Mafia Ties?

Since I’m one of four people in the world who actually kind of liked The Godfather Part III—what with its byzantine plot regarding popes, cardinals, […]

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PA Inmate Flushes His Life Away With Poop-Smeared Threat Against Judge

Can we call this a “Dear John” letter? Prosecutors say Philly native William Brown was so angry about his 2011 murder conviction that he wrote […]

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WATCH: Driver Crashes Through Roxborough Dunkin’ Donuts

Oopsie: ABC 6 reports the incident happened just after 3 p.m. Monday at the Dunkin Donuts on the 7100 block of Ridge Avenue. No one was […]

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The Ultimate Philly Criminal? An Alleged Ponzi Schemer with Explosives

Real story: The FBI found (and disposed of) 60 pipe bombs in a Malvern storage space that belonged to a guy facing federal charges for […]

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Politics 101: Sex Talks, Money Walks

A story in the news this week made me think of The Contender, a 2000 movie starring Joan Allen as Senator Laine Hanson, the first […]

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Freelance Writer Sends Atlantic Editor Most Self-Righteous E-sermon Ever

I’m trying to imagine it. My Philly Post editor forwards me an email from an editor at The Atlantic: “Hello. We’re looking for Annie Monjar. […]

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Philly’s Favorite Car-Chase Couple May Be Repeat Offenders

Turns out the couple involved in stealing two police cars on Tuesday—birthing this classic Daily News cover—may have had a little bit of a history […]

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German Shepherds Rescued In North Philly Raid

The Inky reports: “A raid on a “filthy and uninhabitable” house in North Philadelphia turned up 10 distressed German Shepherds, officials said. Pennsylvania SPCA Humane […]

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Another Fire Strikes Temple Dorm Under Construction

NBC 10 reports: “Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out at a Temple University dorm complex this morning — the same site where a […]

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Occupy Philly Protesters Acquitted in Bank Sit-In

The Inquirer reports: “A Common Pleas Court jury today acquitted 12 Occupy Philadelphia demonstrators arrested in a 2011 sit-in in a Wells Fargo Bank branch in […]

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Women Arrested After Stealing Philly Police Car

NBC 10 reports: “Police say police cruiser #2625 was stolen from 5th and Clearfield Streets in North Philadelphia around 10 this morning. The stolen cruiser hit […]

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Maybe Sen. Menendez Isn’t Sleeping With Hookers After All

AP reports: “A Dominican woman who once said in a video that she had sex with a New Jersey senator for money is now acknowledging that […]

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Bullied Delco Boy Dies After Two Months in Coma

ABC News reports: Bailey O’Neill died Sunday, a family member who did not want to be named, confirmed to ABCNews.com. Bailey turned 12 on Saturday. […]