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A-Rod Linked to Performance Enhancers. Again.

Who knows how good the Phillies will be this year? It’s looking possible we’ll at least have some good old-fashioned Yankees schadenfreude to enjoy this […]

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Manti Te’o Gets Autotuned

This seems like a good place to let the story of Notre Dame football player Manti Te’o’s fake dead girlfriend … well, come to a […]

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Bucknell Says It Inflated SAT Scores, May Destroy College Rankings Systems

Turns out those smart kids at Bucknell University … aren’t so smart: The president of Bucknell University says an internal investigation has revealed that school […]

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Forum Theater, Philly’s Last Porn Palace, Slated for Demolition

Philly.com reports: The owner of the Forum Theater has obtained a permit to demolish the Market Street property, according to records from the city’s Department […]

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Frank Ocean and Chris Brown Brawl Over A Parking Space

The temptation here is to say that Chris Brown has expanded his range: Instead of just hitting women, he now also throws punches at gay […]

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Hey Stupid! Keep Texting While Driving!

Just last week, my good friend, Philly Mag fact-checker extraordinaire Annie Monjar, wrote an item for the Philly Post poking fun at Vince Fumo’s girlfriend, […]

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Twitter Has a New Video Service. It Already Has a Porn Problem.

The Week reports: Vine, Twitter’s video sharing app for easily digestible 6-second clips, has been the toast of the internet since it launched last week. Creative-types love […]

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Iran’s Monkey Rockets Will Surely Drive the Jews Into the Sea

What happens when you give one of the world’s most anti-Semitic regimes the power to launch monkeys into space? Actually, nobody really knows, but can […]

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If You Eat Raw Cookie Dough, You’ll Get Worms

When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me that if I ate raw cookie dough I would get worms. For years the […]

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Naked Man Climbs Onto SEPTA Bus Before Running Around Maniacally

Yesterday, video surfaced of a fully naked man using a SEPTA bus in Kensington as his own personal climbing wall, scaling it up and down […]

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Why Am I Such A Pottymouth?

Being in a hospital makes me cranky. So when I saw the Jefferson University Hospital nurse headed my way Wednesday, her hands full with the […]

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Vince Fumo Hospitalized With Heart Issues

6 ABC reports: Former Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Fumo has been hospitalized in Kentucky due to heart health issues. Sources tell Action News that Fumo […]

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Former Philadelphian David Headley Gets 35 Years in Mumbai Terror Attacks

Guess he won’t be grabbing a drink at the Khyber Pass Pub for awhile: David Headley, whose mother once owned the Philly club, on Thursday […]

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The Inky Should Consider Hiring Awful Columnists

Last weekend saw the publication of one of the worst story leads in the history of newspaper journalism. In a column for the Toronto Star, […]

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Te’o Admits He Lied. Noooooooo!

In an interview slated to air on Katie Couric’s syndicated talk show tomorrow (wherever that airs), and excerpted on Good Morning America today, Te’o told […]