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Yes, Vince Fumo Has No Bananas

It’s a long way down from being the most powerful man in Pennsylvania politics. Former State Sen. Vince Fumo can barely get a fresh banana […]

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Bradley Cooper Wants to Play Lance Armstrong in the Movie

We don’t even know yet if there will be a “Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace movie”—Just kidding! There totally will be!—but the competition for casting […]

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Drug Makers Pay Off Generic Rivals to Keep Prescription Prices High

Just about anyone who has ever filled a prescription knows how much cheaper it is to opt for a generic alternative to an expensive brand-name […]

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Is Philly Ignoring Gun Violence?

That’s what former New York police commissioner William Bratton told the Wall Street Journal in a weekend interview about “the real cures for gun violence.” […]

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Is Lance Armstrong to Blame for Philly Bike Race’s Sponsorship Woes?

Pro cycling is dead in Philly. Long live cycling in Philly.

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In Los Angeles, Cardinal Apologizes For Covering Up Sex Abuse

In a scene no doubt hauntingly familiar to many Philadelphians, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles on Monday apologized for mishandling sex abuse allegations that […]

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Philly-bred Jill Kelley Finally Speaks Publicly About Petraeus Scandal

Jill Kelley, the Philly-bred Florida socialite who rocketed to infamy during the scandal that knocked David Petraeus from his perch at the top of the […]

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Can the Philly Bike Race Be Revived?

Manayunk won’t go down without a fight. Turns out neighborhood leaders love those beer-soaked crowds that show up every year to watch the Philadelphia International […]

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Goldtex Union Workers Skirt Jailtime, Get Community Service Instead

Two union workers charged with assault at the infamous Goldtex construction site this summer, have been ordered to perform 18 hours of community service and […]

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Ligambi Mob Trial in Chaos as Jurors Insist on Behaving Badly

Two weeks since they began deliberating on the fate of reputed mobster Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi, the jury is right where they started: nowhere. A […]

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So, Everybody Hated Lance Armstrong’s Apology

The reviews are in, folks. Lance Armstrong apparently pulled off the superhuman feat of making himself look worse than ever last night during the first […]

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Bolaris-Scamming Mob Kingpin Gets 3 Years

The Russian mobster who started this all, who masterminded the plot that sent freelance weather tweeter John Bolaris on his fateful, fascinating spiral to ignominy […]

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(Shocking) Video: Man Throws Woman Onto SEPTA Tracks

On Tuesday afternoon, a man and a women found themselves alone in the Chinatown SEPTA station at Race and 8th. The man asked the woman […]

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Comcast’s New X1 Cable Looks Nifty

So, Comcast. We meet again. It’s not that we don’t stay in touch. It’s just usually me that’s reaching out—either because my DVR is on […]

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Jury Hears About Accused Teacher’s Attempted Suicide

Jurors in Bernard Shero’s case today heard testimony about his attempted suicide in 2011, on the same day he’d been expected to turn himself in […]