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Lottery Winner Died of Cyanide Poisoning

We’ve all heard stories about how winning the lottery can actually suck for the winners. But this has to be some kind of record: Back […]

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PHOTOS: 30th Street Station Restrooms Are Disgusting

Every time I walk through 30th Street Station after a trip to New York or D.C., I feel giddy. The cavernous Art Deco interior, the […]

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N.J. Man Sues Country Club Over Pot Brownie

It sounds like the kind of country club that exists only in the stoned imaginations of Cheech & Chong, but apparently it’s real: Barry Russo […]

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After Quaker Meetinghouse Site Arson, Who Will Stand Up to Unions?

Illegally blocking vehicles. Threatening people with physical harm. Distributing vulgar, sexist fliers. Frightening residents. This is an abbreviated, understated list of union workers’ tactics employed […]

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Is This Mummers Routine Racist?

I was struggling to explain the Mummers to a friend of mine from out of town the other day, when it hit me. “Lots of […]

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What Philadelphia Traffic Jams Taught Me in 2012

Fifteen years ago, I began driving from my far-corner-of-Montco home to my job at Philly Mag. For 15 long years, I’ve driven a good stretch […]

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Project Blitzkrieg Might Ruin 2013 for You

Those wily Russian hackers are at it again, this time coming after our hard-earned American dollars in the form of a massive scam that could […]

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Worst of Philly: Biggest Losers of 2012

And now, friends, it’s time to take a look back at 2012 and reflect on the people, the places and, yes, the things that contributed […]

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“Cannibal” Bites Off Mother’s Thumb in Upper Darby

Case study: A 21 year-old girl attacks her mother while she’s bathing, biting her on her hand and legs. Part of the mother’s thumb is […]

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VIDEO: John Bolaris on Dr. Phil Show

Former Philadelphia meteorologist John Bolaris will appear on Dr. Phil today at 4 p.m. to talk about his drugged ordeal in Miami. Below, a preview […]

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Blame the Audience for Nurse’s Death After Kate Middleton Hospital Prank

The revelation, over the weekend, that the sudden death of a nurse who was pranked by a pair Australian radio personalities posing as Queen Elizabeth and […]

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Villanova’s Law School Punished for Grade-Inflation Scandal

For several years during the 2000s, Villanova University’s School of Law inflated the average grades and LSAT scores of its incoming classes, as was revealed […]

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Thanks to Internet, We All Live in Glass Houses Now

This headline got me: “Internet Defends Man Accused of Reading Porn in Public. Things Get Ugly.” The story: A Japanese man was reading a gaming […]

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Guy Gets Drunk, Drives Luxury Bentley Into an Apartment Building

Early this morning, police arrested a driver on DUI chargers after he crashed a Bentley into the Park Towne Place apartments near the Ben Franklin […]

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Walking Dead Fan Goes All Shane on His Girlfriend

All right, this didn’t happen in Philly, but we’re telling you because this is exactly what’s going to go down everywhere when the zombie apocalypse […]