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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 […]

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What Would You Do if You Were Trapped on Subway Tracks?

Most of the headlines this week have been terrible, but I wonder how long we will be haunted by one image in particular: Poor Ki […]

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Sombrero-Clad Penn State Sorority Girls Busted for Racist Party

The costumes at Chi Omega Nu’s Halloween bash were already questionable, but signs the students are holding in a leaked pic (below)—”Will Mow Lawn for […]

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For Train-Wreck Evacuees, the Party Don’t Stop

If not for that totally awful vinyl chloride spill in Paulsboro we mentioned earlier, this totally awesome group of Paulsborites would not have, like, finally […]

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Pregnant Kate Middleton Makes Me Miss Princess Stephanie

Well, Kate Middleton is pregnant, so there’s that. Everyone is excited and curious. Will the fetus be as graceful and pretty as she is? As […]

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Lindsay Lohan Is Having the Worst Week Ever

This was not how this week was supposed to go for Lindsay Lohan. This was to be her comeback. LiLo Version 12.0. Anchored on a […]

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Atlantic City Cops Looking for Escaped 10-Year-Old Prisoner

As far as prison breaks go, they start ’em young in Jersey. Atlantic City police are on the hunt for a 10-year-old prisoner who busted […]

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Northampton Boys Accidentally Took LSD Before Elementary School

Pennsylvania, the land where people leave vials of liquid LSD out in the street for just anyone to come along and sample. Well, that’s at […]

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Hostess Asking for Approval in $1.8 Million Bonus Package for Executives

Let it be known that Twinkies breed entitlement. In an apparent effort to add insult to injury, the now-bankrupt Hostess is seeking approval to grant […]

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Bucks County Homeless Woman Stole from Classmate Who Sheltered Her in Hurricane Sandy

When Hurricane Sandy ripped through the tri-state area last month, a former classmate took in Mercedes Dombkiewicz, 22, a homeless woman in the Lower Southampton […]

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Lindsay Lohan Charged With Misdemeanor in Club Assault

Sometimes, when your made-for-TV movie about Liz Taylor flops, you’ve got to blow off some steam at the club. And sometimes, especially if you’re Lindsay […]

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City Employee Allegedly Netted $550,000 in Ink and Toner Scam

Sure, it’s just .1 percent of last night’s lottery jackpot, but it wasn’t bad scratch for 61-year-old Calvin Duncan, who, according to a release from […]

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Carlos Ruiz Suspended 25 Games for Amphetamine Use

This afternoon, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball suspended Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz for 25 games (unpaid), because he tested positive for amphetamine use, […]

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$300K Bail Set for Local Blogger Who Allegedly Threatened Cops and Romney

Joshua Scott Albert, who raised eyebrows with his anti-restaurant site StaphMeal (see our December 2011 piece) and earned felony charges with Facebook pages allegedly soliciting […]

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BP to Pay $4.5 Billion for Gulf Disaster, Two Workers Face Manslaughter Charges

Mere hours after announcing that BP would pay a $4.5 billion settlement to the US Government over the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster, two former […]