Bad Behavior

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How Much THC Does it Take to Make a DUI?

Last March, Max Drosi, 28, of Miami, blew a red light on 8th and Washington in the Italian Market, plowing his rented Chevy Impala into […]

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What You Should Know About Bath Salts

With Rudy Eugene’s vicious attack last week on Miami-area homeless man Ronald Poppo making national headlines, a class of designer drugs known as “bath salts” […]

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The FOP Hates Philadelphia

Here is the problem with Philadelphia cops: They seem to hate Philadelphia. Don’t get me wrong: I’m sure there are plenty of officers who love […]

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It’s OK to Sneak Food Into the Movie Theater

I love going to the movies because it’s so dramatic: The lights dim, the audience buzzes, and then images dance across a giant screen. Throw […]

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Horse Doping Reigns in the Sport of Kings

This Saturday, Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another will join a field of a dozen young colts at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore, for a […]

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How College Students Can Avoid Hazing

Florida state attorney Lawson Lamar addressed reporters last week about the death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion, who was allegedly beaten to death […]

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Cinco de Mayo Is Not Another Reason to Get Wasted

Let me see if I understand this: Some of us would like our government to put up a fence to keep Mexicans in Mexico, maybe […]

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10 Rules of Gym Etiquette (Including: No Hoodies)

I work out seven days a week at a monster gym that used to be a supermarket. Part of a national chain, it comes fully […]

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Someone Remind Walmart That Corporations Are People

It’s fitting, isn’t it, that now, some two years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon blowout sullied the Gulf of Mexico for generations to come, new evidence […]

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SXSW’s Homeless Hotspots Exploit Disenfranchised Americans

South by Southwest’s technology conference usually gets props as one of the cooler geek-fests in the country, but this year, most of the dispatches from […]

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Pop Language Quiz: Racist or Not Racist?

Racism is not just lynching, cross-burning, redlining, employment discrimination, educational barriers, or even malicious slurs, and those who manifest the unconscious and passive form of […]

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Actress Kim Delaney Explains Bizarre Philly Behavior, Cites “Technical Problems”

Remember when Upper Darby-native Kim Delaney made an ass out of herself at the Constitution Center’s 2011 Liberty Bell Medal ceremony? (If not, just play […]

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The Erin Express Turns Philly Into a Disgusting Frat Party

When did St. Patrick’s Day turn into a celebration of debauchery? When I was growing up in Northeast Philly, St. Patrick’s Day usually meant someone’s […]

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Who Said It: Rush Limbaugh or Philly.com Commenters?

I’m not really sure why there is such an outcry over Rush Limbaugh’s latest remarks. After all, this is hardly something out of character. He […]

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You’re Not Really Outraged By the Saints’ Bounty Program

So, you’re disgusted by the news that New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams ran a bounty program for three years? Outraged that he might […]