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University of Delaware Hack Affects 72,000 People

6ABC reports: The University of Delaware says the employee records of 72,000 people, which includes social security numbers, were breached by criminal hacking. In a […]

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ESPN Is Going To Give You Even More Eagles Coverage

Philadelphia seems to have an insatiable demand for coverage of the Eagles. That theory will now be tested by ESPN—here and in every NFL market—according […]

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Times Examines How Reddit Smeared Missing Philly Student as Boston Bomber

The New York Times Magazine has a long piece examining how Reddit promoted the false theory that Sunil Tripathi—a then-missing, now-known-to-be-deceased Philadelphia student at Brown University—was […]

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WATCH: (Stuff) South Philly Girls Say

Well. This really isn’t safe for work. And it missed the whole “Shit (Group of People) Say” video phenomenon by about a year. But. Still […]

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Why Has Mayor Nutter Disappeared From Twitter?

In the past week, a number of people have asked me some version of the same question: “What’s up with Mayor Nutter’s Twitter account?” No, […]

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Facebook Says “Kill George Zimmerman” Page Doesn’t Violate Policy

Facebook has pretty much gone nuts since the announcement of Saturday’s not-guilty verdict in the Florida case of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon […]

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Trend Alert: Summer Camp for Grown-Ups!

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Lolo Jones Agrees to Go on Date after Twitter Proposal

We live in an age of half-joking celebrity internet proposals. Here’s one request that actually appears to have worked. University of Gerogia journalism student Harry […]

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Manayunk Dry Cleaners, Now Delivering By Drone

Newsworks catches up with a dry cleaner in Manayunk who is trying to appeal young people who like technology, the environment, and “the future.” By […]

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving Philly.com’s Free News

A funny thing happened on the way to the digital paywalls for the Inquirer and Daily News: I started reading Philly.com a lot more. A […]

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My Electric Kool-Aid Adderall Test

One of the best parts of being a writer is that the job lets you be nosy professionally. If I’m curious what all those new […]

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Ex-Cop Tries To Get Re-Hired After Videotaped Punching

You’ll remember Jonathan Josey, the former Sexy Single who,  as a Philly police lieutenant, was videotaped punching at woman at the Puerto Rican Day Parade […]

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Snowden’s Location a Mystery After He Doesn’t Board Plane From Russia to Cuba

Where in the world is Edward J. Snowden? The fugitive whistleblower/document leaker was all set to board a flight from Russia to Cuba today, en […]

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WATCH: Teens Turn Philly Into Parkour Stuntfest

Ever heard of parkour? Probably, but if you haven’t, here’s the deal: It’s basically really awesome, scary-looking acrobatics done in an urban environment. This scene […]

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Jeepers: Now Comcast Owns Part of Your YouTube, Too

Proving there’s no place on Earth that multimedia content can go that Comcast won’t plant its flag, news arrives that the Philly company has purchased […]