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Actually, Tom Corbett Has One Latino Staff Member

Calm down lefty media hyperventilators! After you all jumped down Tom Corbett’s throat for his comment about having no Latino staff members, the Governor’s people […]

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Remember When 31 Flavors of Ice Cream Was a Novelty?

  Last Saturday, I found myself at one of my favorite watering holes of yesteryear. Like many of the dives I used to frequent, I […]

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Internet Sales Tax Won’t Stop Me From Online Shopping

The Marketplace Fairness Act is a bill that aims to “level the playing field” between online retailers and brick and mortar stores. Most online retailers […]

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Tesla Opens First PA Car Dealership at KOP Mall

You’ve probably heard of Tesla Motors by now, the California company that designs and manufactures electric cars. Founded in 2003, Tesla almost didn’t make it […]

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NY High School Bans “Assassin” Game, Completely Misses Point

Isn’t is just adorable when adults stumble onto some fun thing their kids do, a thing that that they don’t understand, and then make that […]

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WATCH: The Rocky Training Montage. With Puppets.

Some truth: There are few days that go by that somebody on the Internet doesn’t post video of their jog up the “Rocky” steps at […]

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Don’t Be Surprised by Dept. of Justice’s AP Probe

As the immortal hip hop duo Mobb Deep rapped back in 1995, “ain’t no such thing as halfway crooks.” In “Shook Ones Pt. II,” Prodigy […]

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Nooooo! Is Kai the Viral Internet Sensation Hitchhiker Really Wanted for Murder?

Kai the Hitchhiker–one of our very favorite internet sensation heroes of the year 2013–is reportedly wanted for murder in the state of New Jersey. Today, […]

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How Far Is Too Far With Photoshop?

On Tuesday, Swedish photographer Paul Hansen, winner of the 2012 World Press Photo award for best picture, was vindicated of charges that his winning image […]

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Now You Can Watch Live Local TV on Your iPad (Well, ABC, Anyway)

Starting this afternoon, WPVI—Philadelphia’s ABC affiliate—will stream live online for free to computers and tablets, part of an experiment in bringing broadcast television into the […]

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Aida Guzman Gets $75,000 from City for Puerto Rican Day Incident

Lt. James Josey, the man who famously punched a woman on Puerto Rican Day last year, was found not guilty of assault last February, by […]

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Nosy Neighbors Are a Dying Breed of Crime-Fighter

As details spilled out of Cleveland’s “House of Horrors,” I asked the same question that you undoubtedly asked. How on earth could three young girls […]

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New Digital Tool Shows What’s Trending on “Black Twitter”

Because of accessibility and user-friendliness via cell phone, Twitter has become the social media platform of choice among young people, and those who would otherwise […]

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Trend Map: What Philly Is Watching On YouTube Right Now

Among the byproducts of Google owning YouTube: You can now find out what the most popular YouTube videos are in every region of the country, […]

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Get Ready for the 3-D Printed Gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK55GSbSWQ0 By now, there seems to be little doubt that Philly is a tech city.  We’re overflowing with geeks, GIS firms map out our future […]