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Check Out the GIF That Makes Chris Christie Skinny

Since Tuesday, we’ve been a nation of lap-band surgery experts, covering the medical, historical, and political implications of Chris Christie’s weight-loss gambit. Some have looked […]

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Viagra: Now Available On Your Computer

Viagra is now available online, Pfizer has announced. The move was done in part to boost sales and in part to “rein in the distribution […]

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Boston Marathon: A Runner’s Need to Cross the Finish Line

When the Boston Marathon was suspended Monday afternoon, 5,742 runners remained on the course, 14 of them from Philadelphia. Most of those 14 were stopped […]

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Ah-Choo! Philly Is 25th-Worst City For Allergy Sufferers

Turns out all those red eyes around town aren’t from sad sports fans lamenting the latest Flyers/Eagles/Phillies/Sixers loss. CBS Philly reports that Philly has moved up […]

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Philly Marathon Registration Begins Today

Philly marathon registration begins today. And you better hurry because…actually you don’t really need to hurry at all. The race is being held November 17th, […]

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So Close, Yet So Far: Chester and Philadelphia Counties Rank Worst and First in Big PA Health Study

Sometimes you’ll come across a ranking so wrong or arbitrary or subjective, it’ll turn you off lists forever. But don’t let ranking fatigue bring you down! The […]

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The Roy Halladay Diet: Get a Virus, Lose 10 Pounds in 2 Days

Roy Halladay had to be pulled in the first inning of a spring training game against the Orioles Sunday. The culprit: a stomach virus. Or, […]

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Judge Blocks New York City’s Soda Ban

The day before it was set to go into effect, New York State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingle (!) has blocked Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial […]

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40 LaSalle Hikers Rescued in Kentucky

38 LaSalle University students and three staff members got lost hiking yesterday on Kentucky’s Pine Mountain before being rescued late last night. Stranded for hours, […]

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Baby Cured of H.I.V. for the First Time

This is big: A baby born with H.I.V., now two years old, appears to be fully cured. The only other person ever cured was a […]

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Broad Street Run Bib Transfer Opens Today

After pining so hard for a spot in the Broad Street Run’s coveted lottery, today is the day you can give all that up. That’s […]

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Why the U.S. Government Can’t Do Any More to Make America Skinny

For a country where the closest thing to a national dish is often served at a drive-through window, Americans sure are obsessed with what they […]

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Ikea Swedish Meatballs Apparently Contain Horse Meat

The horse meat saga continues. Swedish furniture playground Ikea is the latest to reveal it’s been serving customers horse. The taboo meat was flagged by […]

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Your Bread May Have Some Metal Wire in it, Says Bimbo Bakery

Horsham-based bakery Bimbo–AKA that suggestive brand that sponsors the otherwise wholesome Philadelphia Union–is recalling a bunch of its products, “because of the possible presence of […]

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Chris Christie Lashes Out at Doctor Who Called Him Fat; Doctor Refuses to Back Down

Yesterday, CNN decided to ask a doctor if Chris Christie was too fat. The doctor, who used to work at the White House, and helped […]