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Joe McGinniss, Inky Columnist-Turned-Controversial Author, Dead at 71

The Daily News reports: “JOE McGINNISS, who went from controversial stints at the old Evening Bulletin and the Inquirer to best-sellerdom as a writer of blistering books, died yesterday […]

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SCOTUS Won’t Touch “Boobies”

AP: “The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wants to prevent students from wearing “I (heart) Boobies!” bracelets to […]

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I Don’t Believe in Bitcoins

I’d just managed to complete my first-ever PayPal purchase when I started hearing about Bitcoins everywhere I turned. I don’t know if it’s the whole […]

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Band of Brothers Vet Dies

CNN reports: “William Guarnere, a World War II veteran popularized by the “Band of Brothers” miniseries, has died. He was 90. During the war, Guarnere earned […]

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“Swinger Guru” Spoke at School Assembly

Philly.com reports that a “swinger guru” spoke at a Thursday school assembly in the Upper Dublin school district north of Philadelphia, and that school officials […]

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More Oil Trains Coming to Pennsylvania

Despite the alarms raised when an oil train derailed over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in January—and despite broadening federal concern about the safety of […]

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Are My Savesies Chairs Nice Enough?

I’m not going to name the town where I live. Go ahead and feel superior if you like — if you and all your kumbaya […]

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Bad Maintenance Caused Derailment, CSX Says

NewsWorks reports: “CSX Corp. says it has determined what caused a train carrying crude oil to derail on a bridge over a river in Philadelphia. WPVI-TV reported […]

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Study: Income Inequality Is in Our Genes

America! What a country! Where else could the son of a Kansan woman named Stanley and a bigamist Kenyan alcoholic wind up as president, right? […]

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What Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding Were Really Like in Lillehammer

On January 6, 1994, I got the phone call that I was being sent to Detroit. Something about a figure skater being assaulted. I was […]

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Casey Asks Feds to Re-Route Oil Trains

Following two oil train derailments in Pennsylvania in a month—including one over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia—Sen. Bob Casey is asking federal transportation officials to […]

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Kazakhstan Panties Are Really in a Bunch

You know how sometimes there’s just something in the ether, so that everywhere you turn, a subject comes up over and over again? Yesterday, on […]

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Grand Jury: No Criminal Activity in Death of Chuck Peruto Girlfriend Julia Law

On Wednesday afternoon, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office issued this one page announcement, stating that the Grand Jury investigation into the death of Chuck Peruto‘s […]

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West Virginia Chemicals Transferred to PA

Huffington Post reports that the chemicals which have contaminated drinking supplies in West Virginia have been moved to Pennsylvania, raising alarm among state officials.

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David Bar Katz Sues National Enquirer for $50 Million Over Hoffman Story

On Wednesday morning, we told you about the National Enquirer cover story that claims that New York playwright David Bar Katz was Philip Seymour Hoffman’s […]