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Kermit Gosnell’s Babies

Part I: The Monster Smiles The phone rang near 8:30 one night, and an automated message played: “You have a call from a federal inmate,” […]

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The Controversial David Magerman

Jennifer Love Hewitt is standing in a coffee shop on 43rd and Baltimore, deep in conversation with a plus-sized gentleman. “You know what would be […]

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Pulse: An Exile in Comcast Country

With less than a foot between his residence and the western end of the soon-to-be, 57-story Comcast Tower, the Reverend Clayton Ames, the persnickety 61-year-old […]

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LISTEN: Chris Stigall Interviews Lisa DePaulo on “The Lawyer and the Dead Girl”

Chris Stigall of Talk Radio 1210 interviewed Lisa about her September cover story on his 8/29 morning show. Listen to the segment here, and read […]

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The New Family Vacation

Booking five hotel rooms and making sure everyone knows what time to meet at the breakfast buffet—these are the things that suck the fun out […]

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Grad School Ruined My Daughter

People say college is the new high school, and as far as I can tell, it’s true. My kids’ friends who’ve gone off to college […]

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Off the Cuff: September 2013

“What a strange time it is to be alive in America.” September always makes me think about renewal, a new beginning. That’s a feeling that […]

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Nick Stuccio Is Deathly Afraid of Tsunamis

My name is … Nick Stuccio. Well, my real name is Dominick Stuccio, but that’s also my dad’s name, and someone thought it would be […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Choose Your Own Adventure at Serpico

You make your way to Peter Serpico’s new home on South Street, among the head shops and tattoo parlors and neon entreaties for the purchase […]

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The Philadelphia Magazine Fashion Project

Welcome to the first-ever Philadelphia Magazine Fashion Project, our search for the best and brightest local design ta­lent. We combed through countless portfolios and résumés […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Noord’s Northern European Homeyness

“I’m a restaurant romantic,” says Joncarl Lachman, and it’s hard to think of another label that would stick more tightly to the Southwest Philly native’s […]

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Lisa DePaulo Talking Peruto on Michael Smerconish This Morning

Michael Smerconish interviewed Lisa DePaulo about her gripping September cover story “The Lawyer and the Dead Girl” on his national Sirius Radio show this morning, […]

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Exclusive: New Philly Mag Story Details Life, Loves and Final Hours of Chuck Peruto’s Dead Girlfriend

On May 25th, 26-year-old paralegal Julia Law was found dead inside the tony Rittenhouse Square apartment of her boss and lover, prominent Philadelphia defense attorney […]

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The Dead Girl in Chuck Peruto’s Bathtub

“There’s a girl in your bathtub.” It’s 10 a.m., the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, when he gets the call. He’s at the Shore. Chuck […]

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Philadelphia Fall Arts Preview 2013

FringeArts 9/5-9/22 | Various locations The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe may have a new name (thank God), but the mission is still […]