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Muslim Editor Wasn’t Talking About Philly’s White Supremacist Fireworks, Thank You Very Much

In a Monday story about Friday’s very late fireworks at the Phillies game, Daily News reporter Dana DiFilippo suggested some folks thought the ruckus had […]

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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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Will Bunch Maybe Isn’t Happy With Today’s Daily News.

Here’s the blog post Daily News scribe/all-around rabble-rouser Will Bunch just posted at Philly.com: He writes: “Story complaing about high city taxes (even as it […]

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Nik Wallenda’s Tightrope Was Made in Pennsylvania

If you live in Pennsylvania, you can pretend–a little more credibly, at least–that you were participating in history last night. In case you missed it, […]

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Video: Watch Nik Wallenda Walk Across the Grand Canyon

Here’s the full abridged video (Discovery Channel has blocked full videos) of a harness-less Nik Wallenda crossing a gorge yesterday evening at the Grand Canyon*. […]

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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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Why You Should Care About the Protests in Turkey

With America’s eyes narrowly focused on the civil war in Syria, an equally pivotal battle is playing out  in the streets of Turkey, where protesters […]

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Former SS Commander Found Living in Minnesota

An ex-SS officer has been found living in obscurity in Minnesota, according to the AP. It’s a fascinating story, with shades of the 2012 film […]

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NSA Leaker Snowden’s Parents Live in Allentown Area

Edward Snoden, the man who has outed himself as the source responsible for several of the high-profile National Security Agency leaks dominating the headlines, has […]

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Philly.com Doubles Down on Embarrassing Tom Corbett Material

Yesterday on the Philly Post, there was a little intra-staff debate going on about the merits of Philly.com. In one corner was Joel Mathis, arguing […]

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The Real Trouble With Philly.com’s Tom Corbett Column

In 2007, the Inquirer hired Rick Santorum to write a bimonthly column. The former senator, earning $1,750 a pop, was accused of making things up in his very first piece. A couple […]

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Tom Corbett to Write A Regular, Probably Dull Column for Philly.com

Joining the ranks of esteemed scribes Bernie Parent and “sexologist” Jill McDevitt, Tom Corbett will soon debut a regular column on Philly.com. We assume that […]

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Dick Sprague Loses Daily News Lawsuit

The powers that be over at the headquarters of the Inquirer and Daily News are surely breathing sighs of relief. Last week, Philadelphia Common Pleas […]

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Today in Craziness: Toronto Mayor Caught Up in Crack-Smoking Scandal

Last night Gawker published a story called, simply, “Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smokes Crack.” The tale is pretty crazy–and Rob Ford, if you know anything […]

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Want to Read the “Benghazi Emails?” Here They Are in A Virtual Inbox

There doesn’t appear to be a smoking gun among the infamous “Benghazi emails” the Obama administration released yesterday. (No cover-up of a terrorist attack they […]