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Comcast Slashes Prices, Boosts Speeds Following FCC Vote

Comcast Slashes Prices, Boosts Speeds Following FCC Vote

Just three days after the FCC’s historic vote to repeal the so-called net neutrality rules, Comcast has kept its promise to dramatically drop the price of high…

Trump Promises to Increase Philly Murder Rate with ACA Repeal

Trump Promises to Increase Philly Murder Rate with ACA Repeal

In a speech this afternoon at the Loews Hotel, President Donald Trump promised that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act will result in an increase in murders in Philadelphia…

SEPTA Enlists “Ride the Ducks” to Provide Service During Strike

SEPTA Enlists “Ride the Ducks” to Provide Service During Strike

It’s been a hectic three days for Philadelphia since SEPTA union members decided to strike, but the oft-maligned Ride the Ducks bus-boats have returned to help…

Meet the Man Who Designed Hillary Clinton’s DNC Crown

Meet the Man Who Designed Hillary Clinton’s DNC Crown

When the DNC crowns Hilary Clinton the first female nominee of a major political party later tonight, they will place the traditional Democratic crown gently onto her hard head. Only…

Coca-Cola Polar Bear Endorses Sugary Drink Tax

Coca-Cola Polar Bear Endorses Sugary Drink Tax

A polar bear famous for her appearance in Coca-Cola advertising has publicly endorsed Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed sugary drink tax in clear defiance of her employer, the…

Iowa Hopelessly Waits for Candidates to Text Back the Next Morning

Iowa Hopelessly Waits for Candidates to Text Back the Next Morning

After a fun night of getting to know the Presidential candidates, Iowa now sits near her phone, checking every five minutes for a reply. The first thing Iowa did this…

Chipotle to Require Customers to Sign Waiver

Chipotle to Require Customers to Sign Waiver

Following outbreaks of E. coli, salmonella, and norovirus, Chipotle announced this morning that they will be requiring all customers sign a waiver of liability before purchasing any food. “Hundreds…

Former PA Supreme Court Justice Launches Porn Site

Former PA Supreme Court Justice Launches Porn Site

For every scandal there is a silver lining, and for one retired Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice recently caught up in the so-called “porngate” scandal, he’s…

Philadelphia Film Festival Selects “Worst Audience Question” Award Winner

Philadelphia Film Festival Selects “Worst Audience Question” Award Winner

With Philadelphia’s largest film festival in full swing, the festival jury announced this year’s winner of the Worst Audience Question Award–a full week before the…

7 Proverbs You’ve Been Misquoting

7 Proverbs You’ve Been Misquoting

History is like a big game of telephone, so sometimes details get lost in the exchange. Here are seven proverbs we’ve all heard before, but most people have…