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OxyContin Maker Pleads Guiltynew
Purdue Pharma vindicates Fishtown man whose son fatally OD'd.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeff Deeney |
05-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
What About Al Taubenberger?new
After all the buzz about the Democratic primary, Philadelphia's Republican nominee for mayor would like you to know he's alive and well -- and serious about the job.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
05-22-2007 |
Politics
Leonard Part 41new
Talking with Elmore Leonard on the release of his 41st(!) novel.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
05-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elmore Leonard, Up in Honey's Room
'Waitress': Serves You Rightnew
Adrienne Shelly's stylish film deserves a hell of a tip.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
05-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adrienne Shelly, waitress
Are the NBA's Foul Calls Racially Biased?new
According to Justin Wolfers and his colleague Joseph Price, they are -- the two just released a study finding that NBA referees called more fouls on black players, and black refs called more fouls on white players.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
05-15-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Parents Never Hear About a Shocking Number of College Campus Crimesnew
Using boundaries that reflect the university's legal liability, campus crime reports camouflage the true crime rate, especially in trigger-happy Philly, where the murder count is rising fast.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Winnie Atterbury and Stacia Freidman |
05-15-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Card Shark: National Postcard Weeknew
Deltiologist Donald Brown gets ready to show off nearly a million postcards.
Philadelphia City Paper |
J.F. Pirro |
05-08-2007 |
History
Tags: history
Trenton Film Festivalnew
Film festivals don't get more compact than Trenton's, which runs a little more than 24 hours.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
05-08-2007 |
Movies
Peter Parker Can't Losenew
The ballyhooed Spider-Man 3 spins a pretty, but flimsy, web.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
05-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Inside the Future of Food Marketingnew
First Flavor's Peel 'n Taste strips replicate the flavor of a product using flavor-profiling technology.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Lisa Tauber |
04-24-2007 |
Food+Drink
Return of the 50 Foot Womannew
Kristin Hersh on stardom, skin and her new muses.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fine |
04-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kristin Hersh
Fight This Generationnew
Seven years in, the Underground Literary Alliance is regrouping.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Elisa Ludwig |
04-24-2007 |
Books
End This Filthy Warnew
Democrats, show some life to save lives.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
04-24-2007 |
Commentary
Should Docs Serve as Their Own Guinea Pigs?new
Lots of experts think they should: "Self-experimentation is an expression of the biblical 'golden rule,'" Dr. Lawrence Altman says.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Francesca Heintz |
04-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Former Inmates Call for Capital Punishment Moratoriumnew
At the largest gathering of cleared death-row inmates, Harold Wilson was a living testament to the need for a moratorium debate in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
04-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
