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Discounting the Days

RIP Center City Loehmann's.

Razing Hell

Sixteen years after the city leveled it, Stella Street remains a junkie wasteland.

by Frank Rubino

Although she could use a good scrubbing, she’s pretty, this petite woman in a black leather jacket trying to flag down cars near Germantown and Indiana by waving her crutches at them. “Works!” she hollers repeatedly. “Works!” When… » more

» online feature May. 6, 2008 11:27am Drug Roar Criminalizing salvia divinorum will only cause more problems. by Daniel McQuade Search "salvia" on YouTube and you'll find a ton of videos of teenagers acting incredibly stupid. One ponytailed redhead says it feels like her mouth is going to fall off, as her friends laugh at her; a kid can't stop… » more
» online feature May. 5, 2008 9:48am Was Peggy Reber Pregnant? Forty years after the murder, Lebanon's DA exhumes the body of the slain 14-year-old. by Kevin Uhrich and Martha Shaak Was 14-year-old Peggy Reber pregnant at the time of her gruesome murder 40 years ago this month? That may be one of the questions Lebanon DA Dave Arnold wants answered following the early morning exhumation… » more
ECONOMY: Positive Thinking Reports about Philly’s lagging economy are misleadingly negative. by Jeffrey Hill Photographs by Michael Persico Recession may be the buzzword of the moment for the national business media, but according to those working directly… » more
MEDIA: Print's Charming Old-head Buzz Bissinger disses modern media. by Daniel McQuade In 1954 Branch Rickey—the Dodgers general manager who signed Jackie Robinson—wrote an article for Life titled “Goodby to Some… » more
The Trouble With Spikol Who knows dick? by Liz Spikol On primary day I took a break from watching news coverage—which had me bleeding out my ears from pundit fatigue—and spotted this online headline… » more

		The Angry Grammarian by Jeffrey Barg

		Ask a Mexican by Gustavo Arellano

		The Greatest Story Ever Told by Will Laren

		Hoagie Dip by Jay Bevenour

		Savage Love by Dan Savage

		Savage Love Online Extra by Dan Savage

» online feature May. 8, 2008 10:47am Pop Tart Discounting the Days RIP Center City Loehmann's. by Caralyn Green Things I've given up: light beer (like drinking sewer water), girl-cut concert Ts (for chestless chicks only, and I'm not one), high heels (I curse a lot, then fall over) and cheap clothes (the fits and lifespans… » more

		A-List Girlfriend in a Coma, Pedro Costa

		Art Mike’s World and Trenton Doyle Hancock. by Roberta Fallon

		Crossword Puzzle

		Crossword Solution

		Editor's Picks “The Kids Are Uptight.”

		Lit Gloss Gary Snyder by Liz Spikol

		On The Radar Chris Matthews is Ryan Seacrest in a fat suit. by Steven Wells

		Roots Daryl Rineer and Kathy Rubincam by Alli Katz & Michael Persico

		Stage Theater Exile’s Bug and New Paradise Laboratories’ Prom by J. Cooper Robb

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		Stereotypewriter Kurt Vile’s music is wise beyond its years. by Brian McManus

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