The big story this morning is about a young couple - him a Penn grad, her a Drexel student - who allegedly burglarized neighbors' apartments, stole identities, made fake driver's licenses, and opened phony credit card accounts, all in the name of living the high life. The two were arrested Friday, but are free on bail. The Daily News has a more detailed look at some of their scams in an article with a typically......

Prominent Philadelphia trial lawyer Dennis Cogan may defend state Senator Fumo, if he can get the case delayed for several months so he can study up on all its complexities. On November 14th, Penn Praxis will unveil its vision for the Delaware River waterfront, which is based on discussions with residents and representatives of commercial and government interests. But details about the plan have already come out, and although it has many supporters, it......

The latest in local politics: it looks like Brady is going to get a bunch of union endorsements. But it could be TV ads that decide the race. Meanwhile, Tom Knox is partnering with Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell to create a "reform ticket" - even though, as the Inquirer points out, Blackwell was the only Council member to vote against reform. Speaking of campaigns and the City Council, the nastiest campaign this election season is......

Opening in theaters today, Pride tells the story of how, in 1973, Jim Ellis (played by Terrence Howard) came to found Philadelphia’s first African-American swim team through the Philadelphia Department of Recreation in Nicetown. As a film that tells the story of children and adults struggling to reach their dreams, Pride certainly falls into the category of sports movies with a message, a genre that has become popular in the past few years, and that......

Hey, thanks to that Philly Inquirer article we linked to a little while ago, about how the health checks on city restaurants and lunch carts are few and far between, "City Councilwoman Marian Tasco is asking for hearings on Philadelphia's restaurant inspection system." Tasco's resolution most likely will face little resistance (after all, what politician - or inhabitant of Philly for that matter - would be against better restaurant inspections?), and the hearings will probably......