"Authorities yesterday searched the Main Line home of a dentist who they believe may have been involved in dumping some of the syringes and other medical waste found on eight Jersey Shore beaches in the last two weeks." The Penn State football team is in trouble again. Coach Joe Paterno said last night that defensive end Maurice Evans, defensive tackle Abe Koroma, and tight end Andrew Quarless would not play tomorrow against Oregon State after......

Former Phillyist and newly-published author Jen A. Miller was on TV yesterday talking about one of our favorite parts of going down the shore: all the junk food. Note: you'll have to view the video on the NBC10 website. Click the image for the video!......

The 14-month-old boy mistakenly left in the backseat of a hot car by his grandfather died Saturday afternoon at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after five days on life support. The mother of the child has forgiven her father for the mistake. Pretty soon Mayor Nutter will have to negotiate new contracts with Philadelphia's four municipal unions; the Daily News suspects the ordeal will be the end of Nutter's honeymoon. A four-alarm fire struck......

Have a nominee for Asshole of the Week? Send it to us! We're gonna keep this one short and sweet because, let's face it, it's 4:00 pm on Friday before the Memorial Day long weekend. Most of you probably aren't at work anymore anyway... if you even bothered to go to work today at all. But, if you're reading this post right before heading leaving the office, getting into your car, and heading for the......

Hey, Greensgrow, a North Philly urban farm, got profiled in a New York Times article! Go them! (Via Dexter) A plan made public yesterday reveals the city prisons commissioner's strategies to reduce prison overcrowding, fight recidivism, and improve prison-staff morale. Meanwhile, an as yet unreleased study of the Philadelphia prison system reveals that recidivism has less to do with prison overcrowding than first-time offenders. "A member of the Eagles Pep Band will be walking 90......

Dear Atlantic City: I'm beginning to see you in a new light. You see, I've been living in Philadelphia for what will be six years this fall. And while I knew you were only an hour away, and while I know that everyone in Philadelphia goes to visit you and your Jersey Shore neighbors, I've only visited you a handful of times since I moved east. My bad. Because every time I go to......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Editor Jill recently discovered a site called NewsGroper, where the blogs are not real. Their faux Christopher Walken writes hilariously on the subject of presidential candidates' hand gestures, and expressing people in terms of pseudo-code. (Via Jill) Congrats to former Phillyist Jen Miller for getting her guide to the Jersey Shore published! Head over to her blog to enter to win......

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......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Billboard Music Awards (Mon; 8PM-10PM; Fox) - The 17th annual awards show comes at you live from Las Vegas with performances by Janet Jackson, Fergie, the Killers, Gwen Stefani, Ludacris, the Fray, and Mary J. Blige. Plenty of other stars of the music world will act as presenters including, unfortunately, Flavor Flav. (Link) Monday Night Football: Panthers at Eagles (Mon; 8:30PM-11:30PM; ESPN & ABC [WPVI]) - These......

For people familiar with the late journalist and maniac Hunter S. Thompson, the fact that his cremated remains will be shot out of a 150 foot cannon next month is hardly shocking news. The writer, who was 67-years-old when he committed suicide using a high powered revolver in February, certainly couldn’t go out any other way. We know, we know. What does the good Doctor have to do with Philadelphia? Well, the answer is nothing,......