Philadelphia rolls over Tampa Bay, 33-14
PHILADELPHIA -- Donovan McNabb needed just two plays to show his rib was fine and he wasn't rusty. read the full story
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Bad Weather Halts Philadelphia-Colorado Playoff
The snow in Colorado scrapped plans for Pedro Martinez's firstpostseason start in five years. Game 3 of the Philadelphia-Coloradoplayoff series was postponed a day because of weather Saturday bettersuited for cross-country skiing. That prompted a pitching switch by... read the full story
BRT deal struck in Philly fashion Backroom bargaining led to the plan to...
The historic deal that promises to remake the property-assessment system in Philadelphia started with a meeting between the city's powerful Democratic leader and a sick old man. read the full story
New LBJ Library director a longtime student of presidential history
To those who knew Mark Updegrove at the Quaker high school he attended outside Philadelphia, his appointment as director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, a position he assumes this week, seemed fitting. read the full story
Man gets life in great-aunt's death in Philadelphia area
MEDIA -- A suburban Philadelphia man has been sentenced to life in prison in the robbery and beating death of his 85-year-old great-aunt in 2008. read the full story
Comcast tries pop-up alerts to warn of infections
PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers — the armies of infected personal computers, known as "botnets," that suck up bandwidth. read the full story
Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Phillyist. Norwegian Cruise Line’s Deals of the Decade. Book by November 1st to get up to 80% off. KISS , at the Wachovia Center on October 12th! American Apparel , with 3 stores in... read the full story
Twitterist: Philadelphia In 140 Characters Or Less
Today's featured Twitter user is @ TattedTheBook . Tatted was put together by Philadelphia photographer Marianne Bernstein and explores Philly's tattoo culture. You can pre-order your copy here . While we're pretty sure there aren't any tattoos of the Phillyist logo... read the full story
Courtesy Satellite Second Saturday We all know about First Friday, what with the galleries and the box wine, and then the drink specials and then the Sugar Moms to escape the gathering storm from New Jersey. Now there is something new to check out—Second... read the full story
Rockies-Phillies Game 2: Torrealba, Colorado Pound Hamels, Win 5-4
PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels isn't going to breeze through this postseason. Yorvit Torrealba hit a two-run homer, Aaron Cook pitched effectively into the sixth inning and the Colorado Rockies beat Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday to even their NL... read the full story
National Poetry Day: Phillies Edition
Today happens to be National Poetry Day for our friends across the pond . And for those of us here in Philadelphia—you know, on the winning side of that little revolution —it's Game 2 of the NLDS between the Phightin's and the Rockies. Because this... read the full story
I Have a Baby and Ten Dollars...Now What?
Photo by Flickr user Neeta Lind The expansive set of free (or next to free) things to do in the fall around Philadelphia continues. While this week has some age restrictions, look closely because there are a lot of big venues offering up some great deals this week.... read the full story
Playlist Rewind: Philadelphia Orchestra 2009/10 season
Maestro Charles Dutoit—photo courtesy of The Philadelphia Orchestra When we posted the preview for The Philadelphia Orchestra's opening night concert, it was pretty clear that we were quite excited. Last Friday night we were treated to one of the best Orchestra... read the full story
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