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news

Blooming Friction: development Few people could find much fault with a young serviceberry tree that stands on a thin trunk circled in red bricks with tiny orange flowers dotting the soil.

Political Notebook | The Bell Curve | Philly Blunt | more news...

opinion

Editor's Letter by Duane Swierczynski
What Would Jesus Type? If you don't pay much attention to inside-baseball media stories (i.e., you have a life), you might have missed the news that the Inquirer and Daily News were purchased by a local investment group led by former PR man Brian Tierney.

Loose Canon | more opinion...

arts

First Friday Focus

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naked city

Training Wheels Off: For 10 years, a West Philly nonprofit has used bikes to promote youth development; now it struggles to shift fiscal gears.

Paper Trail Our Back Pages, One Year At A Time

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movies

Sweet Revenge: Park Chanwook ends his vengeance trilogy on a high note.

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music

Perched: Swapping stories with Birdie Busch, a Philly songbird taking flight.

DJ Nights | more music...

food

Stuck on Duck: A city councilman lobbies hard for a citywide ban on foie gras.

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sex

Paper Doll: Mom & Pop Sex Shop, Pt. II My crazy folks are at it again—answering your troubling questions for nary a dime.