"On the court the hype doesn't bother me at all. I'm just going to go out there and play my game."

What she had just heard insulted her religion, heritage and sense of decency. A local station had conflated caricatures of Muslim and Hindu cultures. Was this type of language really acceptable on the radio? The answer, it seems, is yes.

The Philadelphia Development Partnership offers the promise of small loans, regardless of collateral or credit rating — all you have to do to get one is take a course on small-business management and create a viable business plan.

"Most of the homeless are actually surprisingly politically aware," says George Smith, a formerly homeless vet volunteering for the Vote for Homes coalition. But political awareness doesn't always translate into political power.

Back in October nearly every major media outlet believed the 76ers had a chance to be historically bad. ESPN asked 10 of its NBA experts to predict how teams would fare; nine picked the Sixers to finish last in their division, and seven said they would be the worst in the entire Eastern Conference.

We don't trust conventional wisdom. So we decided to pose questions about key changes in the NL East to today's new class of baseball experts: The Number Crunchers.

This team has brought Bryn Athyn publicity like it's never before experienced: Suddenly, people who have never heard of Emanuel Swedenborg are fawning over Larry Loughery.

Held last Thursday night, the event was less of a destination and more of a stop on a night of partying.

Gregory Pizzoli, a first-year grad student at the University of the Arts, has completed his latest project, White's sticker will be one of 406 out on the streets of Philadelphia. One for every homicide in 2006.

In town last month to discuss his work and sign copies of his new book, Creating a World Without Poverty (PublicAffairs), City Paper caught up with Yunus to learn whether his ideas could create a Philadelphia without poverty.