Remember when people used to go out to meet other people?......

You gotta wonder about Penn students (and alums too, as it turns out): they shoot up terrorists, steal panties, and now apparently they adopt other people’s identities and swindle them out of loads of cash. To be fair though, Drexel does share some part of the latter, seeing as one of the accused is still a student there. You all know what we’re talking about right? Because it’s in the friggin international news! So Philly......

An animal cruelty epidemic is sweeping the city, with dog fighting and pit bull abuse the most prominent activities. Seven Democratic presidential candidates will be coming to Drexel University tomorrow for a two-hour debate that will be televised on MSNBC. No public tickets are available. The Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus is offering a sensitivity-training program (which made its debut on Thursday) to hotel employees so they can learn how to be sensitive to the......

There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren't many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and......

A Philadelphia police officer shot in 1966 while trying to stop a burglary finally died on Sunday from complications of his injuries, and his death has therefore been ruled a murder. Police are now considering whether to charge the shooter (already sentenced to 10 to 20 years for attempted murder) with the crime. Pacifico Ford in Philadelphia and Springfield Ford in Delco have made an agreement with the government to reimburse African African customers who......

Local homeowners struggling with mortgage payments might want to attend the Federal Housing Administration mortgage clinic being held from 10AM to 2PM tomorrow in the Temple University Student Center at 1755 N. 13th St. Call 1-800-225-5342 to register (registration is not required, but is encouraged). A shoot-out at a basketball game at the Athletic Recreation Center at 26th and Jefferson Streets in North Philadelphia left one young man dead and three others wounded, including the......

This just in from the building manager at Phillyist HQ (with some copy-editing from the editorial board): Pick-pockets are working on the stairs to the underground rail systems - Septa / Patco. Their scam works as follows: As you descend the stairs, the person immediately in front of you pretends to have a seizure. Another person blocks you from moving left or right and another is immediately behind you. The person having the "seizure"......

As fall settles in and another calendar page gets turned, thoughts turn from bbq's and vacations to holidays and the realization that '06 is coming to an end. With all that going on, with change in the air, we wonder what is it the -ists ponder? Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect its beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned. They also seem to......

If it weren't for our life as an -ist, we're not sure we'd ever leave our apartment. Fortunately, to fully -ist, one must seek out the new, the fresh, and the unknown. Brand new, or just new to us, that's what we're all about this week. Phillyist keeps it fresh by getting a new motto, learning to prioritize, and taking in an experimental indie rock show. Torontoist does their first post in franglais, gets ready......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Giant Monsters Attack Japan! No, that's not a real news headline; it's the title of an upcoming "man in suit" movie from Nickelodeon films, Matt Stone, and Trey Parker. Which is nearly as weird and unlikely-sounding, actually... These two guys had kind of a genius scam going: go into Wal-Mart, stuff some games down your pants, then go into the GameStop next door......