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Slots-only gambling parlors located in highly populated areas are precisely the model that Foxwoods and SugarHouse casinos hope to replicate here in Philadelphia. If they do, we will be the largest city in the United States to host them. Gov. Ed Rendell and others have portrayed slots as a safe medium. The opposite is true. »»

Whether you were the hardest of haters or the most loyal of homers, if you stuck to your guns this season, at some point you were right. The Eagles have been awful, and the Eagles have been awesome. Now, with a possibly important, possibly meaningless Dallas game approaching, it seems right to ask: Which are the Eagles really? »»

Motivated by the ideal of a world where cities and nature live harmoniously, and armed with nothing more than dissolved sumi ink, rice paper and a behemoth aloe plant for inspiration, Birk has been working with quiet diligence on a graphic novel, The Pollinator's Corridor. »»

The mayor went on TV, two days after the presidential election, to disclose the scope of the city's budget crisis and announce drastic cuts. It was, in a sense, his coming-out party. Since then, Philadelphians have begun to see one of a few different versions of Michael Nutter. »»

Recession or no recession, plenty of us are having cash-flow problems this holiday season. That doesn't mean people won't be expecting gifts. »»

The swirl of funkified noise — like P-Funk on hallucinogens after trudging through a delta blues swamp and emerging in downtown NYC — will be the result of 35 prior live shows and one recording date. No rehearsals, no sound checks, no casual jam sessions. »»