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Seven new historical markers for Philadelphia – seven stories from the past

A starlet’s home, America’s first Bible Society, a 300-year-old bridge that cars still use, and an early Jewish basketball team that now survives in a surprising form.

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$5 a day is too much for food in Philadelphia, right? Then hooray for government cuts!

In an age of tax cuts and budget battles, we should show everyone how easy it is to live on five bucks a day in the low-budget, low-maintenance hollow of Philadelphia.

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Laurel Hill Cemetery offers ‘Earth Day’ event, laughs creepily

They’re calling it “Nature in the Necropolis: Celebrating Earth Day Amid the Earth-Bound.” Tasteful. Plus, they say they’ll have pastries! And juice!

The wholesale price last night at 7:30 p.m. for one megawatt hour of electricity.

You can watch the price of electricity go up and down in real time

A new Electricity Price Ticker tracks the real time wholesale electricity price for the PECO area. You can waste a lot of power learning how much power you’re wasting.

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Someone called for help on the Internet – how did Philadelphia respond?

On Reddit: “Was talking to my bf in Philadelphia (I am in Cleveland OH) when he suddenly started breathing heavily and had trouble speaking and I think he passed out…”