Featured Stories

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Cosmo DiNardo's Descent Into Madness -- Philadelphia magazine, Feb. 25, 2020
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The DROP Triple Dip: The Maddening New Way To Waste Taxpayers' Money -- Philadelphia magazine, Aug. 28, 2019
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The Coming DROP Apocalypse -- Philly mag, Sept. 15, 2018
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Catholic Priests Raped Hundreds of Children in Philadelphia, But A Corrupt D.A. Sent the Wrong Men  to Jail -- Newsweek, Dec. 8, 2017

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The Greatest Mob Story Ever -- Philadelphia magazine, November 2010 

"A Mafioso hit man’s improbable metamorphosis into a Midwestern family man and ace car salesman and ultimately, a federally-protected witness on the lam, is a triumph of reporting and story-telling.”

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A Lying, Scheming Altar Boy Who Sent Three Priests And A Catholic Schoolteacher to Jail Is Exposed As A Fraud -- Newsweek, Jan. 29, 2017

DROP Program

The Billion Dollar Boondoggle -- Philadelphia City Paper, April 22, 2010

The scandal of a pension perk known as DROP that allowed elected officials to "retire" for a day, collect six-figure cash bonuses, and go right back to work the very next day. 

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A 'sleazy' last-minute manuver to preserve the eligibility of a University of Pennsylvania football star results in a historic Ivy League scandal -- The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 27, 1997

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The L&I Files, Philadelphia City Paper, Nov. 21, 2000 -- Top officials at Philadelphia's Department of Licenses & Inspections do a big favor for a politically-connected developer: making  100 fire code violations disappear at 15 high rises. 

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The High Society Party Girl Who Inspired 'The Philadelphia Story' Dies At 90 -- The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 10, 1995

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Dreaming of Brando Amid Mortar And Bricks -- The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 1995

Former Champ Has Faith God Healed His Heart -- Philadelphia Inquirer 1994

Former Champ Has Faith God Healed His Heart -- The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 12, 1994

Drawn To The Spirit; A Skeptic's Journey Into A Faith Healer's Domain

Drawn To The Spirit; A Skeptic's Journey Into A Faith Healer's Domain -- The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, Dec. 12, 1993

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Frank's Place; A Son Takes Over His Father's Restaurant, The Legendary Palumbo's, And Has To Answer To An Angry Neighborhood -- The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, Jan. 29, 1995

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Bennett Levin's Crash Course In City Politics -- The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, June 2, 1996

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A Comatose Young Woman  Comes Back to Life At Her Birthday Party -- Philadelphia City Paper, Jan. 1, 2004

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A Fall Ritual; Veteran Winemakers Gather To Drink Up The Old And Crush The New - The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 11, 1995

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The Most Brutal Police Department In Southeast L.A. County -- Los Angeles Times, July 7, 1986