Either Milford, Connecticut or Bohemia, Long Island, yesterday by photographer unknown.

  BUZZFEED: The twitter user @comfortablysmug is one of a handful of pseudonymous Manhattan professionals who keep their widely-followed Twitter voices separate from their careers. His bio describes him as “My Interests: Finance, Gin, Politics, Books, Food, Fine Clothing, Meeting Strangers #Mitt2012” and links to a Romney campaign donation page of the sort that credits bundlers for the cash they’ve brought in. His 6,000 followers include political and business reporters, and he’ll occasionally tweet of getting a drink with Business Insider’s Joe Wiesenthal; once with BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith. And in the chaos around Hurricane Sandy, he veered into new […]

  Ben Franklin Bridge 2:09 PM by JONATHAN VALANIA INQUIRER: Atlantic City has already been hammered hours before Sandy is set to strike, with chunks of the boardwalk ripped away by the surge and many streets underwater. Some residents who had not evacuated or sought out a shelter were beginning to panic. Flooding was also widespread in Ocean City and Wildwood. Early on today, a section of the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk that was already in disrepair gave way. But other solid sections followed. An 80 foot piece of the Boardwalk at Atlantic Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue in Atlantic […]

Because the Zombie Apocalypse ain’t gonna get here by itself!

  BY JOE PAONE IGGLES CORRESPONDENT Both the weather and your Philadelphia Eagles are deteriorating rapidly. And for once, I hope the football team’s deterioration proves far more severe. Very little pre-game excitement was evident in the parking lots and inside the stadium yesterday. The faces in my section were almost entirely unfamiliar ones, as many regulars apparently unloaded their tickets. That’s telling, because these are people who’d ordinarily drive through a blizzard or sit through a monsoon to see their Birds. But despite yesterday’s relatively decent weather conditions, many of the hardcore faithful decided it just wasn’t worth it […]

  The City of Philadelphia is preparing, and asking residents to prepare for  major flooding and power outages in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. A Flood Watch, Coastal Flood Watch and High Wind Watch is currently in effect beginning Sunday evening into Tuesday afternoon for the City of Philadelphia.  Heavy rain will begin Sunday and continue through Tuesday.  Between 4  -8  of rain is forecasted for Philadelphia. Significant localized and coastal flooding is anticipated for the city. Residents and businesses in low lying areas with a history of flooding during storms should prepare immediately. Those areas include: sections of Manayunk, along […]

Photo by MEREDITH KLEIBER After opening with a breezy “Disappeared,” Aimee Mann bantered easily with the adoring audience before launching into a 90-minute set that mixed choice tracks from her charming new album, Charmer — most notably “Gumby,” “Labrador” and the title track — with deep cuts and crowd favorites from her back catalog. After front loading her set with uptempo numbers backed by her crack four-piece band, including a moving duet of “Living a Lie” sung with bassist and producer Paul Bryan, she slowed down the mood with solo acoustic versions of her classic “Save Me” and the hauntingly enchanting Harry […]

  Art by TONY FITZPATRICK BY MATT GOLDFINE GRASSROOTS CORRESPONDENT That’s it. No more non-stop worrying. No more checking Politico and Huff Po last thing before I go to bed and first thing when I wake up. No more frantically checking FiveThirtyEight on my iPhone for signs of improvement in the polls every few hours. Nope, I’m trading worry for action: this Philly boy is heading off to grind it out in Ohio till end of the campaign. Five and a half years ago I somehow stumbled into politics out of a desire to better the city. Lost my first […]

ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Dinosaur Jr. were largely responsible for returning lead guitar to indie rock and, along with their peers the Pixies, they injected late-’80s alternative rock with monumental levels of pure guitar noise. As the group’s career progressed, it turned into a vehicle for J Mascis’ songwriting and playing, which had the ultimate result of turning Dinosaur’s albums into largely similar affairs. Over time, Mascis shed his hardcore punk roots and revealed himself to be a disciple of Neil Young, crafting simple songs that were delivered at a crushing volume and spiked with shards of feedback. Consequently, Dinosaur Jr.’s […]

  WASHINGTON POST: The lawsuit claims Meridian police routinely arrest students without determining whether there is probable cause when a school wants to press charges, and the students are routinely jailed. The lawsuit says the students are sent more than 80 miles to the Rankin County youth detention center because the one in Lauderdale County closed earlier this year “because of longstanding legal battles over the conditions of confinement.” Once arrested, the students end up on probation, sometimes without proper legal representation, according to the lawsuit. If the students are on probation, future school violations could be considered a violation […]