
The City of Brotherly Love is also the city with the most-tipping love. Based on
Zagat's newly released Philadelphia survey, the city's residents leave a generous
19.6 percent tip on average, compared to the countrywide average of 19 percent. Diners in New York — long considered the most expensive place to live in the US — only tip equal to the countrywide average, while those in Los Angeles tip below average at 18.4 percent.

Scientists in Philadelphia have discovered that mice can taste calcium. Since humans and rodents share many of the same genes, the human tongue should taste calcium as well. For centuries the four basic tastes were sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.

Tour guides in Philadelphia think a new city
law requiring history tests before they receive a license, violates their right to freedom of speech. This new rule will require guides to pass a written test, or pay a fine, the same requirements for guides in Washington, DC, New Orleans, and Charleston, SC.
Opponents paint the law as making speech conditional on government permission.

Philadelphia is going to give employers
$10,000 for each ex-con they hire. City officials hope that a shot of cash will encourage employers to give those who have made mistakes a second chance, jumpstart crime prevention, and ultimately save the city money.
Each inmate costs Philly $30,000 per year.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey has announced that following the May 5 beating of three suspects in a drug-related triple shooting, four police officers will be fired. The beating was caught on tape by a news helicopter and shows 15 officers descending upon the car. Two of the four
being fired were new recruits on probation; the other two, more experienced.
Hillary Clinton just spoke in Philly, and
compared herself to that great Philadelphian — not Alexander Hamilton — Rocky Balboa. She said,
"Well, could you imagine if Rocky Balboa had gotten half way up those Art Museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that’s about far enough? Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing the fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common.

Philadelphia just became another major US city to hit a connection snag in their plan to offer citywide free Wi-Fi. Earthlink, the private company working with Philly, has
just announced its intention to pull the figurative plug on Philly's operating project. Why the pull-out?

According to a new ruling by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, businesses are
allowed to post signs insisting that customers speak English. They ruled that Geno's Steaks restaurant that placed a sign informing customers, "This is America. When ordering speak English," had done nothing to violate discrimination rules.

Denzel Washington's latest sci-fi/action film,
Deja Vu, opened on November 22nd to
mixed reviews. The overall
impression seems to be that Denzel's grounded and emotionally pitch-perfect performance saves the murky plot from being a total let-down. In fact, Denzel could take virtually any half-baked movie premise and make it engaging, so have a little deja vu with one of Hollywood's most talented actors and put these old favorites in your Netflix queue.

Hey all you marathon runners! (Or even all of you who are thinking about becoming one.)
The days are counting down on the register for the Philadelphia Marathon. The registration deadline is November 15th, 2006.