Michael Tanenbaum
Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.
March 12, 2016
Investigation
Report: Chester police officer critically injured, suspect killed in shootout
Authorities in Chester are investigating after a police officer was injured and a man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in an incident involving a potentially stolen vehicle.March 12, 2016
Arrests
Woodbury man arrested in heroin distribution investigation
Authorities in Gloucester County announced the arrest of a Woodbury man this week following a three-month investigation into an alleged heroin distribution operation.March 12, 2016
Development
ACT CEO: Turn Philly's Logan Circle back into a square
Philadelphia residents identify with Logan Circle partly because of the iconic Swann Memorial Fountain that acts as its centerpiece – a nice place for a summer dip – and partly because it serves as a gateway to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a scenic but unwieldy thoroughfare whose history is rife with squabbles among urban planners.March 12, 2016
CHOP
CHOP finds PTSD common among adults with congenital heart disease
Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have found that adults living with congenital heart disease face an elevated risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder relative to the general population.March 12, 2016
Psychology
Drexel study: Insight yields better solutions than analytical approach
How to distinguish between impulse and insight when it comes to decision time can be a major challenge on a day-to-day basis in all walks of life. As a consumer, impulse often leads to misguided choices that a more cautious, cost-benefit analysis might help us avoid. To solve dilemmas and puzzles, however, it turns out that relying on spontaneous gut feelings is more likely to produce correct solutions than a methodically reasoned, analytical approach, according to a new study.March 11, 2016
Real Estate
Report: Philly 'hipsters' lead U.S. in profitable home flips
However we choose to define the amorphous social category of the hipster – whether it's a matter of nonconformity, fashion forwardness or convenient ridicule – most would agree that the term generally describes a subculture of the millennial population, for better or for worse. In Philadelphia, this demographic has shown the fastest rate of growth in the United States over the last ten years, and according to a new report, local millennials are also the best in the nation at profitably flipping residential real estate.March 11, 2016
MLB
Pete Rose, the bobblehead, gets premier Hall of Fame nod
Former Phillies and Reds legend Pete Rose, exiled from baseball for more than 25 years, will finally get his day in the Hall of Fame. It just won't be the one in Cooperstown, where Rose already has several artifacts but not the highly coveted plaques at the museum and at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.March 11, 2016
Arrests
Montco woman arrested in alleged murder of stepfather
Officials in Montgomery County announced the arrest of a 23-year-old Norristown woman who allegedly stabbed her stepfather to death in the borough's first homicide of 2016.March 11, 2016
Arrests
N.J. father of 'Adolf Hitler' surrenders to Pennsylvania police
A New Jersey fugitive who gained notoriety in 2008 over a birthday cake for his three-year-old son, Adolf Hitler, was arrested in Pennsylvania Thursday on charges of domestic violence.March 11, 2016
Restaurants
The Igloo frozen yogurt shop coming to Fishtown
In the span of a single week, Philadelphia shifted from the wintertime blues to a full-fledged spring preview, hitting a record-high temperature on Wednesday that quickly set our collective sights on the balmy months ahead.Just In
- LeBron James ruled out for Sixers-Raptors on Thursday
- 30th Street Station's South Concourse reopens as Amtrak readies to unveil new food and retail options
- Openings & Closings: Dick's House of Sport kicks off and a Graduate Hospital fast-casual staple wraps up
- Philly teachers union says it can prevent school closures with $25 million. The district says the cost is 12 times higher
- Philly planted 18,581 trees over past three years, placing it 'on track' to reach goals to grow canopy
- Fantasy football Week 10 start/sit advice
- Glow-in-the-dark Cosmic Baseball is coming to Citizens Bank Park
- Old City will celebrate the holidays with historic home tours on Elfreth's Alley and a car-free Third Street Sip & Stroll
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