Michael Tanenbaum

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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.


tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

March 24, 2015

Entertainment

Meet the man who overturned the pinball ban

In an installment of its "American Obsessions" series, Vice examines how the political suspicion of pinball as a mafia-backed gambling operation led to the intervention of Robert Sharpe, who successfully testified in court to overturn New York City's ban in 1976.

March 24, 2015

Museums

Philly museum reconstructing 1797 schooner

Independence Seaport Museum reconstructing Schooner 'Diligence' of 1797

March 23, 2015

Technology

Liquid 3-D printing process inspired by 'Terminator 2'

Inspired by the liquid metal T-1000 featured in 'Terminator 2,' researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill are working on an entirely new 3-D printing method that could promise rapid prototyping 25 to 100 times faster than existing processes, Business Insider reports.

March 23, 2015

Odd News

New York teachers deliver 1,000 apples to Gov. Cuomo

A group of teachers from an apple-growing region in New York delivered 1,000 apples to Gov. Andrew Cuomo last Friday, March 20, to protest the state's level of education funding, Syracuse.com reports.

March 23, 2015

Technology

Apple Pay decals now available for businesses

Apple Pay decals now available for businesses

March 22, 2015

Deaths

Police: husband, wife killed in apparent murder-suicide

Police: husband, wife killed in apparent murder-suicide

March 22, 2015

Media

Rolling Stone to publish review of UVA campus rape article

Rolling Stone to publish review of UVA rape article

March 22, 2015

Deaths

Missing woman found dead in East Norriton woods

Missing woman found dead in East Norriton woods

March 22, 2015

Live Music

Philadelphia Orchestra to perform score for 'The Godfather Live'

Philadelphia Orchestra to perform for 'The Godfather Live'

March 22, 2015

Health News

CHOP studies seek clues to complications after heart surgery

CHOP leads way in prenatal intervention studies

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