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Love, Loss, and a Main Line Ponzi Scheme: The Amazing Second Chapter of Kami Verne

After her husband swindled some of Philadelphia’s wealthiest people, decimated her picture-perfect Main Line life, and went to prison, Kami Verne doubled down on the only thing she still trusted: love.


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Former UArts Building Gets a Second Act

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Fight at the Museum: Inside the Collapse of the Academy of Natural Sciences

A rat like the ones in Philadelphia PETA wants us to stop poisoning
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PETA’s Answer for Philly’s Massive Rat Problem? Birth Control

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Is Obama Ready for Gay Marriage?

The complexity of the LGBT vote

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Focus on the Family

Tearing families apart?

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Raheem Brock Heading To Trial

And his co-defendant likes PYT

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America’s Most Costly Fight

How the war on drugs failed

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Being Out at Work Counts

The closet’s professional downside

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No More Voting Without ID

End our Banana Republic


Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


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Harvard Study: TV Will Kill You

But we like it anyway

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Gay Stays in Deportation Cases

A new criteria may benefit same-sex couples

Morning Scoop: Corbett’s Line in the Sand

Plus: Phils smashing record

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Richard + John: A Love Story

Why gay marriage matters

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The A-Team

For a generation now, Garrison Keillor has been telling us that Lake Woebegon is the town where “all the women are strong, all the men […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.


As the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Philadelphia is America’s unofficial capital of penmanship. So what happens in an age when cursive gets conquered by the keyboard?

"Forty three seventy-nine,” the checkout clerk says. I have my checkbook and pen at the ready; I write in the date and the amount, then […]

Look inside the Main Line interior designer’s Bethany Beach vacation home

There is a time capsule buried beneath the Bethany Beach home that kitchen designer and architect Joanne Hudson, who has a space in the Marketplace […]

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The Attic’s New Ad Campaign

LGBT youth awareness coming to SEPTA

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Google Goes Gay – Sort of

A rainbow of search results for Pride

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