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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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Fire Island Puts its Clothes On

Officials say no more nude sunbathing.

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Watch Pope Zoom Away from Vatican in Helicopter

The Pope completed his duties as Pope today. Here’s the video of his official exit from the Vatican, complete with ring-kissing, black Benzes, and a […]

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Photo: JWOWW Wears Duct Tape Bra/Thing for Good Cause

The NOH8 campaign is a photo-protest against California’s gay marriage ban Prop 8, in which people get their pictures taken with duct tape over their […]

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32-Year-Old Man Sues Parents, Says They Made Him Fail Life

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Or maybe it’s only that desperate people grasp at straws … and lawsuits. Bernard Bey, a 32-year-old homeless man from […]

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Judging by this Tumblr, Penn Students Clearly Not Getting Laid

Ooh–Penn students have created a cool new Tumblr where students post titillating (and embarrassing) stories about their sex lives. Juicy! Here’s what’s been posted so […]

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Bob Woodward Now Behaving Like an Aging “Mike Schmidt”

For decades, he’s been a benign paragon of neutral, tick-tocking, investigative reporting. But now, Bob Woodward has now become the most polarizing figure in Washington. […]


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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Your “Fresh” Guac Isn’t as “Fresh” as You Think

For a country where the closest thing to a national dish is often served at a drive-through window, Americans sure are obsessed with what they […]

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Corbett to Meet with HHS Secretary to Discuss Obamacare Expansion

Tom Corbett, unlike his fellow northeastern Republican Chris Christie, rejected the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. (To the detriment of, like, half a million people.) […]

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God Save the Queens!

Come to our first Flower Show party.

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People Who Should Not Be Allowed to Work From Home

Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo! made big news last week when, in an internal memo, she told her employees that they must now come […]

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Wilmington Cop Arrested for Having Two Wives

Alert! There’s a bigamist among us! Police say [Wilmington Police Officer Wilbur Justice*] married his first wife in 2008, then falsely claimed that he was […]

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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.


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Philly Ranked 4th-Best Pizza Town in America

Travel + Leisure has ranked Philly the 4th-best pizza town in America! Pizza Brain and Nomad were cited as evidence. That’s all well and good, […]

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Man Killed by SEPTA Train at Tasker-Morris

Last night, just before 7 p.m., a man accidentally stumbled onto the tracks at the Tasker-Morris SEPTA station, at which point he was fatally struck […]

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Philadelphia Weekly Tracks Down the City’s 3 Black Republicans

“They’re here. They’re serious. They’d like to talk,” reads PW’s cover story. And one’s registered as a Democrat, another doesn’t like the state’s voter ID […]

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10 Ideas for New PA State Songs

This past week, Massachusetts state reps—apparently very bored what with all that bone-dry sequestration talk—filed a bill to make the Massachusetts “state rock song” Aerosmith’s […]

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