The Philadelphia Inquirer

A candlelight vigil will be held tonight at Pottstown High School in memory of the two students killed over the weekend in a car crash. Full Story »

State Attorney General Tom Corbett has called a 1 p.m. news conference today to announce further charges in his nearly three-year-old Bonusgate corruption probe. Full Story »

HARRISBURG - The prospect of unprecedented midterm tuition hikes at four state-related universities ended late last night when the House voted to approve funding after a months-long delay. Full Story »

Yes, Virginia, there is snow mentioned for Christmas Eve in the 10-day forecast. Full Story »

A Camden man was identified as a person fatally shot in the city Sunday night, authorities said yesterday. Full Story »

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission has permitted a city charter school to ignore deadlines for overhauling its leadership even as a federal criminal probe of the school intensifies. Full Story »

Mechanical problems disrupted service on the Market-Frankford Line north of Center City for about two hours this morning. Full Story »

The Phillies appeared close last night to acquiring ace pitcher Roy Halladay in a stunning three-team trade that would cost them their own ace, Cliff Lee, and a potential future star in an attempt to return to the World Series for years to come. Full Story »

The discovery of seven graves in the basement of a home undergoing renovation in the city's Fairmount section is a reminder that Philadelphia is dotted with forgotten burial grounds. Full Story »

Eighty people have been arrested since November 2008 in Gloucester County, most on weapons and drugs charges, in a statewide operation targeting gangs involved with illegal guns and narcotics, the county Prosector's Office announced yesterday. Full Story »

A Chester County couple have been charged with orchestrating an illegal scheme to obtain hundreds of temporary worker visas, a crime that federal officials say is popping up elsewhere in the nation. Full Story »

Students from Pottstown and Pottsgrove High Schools texted one another and posted information on Facebook and MySpace this weekend as news developed of another fatal car crash - the second in three weeks. Full Story »

Camden County authorities yesterday were using eyewitness accounts to try to piece together what happened Wednesday night when Cesar C. Bonifacio was pushed at a Westmont pub and fell, causing a fatal head injury. Full Story »

Two Cherry Hill men died yesterday morning when a speeding car crashed on Route 70, killing the driver and an Air Force pilot who was pruning a tree in his yard, authorities said. Full Story »

For the second consecutive year, New Jersey towns could skip half of their required pension payments under a bill proposed by Sen. Sandra Cunningham, a Hudson County Democrat. Full Story »

Camden County officials are conducting a whirlwind of meetings with local mayors and state legislators this week after announcing their intention to seek a company to take over the downtown Camden jail and build a new facility. Full Story »

Taleon Goffney, acrobatic rooftop burglar and twin star of gay porn, took the stage at the Camden County Courthouse yesterday, where a judge sentenced him to three years in prison. Full Story »

HARRISBURG - A divided state House gave preliminary approval to legislation authorizing table games in Pennsylvania over the strenuous objections of Democrats and Republicans who said they had not been given time to review a lengthy bill containing controversial provisions that could derail it in the Senate. Full Story »

Ada May MacFarland Maxwell, 85, of Rosemont, a community volunteer, died of a brain hemorrhage Dec. 8 at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Full Story »

On Mayor Nutter's orders, the Board of Revision of Taxes, one of the city's largest and oldest redoubts of cronyism, will soon require its 76 patronage workers to abandon their political activities and pass a civil service exam to have a chance at keeping their jobs. Full Story »

William P. Cooke, 86, of Warwick, a tire company owner, died of respiratory failure Dec. 7 at Sunrise at Floral Vale in Yardley. Full Story »

In the end, Oscar Alvarado, the murder suspect who escaped from Philadelphia's newest and largest prison on Thanksgiving, did not get very far. He was nabbed around 3 p.m. yesterday at a hotel in Lower Bucks County. Full Story »

Supporters of a Frankford High School junior allegedly beaten by two school security officers yesterday called for an immediate, independent investigation into the incident. Full Story »

The standoff over the three American hikers detained in Iran since July intensified yesterday after Iran 's foreign minister told Iranian state TV that the three - including Joshua Fattal, raised in Elkins Park - entered Iran "with suspicious aims," are under intense "interrogation," and cannot escape facing trial. Full Story »

Supporters of a Frankford High School junior who was allegedly beaten by two school security officers called on Philadelphia Schools Superintendant Arlene Ackerman today to launch an independent investigation into the incident immediately. Full Story »