Philadelphia Daily News

Joseph Kindler, a notorious Northeast Philadelphia man convicted of kidnapping and bashing an accomplice with a baseball bat and drowning him in 1982, may die by injection after all. Full Story »

Antonio Dixon never thought he would be here, on the goal line, stringing out a Redskins running play, the first defensive tackle off the Eagles' bench as an overweight, undrafted rookie. Full Story »

During 12 days of an ongoing prostitution sting along the Kensington Avenue corridor, 102 people made Santa's naughty list and the Philadelphia Police Department's arrest log, investigators said yesterday. Full Story »

The deeper you dig, the dirtier it gets. Even on the Main Line. Radnor Township officials are reeling from an audit report that accuses Dave Bashore, the former township manager, of misspending up to $378,000 in public funds. Full Story »

A Frankford High School star football player allegedly beaten by two Philadelphia school police officers was held down by one officer and beaten by the other, the school's athletic director alleged in an e-mail. Full Story »

By pleading no contest to two Delaware County Court cases against him yesterday, Jermaine Burgess spared himself what he wouldn't spare his victims - death. Full Story »

Trash once filled vacant homes and weeds flourished on shattered sidewalks. Now, a block once dubbed "the Skid Row of Fishtown" has won first prize as most beautiful block in Philadelphia. Full Story »

Some black students at South Philly High were none too happy yesterday. In the wake of Thursday's melee in which a group of African-American students attacked a number of Asian students, many griped about how they feel that black students at the school are being villainized because of the actions of a few bad apples. Full Story »

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , presumably accustomed to criticism being lobbed at her, found herself under a different kind of assault yesterday at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. Full Story »

Hakim Glover, the man who in 2007 thrust himself into a crime-and-punishment vortex by helping his cop-killer cousin flee Philadelphia, was spared prison time during sentencing yesterday. Full Story »

With every mention of Iverson's name, with every wave of his hand, just about every time he touched the basketball, the season-high, sellout crowd of 20,664 roared its approval. It was a setting that hasn't been present in the Wachovia Center since, well, since Iverson was here before. Full Story »

Trash once filled deserted homes, and trees of weeds flourish on the shattered sidewalks of one Fishtown block once dubbed "the Skid Row of Fishtown." Now, it's won first prize as 2009's most beautiful block in Philadelphia. Full Story »

Ronnie Polaneczky: Dear hit-and-Run Driver: You killed a woman at Church and Old York roads, in Elkins Park. This is who she was. Full Story »

He may not have been a household name, but he has had a dramatic impact on Philadelphia's drug underworld.For more than three decades, he was the quiet strategist behind taking down hundreds of the city's most violent drug traffickers and taking hundreds of kilos of drugs off the street. Full Story »

Vigilant Philadelphia police yesterday recognized and arrested a third suspect believed to have stolen from a dying man as he waited for medical attention in an emergency room, authorities announced. Full Story »

Baer: Rep. Mike Gerber's charged with finding cash and candidates to keep the state House in Democratic hands. This at a time when a corruption probe is burning through both parties - 22 charged to date - with no end in sight. Full Story »

OVER THE last five years, federal prosecutors here have relied upon a law of just 28 words to send a slew of big names to prison for corruption. Full Story »

Next year, the Dad Vail Regatta is supposed to officially take place in Rumson, N.J. But until then, it's still on the 2010 calendar for the Schuylkill Navy - the organization that schedules regattas in Philadelphia. Full Story »

Rich Hofmann: On the day he came home to the Georgia Dome, a person changed forever by prison and public contrition, Vick was booed by the crowd in his old home stadium, and then he was cheered, and then they ended up calling for him from the stands. Full Story »

It could happen to anyone.That was one of the messages expressed yesterday morning by Puerto Rican civil-rights activists to about 20 people gathered outside the emergency-room entrance at Aria Health's Frankford campus. Full Story »

Starting today, and to last this week, about 50 Asian students plan to stage a walkout in response to the assaults of dozens of students that occurred during and after school on Thursday. Full Story »

The Lincoln University faculty voted yesterday to end a controversial fitness-course requirement for obese students - at least for now, according to James L. DeBoy, chairman of Lincoln's department of health, physical education and recreation. Full Story »

During an often raucous meeting, Mayor Nutter and his staff wanted to make this crystal-clear yesterday: There will be a Mummer's Parade on New Year's Day. But they were not clear on who would pay for it. Full Story »

An 18-year-old Olney man who police say robbed a woman and used her cell phone to take a photo of himself turned himself in late Thursday. Full Story »

Security in and around South Philadelphia High School will be increased after almost 30 Asian students were attacked there this week. The students say the beatings are racially motivated. Full Story »