By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER
The vice chairman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania made a special appearance in Hustontown Friday evening to spread the word that even though Pennsylvania has traditionally been a "blue state," local registered voters have the opportunity to
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By JOE PAGAN FLORIDA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - What price tag does one put on an arm? A man who lost his recently during a fierce battle with an alligator, has a new one worth $110,000. Kasey Edwards, 18, jumped into a canal near Lake Okeechobee, at about 2:30 a.m. More...
Administration shares program success, goals
By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER
With Southern Fulton students and staff making tremendous achievement during the 2007-08 PSSA testing process, two representatives of Tuscarora Intermediate Unit #11 appeared before the school board last Tuesday to applaud the group's efforts and p More...
(AP) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Police say it could take 10 days before charges are filed against fans who uprooted two light poles and tore up street signs following Penn State's road win Saturday night over Ohio State. More...
(AP) - Winter made an early debut in northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday as a storm blanketed parts of the region with several inches of snow, closing schools and causing power outages and road closures. More...
The Council for the Arts announces the opening of Miniature Art 2008 at its office and gallery space at 159 South Main Street, Chambersburg. More...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State's annual deer sale, which began Aug. 11 and runs through Oct. More...
FORBES ROAD Lunch Menu Monday, November 3: salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, mixed veggies, peaches or pears. Tuesday, November 4: chicken patty, potato rounds, applesauce or kiwi. More...
Agritourism tool provides link to Pennsylvania's agricultural hotspots
Sample produce at a farm market, experience the excitement of a county fair, visit a working farm or take a sleigh ride to cut your own Christmas tree with the help of a new interactive tool that showcases agricultural destinations across Pennsylva More...
Forester Shawn Lynn and his friend Smokey Bear visited Mc- Connellsburg Library story hour recently to present a program to area children about fire safety. More...
Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe recently rescinded protection on feral swine found in the wild in Butler, Bedford and Cambria counties. More...
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP MEDICAL WRITER
WASHINGTON (AP) - People who have the AIDS virus should start drug treatments sooner than current guidelines recommend, suggests a large new study that could change the care of hundreds of thousands of Americans. More...
By KEVIN DUFFY THE (ALLENTOWN) MORNING CALL
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - From her place on a wooden bench at the back of the classroom, Peggy Fluck watched the students seated in even rows listening to the instructor at the blackboard and had to smile. More...
RIVIERA BEACH, Florida (AP) - A 70-year-old woman is injured and three dogs are dead after a swarm of bees terrorized a neighborhood in South Florida. More...
By MARC LEVY ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The land agents, geologists and drilling crews rushing after the Marcellus Shale are raising something besides the natural gas they're seeking: Talk of a natural gas tax. More...
Up 13 percent in September
Commercial red meat production, dressed weight basis, in Pennsylvania during September 2008 totaled 113.8 million pounds, up 13 percent from September 2007, according to the Pennsylvania Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Servi More...
MEYERSDALE, Pa. (AP) - A western Pennsylvania woman is accused of driving drunk when she crashed her car, killing her mother. More...
More consumers are trimming spending and debt because their net worth has fallen fast
By Ron Scherer STAFF WRITER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
NEW YORK - The dramatic changes in the U.S. financial system - the debt write-downs and consolidation of corporate balance sheets - are now mirrored at kitchen tables around the United States. More...
Consumers were the biggest engine of global growth. But indebtedness prevents that now
STAFF WRITER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
WASHINGTON - Buying stuff - it's been the American way. Freespending U.S. consumers for years have been a powerful engine for growth in the global economy. But a hefty chunk of that cash outflow was borrowed. More...
LEHIGHTON, Pa. (AP) - An animal rescuer is asking a court to allow him to sell venomous and other snakes he has been sheltering for months since they were found abandoned in a closed exotic pet store in eastern Pennsylvania. More...
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