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Gassing up your car could be draining your wallet each month but one company is making sure its employees know their options. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

“In my view there is no risk of making monsters this way. The biology will not work. Nor is that the intent of any of these experiments anyway, so I don't think that fear is justified”

British researchers say they have created embryos and stem cells using human cells and the egg cells of cows, but said such experiments would not lead to hybrid human-animal babies, or even to direct medical ... via Y102

“I like to focus on the different people in the war”

People driving by Four Points by Sheraton on Friday evening may have wondered about the man they saw in Civil War period garb. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

“Collegiate cycling is almost completely student-run”

This weekend will see the first cycling race in Murrysville since 2004. And while many of the volunteers and organizers will be the same, the faces of the racers will be different. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“I'm glad to be home. You don't know what you've got until you're gone”

It's a day dozens of local families have been waiting for. 80 members of the Pennsylvania National Huard are home tonight from Iraq. via WPVI-TV Philadelphia

“I have had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer and space promoter. Of all these I would like to be remembered as a writer.”

Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. via WPXI

“We are just thrilled to be here and welcome the opportunities”

This Saint Patrick's Day some people found a pot of gold - but not at the end of the rainbow - but at the end of a Wall Street plan. via PAHomepage.com

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“Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed”

Fascination with the cosmos began long ago Mankind has always been fascinated by the cosmos. via Herald-Standard

“This book is for the rest of us”

A new book by Leon Castner and Brian Kathenes takes the stodgy out of the collecting and antiquing business, and puts in a pile of fun trivia. via Easton Express-Times

“They have to come up with new creative marketing, better customer service, some new ideas. They need to do some testing and go after it.”

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s stock plunged Friday after the wireless carrier said it will cut 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locations in response to a steep drop in its customer base. via Pittsburgh Tribune

A Pennsylvania couple can't keep celebrating New Year's this way. Becky and Kyle Armstrong saw in 2008 at Gettysburg Hospital, where Becky Armstrong gave birth to the hospital's first baby of the year. via Cbs3.com

“Power went out sometime around 4 a.m. (Sunday), all morning long I could hear the pine tree breaking apart”

Wednesday through Friday, Carlisle Borough will have curbside pick-up of tree limbs and other debris from the weekend storm. via Perry County Weekly

“We went from 4 a.m. until the temperature went above freezing later in the morning.”

The first thing National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Drzal did Thursday morning was put his foot on his deck. via PittsburghLIVE.com