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A recent Cocalico High School graduate, Hope Hess could be forgiven if she slept in a little bit this week, with school and tests and all that done for the summer.

N.Y. truckers land in jail over safety violations By JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff 2008-06-13 09:48:00 Lancaster New Era Two car-carrier truck drivers from New York probably wish they had never traveled into ...

Cisco and four other major tech companies have banded together to form a WiMAX patent pool to give companies access to WiMAX patents at predictable costs.

Four Medal winners have local ties By JUDITH O. ETZEL Medal of Honor recipients have hailed from every state in the U.S. as well as from several foreign countries.

A 2008 Eastern Mennonite University honors graduate has received a major fellowship award for graduate study.

During a routine speed check, Manheim Township police arrested a fugitive from North Carolina who was living in Lancaster County. via LancasterOnline

“The clockworks was the mechanism that actually struck the bell, so it's a reunion for them.”

A 500-pound bronze bell that rang in events of Lancaster City in the 1800s, from election results to the early morning openings at Central Market, has come home. via LancasterOnline

“We've been focusing a lot more on local politics. It's been hectic”

At county Republican headquarters, Tuesday marked a quiet end to a fairly subdued campaign. via LancasterOnline

“We expect to have about 10 less positions dedicated to this business, but with the size of our company and with our normal openings that occur, we believe we'll be able to absorb those people into the rest of our operations”

About 88,000 Fulton Financial Corp. credit-card holders soon will have a new company servicing their accounts. via LancasterOnline

The massive loan fraud at Sterling Financial's Equipment Finance subsidiary allegedly was committed by just five employees. via LancasterOnline

“I was wrong to exaggerate in statements related to my experiences in the White House and the Royal Family”

Historian Ken Albala spent more than a year eating a different variety of beans every day as research for his recent book, "Beans: A History" . Here he shares five things you might not have known about them. via PittsburghLIVE.com

IT TOOK nine days to identify the mystery woman. Sara Ganim reports that Paula C. Young of Phoenix was walking on state Route 550 in Spring Township on Feb. via Centre Daily Times

“If we get to five years, they say we pretty much have licked it”

Clay Hamman has been embraced by Miss Pennsylvania, hung out with NFL player Robbie Gould and regularly has play dates with sorority and fraternity members from Penn State. via Centre Daily Times

“It's going to be a considerable savings”

Developers in Lewistown Borough and Derry Township received some good news Monday, as the borough acknowledged receipt of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit from the Pennsylvania ... via The Sentinel

“Some people will say that you actually get higher mileage”

Sal Grimaldi first noticed the strange case of the missing fuel last fall: his Ford Ranger pickup was not carrying him as far as it used to on a tank of gas. via LancasterOnline

Alcoa Technical Center in Upper Burrell, Westmoreland County, said Monday it is accepting concept papers from local non-profit groups in Westmoreland County for 2008 Alcoa Foundation community-based grants. via PittsburghLIVE.com

For many battling kidney disease, a transplant may be the only option. No one understands that better than the renowned transplantation physicians, renal specialists and many of their grateful patients with ... via Pittsburgh Tribune

“Oil history has always been of great interest to me with its fascinating people, places and tales”

Gary McKinney's newest edition of "Oil on the Brain" goes beyond Clarion County into Butler County. via The Derrick

“There was generally enough uneasiness with the investigators that eventually led to identifying the clerk as being involved”

Police say a man charged in a 2006 armed robbery of an East Petersburg convenience store had an accomplice: the store clerk, who handed the gunman more than $600. Manheim Township police Monday filed charges of ... via LancasterOnline

“When Perkunos Hammer went off the market, it kind of left a void”

A NEW YEAR brings new beer, and the first out of the box is one of the more hotly anticipated beers to reach the shelves in several years. via Daily News