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Mom Charged With Poisoning Infant Son
A Tennessee woman tried to poison her hospitalized infant son by repeatedly injecting salt water into his feeding tube in what she claimed were attempts to speed up the death of a suffering child, police said.
Go west for your ghost town fix
LAKE VALLEY, N.M. - The howling wind across a remote landscape, a creaky metal gate or a run-in with a rattlesnake or a gun-toting local are the things that attract ghost towners.
Blairsville dentist's widow denies killing role
Michelle Yelenic has repeatedly declined to comment on the slashing murder of her husband, Dr.
Parties Clash Over Proposed Merger of Pennsylvania Health Insurers
State lawmakers, doctors and health care industry executives clashed last week over whether the proposed merger of Pennsylvania's two largest health insurers will benefit or hurt consumers.
Police log: Turnpike accident; more
An accident involving six vehicles caused the closure of one southbound lane and delays along the Northeast Extension of the Turnpike Thursday morning.
New Zealand teen fined in Penn computer hack
The Feb. 23, 2006, attack on the University of Pennsylvania engineering school's computer system caused part of the system to crash.
Kendria Perry crowned new Miss Pennsylvania
Kendria Perry of Pittsburgh has been crowned the new Miss Pennsylvania. Perry, 23, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University originally from North Carolina, was chosen from among 27 contestants at the ...
Pa. Senator Acquitted In Teen Suicide
A Pennsylvania state senator has been acquitted of charges involving a 14-year-old boy who shot himself with the legislator's gun.
Ted Rall: Uh, not everyone agrees that McCain is a war hero
Every presidential candidacy relies on a myth. Reagan was a great communicator; Clinton felt your pain.
Girls Nite Out scores easily in PASS
World champion McArdle once held a record for pacing a last quarter of :25.4. A 2-year-old filly called Girls Nite Out performed the same astonishing feat in a June 11 qualifier at the Meadowlands -- ...
Pennsylvania: 12 pols and staffers charged in 'Bonusgate' arrests, some for work on anti-Nader case
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: Grand jurors here [Harrisburg] and in Pittsburgh cataloged what they described as a culture of corruption that allowed former state Rep.
Rendell Names Acting Environmental Secretary
A high-ranking official in Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has been named the agency's acting secretary.
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New Zealand teen fined in Penn computer hack
A New Zealand teenager who admitted to hacking into the University of Pennsylvania computer system was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $11,000 in fines but avoided a conviction so that he can help police solve computer crimes.
The Feb. 23, 2006, attack on the University of Pennsylvania engineering school's computer system caused part of the system to crash. Owen Thor Walker, 18, known by his online name 'AKILL,' also is linked to a network accused of infiltrating 1.3 million computers and skimming millions of dollars from victims' bank accounts.
Tuition will increase 3.5 percent at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities for the 2008-09 school year.
DeWeese's credibility at stake over scandal
Every year, House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese painstakingly picks a subject not so much to study, but in which to immerse himself.
Grand jury details illegal caucus work, bonuses
The work involved staying late -- sometimes doing nothing and other times doing campaign-related work -- but it was offset by compensatory time off.
Part of Pennsylvania plan for I-80 tolls, roadwork revealed
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on Monday rolled out a plan to spend about $250 million a year from Interstate 80 toll collections to repair the highway's surface, rebuild its bridges and perform other ...
Pennsylvania to lease 74,000 forest acres for gas drilling
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Pa. editorials have sharp words for bonus scandal
Pa. DAs want to plug cell-phone loophole
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania prosecutors are expected to urge the Legislature to close a loophole that allowed a defense lawyer to obtain the cell-phone records of some law-enforcement officials involved in the criminal prosecution of a casino owner.