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Pennsylvania HIV/AIDS organizations grapple with budget cuts, recession

As both the city and the commonwealth grapple with ongoing budget shortfalls, local HIV/AIDS organizations continue to struggle during what have proven a very rough year.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Pennsylvania Government

Mon Nov 09, 2009

PennLive.com

Pennsylvania will lease 32,000 acres of state forest land for gas drilling

Pennsylvania will open nearly 32,000 acres of additional state forest land to leasing by gas drilling companies, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said Monday.

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Related Topix: Moshannon, PA

The Courier-Journal

What do independent voters want?

Liberals and conservatives each have their own intellectual food chains. They have their own think tanks to provide arguments, politicians and pundits to amplify them, and news media outlets to deliver streams of prejudice-affirming stories.

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Related Topix: Activism, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Pennsylvania, four other states seek $300 million to improve rail lines

Pennsylvania and four other states are seeking stimulus money to make upgrades to their rail systems, including the proposed intermodal terminal in Greencastle.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government, Harrisburg Metro, Harrisburg, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Opinion

Town Hall

Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling...

A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination.

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Related Topix: Washington County, PA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Star-Gazette.COM

ANALYSIS: Pennsylvania legislature's midterm report card: an incomplete

Last Tuesday's voting marked the midpoint in Pennsylvania's two-year legislative cycle.

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Related Topix: Ed Rendell, US Governors, Wisdom Teeth, Health, Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Metro

Kdka.com

Death-penalty Trial In Pa. Girl's Death To Open

Opening statements are scheduled Monday in central Pennsylvania in the capital murder trial of a man accused of beating the 2-year-old daughter of his ex-girlfriend to death with a video game controller last year.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Video Games, Pittsburgh, PA

Newswatch 50

Penn. Gov. walks away from transit talks

PHILADELPHIA a " Pennsylvania's governor has walked away from the stalemated negotiations aimed at ending a days-old transit strike in Philadelphia.The talks broke down last night over union demands for independent pension audits and the potential impact of the health care overhaul.Gov. Ed Rendell told reporters he has 'never been more disappointed ...

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government, Ed Rendell, US Governors

Hellenic News of America

Joe Sestak Shows Leadership on Pennsylvania Job Creation

Joe Sestak Shows Leadership on Pennsylvania Job Creation Announces New Tax Credit Legislation to Help Pennsylvania Job Seekers MEDIA, PA - With our nation's unemployment rising above ten percent, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and House Small Business Committee Vice Chair, Congressman Joe Sestak introduced legislation on Friday to help reward ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Joe Sestak, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Media, PA, Small Business, Personal Finance, US Military, US Navy

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Freshnews

Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Says Flight 93 National Memorial Will Soon Be a Reality

Before helping to break ground for a national memorial honoring the 40 heroic passengers and crew members who died aboard United Flight 93 on 9/11, Governor Edward G. Rendell recognized the sacred ground on which he stood and reiterated a commitment made earlier this year.

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Related Topix: Ed Rendell, US Governors, US Politics, Flight 93 National Memorial, US National Parks, US News, Arlen Specter, US Senate, Republican, Pennsylvania Government

Hispanic Business

Health Care Overhaul May Not Come Until 2010

The health care overhaul working its way through Congress probably won't reach the president's desk until next year, Rep.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, John Murtha, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Health, AARP, Health Insurance

Kansas.com

Pa. governor: Philly transit strike could end soon

A SEPTA regional train burns in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. A Philadelphia commuter train caught fire Wednesday, complicating the morning rush already hampered by the city's transit strike.

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Related Topix: Ed Rendell, US Governors

Fri Nov 06, 2009

FOX News

Pa. Prostitution Case Thrown Out Over Government Funded Sex

An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.

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DanceJournal

Pennsylvania Ballet prepares for another holiday season.

The magic of the holiday season comes to life on stage as Pennsylvania Ballet and PNC Arts Alive present George Balanchine's The Nutcracker.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Philadelphia, PA

Bizjournals

Gas prices in western Pennsylvania hold steady

Gas prices in western Pennsylvania held steady over the past week, according to the latest AAA Fuel Gauge Report.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Voice of America

Pennsylvania Site Contains Evidence of Earliest People in North America

On November 12th 1955, as Albert Miller took a walk through his Pennsylvania property, named Meadowcroft, he noticed a freshly dug groundhog hole.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science, Anthropology

WHTM

2 Get Prison, House Arrest in Fatal Mine Blast

The operator of an eastern Pennsylvania coal mine has been sentenced to prison and the owner to house arrest in connection with a mine explosion that killed a man three years ago.

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Related Topix: Explosion

Education Week

Pennsylvania Lags in Passing GED Test

Kenny Washington found out the hard way how tough it is to find a job without a high school diploma.

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WPMT-TV York

Table games stalemate in Pa. Capitol is bumping up against schools' 2nd-semester tuition bills

An entrenched stalemate in the Capitol may mean students at four Pennsylvania universities will soon see higher second-semester tuition bills.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

CBS 3

Pennsylvania Voters Hit The Polls

Share + Nov 3, 2009 8:27 am US/Eastern PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania voters will be awarding a hotly contested open seat on the state Supreme Court and filling a half-dozen vacancies on the Superior and Commonwealth courts.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

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