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A southeastern Pennsylvania congressman running for governor said Monday that some of his party's leaders have been too quick to embrace one of his rivals in next year's Republican primary.

State Rep. Todd Rock, R-Mont Alto, and Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry Township, introduced an amendment Tuesday to the state constitution that would ban teacher strikes and lockouts at public schools.

The answer to last week's Pennsylvania Mystery Species, a weekly, serial contest about the wild things and wild places of Pennsylvania, was posted here Saturday.

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections officials toured Muskegon Correctional Facility Thursday.

Always Cloudy and Windy in Pennsylvania VS NC? The AccuCam shows another dreary, cold November day here in State College, Central Pennsylvania, home of AccuWeather HQ [ Google Map ]. The StarDot NetCam AccuCam One thing that I noticed when I moved to Central Pennsylvania from eastern North Carolina in 1997 is that it seems to be a lot colder, ...

Before the Willow Hills Farm piglets went to market, workers bashed their skulls against bulwarks, allowed painful sores to fester on their hides and bludgeoned them bloody before tossing them into a defective gas chamber, an animal rights group charges.

Dennis McCartney, a Pennsylvania dealer who last year reported to us how a PennDOT decision regarding Chinese scooters was forcing dealers to close, has gone out of business himself.

Early next year, for the first time in its history, Pennsylvania plans to contract with another state or states to board as many as 2,000 convicted criminals.

Today is Thursday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2009. There are 42 days left in the year.

Two people were taken to Pocono Medical Center after a 12:49 p.m. two-vehicle accident Friday involving a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation truck on Route 33 North, near the Sciota exit in Hamilton Township.

A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him.

New York City has one thing right: We are what we eat and drink, and the water used in Marcellus Shale gas drilling is not sounding very appetizing.

Working families in Pennsylvania pay a far higher share of their income in state and local taxes than their wealthiest counterparts, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:13 a.m. WASHINGTON - Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress - and face new challenges to using their long-sought influence.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has stepped in to remove a pile of hundreds of dead deer from a contractor's property after neighbors said the stench and sight were more than they could take.

Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

The world's largest chocolate makers are gearing up for a potential corporate battle to buy Britain's Cadbury, with Hershey and Ferrero saying Wednesday they were considering an offer to rival Kraft's hostile takeover bid.

"If the legislature sends him a well crafted medical marijuana bill Governor Rendell said he will sign it." That was the exact statement from Governor Rendell to Examiner.com. Last week, Examiner.com had asked Press Secretary Gary Tuma "What is Governor Rendell's position on Pennsylvania House Bill 1393?" HB1393 is also known as the Compassionate ...

JUDGING BY ELECTION DAY, WOMEN IN LAW HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN PA. For nearly two decades women have graduated from U.S. law schools in roughly the same numbers as men.

A New York trucker has been killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 80 in western Pennsylvania.