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Philadelphia DA warns against New Year gunfire
December 31, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham is warning again that gunshots are no way to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.
Abraham plans a news conference Wednesday m » Full Story
Abraham plans a news conference Wednesday m » Full Story
Philly disbands 7 fire companies in budget move
January 6, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia has disbanded seven fire companies in a budget cutting move, over union objections that response times will suffer.
No fire stations are being closed, but 148 » Full Story
No fire stations are being closed, but 148 » Full Story
Pa. gas drillers need millions of gallons of water
January 6, 2009
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A gas exploration company says the drilling and treatment of wells could at times require withdrawing up to 4 million gallons of water in one day from sources in three centra » Full Story
Man pleads guilty to rape of Pa. child
January 6, 2009
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A man faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a child at his homes in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Jeffrey Gailloux pleaded guilty Monday to rape of » Full Story
Jeffrey Gailloux pleaded guilty Monday to rape of » Full Story
Retired Pa. prof held pending assault sentencing
January 6, 2009
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A judge has sent a retired Bucknell University professor to prison pending sentencing for the molestation of a young boy.
Retired biology professor Jack Harclerode was a » Full Story
Retired biology professor Jack Harclerode was a » Full Story
Contempt hearing set in Pa. Amish outhouse dispute
January 6, 2009
EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania judge has set a contempt of court hearing Jan. 22 for a man who has already been fined for outhouse violations at an Amish school.
The Cambria County judge » Full Story
The Cambria County judge » Full Story
Pa. DA says elderly kidnapping charge likely gone
January 6, 2009
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A prosecutor says he’ll likely drop kidnapping charges against an elderly couple who forcibly took an even older woman from her dilapidated Pittsburgh home.
But Allegheny Cou » Full Story
But Allegheny Cou » Full Story
Researchers focus on bringing bees back
January 5, 2009
By GENARO C. ARMAS
Associated Press Writer
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - The mysterious decline in honeybees has generated renewed interest into finding new ways to boost bee numbers » Full Story
Associated Press Writer
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - The mysterious decline in honeybees has generated renewed interest into finding new ways to boost bee numbers » Full Story
Funeral for trauma head set for Phila. cathedral
January 5, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The funeral service for the head of the trauma unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania who was killed in Iraq is set for Philadelphia’s Cathedral Basilica of Saints » Full Story
Lake-Lehman teachers end short strike
January 5, 2009
LEHMAN, Pa. (AP) - Teachers in a northeastern Pennsylvania school district are ending their short strike and returning to class - even without a new contract.
Lake-Lehman school board presiden » Full Story
Lake-Lehman school board presiden » Full Story