Provides the latest RSS feeds for Pennsylvania News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Pennsylvania Sun.com http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/cat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 00:40:54 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:40:54 -0400 30 MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water.Trooper Mark Francis said the four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m.Francis says he has no idea how many people are in the water or whether there are any injuries or deaths.He did not know what caused the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729983/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:05 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729983/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Edwin Encarnacion hit his fifth career grand slam, J.P. Arencibia homered and drove in four runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 12-6 on Thursday night, spoiling the debut of Orioles right-hander Kevin ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729930/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:54 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729930/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729856/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:37:21 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729856/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729659/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:19 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729659/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Rocco Mediate hits off the 11th tee during the first round of the Senior PGA Championship golf tournament at Bellerive Country Club, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in St. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729406/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:59:29 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729406/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 A waterline extension in the Fairfield Heights section of Burrell Township has been mentioned by township supervisors as a likely use for the municipality's 2013 community development block ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729345/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43:31 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729345/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Acme United Methodist Church, 3016 Route 31, Acme, is holding a two-day yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Vendors are invited to come join them and set up a table to sell free of charge. Spaces are first come, first served. There is no need to reserve the space, and you can come as early at dawn to set up. Bring your own tables, food, and whatever else you will need to sell. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729347/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43:29 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729347/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Property owners in the United School District could face an 8-mill tax hike next school year, based on a tentative 2013-14 budget the school board approved ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729346/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729346/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Blairsville area certainly wasn't exempt from the sacrifice. Vietnam veteran Bill Orr is currently compiling a list of those who died in battle or went missing in action and were from Blairsville, Black Lick, Torrance, Brenizer, Strangford and other areas with a Blairsville mailing address. So far, he has 75 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729348/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43:26 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729348/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Lance: To Bill Peduto. The Democrats' newly minted nominee for Pittsburgh mayor -- and given the Democrats' large registration edge, likely Pittsburgh's next mayor -- says we need government to empower people and innovation. And here we thought government derives its power from the people and that the private sector is the best catalyst for innovation. Silly ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729350/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:42:30 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729350/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Indiana County Commissioners last week settled on a provider for the county's massive property tax reassessment project in what commissioner chairman Rodney Ruddock called "probably the most important decision the county commissioners have made in 10 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729312/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:42:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214729312/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Danica Patrick looks on as crew members work on her car during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 23, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728790/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:02:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728790/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say they confiscated more than 1,000 pieces of drug-laced candy during a house search in northeastern ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728791/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:51:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728791/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The organization kept its ban on gay scout leaders, according to the Associated Press. About 1,400 Boy Scout leaders voted Thursday on whether to lift the ban on gay scouts during the organization's annual meeting in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728792/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:46:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728792/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Jury commissioners mail letters and field phone calls from prospective jurors. Much of the work they did in the past has been replaced by computers, McCarrier said. The work will be done in the county's court administration ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728711/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:46:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728711/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Veterans Affairs health care facilities would have to report within 24 hours cases of Legionnaire's and other major infectious diseases to several agencies, patients and employees under companion legislation introduced Thursday by U.S. Reps. Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair and Mike Doyle, D-Forest ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728710/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:46:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728710/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Prom, a Millvale High School graduate, joined the Marines in December 1967. He started a tour of duty in Vietnam in June 1968. On Feb. 9, 1969, Lance Cpl. Prom, then 20, died defending his company from enemy fire near An ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728712/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:46:31 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728712/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 President Obama had a run-in with a heckler on Thursday, when a founder of the anti-war group Code Pink interrupted a speech on drone policy and other national security ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728400/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:13 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728400/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 BOSTON, Mass. - JetBlue Airways launches service to its 78th city, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Starting today, JetBlue will serve Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) with five daily nonstop flights from Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS). Adding Philadelphia to their growing route map helps solidify JetBlue's already strong relevance for the business traveler, particularly ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728699/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214728699/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 His mother, Ashley Mikula, said that when he was initially diagnosed, he could hardly walk sometimes "He would sit in a chair and cry and say, 'Momma, I hurt. Help it,'" Mikula said. The pain was first helped by steroid injections directly into his joints, his knees and an ankle. Because the injections are painful, pediatric rheumatologists give them to children under general ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727724/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:02:56 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727724/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 They want to be assured that Pittsburgh Pride events will be given full attention when it comes to security, and they said that they will. The Delta Foundation said that for the first time the group is working with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, in addition to its regular partnership with Pittsburgh police. "We're taking the concerns, meeting with law enforcement and ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727723/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:02:56 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727723/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727298/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:42 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727298/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 HARTFORD, Conn. -; An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727230/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:39 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727230/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 An Arizona jury Thursday said it was unable to reach a unanimous agreement and would be unable to decide what penalty Jodi Arias should receive for killing her ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727567/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:56:18 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727567/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Ryan Palmer watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the first round of the Colonial golf tournament, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Forth Worth, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727856/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:14 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727856/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 BOSTON — Terry Francona is back at Fenway Park as an opposing manager for the first time since he left the Red Sox. Francona brought the Cleveland Indians to Boston for a four-game series starting Thursday night. He was let go by the Red Sox after eight years as their manager following a September 2011 collapse left them out of the playoffs. He was relaxed and spoke calmly for about 20 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727758/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:09 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727758/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 LINWOOD, N.J. -- Hundreds of students dressed in red and white were met by a big, green visitor Thursday afternoon at Seaview Elementary School. The Phillie Phanatic was greeted with cheers and danced with students as part of a Phillies pep rally at the school. The celebration was to honor third-grader Ethan Levine, who won the New Jersey Education Association's "Educators who inspire ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727857/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:40:41 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727857/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Miller Park hasn't been kind to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Since opening in 2001, the Pirates have won just 32 of 102 games at the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Additionally, the Bucs, who haven't enjoyed a winning season in 20 years, have gone 28-72 against the Brewers over the last seven seasons, including an 8-46 record during that span at Miller Park. But after winning the last ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727725/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:40:41 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727725/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say they've broken up a multimillion-dollar drug ring that trafficked in high-grade ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727858/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727858/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Matthew Devon Smith, 28, didn't verbally threaten workers at Perma-Cast Inc. when he entered the foundry at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, but seeing him carrying an assault rifle and a handgun frightened them, township police Chief John Otto ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727728/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:35:23 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727728/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED to charge your credit/debit card at the price above now and in time to renew your SPORTS ILLUSTRATED subscription, without interruption, before the start of each new term at the low subscriber rate then in effect unless you tell us to stop. 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If ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727859/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:19:51 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727859/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 We travel through nearly 300 years of history as we explore how Squirrel Hill developed into one of the most well-known neighborhoods within the city of ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726510/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:50:53 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726510/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Delegates to the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America made a monumental statement Thursday, voting to allow openly gay youths to join ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726285/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:55 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726285/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Commerce Center South was acquired by a Philadelphia area-based investment company. Stoltz Real Estate Partners in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., bought the Commerce Center South at the southwest corner of Ben White Boulevard and Montopolis Drive. The seller was PacTrust. The three Class A industrial buildings encompass 155,545 square feet on a 35.3-acre site in the Southeast Austin submarket. The property ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727174/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214727174/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 jwolfe@delcotimes.com @delcoreporter The SEPTA board voted Thursday to approve the proposed fare increase and its plan to simplify the payment process for customers as it begins to prepare for its New Payment Technology for next year.The fare increase is for the fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1, 2013. The board deferred on approving the proposed capital budget due to the lack of a state ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726694/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:25 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726694/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy reacts to a wayward shot during the first day of the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, England, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo / Adam Davy, PA ) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726696/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:00 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726696/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 District Judge Terrence F. McVerry ruled Thursday that former corrections officer 34-year-old Arii L. Metz should pay 26-year-old David Kipp for the 2010 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726697/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726697/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A former Penn State women's basketball player has taken to writing to resume the anti-bullying efforts she championed off the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726698/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726698/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in a sexting scandal, unveiled a video announcing his mayoral candidacy and a campaign logo on his website on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725960/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725960/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy mauled to death by African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the zoo of failing to protect visitors from dangerous ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726107/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:06 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726107/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin plans to open for business on July 1, officials with the Fayette County resort and Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. announced ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725815/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725815/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at federal court in Chicago to testify at a civil trial where he is accused of cheating an 87-year-old Jacqueline Goldberg in a condo deal. On Thursday, May 23, 2013, jurors sided with Trump and against Goldberg. Goldberg claimed the real estate mogul-turned-TV star carried out a bait and switch by offering her profit sharing in his ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726821/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214726821/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Authorities say a western Pennsylvania man allegedly chained his 11-year-old stepson to the dinner table after he refused to eat the food on his ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725059/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:22 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725059/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Sears Holdings Corp. reported a steeper-than-expected loss for its first quarter as the beleaguered retailer struggles to turn itself around.The operator of Sears and Kmart stores also says it is considering putting its service-agreement business up for sale to raise cash.The Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based company says it lost $279 million, or $2.63 per share for the period. That compares with a ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725153/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:22 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725153/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 DALLAS -; A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724615/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:14 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724615/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Prosecutors say Franklin and 36-year-old Billy Brewster got into an argument early in the morning on Aug. 11, the day they were to be ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724618/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:11 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724618/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724850/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:09 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724850/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Loretta Tokash Doyle Burroughs goes before judge in New Jersey, charged in death of her husband. The death of a previous husband in Delaware County is now being investigated. (Image courtesy of Atlantic City Press) YEADON – Police have reopened the investigation into the 1993 death of Joseph Doyle as his widow stands charged with the murder of her third husband in New Jersey.Loretta ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725323/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:35 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725323/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 In this May 20, 2013 file photo, LaTisha Garcia carries her 8-year-old daughter, Jazmin Rodriguez near Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado carved its way through Moore, Okla., leaving little of the school and neighborhood. This picture, published on hundreds of front pages around the world, has become one of the enduring images from the storm. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki,File) ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725325/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725325/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 President Barack Obama greets Gov. Dannel Malloy during his arrival at the start of an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. (Stephen Dunn/The Hartford Courant/AP) When President Barack Obama travels to Oklahoma on Sunday to meet with the survivors of Monday's tornado, it will mark the third time this year that he has journeyed to a patch of America ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725324/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:26 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725324/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania judge who abruptly resigned last year was charged Thursday with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases before him, and his attorney said the former jurist is cooperating with the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725326/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:39 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725326/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 A controversial plan to transform Monessen's blighted neighborhoods into an art colony may have been dealt a death blow when its chief proponent, the city's mayor, was trounced in Tuesday's primary ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725064/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:06 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725064/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 WASHINGTON -- Internal Revenue Service officials are not fully cooperating with efforts to learn who is responsible for targeting conservative groups, lawmakers learned on Wednesday during the third and most tense, dramatic hearing on the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725065/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725065/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 After working for more than 300 days without a contract, teachers asked Ligonier Valley school directors to invest in the district's ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725071/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:01 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725071/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Foxley Farm owners PJ and Maggie Nied hope to convert the 60-acre Barron Road farm into a tourist destination, offering farm stays, weddings, tours and farming ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725070/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:59 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725070/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Fort Ligonier Post 734 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Byers-Tosh American Legion Post 267 will conduct a Memorial Day program on the Diamond in Ligonier. The parade will assemble at 10:30 a.m. Monday on Bell Street and proceed to the Diamond at 11 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725069/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:56 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725069/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday, which occurs every year on the final Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died while in the military service. It typically marks the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725068/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:54 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725068/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Working on the illustartions for the book, 'Scottie, You Are Special' are, are, from left: Jenna Hixson, language arts instructor; Briana Bunner, freshman, and Sam Lauffer, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725067/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:51 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725067/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 After a few failed attempts to get a company with whom Scottdale Council felt comfortable to take care of the grass cutting throughout the borough, a new contract was awarded at a meeting May 13 to Muellerleile Landscaping of Mt. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725066/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:50 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725066/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 After accepting the resignation of part-time police officer Christopher Tretter, Everson Council discussed the possibly of hiring a full-time officer in the future in lieu of the several part-time officers that they presently have on their ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725072/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:49 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725072/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Pittsburgh paramedics transported five people with minor injuries to UPMC Mercy hospital following the collision at about 2:50 p.m. at Commonwealth Place and the ramp off Fort Pitt Bridge, EMS Division Chief Bob Farrow ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725074/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:40 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725074/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Carnegie Mellon University officials on Thursday announced the university will endow a full graduate fellowship next year in honor of Leslie G. Ungerleider, the winner of the first Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725073/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:39 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725073/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Those parks, as well as the spray parks at Vanucci Playground on Orangewood Avenue in Beechview and Cowley Playground on Goettman Street in Troy Hill, will be open from 1 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725075/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:36 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725075/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 HARRISBURG -- The House State Government Committee in June will hold a hearing to examine nonprofit groups that spend money to influence campaigns with little public disclosure about who runs the groups and contributes to ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725077/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:30 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725077/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The image of three Confederate soldiers, taken by the first photojournalist, Mathew Brady, appears as the backdrop of the U.S. Postal Service's "Civil War 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg Forever stamp sheet," the latest in a series of stamps commemorating the Civil War ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725084/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:45 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725084/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The couple were briefly in the same place at the same time, and a compassionate district judge in Greensburg jumped at the chance to officiate a last-minute wedding allowed under a military clause. Under state law, only military families can be granted a waiver for a three-day waiting period after a couple obtains a marriage ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725083/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:43 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725083/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 From spooked cattle to losing underground water, Fayette County residents vented their anxieties Wednesday to a pair of natural gas industry representatives at the Perry Township Volunteer Fire ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725081/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:40 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725081/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Republican candidate for Saxonburg mayor came up just a few votes short of cornering the election, a closer look at unofficial results from Tuesday's primary ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725080/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:38 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725080/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, the Financial Planning Association of Western Pennsylvania gave its First Class Patriot Achievement Award to Ernest R. Oatneal of McKeesport and 16 other veterans from Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Westmoreland ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725079/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725079/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 McKeesport controller Ray Malinchak wants to know why the McKeesport Area School District has not taken action to collect nearly $50,000 in liens against the building that now houses city ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725078/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:35 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725078/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 An Elizabeth Township police officer who won Republican nomination for a seat on the Elizabeth Forward school board said unanswered questions remain about the upcoming general ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725086/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:33 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725086/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Clairton City School District residents are expected to see a reduction in their real estate tax rates, but may pay a higher bill because of Allegheny County ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725088/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:32 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725088/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Gene Barr, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber, gives the keynote address at the Allegheny Valley Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Comfort Inn at R.I.D.C. Park in O'Hara Township on Wednesday, May 22, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725087/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:29 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725087/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Buffalo supervisors on Wednesday night declined making a motion to sell 10 acres of Buffalo Township-owned land near Loco Lane in Summit ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725092/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:27 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725092/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 "We're all set," he said, noting that the swim team is preparing to start practice for the season and that school groups will be hitting the pool next ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725091/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725091/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania named Tom G. Leech its 2012 Engineer of the Year. Leech, 65, of Mt. Lebanon is a vice president and national practice bridge manager at Gannett Fleming ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725327/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:23 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725327/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The competitors of the proposed Three Rivers Village School have some advice for the private Stanton Heights startup: If you clear the bureaucratic hurdles, attract enough students to ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725089/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:20 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725089/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Common Pleas Judge Jack McVay Jr. of Shadyside won a quiet race for the Democratic nomination for an empty seat on Superior Court. A late tally of votes Tuesday showed he beat Philadelphia Municipal Judge Joseph C. Waters Jr., 55 percent to 45 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725093/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:18 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725093/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Newcomers edged out incumbent Democrats for Monroeville Council, likely assuring change in a community roiled by political infighting for two ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725094/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:16 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725094/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The unofficial summer travel season is expected to start slowly, with fewer people taking trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than last year, AAA said ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725095/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:11 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725095/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Midwestern Intermediate Unit 4 board of directors gave preliminary approval on Wednesday night to changes in how employees can use IU credit cards and submit expenses for ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725096/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:10 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725096/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Plum School Board on Wednesday night voted to advertise a 2013-14 preliminary budget that eliminates 24 teaching positions and a variety of electives, including television production and food and consumer science at the high ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725097/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:09 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725097/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Pennsylvania Game Commission said that on May 10 an injured bald eagle was found in the area of Lincoln and Sharpe roads in the township, just west of ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725098/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:05 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725098/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Westmoreland County elections officials on Wednesday said they were investigating how two school board races were left off Tuesday's primary ballots in several ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725099/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:03 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725099/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 A Murrysville man waived his right to a preliminary hearing this week on a theft charge for allegedly accepting $10,168 from a woman for work he never ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725100/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:01 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725100/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 HARRISBURG -- Gov. Tom Corbett has asked state education officials to clarify that proposed academic achievement standards for Pennsylvania public school students are not uniform national standards, a step a spokesman said is designed to respond to criticism of the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725101/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:00 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725101/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Jeannette said he plans to replace city clerk Mike Minyon Jr. with a professional city manager, abolish the paid fire department and ask union employees for substantial wage cuts when he takes office in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725102/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:55 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725102/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 State police refiled criminal homicide and aggravated assault charges Wednesday against an Indiana County woman whose 13-month-old child drowned in a bathtub on Feb. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725103/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:51 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725103/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Elizabeth Dietz, 6, holds her Make-a-Wish bear. Recovering from brain surgery, she was granted a Florida beach vacation with her family by the foundation in April ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725104/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:47 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725104/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Rotary Club of Mt. Pleasant donates $3,000 to West Overton Museums to aid in completion of a project to replace the roof of the Big Barn on the historic property near Scottdale. Pictured (from left) are club President-elect Kathleen Comini; club President Tom Forsythe; Rotarian Maynard Brubacher, master contractor of Brubacher Enterprises of Scottdale; and club Treasurer Dale Walker." ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725105/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:44 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725105/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Communities in the area are holding Memorial Day events, including parades and services to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of America's freedoms. Some events are described here as submitted by each respective ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725106/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:43 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725106/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Surrounded by other entries, Bobbie Hauger, 18, of Mt. Pleasant Township and Katie Nemchik, 18, of Trauger hold work they have entered in Mt. Pleasant Area School District's Fine Arts Evening. Hauger's piece is titled 'The March of the Rejects' and Nemchik's piece is titled 'If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.' The free event is open to the public and will be held 6 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725108/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:39 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725108/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Award-winning journalist Justin McLachlan, author of "Treknology: Star Trek's Tech 300 Years Ahead of the Future," will be signing copies of his book from 5 to 7 p.m. on June ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725109/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:36 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725109/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Allegheny County Council approved three new air quality guidelines Wednesday, tightening emission regulations on printers, businesses dealing with surface coatings and wood-fired ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725110/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725110/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, a former U.S. House member and tweeter of lewd selfies, inexplicably splashed a photograph of Pittsburgh's Downtown across his campaign ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724682/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:21 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724682/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 ROCKVILLE, Md. - A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed. Richard J. Curl, who pleaded guilty in February, apologized to the victim Thursday afternoon in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Marielsa Bernard imposed the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724503/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:55 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214724503/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 -- Public transit riders in Philadelphia and its suburbs will be paying more to travel starting this summer. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority approved across-the-board fare hikes on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725048/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:02:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214725048/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Big crowds are expected in downtown Pittsburgh for a jam-packed two-week stretch of events -- from the Three Rivers Arts Festival to the reopening of the Point State Park fountain and much ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723640/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:22:59 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723640/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 FAIR: Winning re-election to his fourth term this year cost St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay about $3.2 million -- or roughly $126 per vote. Mr. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723688/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:21:35 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723688/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 overall selection, played collegiate at the University of Oklahoma and Penn State University. He started 39-of-49 career games played and recorded 146 receptions for 1,926 yards and eight receiving touchdowns. Brown transferred to Oklahoma prior to the 2012 season where he earned All Big-12 honorable mention honors as a senior. The Steelers have now signed five of their nine selections from the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723641/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723641/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 New York.- Several Dominicans arrested and charged in Berks County Pennsylvania, moved, according to prosecutors, hundreds of thousands of dollars each week dealing heroin, cocaine and marijuana in various villages and towns. The authorities said the organization was headed by Michael Vazquez (Rambo) who investigators accuse of recruiting and planning crimes with other suspects. In a statement, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723299/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:16 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723299/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 DOYLESTOWN, PA. — A New Jersey man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in a crime that left a Philadelphia-area musician dead. Twenty-year-old Jermaine M. Jackson of Trenton was sentenced on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723440/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:49 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723440/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 website mistakenly features Pittsburgh as his backdrop. Multiple twitter users, political blogs, and even the Washington Post have picked up on the background mistake. The bridge in the photo looks like the Roberto Clemente bridge, and many of the buildings look similar, especially the BNY Mellon ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723642/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:58:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723642/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 You are using Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 6 is unsupported by this site and you may experience layout and functionality issues. It is recommended that you upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or switch to another browser. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723643/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:58:27 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723643/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A divided Pennsylvania appeals court is upholding some charges, but not disorderly conduct, against a woman convicted after shouting a vulgar expression about police amid a procession of vehicles escorting the body of a slain ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723843/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:58 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723843/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A group that aired TV ads critical of Gov. Tom Corbett is the impetus for a planned hearing before the House State Government ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723842/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:58 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723842/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Jurors in eastern Pennsylvania are deliberating the fate of a woman accused of fatally stabbing her fiance on their wedding ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723841/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:57 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723841/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 An Allegheny County judge on Thursday sentenced a North Versailles man to serve 15 to 30 months in jail for shooting his friend in the kitchen of a Wilmerding ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723317/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:54 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723317/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 A $2.6 million, 20-year loan from PennVest, the state's Infrastructure Investment Authority, will enable the Burgettstown-Smith Joint Sewer Authority to lay sanitary sewer lines to protect a Washington County waterway from sewage ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723711/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:52 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723711/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Allegheny County Public Works Department paid some contractors more than six months late and routinely failed to seek state and federal reimbursements to which it was entitled, the county controller said after an audit released ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722796/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:51 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722796/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 University of Pittsburgh researchers have confirmed that a federally-approved cancer drug reverses cognitive disabilities in mice with Alzheimer's ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723025/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:47 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723025/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson isn’t sure his team can win three straight games against the Pittsburgh ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723480/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:27 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214723480/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Reuters © U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721606/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:38 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721606/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 While the audience for "American Idol" continues to shrink, Ryan Seacrest will be happy to know that some viewers remain so passionate about the TV show that they'll stab each other while arguing about the program's finale. That is what happened last week in the Red Lion, Pennsylvania home shared by Karen Harrelson, 48, and Gregory Stambaugh, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721455/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:19 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721455/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 . In the just completed May 2013 Nielsen rating period, WTAE again claimed the #1 spot at 11pm with more viewers in the highly coveted 25-54 demographic. This marks the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722139/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:18 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722139/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Pennsylvania Treasury maintains a Department of Unclaimed Property with millions of dollars that you either forgot or never knew about -- such as inactive bank accounts, non-cashed paychecks, CDs, forgotten stocks, utility deposits and older life insurance policies. Treasurer Rob McCord has estimated that one out of every 10 Pennsylvanians has some unclaimed property that belongs to them. He ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722138/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:17 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722138/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash. The search warrant is in connection with ricin-laced letters intercepted at a Post Office facility in Spokane earlier in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721611/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:03 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721611/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 By Digital First Media President Obama is scheduled to give a major counterterrorism policy speech at 2 p.m. in which he is expected to address his administration's controversial drone-strike policy, the Guantanamo Bay detention center and other counterterrorism ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722251/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:55 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722251/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 A federal judge in Miami has rejected a local doctor’s bid to collect $600,000 in legal defense fees from the U.S. attorney’s office after prosecutors failed to win a conviction amid their alleged misconduct at the physician’s ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721683/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:41 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721683/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 President Barack Obama in a major counterterrorism speech Thursday defended the American drone program, saying that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721896/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:39 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721896/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Email PITTSBURGH -- Pedro Alvarez may hear the chatter, but he's "confident in his glove," anyway. Alvarez's play in the field has been criticized in the past, but Wednesday night, he made three great stops on hard hit groundballs to his left. And while the Pirates did make two errors in their 1-0 win, manager Clint Hurdle said they probably saved five hits with stellar ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722142/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:05 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722142/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Email PITTSBURGH -- Homegrown Pirates haven't experienced postseason baseball or long-term success over the course of the 162-game grind that is a Major League season. But a few veterans on the team have, and it's rubbing off in the clubhouse. "I know that's part of the reason they were calling me over to this ballclub," third baseman Brandon Inge said. "I've ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722141/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722141/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Dinesh Patel (left) and Rinku Singh were signed by the Pirates in 2008 after being discovered on an Indian reality show. (Getty) PHOENIX -- "Million Dollar Arm" is the next big baseball movie, it and began shooting this month in Mumbai, India. Slated to be released next spring, the Disney film is the story of how an entrepreneurial American sports-marketing agent created a reality show ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722140/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722140/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Email PITTSBURGH -- Call it will, fortitude, confidence or anything else. The Pirates aren't letting down late in games. They are tied with Atlanta and Texas for the most comeback wins in the Majors with 14. Also, 28 of the Pirates' 46 games this season entering Thursday have been decided by two runs or fewer, and they are 19-9 in those contests. Day by day, they're getting ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722143/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722143/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say a western Pennsylvania man allegedly chained his 11-year-old stepson to the dinner table after he refused to eat the food on his ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722331/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:17 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722331/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A young black man who claims he was wrongly beaten by three Pittsburgh police officers in January 2010 will have a new trial on two of his three civil rights claims starting Nov. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722332/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:16 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722332/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 A Homewood man bolstered his legal team with two high-profile attorneys in preparation for a November civil trial to try to prove that three Pittsburgh police officers falsely arrested him and used excessive ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721313/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38:06 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721313/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Emergency personnel evaluate the scene after extricating the victim of a car accident at the intersection of Wilma Drive and Route 380 in Washington Township on Thursday, May 23, ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722213/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38:02 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722213/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 People heckle the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, not pictured, as he leave the scene of a terror attack in Woolwich, southeast London, Thursday, May 23. (Sang Tan/AP) LONDON - Residents of the southeast London neighborhood where a British soldier was slaughtered in a terrorist attack Wednesday reacted with unease at what the incident meant for immigrant relations. Prime Minister David Cameron ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721879/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:22 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214721879/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 A housing complex is seen after it was destroyed by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, in this April 21 file photo. (Michael Ainsworth/Reuters/Pool) The fertilizer-plant explosion that killed 14 and injured about 200 others in Texas last month highlights the failings of a U.S. federal law intended to save lives during chemical accidents, a Reuters investigation has ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722018/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:20 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214722018/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Police made two additional arrests Thursday as part of their investigation into the slaying of a soldier killed in Woolwich, London Metropolitan police said on the department's official Twitter ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720290/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:29 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720290/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 LONDON -- Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.Former al-Muhajiroun head Anjem Choudary identified the man as Michael Adebolajo, a Christian who converted to Islam around 2003 and took part in several of the group's ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720249/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:11 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720249/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an average Atlantic season. Last year was the third-busiest on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720623/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:09 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720623/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an average Atlantic season. Last year was the third-busiest on ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720441/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:09 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720441/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 MATTHEW ROYER A college student who went missing while driving home to Montgomery County has been located safe, state police said. He has been reunited with his family, who have requested that his whereabouts not be released.Matthew Royer, 21, was last seen on surveillance video at a Sunoco gas station near Allentown early last Friday morning. He had left the University of Rhode Island in his ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720722/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:37 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720722/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 state attorney general filed last month to recover relocation expenses owed to some tenants when the park closed.Hilltop Mobile Home Park owners Kenneth Mayes and his sister, Sharon Mayes, will pay $26,700, according to the terms of the agreement that Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced on Thursday. The sides were set for a hearing in Centre County court on Friday.A spokesman for Kane said ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720723/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:35:11 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720723/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 PITTSBURGH (AP) – The parents of a 2-year-old boy who was fatally mauled after falling into a wild African dogs exhibit last fall have sued the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, claiming officials had ample warning that parents routinely lifted children onto a rail overlooking the exhibit so they could see better. The lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of Jason and Elizabeth Derkosh seeks ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720533/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:25:18 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720533/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Four Penn State students will serve probation for supplying alcohol to a party where a cheerleader was seriously hurt in a fall from a fifth-floor ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720725/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:54 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720725/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 EXPORT, Pa. (AP) -- Police are searching for a man who brought an assault rifle to the Pittsburgh-area business he works at shortly after he was ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720724/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:53 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720724/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Residents of an apartment building in Wilkinsburg were evacuated on Thursday morning after people reported smelling a strong chlorine odor, authorities ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719645/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:21:04 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719645/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Combs visited with Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board officials on Wednesday to promote a new product, soon-to-be-launched Ciroc Amaretto. The musical entrepreneur endorses Ciroc ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720726/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:20:23 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720726/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Pleasant Hills Magisterial District Judge Pat A. Capolupo ordered a formal arraignment for Bethany Verlich, 32, on June 11 at 11 a.m. at the Allegheny County courthouse in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720470/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:20:13 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720470/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 At 9:30 a.m., Bentworth School District officials notified police that they had received a bomb threat at the high school. Public safety officials were conducting a car-crash safety drill, Hartman ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720588/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:57 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720588/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 PHILADELPHIA – Bail is set at $250,000 each for Philadelphia parents who believe in faith healing over medicine and have had two children die of pneumonia. Herbert and Catherine Schaible were in custody Thursday. They're charged with third-degree murder in the April death of their 8-month-old son, Brandon. They had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter after 2-year-old Kent ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720727/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720727/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 JetBlue Airways will serve Philadelphia International Airport, starting today, with five daily nonstop flights from Boston’s Logan International Airport, according to the airline.To celebrate the airline’s 78th destination, today through May 30, flights to and from Philadelphia are on sale from $39 one way for travel between June 1 and Sept. 28. Blackout dates do apply.Philadelphia is ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720516/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:17:49 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720516/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 This undated handout photo provided by Brandie Candelaria shows Antonia Candelaria. Candelaria was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Texas on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Brandie ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720498/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:58 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214720498/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Charles W. Wolfertz III has been promoted to president and general manager at Hearst Television's WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, PA, having served as general sales manager since March ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214718931/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:33:00 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214718931/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Penguins fans are ready for their team to take on the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the NHL playoffs. It all starts Tuesday night in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214718932/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:33:00 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214718932/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The Mississippi River town of Vicksburg is holding several events this week to mark the 150th anniversary of its siege during the Civil War.Concerts, lectures and wreath-laying ceremonies are planned at the Vicksburg National Military Park.On Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a Vicksburg stamp that's part of a Civil War commemorative series. On Saturday, Iowa ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214718866/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:13 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214718866/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Evidence of $14.5 million drug ring presented at a press conference in Conshohocken by Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman Thursday, May 23, 2013. (Special to the Times/Jenny DeHuff) CONSHOHOCKEN - Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman Thursday announced the take down of a Delaware County man and his brother in a $14.5 million marijuana drug ring that spanned ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719117/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:26 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719117/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 BELLEFONTE - Three Penn State students accepted plea deals Thursday on charges they supplied alcohol to a party where a cheerleader was seriously hurt after falling 39 feet from a downtown State College apartment building, while others are reportedly considering the deal.Madeline Miller, Alyssa Duffy and Brooke Piccione, three of the eight students charged in the case, each pleaded guilty to two ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719118/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:56 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719118/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. - A man on death row in the killing of his girlfriend nine years ago has been charged with assault by prisoner after swinging his cuffed hands at his attorney during a court hearing.Blair County Deputy District Attorney Jackie Bernard tells the Altoona Mirror ( http://bit.ly/10OgUi8) the charge against 45-year-old Andre Staton is warranted because attorney Tim Burns was ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719119/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:56 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719119/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 A "high-value" necklace was stolen overnight from the luxurious resort town PARIS -- A second jewelry theft has been reported in the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival, this time an expensive necklace.A police official said Thursday that the "high-value" necklace was stolen overnight from the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes. She gave no further details ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214718154/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:38 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214718154/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Park Service says over 50 special events are planned for the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site and the Johnstown Flood National ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719122/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:07:50 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214719122/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The Pennsylvania State Police have charged a former Washington County judge with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases he presided over, before he abruptly resigned from the bench last ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717322/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:44 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717322/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 o The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.The less volatile four-week average ticked down just 500 to 339,500, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's close to the five-year low of 338,000 reached during the first week of May. The four-week average is 9 percent lower than in ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717358/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:41 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717358/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 overall pick, played collegiately at Oregon State University. He appeared in 49 games, starting the final 30, and recorded a school-record 227 receptions. Wheaton ranks third on the school's all-time receiving yards list (2,994) and sixth on the school's all-time receiving touchdowns list (16). Wheaton earned numerous accolades his senior season, as he was named first-team All-Pac 12 ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717323/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:41 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717323/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 PARIS -- Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival.A police official said Thursday that the necklace was of "high value" but couldn't put a price on it. She would only speak on condition of anonymity because an investigation is under ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214716504/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:21 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214716504/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717139/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:35 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717139/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 By MARCY GORDONAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend that should help sustain the housing recovery. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for the 30-year loan increased to 3.59 percent this week. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717389/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:03:09 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717389/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Chicago Cubs: 1. ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717498/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:55:21 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717498/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 New York-based Open Road Integrated Media says Buck wrote the novel, titled "The Eternal Wonder," shortly before she died in 1973. The publisher says someone found the manuscript in storage in January. It will be published Oct. 22 in paperback and digital ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717499/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:30 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717499/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- Students at a central Pennsylvania elementary school slated to close hope they can hopscotch their way into the Guinness Book of World Records before the school's doors are shut for ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717500/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:29 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717500/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A suspended northwestern Pennsylvania high school teacher has been acquitted on charges that he fondled a then-12-year-old boy during a Christmas visit which the teacher, and several defense witnesses, testified never ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717501/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:29 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717501/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Police and the FBI are investigating whether two high school bomb threats were phoned in to divert authorities from a southwestern Pennsylvania bank robbery that occurred about the same ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717502/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:28 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214717502/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Philadelphia, May 23 : Philadelphia Telangana Association (PTA) celebrated its second Telangana Cultural Night on Saturday (May 18), with greater enthusiasm and ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715758/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:22 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715758/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Emlyn Lucas Jones, of the first block of Elwyn Avenue, is behind bars at the Delaware County prison, charged Tuesday with aiding 23-year-old Kyle "Chunks" Wunder, one of three men accused in the Aug. 17, 2012, killing of Douglas C. Herr, 62, of Drumore ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715933/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:54:11 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715933/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 dfoster@trentonian.com TRENTON - That Grey Goose martini your sipping might really be Nikolai vodka.Low-grade swaps similar to that were alleged to have occurred at 29 bars in the state, according to an enforcement action from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control called Operation Swill.Early Wednesday, the state alcohol authority raided the targeted licensed bars and restaurants ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715935/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:59 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715935/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 By Laura WiseleyTimes Correspondent DARBY BOROUGH - The borough will execute a contract to provide instant document scanning services for the borough’s administration and code enforcement departments.Borough Manager Mark Possenti said at a recent business meeting that the contract with DocStar Imagenet of Malvern will allow the borough to convert its files into electronic images, saving ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715934/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:59 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715934/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 WORTH TOWNSHIP - A crash Tuesday night on U.S. Route 322 sent a West Decatur couple to the hospital, state police at Philipsburg reported Thursday.Lyle Wisor and Norma Wisor, both 70, were transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center after their Chevrolet Cobalt collided with a Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 18-year-old Dion Barnard of Port Matilda.Police said Barnard attempted to cross over Route ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715936/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:52:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715936/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh police were called to downtown Pittsburgh after a woman was walking around topless. The woman was wearing only a skirt, and walking along downtown streets and sidewalks. Several people were seen taking pictures and video of the woman before police arrived. Police handcuffed her, and arrested ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715771/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:00 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715771/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Police say they don't even know whether 21-year-old Collegeville resident Matthew Royer may have met with foul play, or is simply not returning home of his own ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715938/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:41:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715938/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is the current president of the organization, whose summit will bring more than 30 mayors from across the U.S. to Philadelphia Thursday and ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715937/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:41:34 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715937/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Niger's interior minister says that a suicide attacker, who penetrated a military garrison in the city of Agadez, has taken several cadets ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715236/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:41:19 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214715236/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 View results PHILADELPHIA (AP) - For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube.The 26-year-old bike courier didn’t intend to become Internet-famous. He originally shot footage of the ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214714523/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:32 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214714523/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 The torrential showers drenched fields of debris where homes and schools stood before Monday's massive tornado. The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts up to 60 mph, which could send remnants of precious possessions flying through the air -- again. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oklahoma City area, including Moore, and a flash flood warning as ... http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214714228/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:24 -0400 http://www.pennsylvaniasun.com/index.php/sid/214714228/scat/3e0f27c4f0bf8c91