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Medical examiner 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris ...
Okla. tornado death toll revised down to at least 24

A massive, howling tornado pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, chewing up homes and businesses, and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary ...
Marcellus Shale has impact on Delco Rose Tree Media receives $50000 natural gas grant

dlynch@delcotimes.com @dmlreporter State officials have awarded the Rose Tree Media School District a $499,994 Natural Gas Vehicle Development Program grant which will go toward an upgrade of the district’s school bus fleet.The grant is being administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as part of Act 13 known as the Marcellus Shale Impact Fee legislation. Gov. ...
Watch live coverage of aftermath of killer tornado in Oklahoma

A vicious tornado was one of several that touched down Sunday in the nation's midsection, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, ...
Police Argument between Rockview inmates leads to ink-pen stabbing

BENNER TOWNSHIP - State police at Rockview say an argument Sunday between two inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview led to one of the men stabbing the other with an ink pen.Police said the altercation occurred at 5:10 p.m. in the dining hall, where a 49-year-old inmate got into a argument with a 35-year-old inmate.The older man then stabbed the younger man “several ...

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Any way you look at it, "Mondo Cane" (which is pronounced "car-nay") is a patently silly piece of cinematic junk masquerading as an important anthropological documentary of strange and exotic parts of the world. The dead give-away to its exploitative nature is the condescending, inflated narration that immediately clues the viewer in to the fact that the filmmakers have no respect for the cultures ... ...

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Game officials Bald eagle killed in central Pa.

LORETTO, Pa. (AP) -- The Pennsylvania Game Commission is trying to determine who fatally shot a bald eagle in western Pennsylvania earlier this ...
DAs new charge Stepdad smothered Pa. toddler

BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A district attorney has added a charge of criminal homicide against a western Pennsylvania stepfather already charged with physically abusing the ...
Ohio man rescued after fall at western Pa. park

PORTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- An Ohio man had to be rescued after he fell 15 to 20 feet while taking photographs near Kildoo Falls in McConnells Mill State ...
Dicks Sporting Goods 1Q net income revenue up

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Dick's Sporting Goods said Tuesday that its net income rose 13 percent in the first quarter as revenue edged up and some expenses ...
Pa. board OKs charges to use new resort casino

FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved charges that non-resort guests must pay to gamble at soon-to-open casino at a southwestern Pennsylvania ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...