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I-5 bridge collapses in Washington no one killed

In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a man is seen sitting atop a car that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge there minutes earlier Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco ...
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The prestigious Institute of Medicine says schools need to make sure kids get at least an hour of physical activity each day - and PE should become a core ...
3 hurt in apparent explosion at Coatesville steel plant

COATESVILLE, Pa. (AP) - An apparent explosion at a Coatesville steel plant has left three people injured.It happened around 10 p.m. Thursday at the Arcelor-Mittal plant in Coatesville, in Chester County. Investigators say a bucket containing molten steel apparently exploded, injuring the three workers.Authorities are still trying to determine exactly what happened.The conditions of the injured ...
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys ban on adult leaders stays

By DAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT,Associated Press GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over.The Scouts' longstanding ban on gay adults remains in ...
Ex-Penn State player takes battle vs. bullying to book

By GENARO C. ARMAS,Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A former Penn State women's basketball player has written a new book to champion the anti-bullying efforts she supported during her playing days in Happy Valley.Gizelle Studevent's book, "Bridges," debuted this month ...

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The Return of the Living Dead [Blu-Ray]

Dan OBannons Return of the Living Dead is a gleefully irreverent, semi-successful faux sequel to George A. Romeros seminal Night of the Living Dead (1968), which single-handedly invented the modern zombie film and helped reinvigorate the horror genre ... ...

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Hospital workers uncover Riddle time capsule historic gems

Riddle Hospital CEO Gary Perecko inspects items found in a time capsule uncovered by workers at the Middletown facility. MIDDLETOWN - Construction workers uncovered a previously unknown time capsule tucked away inside Riddle Memorial Hospital’s original cornerstone while working on a building expansion project Thursday morning.The limestone block is hollowed out and contained a large ...
Drexel Hill woman wins Ready-Set-Garden contest $500 gift card

Penny Starr-Ashton of Drexel Hill stands with Phil Heron, editor of the Daily Times, after winning the Ready, Set, Garden Sweepstakes. UPPER DARBY - It only took one entry for Penny Starr-Ashton to claim the prize in the Ready, Set, Garden Sweepstakes contest sponsored by the Daily Times.Starr-Ashton, of Drexel Hill won a $500 gift card to the Home Depot, which she said will go a long way to ...
Philadelphia day of prayer penance following Gosnell conviction

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has declared May 24 to be a special day of prayer and penance "as a Christian response to the Kermit Gosnell trial and conviction." "The recent trial and conviction of the Philadelphia abortion doctor, Kermit Gosnell, for killing three babies born alive, manifested in yet another vivid way the horrific details of the abortion culture that ...
Mother taken into custody after search for child

Police said the woman took her son from his aunt, who has legal custody of the child. As the command center went up near South Braddock Avenue, authorities worked together with dispatchers and the phone company to track down the pings from the mother's cellphone. After a three-hour search, the pings alerted police that the mother was in the area, and led them to finding her riding in a car ...
Man shot in the face in Greenfield

A man was shot in the face at a home along Gladstone Street on Thursday night. He was then taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police spent hours at the home, searching for clues that might lead them to the shooter. As of Friday morning, no arrests had been ...

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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. ...