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Since the inception of the Commonwealth Medical College and through June, between 270 and 300 individuals, foundations or businesses donated about $8 million to the school.

Instead of directing special education students to specialized programs, Lake-Lehman is reversing a common practice at school districts and bringing the programs to its students.

We don't hear enough about the intellectual hypocrisy of Washington. What's that? Well, if moral hypocrisy is saying what values people should live by while failing to follow them yourself, intellectual hypocrisy is believing you are smart enough to run other people's lives when you can barely run your own.

Staring intently from the cover of the November Atlantic magazine is John Fetterman, the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania.

To some, Gaye McGovern is simply their insurance agent - owner of Gaye McGovern Insurance Agency Inc.

Two nationally recognized poets, Jeanne Murray Walker and AV Christie , will read from their works Saturday night at 7 p.m. in a free-to-the-public performance of the Mad Poets Society at the Churchill Artisan Bakery and Chocolatier, 137 E. High St., Pottstown PA .

Alcohol was also one of the first medicines as well as a component of many early religious practices.

As South Dakota Democrats scan the horizon for a challenger to Sen. John Thune next year, one name starting to appear has a familiar ring to it.

What: By Brian Friel. Directed by Joe Dowling and Ben McGovern. When: Previews 7 p.m. today; 7:30 p.m. Tue.-Thu. Opens 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 7 p.m. next Sun.

LEHMAN TWP., Oct 13, 2009 -- Lake-Lehman officials hope more cyber charter school students opt to use a new program affiliated with the district, which would help reduce its more than $350,000 annual cyber charter tuition bill.

Patrick McGovern had just emerged from the ancient burial chamber in one of the most extensively excavated archaeological sites in China when a local scientist presented him with what he calls "the real treasure." It was a sealed bronze drinking vessel that resembled a teapot from 1200 B.C. With liquid still inside.

The National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners is seeking congressional sponsors for legislation that would establish the federal Reinsurance Supervision Review Board and ease collateral requirements for reinsurers based outside the United States.

Surviving: The Body of Evidence, a new, interactive exhibit that explores the process of evolution and its profound impact on humans, opens October 3 at The John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum.

George McGovern , the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, will give a speech at 7 p.m. tonight at Le Moyne College's Grewen Auditorium.

Good ol' Genesee Cream Ale. Once I started drinking beer, somewhere around 15, I sometimes would score a six-pack of this stuff in my eastern Pennsylvania hometown .

The NY Times : Crux of Afghan Debate: Will More Troops Curb Terror? The Times finds some experts who think we can fight a long-range remote control war and prevent Al Qaeda from re-establishing itself in Afghanistan, but most think we need more troops and a robust presence.

When the Democratic party handed its nomination to George McGovern at the 1972 convention in Miami, correspondent Robert Sherill reported on Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American candidate to seek the nomination of a major party; explored the diminished role of George Wallace; and served up sharp observations of the protesters outside the ...

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Bonnie Sweeten, accused of staging her own abduction, faces charges of false reports and identity theft.

Academics have long studied, argued and written about the politics of downtown development.