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“This was such an honor to be recognized for a career that I have loved over the years.”

Occupation: Vice president and Pittsburgh region market manager of retail banking for First National Bank, with responsibilities for 17 branches. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“If we find the bats, they must be dealt with. This isn't holding us up right now, but it could.”

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Indiana bat is 2 inches long and weighs a quarter of an ounce. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“They realize the value of manufacturing jobs. They realize that it's created our middle class and we're losing our middle class as we lose our manufacturing base.”

According to the Alliance for American Manufacturing, Pennsylvania has lost 78,000 jobs as a result of the trade deficit to China. via Kdka.com

“Do they want to cut services to the elderly? Do they want to cut services to children? Do they want to slash education?”

Seeking to grab attention on today's tax filing deadline, a dozen House Republicans launched an effort Monday to pressure Gov. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

“We believe our discussions with them will continue in earnest.”

Northwest Airlines flight attendants read about the Delta and Northwest merger before working a flight to Las Vegas at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax ... .”

A Canadian province could teach the Pennsylvania General Assembly how to adhere to the uniformity of taxation clause of the state Constitution. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“We're very big on education here.”

Hospitals are doing a better job of preventing infections that patients pick up in their facilities, according to a Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council report released Thursday. via Pittsburgh Business Times

“Both armies in this deer war are talking past each other”

The Pennsylvania Game Commission's controversial deer-management plan will be audited in a review overseen by the state House of Representatives' Budget and Finance Committee. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Over the years, the Pittsburgh region has become a hotbed for foreign direct investment”

Pittsburgh Business Times - by Ben Semmes Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl met Monday with a delegation of Chinese real estate investors who are being hosted in the city by the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance . via Pittsburgh Business Times

“Winning seven awards in the APME contest is fantastic”

The Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors have announced that the Times Observer has won seven awards for editorial excellence. via Times Observer

“At best, this law as drafted will be ineffective”

A proposal to require handgun owners to report to police when their weapons are lost or stolen was defeated in the state House of Representatives. via York Dispatch

First up, credit where credit is due. You may recall this scrivener's column of two weeks ago calling out "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS to include the not-so-usual suspects when it broadcasts from ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

“The problem is energy efficiency is very abstract”

Joel Morrison wants to make buying a house more like shopping for a car. Not necessarily haggling over the price, but letting the buyer know how efficient a prospective home is and how much fuel it takes to run ... via Centre Daily Times

Gasoline, oil, natural gas and coal prices have surged over the past year. Nothing new there. via The Herald

Pennsylvania law allows state officials to award no-bid contracts ''in the best interest of the commonwealth'' or if there is only one supplier of the service or product needed. via The Morning Call

“We're going to be the center of the universe as November approaches, and if something goes wrong ...”

Are Pennsylvania's voting machines -- in the spotlight during the primary season for the first time in recent memory -- ready for their close-up? In recent years, advocates for election integrity have expressed ... via Pittsburgh City Paper

As of March 23, 2008, when the American death toll in the Iraq war reached 4,000, 187 soldiers from Pennsylvania or with strong ties to the state had been killed or died in support of combat operations. via Times Leader

“Usually, they don't want to be there”

There are the usual reasons to be in college, and then there is the one that dumbfounds Julian Gallegos, a business instructor at Community College of Allegheny County. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pennsylvania 's embattled student loan agency decided Thursday to hire its interim chief executive five months after his predecessor resigned following criticism of the agency's spending practices. via The Morning Call

The Youghiogheny River is being honored as Pennsylvania's River of the Year for 2008, a designation that brings with it an obligation. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette