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"There are real issues middle class families are dealing with every day and that's where Elizabeth is focused," Warren spokeswoman Alethea Harney told the Herald.

Tammy Cologie, who has a genetic lung disease, is awaiting a double lung transplant.

Chahnaz Kebaier, the woman shot outside a Chapel Hill elementary school Friday, had asked a friend to pray for her as she separated from the man now accused of killing her.

Rep. John Lewis will receive the last of five prestigious honorary degrees Sunday, this one coming from Brown University.

By pairing an intimate knowledge of immune-system function with a deep understanding of statistical physics, a cross-disciplinary team at the University of Pennsylvania has arrived at a surprising finding: T cells use a movement strategy to track down parasites that is similar to strategies that predators such as monkeys, sharks and blue-fin tuna ... (more)

In the Class of 1988 production of "Grease" at Upper Darby High School, Tina Fey played Frenchie.

Cary-Grove High School has announced the salutatorian for the Class of 2012. Senior Alex Whitaker earned the title of salutatorian after earning a 4.639 grade-point average during his four years at Cary-Grove, 2208 Three Oaks Rd.

It's akin to winning an Oscar in the culinary world, and University of Southern Mississippi associate professor of history Andrew Haley lays claim to one for his latest book on how the middle class secured their place at the dinner table, so to speak.

A woman with degrees from two Ivy League universities is attracting attention with a YouTube video she created about the difficulties people face when they graduate from the elite colleges.

Nicholas Metz, who is to graduate in June from Chambersburg Area Senior High School, has been selected for a Board of Governors academic achievement scholarship at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Less than two months before his firing, deposed California University of Pennsylvania president Angelo Armenti Jr.

The cost of Reiki is a tricky question.A This depends on whether or not you are the practitioner or the consumer.

The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium recently awarded 11 health professional schools the designation of Centers of Excellence in Pain Education , a NIH news release reports.

The traditional Decoration Day service of the Grand Army Meade Post No. 1 will be re-created at noon Sunday at historic Laurel Hill Cemetery, the site of the first Memorial Day observance in Philadelphia in 1868.

Yvon Chouinard founder of Patagonia Inc. is seen before receiving a honorary degree during commencement at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Sen. Scott Brown wants to know why Harvard listed his rival, Elizabeth Warren, as a native American professor.

CHARLESTON , S.C. - Another edition of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid a brass fanfare, a shower of confetti and reminders of how important the arts are to cities.

A court hearing scheduled for this afternoon has been cancelled, as fired California University of Pennsylvania President Angelo Armenti Jr.

Movie review: 'Men in Black 3' pales in comparison to predecessors Movie review: Jack Black's 'Bernie' offers blissful bereavement Tuned In: PBS plans a summer full of new shows Renovated Manor Theater boasts new seats, sign, floor and bar Film Clips: 'Sound of My Voice' intriguing; 'God Bless' a weird black comedy Children's Museum takes kids to ... (more)

His classic study, The Great War and Modern Memory, was rooted in his own bitter experience of loss and waste in combat Paul Fussell, who died on Wednesday at the age of 88 , was the classic public intellectual who wrote on everything from poetic meter to the role of class in American society.