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6 hrs ago | Kansas.com

Pa. governor: Philly transit strike could end soon

A SEPTA regional train burns in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. A Philadelphia commuter train caught fire Wednesday, complicating the morning rush already hampered by the city's transit strike.

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Related Topix: Ed Rendell, US Governors

Fri Nov 06, 2009

FOX News

Pa. Prostitution Case Thrown Out Over Government Funded Sex

An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.

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DanceJournal

Pennsylvania Ballet prepares for another holiday season.

The magic of the holiday season comes to life on stage as Pennsylvania Ballet and PNC Arts Alive present George Balanchine's The Nutcracker.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Philadelphia, PA

Bizjournals

Gas prices in western Pennsylvania hold steady

Gas prices in western Pennsylvania held steady over the past week, according to the latest AAA Fuel Gauge Report.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Voice of America

Pennsylvania Site Contains Evidence of Earliest People in North America

On November 12th 1955, as Albert Miller took a walk through his Pennsylvania property, named Meadowcroft, he noticed a freshly dug groundhog hole.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science, Anthropology

WHTM

2 Get Prison, House Arrest in Fatal Mine Blast

The operator of an eastern Pennsylvania coal mine has been sentenced to prison and the owner to house arrest in connection with a mine explosion that killed a man three years ago.

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Related Topix: Explosion

Education Week

Pennsylvania Lags in Passing GED Test

Kenny Washington found out the hard way how tough it is to find a job without a high school diploma.

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WPMT-TV York

Table games stalemate in Pa. Capitol is bumping up against schools' 2nd-semester tuition bills

An entrenched stalemate in the Capitol may mean students at four Pennsylvania universities will soon see higher second-semester tuition bills.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

CBS 3

Pennsylvania Voters Hit The Polls

Share + Nov 3, 2009 8:27 am US/Eastern PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania voters will be awarding a hotly contested open seat on the state Supreme Court and filling a half-dozen vacancies on the Superior and Commonwealth courts.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

The Centrist

New budget year, new deficit for PA

It may be a new fiscal year, but Pennsylvania is stuck in the same fiscal rut. The state is spending more money than it takes in.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government

Science Daily

Speed Limit To The Pace Of Evolution, Biologists Say

A major conclusion of the work is that for some organisms, possibly including humans, continued evolution will not translate into ever-increasing fitness.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, E. Coli, Health

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Philly.com

Supreme Court election crucial to redistricting, leaders say

Lt. Gov. Joe Scarnati's letter to fellow Republicans on behalf of state Supreme Court candidate Joan Orie Melvin was unusually blunt.

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Related Topix: US News

KXMB-TV Bismarck

Calif. debt firm settles Pa. classaction suit

Calif. debt firm settles Pa. class-action suit Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. By DAN NEPHIN Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH A California debt collection company has agreed to pay $2.55 million to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of Pennsylvanians who claim they were wrongly led to believe they had to pay costly fees to avoid criminal charges ...

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Pennsylvania Government

CourierPostOnline

Philly transit strike brings buses, subways to a halt

The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early today, bringing the city's bus, subway and trolley operations to a halt just hours after the World Series shifted to New York.

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PennLive.com

Poll finds there's little escaping recession's impact in Pennsylvania

One in two Pennsylvanians has experienced pay reduction, layoffs or an inability to pay for medical care, among other hardships, during this worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, according to the latest poll from the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government, Franklin & Marshall College

Mon Nov 02, 2009

IndustryWeek

Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center Announces New Energy Initiative

Home : Operations : Research / Development : Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center Announces New Energy Initiative Recently the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center won a $500,000 grant from Pennsylvaniaa s Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority to fund a new initiative for the development of new products and ...

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Related Topix: University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh Tribune

School taxes in Pennsylvania may soar to pay for pension promises

Think your school taxes were high this year? Start saving for 2012-13. That's when Pennsylvania property owners will pay a lot more money to cover the generous pension bump state lawmakers awarded themselves, school employees and state workers in 2001.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Education Etc., Mortgage, Harrisburg Metro, Harrisburg, PA

PennLive.com

Grants available to help Pennsylvanians pay for electric, heating bills

The LIHEAP program helps people to pay their utility bills. Those who need financial help to pay their energy bills this winter can begin applying for grants starting tomorrow, but some who qualified for help last year might not get it this year.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government

Sun Nov 01, 2009

PressConnects.com

Pennsylvania high court race yields case, but not clarity

HARRISBURG -- The battle for Pennsylvania Supreme Court that will be decided in Tuesday's election may not have shed much light on the candidates, but it's been a boost for economic recovery in Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Luzerne County, PA, Abortion

PennLive.com

Pennsylvania man spends a year documenting folk art on barns

Stars. Not hex signs, but stars. Patrick Donmoyer , 23, has spent more than a year documenting and photographing 400 examples of such celestial iconography, a form of folk art painted on Pennsylvania barns over the last three centuries.

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Related Topix: Lebanon County, PA, Reading Metro, Berks County, PA, Fleetwood, PA, Kutztown, PA

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