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22 min ago | Salon

Is the Environmental Defense Fund ruining environmentalism?

The battle over hydraulic fracking of oil and natural gas has pitted land owners against each other.

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Related Topix: Environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Boat Disaster

Sat May 25, 2013

Dissident Voice

Pennsylvania's Latest Shell Game to Protect Big Energy

David M. Jacobson wanted a transcript of a public hearing conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection , May 2. The public meeting was to allow persons to discuss a proposal by National Gypsum and En-Tire Logistics to build a tire burner plant in Union County that would burn about 100 million pounds of shredded tires each ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government, US News, Liberal Political News

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News from around Pennsylvania

After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Philadelphia, PA

Patch.com

'Gay Therapy' Camp, Missing Student, Alleged Embezzlers Top Eastern PA News

Alleged Embezzlers Gambled Township's Money, Police Say : Former South Whitehall utility supervisor Nancy A. Tonkin and her husband, a former township police officer, are charged with embezzling $854,497 from township coffers over more than a decade, the Lehigh County District Attorney says.

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Related Topix: Whitehall, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Skippack, PA

PennLive.com

Pennsylvania Mystery Species: The Answer, The Winners

Pennsylvania Mystery Species, a weekly, serial contest about the wild things and wild places of Pennsylvania, concludes today with the answer.

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Related Topix: Boiling Springs, PA, Enola, PA

Patch.com

Zero Tolerance for Seat Belt Violations Over Memorial Day Weekend

PennDOT will partner with more than 600 law enforcement agencies and the Pennsylvania State Police to participate in a national "Click It or Ticket" seat-belt enforcement effort through June 9. The effort will focus largely on nighttime enforcement, using traffic safety checkpoints and roving patrols.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government

Fri May 24, 2013

The Waterloo Region Record

Travel: You'll need a battle plan to visit Gettysburg during the 150th anniversary weeks

Members of the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves stand near the Pennsylvania Memorial in Gettysburg, which commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought there in July 1863.

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Related Topix: Gettysburg, PA, US National Parks, Gettysburg National Military Park, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, Travel

WCHS-TV Charleston

Devin Hamilton named associate publisher in DuBois

An Ohio newspaper executive has returned to his home state of Pennsylvania to become associate publisher of The Courier-Express in DuBois.

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Daily Kos

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's staff has now verified that he knows a brown person

You may have heard of the odd exchange earlier this week in which Pennsylvania Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Tom Corbett

Times Herald

Weekend forecast: A beach bummer for the East Coast

Though the calendar says late May, the weather will feel more like late March or early April for people vacationing at the beach in New England, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this Memorial Day weekend.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Weather

PennLive.com

Jim McCormack, President/CEO, Pennsylvania Credit Union Association,...

A: The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association is a trade association for Pennsylvania's more than 500 credit unions.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government

The Triangle

BBQ increases EMS awareness

Drexel Emergency Medical Services hosted its first barbecue on the Race Street Lawn May 17 in order to increase student awareness of its services.

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Related Topix: Nursing

SFGate

Pa. teacher cleared in fondling, faces second case

A suspended northwestern Pennsylvania high school teacher has been acquitted on charges that he fondled a then-12-year-old boy during a Christmas visit which the teacher, and several defense witnesses, testified never occurred.

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Thu May 23, 2013

York Dispatch

Pa. hearing to focus on political groups

A group that aired TV ads critical of Gov. Tom Corbett is the impetus for a planned hearing before the House State Government Committee.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Tom Corbett

ABC 27

17-year cicadas return to Central Pennsylvania

"It was just two days ago, my husband said 'Come on out here, I need to show you something in the backyard,' and I was just like 'Wow!' There was a lot of them," said Loretta Blaydon who lives in Middle Paxton Township.

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Related Topix: Lancashire County, England, United Kingdom, Lancaster, PA, US Governors, Tom Corbett

ABC 27

2 accused of raping teen at Ephrata motel

Ephrata police said they have charged two men with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in a borough motel.

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Related Topix: Ephrata, PA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Clover Herald

Vicksburg marks anniversary of Civil War siege

Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg - so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than compete with Pennsylvania for tourist dollars around July 4. Union forces waged a long campaign to conquer Vicksburg and gain control of the lower Mississippi River.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Vicksburg National Military Park, us Travel, Travel, Terry Branstad, US Governors

WLS-AM Chicago

Emily's List Endorses Allyson Schwartz for Governor of Pennsylvania

Emily's List is backing Rep. Allyson Schwartz in her bid for governor of Pennsylvania, making their first endorsement of the 2014 gubernatorial cycle.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Allyson Schwartz, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, Tom Corbett

GantDaily.com

PennDOT Encourages Pennsylvanians to Sign Up for Free Life-Saving Programs

In recognition of national Emergency Medical Services Week, which runs through May 25, PennDOT has encouraged Pennsylvanians to sign up for two free programs aimed at saving lives in emergency situations - the Yellow Dot and Emergency Contact Information programs.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania Government

Wed May 22, 2013

Examiner.com

Bright white object 'overtakes' military jets over Pennsylvania skies

A Pennsylvania witness at West Brownsville reported watching an object "overtake two military jets" and then make a right angle turn before moving away at high speed, according to May 22, 2013, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network witness reporting database.

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Related Topix: West Brownsville, PA, Brownsville, PA, UFO and Alien, Washington County, PA, California, PA

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