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

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.

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

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

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.

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

"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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Kimberly Chisman, 46 of Canton is charged with buying the nine millimeter gun used in the shooting.

Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith easily won the Republican nomination in his re-election bid, despite facing felony criminal charges for tape recording conversations related to his job.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett raised eyebrows last week with his answers during a roundtable discussion hosted by a Spanish-language newspaper in Philadelphia.

State police and the York County Coroner's Office are investigating the work-related death of an Etters man Tuesday morning in Warrington Township.

With the numbers of family dogs being shot by police increasing, a lot of dog owners have decided to use audio/video security cameras on their property.

Pennsylvania's Sen. Bob Casey and Sen. Pat Toomey both participated in Wednesday's hearing about IRS scrutinty of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.

It is primary election day throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A light turnout is expected, partially due to the fact that there is only one statewide race for Superior Court on the ballot.

While there are major solar energy and wind energy projects in Pennsylvania and one school district in the state has won an award for cutting their energy usage by one-third, a new report from the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium says more radical changes to Pennsylvania's energy system are needed to prevent catastrophic consequences ... (more)