Pennsylvania News

Don Lerman set a record by eating seven sticks of salted butter in five minutes.

During a June 19 radio debate , Pennsylvania State Sen. John Eichelberger repeatedly asserted that same-sex marriage is wrong, " dysfunctional ," and would lead to "polygamy, marrying younger people." But perhaps his most shocking comments came when fellow lawmaker Sen.

Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.

A former state senator, Vincent J. Fumo, is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, claiming the jury was tainted.

The revelation that Pennsylvania politicians received nearly $17 million from people connected to the gambling industry has prompted the Philadelphia Daily News to ask about the ethics and legality of cash flowing into the pockets of Pennsylvania politicos charged with overseeing gambling.

"Antebellum" is a word associated more with the pre-Civil War South than Butler County.

As weeks passed and Shavaughn Wallace's killing went unsolved, her mother would wander into her bedroom, still filled with her clothes and her smell, wondering whether the case would go cold.

Fees for Pennsylvania municipalities that don't maintain their own police forces are under consideration in the state House of Representatives.

Dealing with a shaky economy: Very difficult. Looking to overhaul a messy American health care system: Very difficult.

U.S. farmers planted a record-breaking soybean crop this spring, according to USDA's June 30 Planted Acreage report.

Ed Rendell without a spending plan in place, a reality that many have come to grudgingly accept.

Online job advertisements declined by over 500,000 in June compared with the same period a year earlier, but a national report shows only a modest decrease from May, a private research group says.

A bill to open Pennsylvania's government-subsidized health insurance program to 85,000 more lower-income adults won House approval Monday.

Gov. Ed Rendell is warning Pennsylvanians not to expect a state budget deal this week or next.

A former Pennsylvania resident has been convicted of federal charges for his role in a multimillion-dollar cocaine distribution ring making use of fruit shipments in Connecticut and New York.

Wilkes-Barre native Shannon Doyle is the 2009 Miss Pennsylvania, after winning the crown Saturday night during the Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant held at the Syria Mosque near Pittsburgh.

The union representing about 500 striking workers have agreed to use a federal mediator to help settle their dispute with the utility company Penelec.

More than 20,000 Pennsylvanians are expected to exhaust their jobless benefits in mid-July. The state Department of Labor and Industry expects them to be the first large wave of people who have gone through as many as 72 weeks of unemployment benefits.

After an almost total crop loss last year, Wisconsin - one of the nation's largest tart cherry growers - is expected to produce more than 8 million pounds of cherries this year.A The U.S. Department of Agriculture says overall U.S. production is expected to spike nearly a third to 283.6 million pounds.

Pennsylvania is the 37th state to file objections to the General Motors bankruptcy plan in a move officials say aims to protect consumers and businesses.