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8 min ago | ABC 27

Etters man killed in fuel truck accident

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

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Related Topix: Etters, PA, York County, PA, Pennsylvania

8 min ago | ABC 27

P. Diddy in Harrisburg to meet with PLCB

He was in town to meet with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board about his Ciroc liquor label, according to spokesperson Stacy Kriedeman.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Dauphin County, PA, York County, PA

3 hrs ago | Patch.com

Charlestown Road to Close Saturday for Tree Removal

Editor's note : The following information comes from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

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4 hrs ago | Science Daily

How immune system peacefully co-exists with 'good' bacteria

The gastrointestinal tract contains literally trillions of such cells, and yet the immune system seemingly turns a blind eye.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Immunology, Biology, Science, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania

9 hrs ago | UnionvilleTimes.com

Seat-belt enforcement initiative begins

The majority of traffic fatalities involving unbuckled victims occurred at night last year, spurring a nighttime emphasis on a "Click It or Ticket" seat-belt enforcement effort beginning Monday and extending through June 9, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation .

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

11 hrs ago | Patch.com

Casey, Toomey Comment on IRS Hearing

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.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Senator Pat Toomey, US News, US Senate, Senator Bob Casey, Pennsylvania

11 hrs ago | Keystonepolitics.com

Climate Change & Renewable Energy Projects in Pennsylvania

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)

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Wind Power, Solar Energy

17 hrs ago | Philly.com

Bill of Rights copy from 1789 to go on display here

As the result of a historic agreement between the New York Public Library and the State of Pennsylvania, the National Constitution Center will exhibit one of the original copies of the Bill of Rights that President George Washington dispatched to the states in 1789 for ratification.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, York, PA, US Governors, Tom Corbett

Tue May 21, 2013

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Voting information: Polls open at 7 a.m. today

All county offices, with the exception of the Elections Division and Elections Court, will be closed.

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EurekAlert!

Decisions to forgo life support may depend heavily on the ICU where patients are treated

Study to be presented during 2013 ATS Special Session: 'Care at the End of Life: Room for Improvement, Ideas for Change' PHILADELPHIA-The decision to limit life support in patients in the intensive care unit appears to be significantly influenced by physician practices and/or the culture of the hospital, suggests new findings from researchers at ... (more)

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Related Topix: University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

PennLive.com

traffic update: foggy, but accident free commute in Harrisburg area

Other than the occasional patch of fog, the morning commute around the Harrisburg area is running smoothly as of 6:30 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Pennsylvania

Philly.com

The kitten who refused to die

His ordeal has a happy ending, but what an ordeal it's been: A near fatal encounter with a deadly flower; renal failure; four weeks of kidney dialysis and, finally, a $15,000 kidney transplant at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Kidney Cancer, Health, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware

Keystonepolitics.com

Philly Expands LGBT Rights, PA House/Senate Might

The struggle for equal human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Pennsylvania has seen significant developments this month.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Pennsylvania, Transgender

Mon May 20, 2013

Post-gazette.com

Corbett asks for 'modifications' to Pa.'s proposed regulations on school standards

Gov. Tom Corbett is recommending changes to a set of education regulations that have been criticized by both Democrats and conservatives.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania, Washington DC

Science Daily

Nanoantennas improve infrared sensing

The research was conducted by assistant professor Ertugrul Cubukcu and postdoctoral researcher Fei Yi, along with graduate students Hai Zhu and Jason C. Reed, all of the Department of Material Science and Engineering in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Cameras

WaterWorld

PA American Water marks completion of $101M Pittsburgh water treatment project

Pennsylvania American Water officials today hosted the Department of Community and Economic Development Senior Advisor Mike Cortez, Public Utility Commissioner Wayne Gardner, Department of Environmental Protection Deputy Secretary Kelly Heffner, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and other dignitaries to mark the completion of major ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Elrama, PA

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Ex-caseworker gets prison for shooting at Pa. cops

A former Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare caseworker will spend five to 10 years in state police for firing 17 shots at state troopers who surrounded his house after he allegedly refused to come out when they responded to a drunken domestic dispute in October.

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CBS Local

National Immigration Rates On The Rise While Births Are On The Decline

Recent Census Bureau projections show that immigration rates are up in the Unites States, while the number of births have declined.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Pennsylvania

The Citizens' Voice

Open records case produced untracked drilling documents

Scattered records kept by the state Department of Environmental Protection offer one answer to a key question in a new age of fossil fuel extraction in Pennsylvania: How many water supplies have been damaged by drilling? The Times-Tribune requested the letters and enforcement orders that might best account for the number of drilling-disrupted water ... (more)

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Sun May 19, 2013

New Jersey Herald

Paper: Drilling damage in 161 Pa. water supplies

Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper.

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