Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Burning: Feds Levy Charges In Immigrant Killing and Police Cover-Up

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mexican Immigrants, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Pennsylvania, Civil Rights, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

The United States Department of Justice announced a sweeping set of indictments levied by a federal grand jury connected to a racially motivated killing and alleged police corruption in Shenandoah, PA.

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Can Arlen Specter End the War in Afghanistan?

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

Read More: Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania, Ned Lamont, Taliban, Joe Lieberman, Iraq, Jim McGovern, Senate, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Joe Sestak, World News
Robert Naiman

Who knew Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter would emerge as one of the most vocal opponents in the Senate of the President's military escalation in Afghanistan?

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My Grandmother Takes a Stand for Gay Marriage in Church Despite Loving Glenn Beck

Mike Elk | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Glenn Beck, Pennsylvania, Unions, Sarah Palin, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Mike Elk

To label all these Glenn Beck followers as unreachable, bigoted racists is an extraordinarily dangerous and misleading move for the progressive movement, which aims to include all people.

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One Year Later: A Return to Normalcy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, Afghanistan, War, George W. Bush, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Recession, Afghanistan War, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Change, Pennsylvania, One Year Later, Chicago, Fox News, Obama One Year Later, Lincoln Park, Republican Party, Health Care, Guantanomo Bay, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Th Obama normalcy is a welcome relief from eight years of the Bush administration, but it is only a start. If Obama builds on this start with true reforms, much of the hope will come back.

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Record-Breaking Early Snowfall In New York, New Jersey

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Record-Breaking Snowfall, October Snow, Ithaca, New Jersey, Binghamton, Autumn, Fall, Early Snowfall, Pennsylvania, New York, State College Pennsylvania, Altoona, Olean, New York News

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — An autumn storm brought snow to parts of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, the earliest snow on record in some towns u...

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Arlen Specter 2010: Ominous Signs For Specter's Re-Election Bid

Politics Daily | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Susquehanna Polling Research Survey, Poll, Democrats, Chances, Losing, Specter 2010, Toomey vs. Specter, Senate, Specter Re-Election, Pennsylvania, Polling, Democratic Party, Toomey, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Winning, Sestak, Gop, Pat Toomey, Odds, Joe Sestak, Politics News

Although Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter leads his Democratic primary opponent and is running neck-and-neck in a general election matchup against Repu...

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Beyond the Easy Irony of Murdered Gun Advocate Meleanie Hain

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Open Carry, Ccw, Concealed Carry, Meleanie Hain, Murder-Suicide, Gun Control, Pennsylvania, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association, Second Amendment, Guns, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

The absolute she tried to personify -- that owning a handgun will guarantee your safety -- is false.

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Meleanie Hain: Gun-Carrying Soccer Mom Killed By Husband In Murder Suicide, Police Say (VIDEO)

The Associated Press | Mark Scolforo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Melanie Hain, Lebanon, Crime, Gun, Suicide, Gun Control, Guns, Scott Hain, Murder, Dad, Pennsylvania, Soccer Mom, Mom, Gun Safety, Second Amendment, Nra, Gun Rights, Melanie, Meleanie Hain, Home News

LEBANON, Pa. - A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her h...

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The Civil Rights Test of Our Generation

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Human Rights, President Obama, Dadt, Human Rights Campaign, Joe Sestak, Doma, Civil Rights, Defense of Marriage Act, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage Equality, Pennsylvania, Politics News
Rep. Joe Sestak

It's time to end discrimination based on sexual identity or orientation. That's why I'm committed to equal rights for all Americans, and to repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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Timothy Willgruber: Police Say Man Accused Of Accidentally Killing Identical Twin Has Killed Himself

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Bethlehem, Twin Brothers, Brother, Brothers, Killed, Allentown, Suicide, Pennsylvania, Timothy Willgruber, Willgruber Twins, Thomas Willgruber, Home News

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a man accused of killing his identical twin brother in a parallel parking accident has ...

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A Desperate Need for Nature

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Pennsylvania, National Parks, Nature, Crickets, Living News
Maria Rodale

Snuggled under all my soft and comfy organic bedding, I am feeling all warm and wonderful, while the air in the room is sweet, cool, and so refreshing. It's an elixir that is priceless.

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G20 Summit Highlights Pennsylvania's Green Jobs Potential

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: G20 Summit, Pennsylvania, Green Jobs, Climate Week Nyc, Clean Energy, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Pittsburgh, Green News
Frances Beinecke

How did Pittsburgh, a gritty city on the edge of America's industrial heartland, get chosen to host the G20? Because Pittsburgh, a booming center of green technology, is the right place for the times.

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Anthony Taylor: Man Arrested For Arranging Sex Tryst With Baby

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Anthony Taylor Baby, Delaware County, Anthony Tayler Staten Island, Pennsylvania, Sex Crimes, Online Sex Sting, Crime, Anthony Taylor, Pedophilia, Baby Sex, Undercover Sex Sting, Anthony Taylor Staten Island, New York News

Staten Islander Anthony Taylor was arrested Wednesday for traveling to Pennsylvania with the intent of having sex with a woman and her 14-month-old ch...

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Frack Fluid Spill in PA Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish

ProPublica | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Contamination, Dimock, Cabot Oil and Gas, Halliburton, Department of Environmental Protection, Drilling, Hydrofracturing, Hydrofracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Pennsylvania, Green News
ProPublica

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids afte...

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Fracking Proves Dangerous In Pennsylvania Case

David O. Williams | Posted 11.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Pro-Publica, Colorado, Diana DeGette, Natural Gas, Pennsylvania, Fracking, Denver News

ProPublica Monday reported environmental officials were scrambling to clean up 8,000 gallons of a "potential carcinogen" manufactured by Halliburton a...

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Keyon And Teyon: Porn Star Pleads Guilty In Pa. Rooftop Burglary; Twin Already Jailed

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Teyon, Gay Porn, Pennsylvania, Crime, Sex, Twin Brothers, Keyon, Philadelphia, Porn, Porn Star Twins, Home News

PHILADELPHIA — A porn star has pleaded guilty to acting as a lookout while his twin brother and sometime co-star cut holes through the roofs of ...

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Murtha: No More Troops To Afghanistan

The Cable | Josh Rogin | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: John Murtha, Pennsylvania, Stanley McChrystal, Democrats, Barack Obama, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News

House defense spending cardinal John Murtha, an early bellwether of congressional opposition to the Iraq war, has made his strongest comments yet oppo...

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Breaking: Suit Cites Chronic Pizarchik Failure: Millions Call for OSM Nominee Withdraw

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Lisa Jackson, Dirty Coal, Osmre, Green News, Green Jobs, President Barack Obama, Coal Ash, Joseph Pizarchik, Clean Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Pennsylvania, Tva, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Pizarchik's hearing on Tuesday will be a litmus test of the Obama administration's--and the US Senate's--commitment to appointing and confirming agency directors who believe in science and law in our nation's coalfields.

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Congressman Joe Sestak Liveblogging RIGHT NOW at Senate Guru

Senate Guru | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Pa-Sen, 2010 Senate, Liveblog, Pennsylvania, Joe Sestak, Senate Guru, Politics News
Senate Guru

ight now, beginning at 5pm Eastern Time, Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak will hold a liveblog session for about an hour at Senate Guru.

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Crime Cameras To Blanket Pennsylvania Amish Country

AP | PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Crime Cameras, Amish Country, Pennsylvania Amish, Pennsylvania, Home News

LANCASTER, Pa. — Horses drawing buggies regularly clop down the roads approaching Lancaster, a peaceful city in the heart of Amish country that ...

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Joe Sestak Leads on Health Care Reform

Senate Guru | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Arlen Specter, Pa-Sen, 2010 Senate, Pennsylvania, Joe Sestak, Public Option, Politics News
Senate Guru

Congressman Sestak's leadership has seemingly been the only thing pulling recent Republican Arlen Specter to the left on key issues in health care reform.

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Sestak: I'd Have A Hard Time Voting For A Health Care Bill Without A Public Option

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Spector, Pennsylvania, Public Option, Healthcare Reform, Joe Sestak, Politics News

He left himself some wiggle room, but, in what appeared to be a challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) said he'd have a hard t...

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Specter-Sestak Attack Each Other From The Left on Free Trade

Mike Elk | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Sestak, Netroots Nation, Specter, Nafta, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Arlen Specter, Obama and NAFTA, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Specter Sestak, Manufacturing Job Losses, Pennsylvania, Congressman-Joe-Sestak, Cafta, International Trade Commission, Pittsburgh, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News
Mike Elk

Manufacturing is essential to rebuilding our economy and moving away from the debt-driven boom bust cycles of the past.

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Michael Vick's "Second Chance" is a Garbage Redemption Story: Feast Away, Media!

Dan Brown | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Philadelphia, Ed Rendell, Second Chance, Pennsylvania, Atlanta Falcons, Michael Vick, Dogfighting, Donovan McNabb, Peta, Philadelphia Eagles, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Andy Reid, Michael Nutter, Joe Banner, Sports, Media News
Dan Brown

My initial reaction to the Michael Vick signing is disgust. Sure he can run a "wildcat" formation, but does that justify inviting the protests and ill will that will follow the Eagles everywhere, including at home?

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Want to See Neighborhoods that Beat the Bust? Take a Walk

John F. Wasik | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Boston, Pennsylvania, Living News, New Mexico, Personal Health, Neighborhoods, Health, Home Sales, Georgia, Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, Cities, New York, Home Foreclosures, Business News
John F. Wasik

Pedestrian-friendly cities can make huge personal economic sense. If you don't need a car, you can save thousands a year.

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