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Quoted in 'Stimulus Preserves Jobs, but Additional Action Needed to Create More Jobs'

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:09:29 GMT

Although the labor market in Pennsylvania is the weakest it has been since the grim early 1980s, there has been a remarkable decrease in the monthly rate of job loss since the 1st quarter of this year when we were losing more than 25,000 jobs a month; in the last three months, we have been losing about 4,000 jobs a month

Ave Maria University receives $5 million gift from Henkels Foundation

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:36:46 GMT

Ave Maria University has received a $5 million gift from the Henkels Foundation in honor of the late Paul M. Henkels, a former chairman of the university board.
Source: Naples Daily News

Pennsylvania contracts for Stinger tech

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:27:09 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. , Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The Pennsylvania Corrections Department has contracted Stinger Systems to deliver its electronic immobilization technologies for response officer applications.
Source: United Press International

A new recycling drive: Castoff clothes

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:19:45 GMT

As the crowd grew for the Philadelphia Marathon on Nov. 22, so, too, did the piles of detritus.
Source: Taiwan News

Parents be aware: Poll shows trend in teens' 'sexting'

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:06:43 GMT

WASHINGTON Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again. Sexting sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it.
Source: The Coloradoan

What Can Recovery.gov Tell Us About the Stimulus in Allentown, Pennsylvania? -- By: Jim Geraghty

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:05:43 GMT

Examining Zip Code 18102 on Recovery.gov tells me that the "City of Allentown" was awarded $672,157 in total awards, and 0.00 jobs were created or saved from it.
Source: National Review Online

NEW – Track reopens after central Pa. derailment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:58:28 GMT

McVEYTOWN — Partial rail service has been restored after a train derailment closed a busy stretch of track in rural central Pennsylvania.
Source: The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat

Ex-authority head sentenced in $141K theft

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:58:28 GMT

CONNELLSVILLE — The former executive director of a western Pennsylvania sewer authority must spend one to two years in prison and repay $141,000 he stole $141,000 from the agency.
Source: The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat

Design & Architecture: AIA Gold Medal Goes to Peter Bohlin

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:57:09 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In the past few decades, building booms have given rise to starchitects celebrated internationally for ever-splashier, ever more ambitious designs.
Source: Art Info

Quoted in 'Jobless rate falls slightly as Obama starts tour'

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:39:36 GMT

said in Political Intelligence:

Though an honest look at the evidence shows that Democrats' recovery efforts are helping to put the country back on track, families in Pennsylvania and across the country continue to struggle. For their sake, we must do more

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:43:15 GMT

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to a reporter after addressing a group of pro-life citizens Thursday Oct. 1, 2009 in Windsor Heights, Iowa.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:34:16 GMT

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell pauses as he answers questions during a news conference about the Pennsylvania state budget at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. , Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Gov.

Total Body Lift Surgery Results -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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