BlogHer:
Pennsylvania's Lincoln University has instituted a requirement that first-year students who arrive on campus with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher must either lower their BMI below 30 or take a one-unit course called " (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Maryland:
A Pennsylvania man led police Saturday on a high-speed chase through Prince George's County and into Baltimore, injuring two Maryland state troopers and a motorist before losing control of his Mustang convertible and hitting (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
Interesting story in today's L.A. Times about Joe Sestak's campaign to win the Democratic nomination for Senate in Pennsylvania. Looks like the campaign is inoculating themselves about the single biggest negative about Sestak (Read More)
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We might be dealing with low inflation and even a falling cost of living, but not everyone in the United States is dealing with the same economic woes. Americans who are in prison have their own economy—one with rampant infla (Read More)
Independent Political Report:
Ballot Access NewsBallot Access News has just learned that Pennsylvania is still distributing voter registration forms that don’t include any parties except the Democratic and Republican Parties. However, the Libertarian Part (Read More)
Fox News:
A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Personal Finance:
Questions for Joel Waldfogel, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His book, "Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays," was published in October by Princeton University P (Read More)
post-gazette.com - News:
Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Pennsylvania announced yesterday it is moving from the South Side to Lawrenceville next summer or fall. (Read More)
New York Times:
Two former judges accused of taking kickbacks to supply juveniles to private detention facilities have been granted partial immunity from civil liability.
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observer.guardian.co.uk:
The US chocolate company Hershey is considering an audacious go-it-alone attempt to buy the besieged Cadbury confectionery empire through a takeover offer of at least $17bn (£10.2bn) to edge out Kraft's £9.8bn hostile bid.Sou (Read More)
post-gazette.com - News:
Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Pennsylvania is moving from the South Side to Lawrenceville next year. It announced its purchase and sale agreements today. (Read More)
MSNBC:
A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Pennsylvania - Student - Education - Social W (Read More)
NY Post:
New York City police are responding to a report of a suspicious package at Pennsylvania Station.
It’s not clear what the package is. Police are responding to the area at Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Another skirmish has broken out in the long-running battle between climate scientists and so-called sceptics, and this one is likely to lead to more public confusionAnother skirmish has broken out in the long-running battle b (Read More)
FT.com - US and Canada - Society:
Carin Froehlich of Perkasie (home town of Miss Pennsylvania 1971, apparently) has been warned not to dry her laundry on a clothesline outside, following two complaints from neighbours, writes Matthew Engel. (Read More)
The Guardian:
• US confectioner has moved thousands of jobs to Mexico in three-year restructuring• Company's intentions towards Cadbury, a potential bid target, remain unclearIt calls itself the sweetest place in America. But the home town (Read More)
NY Post:
WARREN, Pa. — A New York woman who works as a bartender in northwestern Pennsylvania has been charged with using a male customer’s cell phone to post a nude photo of another woman on Facebook. Police in Warren didn’t immediat (Read More)
Breaking Midstate News with The Patriot-News:
Workers at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Lower Makefield, Pa., are among more than 300 Pennsylvania state government employees being laid off because of a state budget crunch. (Read More)
digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular:
In Ray Bradbury’s book, The Illustrated Man, the man of the title is covered with moving, shifting tattoos. If you look at them, they will tell you a story. New LED tattoos from the University of Pennsylvania could make the I (Read More)