Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.libertyreporter.org/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.libertyreporter.org/files.php?file= http://www.libertyreporter.org/ http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/chris_matthews_says_he_won_t_run_for_pennsylvania_senate_seat_de.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:32:51 -0600 WASHINGTON — MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews has told his colleagues he won't be leaving television to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_teen_accused_of_plotting_school_attack_admits_to_ch.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:14:34 -0600 POTTSTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania teenager accused of planning an attack at his high school has admitted to a charge of attempted murder. A magisterial http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_judges_split_on_who_can_perform_marriages_the_patri.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:30:59 -0600 PHILADELPHIA -- Can people who get ordained on the Internet legally marry couples in Pennsylvania? After four court cases in the last two years, the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/as_new_pennsylvania_legislators_are_sworn_in_budget_woes_top_age.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:22:31 -0600 All talk about legislative priorities stops with the 2009-10 state budget. GOP legislators representing Franklin County say they remain reform-minded, but government reform is a http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/mine_safety_board_holds_first_meeting_begins_process_of_making_p.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:00:00 -0600 A seven-member board established under Pennsylvania's new bituminous mine safety law met for the first time today to begin making the state's deep underground coal http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/wall_street_analysts_to_provide_candid_insights_at_5th_annual_pe.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:58:00 -0600 Four of the country's most respected gaming-industry analysts from Wall Street will share their candid views on the revenue potential, competitive landscape, public policy and http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_statehouse_the_patriot-news.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:52:26 -0600 Keith McCall, who became Pennsylvania's speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, is an overnight success 27 years in the making. McCall, D-Carbon County, http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_statehouse_the_patriot-news.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:46:19 -0600 Keith McCall, who became Pennsylvania's speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, is an overnight success 27 years in the making. McCall, D-Carbon County, http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/central_pennsylvania_fishing_hunting_hiking_and_more_from_the_pa.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:11:58 -0600 The Pennsylvania Game Commission has cut the minimum age for participants in the independent online study version of hunter-trapper education for the second time since http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/as_new_pennsylvania_legislators_are_sworn_in_budget_woes_top_age.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:06:00 -0600 All talk about legislative priorities stops with the 2009-10 state budget. GOP legislators representing Franklin County say they remain reform-minded, but government reform is a http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_lawmakers_choose_leaders_times_leader.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:52:13 -0600 HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state lawmakers began a new two-year session Tuesday with the selection of Rep. Keith McCall and Sen. Joe Scarnati to serve as http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_gets_an_official_inaugural_ball_the_morning_call.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:18:53 -0600 Pennsylvania's political brass will get a close-up view of newly sworn-in President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on inauguration day at an official http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_hospitals_struggling_through_recession_pittsburgh_b.html Pennsylvania Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:23:45 -0600 The nation’s economic downturn is not bypassing Pennsylvania hospitals, according to a survey conducted by the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_man_suspected_of_soliciting_sex_from_10-year-old_ka.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:47:57 -0600 A 73-year-old man suspected of soliciting sex from a 10-year-old Hutchinson girl has died in a Pennsylvania prison. State prison officials say Joseph Hydock http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/accident_pennsylvania_crash_injures_miami_university_of_ohio_gle.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:59 -0600 Erie, PA - An accident in Erie, Pennsylvania injures students from Miami University of Ohio Tuesday morning. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/swearing-in_held_for_pennsylvania_lawmakers_kyw_news_radio_1060.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:37:17 -0600 Pennsylvania lawmakers have been sworn in for a new two-year session of the legislature. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/gas_prices_hold_steady_in_western_pennsylvania_bizjournals.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:53:01 -0600 Gas prices in western Pennsylvania dropped slightly from last week, but probably not enough for most motorists to notice, according to AAA. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/police_searching_pennsylvania_new_jersey_dumps_for_baby_s_body_d.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:14 -0600 AP PhotoKalynn Moore Police are searching New Jersey and Pennsylvania garbage dumps for the body of a baby boy inadvertently thrown out with trash at http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/baby_s_corpse_thrown_out_with_nj_hospital_s_trash_ap_via_yahoo_n.html Pennsylvania Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:29:17 -0600 Police are searching garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the body of a baby that was apparently thrown out with the trash at http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_man_suspected_of_solicitation_dies_hutchinson_news.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:26:07 -0600 A 73-year-old Pennsylvania man suspected of soliciting sex from a 10-year-old Hutchinson girl died t ... http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/phone_exec_says_pa_senator_listed_50m_in_demands_ap_via_yahoo_ne.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:03:47 -0600 The former president of Verizon Pennsylvania testified Monday that a powerful state lawmaker gave him a list of demands worth $50 million during negotiations over http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/traffic_accidents_killed_seven_in_pennsylvania_during_holidays_p.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:52:48 -0600 Traffic accidents killed seven people in Pennsylvania during the five-day New Year's travel period, state police said today. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_jury_hands_residents_1_4_m_for_stormwater_damage_en.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:48:00 -0600 , January 5, 2008 (ENS) - A Chester County jury has awarded $1.4 million to residents of North Coventry, Pennsylvania whose properties were damaged during http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/virginia_teen_dies_in_pennsylvania_skiing_accident_nbc_12_richmo.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:50:00 -0600 COUDERSPORT, Pa. (AP) - A 13-year-old Virginia boy has died in a skiing accident in north-central Pennsylvania. Officials say Patrick Shire of Haymarket was skiing http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/virginia_teen_dies_in_pennsylvania_skiing_accident_centre_daily_.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:56:17 -0600 A 13-year-old Virginia boy has died in a skiing accident in north-central Pennsylvania. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_joins_10_other_states_in_anti-carbon_step_pittsburg.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:08:42 -0600 Top environmental officials in 11 Northeast states, including Pennsylvania, have signed an agreement to develop a regional low carbon fuel standard for vehicles. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/ppd_acquires_pennsylvania_lab_the_wilmington_star-news.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:20:12 -0600 PPD Inc. has acquired Merck & Co.'s vaccine testing laboratory in Wayne., Pa., as part of a collaboration with the pharmaceutical giant for vaccine testing http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/hundreds_of_mourners_for_penn_doctor_killed_in_iraq_the_philadel.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:30:46 -0600 More than 1,300 mourners packed the Basilica Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul for the funeral of Dr. John P. Pryor earlier today. The Hospital http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_news_briefs_times_leader.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:53:39 -0600 A hotline that helps unemployed Pennsylvanians is extending its hours because of the tough economic climate. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_department_of_health_encourages_smokers_to_put_quit.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:14:49 -0600 Department of Health Acting Secretary Everette James today urged Pennsylvania smokers to make quitting smoking their top New Year's resolution for 2009. "The start of http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_department_of_health_encourages_smokers_to_put_quit.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:14:49 -0600 Department of Health Acting Secretary Everette James today urged Pennsylvania smokers to make quitting smoking their top New Year's resolution for 2009. "The start of http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/consol_to_close_western_pa_mine_in_2_months_ap_via_yahoo_finance.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:31:09 -0600 Consol Energy plans to close its 84 Mine in southwestern Pennsylvania in about two months, citing dropping coal prices in the sluggish economy. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/consol_to_close_western_pa_mine_in_2_months_ap_via_yahoo_finance.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:31:09 -0600 Consol Energy plans to close its 84 Mine in southwestern Pennsylvania in about two months, citing dropping coal prices in the sluggish economy. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_turnpike_tolls_rose_25_percent_the_trucker.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:38:41 -0600 HARRISBURG , Pa. — Most tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike increased 25 percent on Jan. 4. The most common toll paid by passenger vehicles went http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_turnpike_tolls_rose_25_percent_the_trucker.html Pennsylvania Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:38:41 -0600 HARRISBURG , Pa. — Most tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike increased 25 percent on Jan. 4. The most common toll paid by passenger vehicles went http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/allentown_zoning_task_force_will_meet_7_30_tonight_at_midway_man.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:20:40 -0600 THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, 1430 Fritz Drive, Bethlehem, will hold teen nights 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning tomorrow. Activities include basketball, indoor football, http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/news_updates_the_scranton_times-tribune.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:36:25 -0600 Tri-County acquisition by NHS goes smoothly Officials with Northwest Human Services of Pennsylvania have successfully closed a deal to acquire Tri-County Human Services Center Inc. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pa_turnpike_tolls_jump_25_the_scranton_times-tribune.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:38:56 -0600 The higher tolls in place today on the Pennsylvania Turnpike represent the system’s first increase since 2004 and just the second since 1991. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_turnpike_toll_hike_goes_into_effect_wfmz_eastern_pe.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:28:48 -0600 People who use the Pennsylvania Turnpike will now have to shell out more cash for that privilege. The toll fee for all drivers went up by 25 percent on Sunday, part http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_academy_of_the_fine_arts_honors_louis_b_sloan_with_.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:58:56 -0600 PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Louis B. Sloan (1932-2008) was a prominent figure in the Philadelphia art community. An alumnus of Fleisher Art School and PAFA, Sloan taught http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/trunk_at_pennsylvania_house_holds_key_to_nation_building_springf.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:20:39 -0600 Identified on a Pennsylvania House Museum reference card as item 51, the 25-by-19-by-14 travel trunk in the second-floor bedroom is showing its age. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/coal_refuse_fire_discovered_in_eastern_pa_centre_daily_times.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:36:18 -0600 A recently discovered underground coal refuse fire in eastern Pennsylvania, apparently burning since July, has raised some concerns among neighbors and others. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/fiscal_restraint_is_no_1_priority_for_pennsylvania_legislature_c.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:13:55 -0600 HARRISBURG -- Thirty-four new lawmakers will be sworn in Tuesday, meaning 35 percent of the Legislature has turned over since a 2005 pay raise sparked http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvanians_bound_for_pennsylvania_ave_the_morning_call.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:40:03 -0600 Though some have been spooked by inauguration crowds and weather, many wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Some Pennsylvanians already have canceled http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_news_in_review_the_mercury.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:40:37 -0600 From a historic election to a World Series parade, from Capitol intrigue to a scandal at "Eyewitness News," the headlines in Pennsylvania in 2008 were http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_newsyear_in_review_the_mercury.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:24:36 -0600 The Associated Press From a historic election to a World Series parade, from Capitol intrigue to a scandal at "Eyewitness News," the headlines in Pennsylvania http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_lottery_s_raffle_makes_4_millionaires_lottery_post.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:50:21 -0600 The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/spice_indian_thai_bistro_the_philadelphia_inquirer.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:00:32 -0600 Craig LaBan:With a name like Spice Indian Thai Bistro, you can bet that a well-curried meal in this stylish Newtown Square newcomer will take the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_sen_-elect_alloway_of_chambersburg_says_he_will_bac.html Pennsylvania Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:36:35 -0600 CHAMBERSBURG -- Pennsylvania Senator-elect Richard Alloway, R-Chambersburg, has spent the last month reviewing proposed bills to be introduced or reintroduced in the Senate during the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/girls_high_school_scores_from_eastern_pennsylvania_the_patriot-n.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:51:54 -0600 © 2009 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/capitol_looks_beyond_reform_the_evening_sun.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:09:13 -0600 Thirty-four new lawmakers will be sworn in Tuesday, meaning 35 percent of the Legislature has turned over since a hated 2005 pay raise sparked a http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/boys_high_school_scores_from_eastern_pennsylvania_the_patriot-ne.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:42:09 -0600 © 2009 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/man_killed_in_pa_house_fire_girlfriend_escapes_centre_daily_time.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:11:06 -0600 A man has been killed in a western Pennsylvania house fire, but his girlfriend managed to escape. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/excerpt_spiral_of_denial_reveals_nfl_s_roid_culture_new_york_dai.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:49:04 -0600 On a gray morning in southern Pennsylvania, November 2005, a white limousine bus approached Gettysburg. The travelers were ex-football players, Steelers of yore, late for http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_news_briefs_times_leader.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:48:16 -0600 New Year’s Eve arrived with a bang in south-central Pennsylvania. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pix_show_partying_priest_with_lots_of_lovelies_new_york_daily_ne.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:35:19 -0600 On the day the Episcopal church opened an investigation into his nightclub crawls, new pictures surfaced of a Pennsylvania priest getting his party on. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/penn_student_dead_after_new_year_s_revelry_the_philadelphia_inqu.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:00:28 -0600 A University of Pennsylvania student who worked as an intern for the Nutter administration was found dead in a vacant lot near the Delaware River http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pa_turnpike_tolls_rising_25_percent_centre_daily_times.html Pennsylvania Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:36:18 -0600 Most tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are increasing 25 percent on Sunday. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/ndn_holiday_shootout_germantown_downingtown_east_punch_tickets_t.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:36:19 -0600 If there was any doubt as to whether Germantown (Pa.) Academy was among the elite at this year’s Naples Daily News Holiday Shootout, there is http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_introduces_fire-safe_cigarettes_weny-tv.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:47:48 -0600 A new law went into effect January 1st in the Keystone state, requiring stores to sell only cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe. Pennsylvania is http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_turnpike_toll_increases_begin_sunday_the_uniontown_.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:12:15 -0600 While most travelers using the Pennsylvania Turnpike highway system will begin paying more in tolls starting on Sunday, drivers using the newest link of the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/only_fire-safe_cigarettes_may_be_sold_in_pennsylvania_the_patrio.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:15:59 -0600 Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year's Day. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Iowa, Oklahoma http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/art_in_sa_german_arts_from_texas_to_pennsylvania_clickitsa_com.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:34:53 -0600 The Germans who came to Pennsylvania in the 1700s and Texas in the 1800s have a connection beyond their common... http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pa_town_reports_first_murder-free_year_since_92_centre_daily_tim.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:35:43 -0600 Police in Bethlehem say the eastern Pennsylvania town had its first murder-free year since 1992. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pa_revenue_collections_remained_weak_in_december_centre_daily_ti.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:41:07 -0600 The Pennsylvania Revenue Department says its December collections ran $157 million below target. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/graduate_student_found_dead_in_vacant_lot_upi.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:40:54 -0600 PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania last seen New Year's Eve was found dead Friday, a possible victim http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/preparing_for_a_march_down_pennsylvania_avenue_kelo_sioux_falls.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:06:48 -0600 A Sioux Falls teenager is getting ready for a trip to Washington, D.C. where she'll march with a band in the inaugural parade. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/wednesday_s_sentinel_police_reports_the_sentinel.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:18:00 -0600 Here are Wednesday's Sentinel police reports. 12 killed in holiday crashes Twelve people were killed and 410 injured in 1,673 crashes Pennsylvania State Police investigated http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/inauguration_city_eagle_street_lamps_on_pennsylvania_ave_dcist.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:50:35 -0600 Reader Matt Ashburn sent in these captures of workers installing special street lamp globes adorned with golden eagles along Pennsylvania Ave. The eagles are being http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/weis_grocery_chain_to_freeze_prices_the_scranton_times-tribune.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:18:33 -0600 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUNBURY -- A Pennsylvania food market chain is citing record-low consumer confidence as its reason for freezing the price of 2,400 items http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/tolls_at_pa_turnpikes_increase_25_nbc_philadelphia.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:48:10 -0600 Starting Sunday morning drivers will have to shell-out an extra 25% to travel through Pennsylvania Turnpikes. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/winter_weekends_tubing_in_the_poconos_new_york_times.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:57:42 -0600 Snow tubers at Big Boulder in Blakeslee, Pa. Who needs skis to hurtle down a snowy mountain? At least a half-dozen ski areas in the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/new_year_begins_with_a_bang_in_south-central_pa_centre_daily_tim.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:41:10 -0600 New Year's Eve arrived with a bang in south-central Pennsylvania. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/judge_online_ordination_ok_to_wed_couples_the_york_dispatch.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:59:08 -0600 DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- A Bucks County judge has upheld the legality of a marriage performed by a Universal Life Church minister, the latest ruling on http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/western_pennsylvania_republican_announces_speaker_candidacy_the_.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:15:59 -0600 A western Pennsylvania state lawmaker says he'll be running for speaker of the state House of Representatives when the chamber meets for the first time http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pa_firm_to_pay_500_000_over_faulty_fans_fires_ap_via_yahoo_finan.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:46:14 -0600 A Pennsylvania-based company will pay a $500,000 fine over fires and other problems caused by its defective fans. U.S. safety officials say Lasko Products, based http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/more_charges_possible_in_beating_death_pittsburgh_post-gazette.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:48:57 -0600 ERIE, Pa. -- A northwestern Pennsylvania man is already charged with aggravated assault and could face more serious charges after autopsy results become available for http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/controlling_mosquitoes_with_bacteria_npr.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:57:38 -0600 Biologists identified bacteria that shorten the lifespan of disease-carrying mosquitoes. Shorter lives mean less time for the mosquitoes to incubate and transmit diseases like dengue http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/between_training_and_deployment_to_iraq_pennsylvania_national_gu.html Pennsylvania Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:38:37 -0600 Express-Times File Photo | KEN WHITEMembers of the Stryker Brigade in Wilson Borough gathered in September before leaving for training in Mississippi. Pictured are Sgt. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/autopsy_could_yield_more_charges_in_pa_beating_centre_daily_time.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:36:18 -0600 A northwestern Pennsylvania man is already charged with aggravated assault and could face more serious charges after autopsy results become available for another man he's http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/investigators_seek_cause_of_pa_apartment_blaze_centre_daily_time.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:21:18 -0600 Fire officials in eastern Pennsylvania say the owner and two tenants were unaware of a fire racing through their apartment building until neighbors saw smoke http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/new_year_begins_with_a_bang_in_south-central_pa_centre_daily_tim.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:36:18 -0600 New Year's Day arrived with a bang in south-central Pennsylvania. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/miss_america_gets_real_for_miss_pennsylvania_kendria_perry_in_tl.html Pennsylvania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:46:41 -0600 Viewers can vote during the four-part "Countdown to the Crown." http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_prison_for_fake_test_new_york_times.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:31:53 -0600 A retired Army colonel has been sentenced to prison for getting a classmate at the Army War College to take a paternity test in his http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/lone_bidder_buys_debt_of_historic_western_pennsylvania_park_the_.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:36:40 -0600 CONNEAUT LAKE, Pa. (AP) — The $152,000 debt of a historic western Pennsylvania amusement park has been bought by a firm that could move to http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_uses_computer_monitoring_to_fight_hospital_infectio.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:15:54 -0600 Pennsylvania politicians and health-care professionals have great hopes that a computer tool can fight infections in hospitals and save the health-care system money. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_uses_computer_monitoring_to_fight_hospital_infectio.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:35:56 -0600 Pennsylvania has great hopes that a computer tool can fight infections in hospitals and save the health-care system money. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/rates_fall_for_mine_subsidence_insurance_in_pennsylvania_insuran.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:00:24 -0600 Staring tomorrow, homeowners and commercial building owners in Pennsylvania can take advantage of substantially lower rates for mine subsidence insurance, making it more affordable to http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/ex-colonel_gets_prison_for_stand-in_paternity_test_ap_via_yahoo_.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:11:45 -0600 A Pennsylvania judge has sentenced a retired Army colonel to a prison term for arranging for a classmate at the Army War College to take http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/ex-prison_official_claims_bias_against_pennsylvania_prison_near_.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:07:14 -0600 PITTSBURGH -- A white woman says a black Pennsylvania prison superintendent told her not to apply for a promotion to major because the superintendent wanted http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_coal_mining_a_thing_of_the_past_penn_state_collegia.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:22:02 -0600 LOS ANGELES -- In the late 1920s, just about the time a young boy named Joseph Vincent Paterno was born into a Brooklyn Italian family, http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_s_strange_new_year_s_traditions_cbs_3_philadelphia.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:55:52 -0600 In New York's Times Square a descending lighted ball marks the New Year, but Pennsylvania celebrations center on food. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_news_year_in_review_daily_local_news.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:42:25 -0600 From a historic election to a World Series parade, from Capitol intrigue to a scandal at "Eyewitness News," the headlines in Pennsylvania in 2008 were http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_turnpike_tolls_increase_this_weekend_the_express-ti.html Pennsylvania Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:06:58 -0600 Most Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls will increase 25 percent on Sunday. The most common cash rate for passenger vehicles will increase from 75 cents to 95 http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/central_pennsylvania_fishing_hunting_hiking_and_more_from_the_pa.html Pennsylvania Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:07:34 -0600 As the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission prepares to develop its next five-year strategic plan, the agency has issued a survey to gather the thoughts http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/fitch_lowers_pennsylvania_higher_ed_assistance_agency_pheaa_1995.html Pennsylvania Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:11:00 -0600 NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has downgraded Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency series 1995A and series 1999A to 'F1' from 'F1+'. The rating action is a result http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_courts_consider_standards_for_constables_the_patrio.html Pennsylvania Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:07:05 -0600 Pennsylvania's chief justice says the judicial branch is considering whether to impose uniform standards that would improve the state's troubled constable system. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/pennsylvania_news_briefs_times_leader.html Pennsylvania Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:03:11 -0600 Officials say more than 40 students have been accepted so far for admission to Pennsylvania’s first new medical school in 46 years. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/kentucky_collects_2_3_million_from_settlement_with_pennsylvania_.html Pennsylvania Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:17:34 -0600 Attorney General Jack Conway says Kentucky has received $2.3 million from a Pennsylvania pharmaceutical company to resolve a legal http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/pennsylvanianews/chefs_to_delight_culinary_senses_at_2009_pennsylvania_farm_show_.html Pennsylvania Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:00:00 -0600 Celebrity Chefs to Participate in PA Preferred Cooking Demonstrations; PA Preferred Best Chef of Pennsylvania Winner to be Named The Liberty Reporter