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(Newser) - TV pitchman Billy Mays was laid to rest today in his hardscrabble hometown of McKees Rocks, Pa., the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Friends described his determined rise from the mill town to the malls of New Jersey to the hallowed heights of the Home Shopping Network. “If there was a... More »

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television • Pennsylvania • funeral • Home Shopping Network • Billy Mays • pitchman • pitchmen • QVC

(Newser) - Pittsburgh celebrated its Stanley Cup-winning Penguins today with a parade that may have drawn upward of 350,000, the Post-Gazette reports. Revelers began arriving at the parade route in center-city at 4:30am, and by 10:15 there were already 185,000 happy fans. At a downtown Starbucks with lines... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Pennsylvania • hockey • Stanley Cup • victory parade

Pa. Trooper Dies After Chase, Shootout

Suspect kidnapped
his own son, was
killed at the scene

Jun 8, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania state trooper who was injured during a police chase and shootout in the Poconos has died, the Express-Times reports. The incident began last night with a custody dispute. When police arrived at a home in Nazareth, Pa., the 31-year-old suspect fled, taking his 9-year-old son with him. The... More »

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Pennsylvania • custody battle • state troopers • gunfire • police chase

(Newser) - Federal authorities are on the case after a Pennsylvania paper ran a classified ad that appears to call for the assassination of President Obama, Editor & Publisher reports. “May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley & Kennedy!” the ad read. Those presidents were assassinated in... More »

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newspaper • Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • Pennsylvania • assassination • Abraham Lincoln • classified ads • President Obama • James Garfield • William McKinley

(Newser) - The Pennsylvania Department of Labor is investigating Jon & Kate Plus 8 to see if the show violates child labor laws, the AP reports. TLC says it complies with all state regulations; the department would not reveal who made the complaint, saying only “any complaint we get, we investigate.... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • child actors • Pennsylvania • child labor • Department of Labor • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

Democratic Congressman Plans Run
Against Specter

Sestak unswayed by recent party switch

May 27, 09 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Geez, what's a guy got to do to win some love from his own political party? Even though Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties to become a Democrat, he's still going to face a big-name challenger in a party primary. Rep. Joe Sestak told Wolf Blitzer on CNN today... More »

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politics • Senate • primary • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Democrat • Joe Sestak

analysis

Specter Finds His Inner Democrat

After rocky beginning, GOP turncoat sticks to new side of aisle

May 21, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter’s first days as a Democrat may not have gone well, but since then he’s settled in and sided with his new party on nearly every vote, Politico reports. He’s gone from staunch opponent of the Employee Free Choice act to a key negotiator for it,... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Democrat • switching parties

Murtha Aide Threatened Me: GOP Opponent

Army vet says staffer warned about a possible court-martial

May 13, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Murtha's 2008 Republican challenger has accused an aide to the Pennsylvania congressman of threatening to recall him to active military service so the Army could court-martial him, Politico reports. Participating in elective politics while on active duty is against military policy. Russell, who retired from the Army Reserves during... More »

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ethics • John Murtha • Pennsylvania • threats • court martial • Election 2008 • Bill Russell • John Hugya

Pa. College Boots Student for Making Porn

Bisexual model violated Christian school's code of conduct: officials

May 8, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Instead of getting ready for graduation this week, 22-year-old John Gechter finds himself kicked out of western Pennsylvania’s Grove City College for work he did in Miami and Chicago. The school is one of the most conservative Christian colleges in the US, and Gechter’s job was acting in... More »

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Pennsylvania • suspension • gay pornography • honor code • Christian school • Grove City College • John Gechter

Ridge Won't Challenge Specter for Seat

Former Pa. gov was encouraged to run for Senate by GOP brass

May 7, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Pennsylvania governor and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge will not seek the Republican nomination for senator from that state, the Hill reports. Party leaders had urged him to run against newly minted Democrat Arlen Specter. Ridge was in a good position to run, polling just 3 points behind Specter.... More »

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Congress • Senate • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Department of Homeland Security • governor • senator • Tom Ridge • Election 2010

Specter Enjoys 20-Point Lead Over Toomey

But Tom Ridge would be a stiffer challenge if he nabbed GOP nom

May 4, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter beat Pat Toomey 53% to 33% in a Quinnipiac poll of Pennsylvanians’ preferred candidate for US senator. But against Tom Ridge, who may become the Republican candidate, Specter's lead grows more precarious—voters prefer Specter to Ridge by a margin of 46% to 43%, the Quinnipiac poll showed.... More »

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Republican • Senate • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Democrat • governor • Quinnipiac University • Tom Ridge • Pat Toomey

Analysis

Rendell Gets Machiavellian in Specter Switch

Senate ambitions may have played role in governor's courtship

Apr 29, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter’s party switch was a "seriously Machiavellian" move by Joe Biden and, particularly, Gov. Ed Rendell, writes Eleanor Clift of Newsweek. Biden’s self-interest in the matter is obvious: Specter represents the all-important 60th Senate vote. But the "gregarious, ambitious" Rendell, an even closer... More »

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Joe Biden • Senate • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Ed Rendell • Democratic Party

analysis

Silver: Specter Will Shift Left, But Not Too Far


Apr 28, 09 9:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Arlen Specter is flying the Democratic colors, his new party can expect a tangible—if modest—change in his voting behavior, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. "Democrats have ample reason to be pleased," writes Silver, who crunched the numbers of all previous congressional party-switchers. "... More »

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Senate • GOP • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Democrat • party politics

Specter: I'm Not 'Automatic 60th Vote' for Dems

GOP colleagues 'stunned,' angered by senator's party switch

Apr 28, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly minted Democrat Arlen Specter said he will not blindly toe the party line, Politico reports. “I will not be an automatic 60th vote,” the veteran Pennsylvania senator said, pointing out recent opposition to a unionization bill. “If the Democratic Party asks too much, I will not... More »

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Congress • RNC • Senate • Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Senate Republicans • John Cornyn • senator • 2010 election • Michael Steele • switching parties

(Newser) - Riding a wave of dissatisfaction with Arlen Specter's vote on the federal stimulus, conservative Pat Toomey will again campaign to be the GOP's Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Although Toomey didn't announce until today, the two have been arguing publicly in the last few weeks. Specter,... More »

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Congress • politics • Senate • GOP • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Republican nomination • Election 2010 • Pat Toomey

Woman Killed After Priest's Car Plows Into Churchgoers

Elderly woman dies, 4 others injured in Good Friday accident

Apr 11, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - A woman was killed and four were injured when a priest lost control of his car and drove into Good Friday churchgoers in eastern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Witnesses said the priest, 79, had finished assisting with services at St. Maurice Catholic Church and was driving around to the... More »

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car accident • Pennsylvania • church • priest • Good Friday

'Piegate' Nabs Homemade Treats

Pa. food inspectors crack down on sale of non-commercial goods

Apr 10, 09 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Homemade pies are under siege in Pennsylvania, as state inspectors crack down on commercial goods not baked in approved kitchens. The "piegate" affair started at a small-town fish fry, where the desserts are part of the Catholic parish's Lent fundraiser, reports the Wall Street Journal. Safety codes require use... More »

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Catholic Church • Pennsylvania • food safety • Lent • pie

Court Scraps
Pa. Juvenile Convictions

Corrupt judge took kickbacks from detention centers

Mar 26, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Pennsylvania's highest court today overturned hundreds of juvenile convictions issued by a corrupt judge who took millions of dollars in kickbacks from youth detention centers. The state Supreme Court ruled that former judge Mark Ciavarella violated the constitutional rights of youth offenders who appeared in his courtroom without lawyers between... More »

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Pennsylvania • judge • juveniles • kickbacks • juvenile crime • Howard Stern Grid

 Deadly Acid Spill 
 Forces 5K to Flee 

Authorities contain leak of dangerous chemical

Mar 21, 09 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 5,000 people were evacuated from their homes in eastern Pennsylvania today after a tractor-trailer carrying 33,000 pounds of acid flipped over along a state highway, CNN reports. The driver, who swerved to avoid a deer, was initially trapped inside the truck, but has been released from hospital.... More »

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Pennsylvania • hazardous chemicals

GOP's Specter Eyes Independent Run in 2010

Embattled GOP moderate rules out joining Dems but not doing a Leiberman

Mar 18, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Arlen Specter isn't going to switch sides and join the Democrats but he won't rule out running as an independent in 2010, the Pennsylvania Republican tells the Hill. Specter, under pressure from the GOP base since becoming one of just three Republican senators to support the stimulus package, says... More »

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Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Senate Republicans • moderate • independent bid

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