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Pennsylvania stories: 119 news summaries

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(AP) - President Barack Obama has tapped Dan Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, to be US ambassador to Ireland. Rooney, 76, is a lifelong Republican who endorsed Obama during Pennsylvania's contentious Democratic primary and campaigned for him ahead of the general election. A good year continues for Rooney, whose team... More »

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diplomacy • Pittsburgh Steelers • Pennsylvania • Ireland • ambassador • Obama administration • President Obama • Dan Rooney

Towns, Counties Create Own Stimulus Plans

Economists see mixed results, but local boost can be psychological

Mar 11, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Across the US, cities, states, and counties aren’t waiting for Uncle Sam to jumpstart the economy, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many have devised their own, often creative, methods of stimulating local economies. One Texas town, for example, has used its budget surplus to create 250 temporary, low-paying jobs,... More »

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Texas • New York City • Pennsylvania • economic stimulus package • economy • buy local • local politics • financial crisis • local economy

NEW RELEASE

Jon & Kate Exploit
8 Meal Tickets: Critics

Growing chorus says couple exploiting their children

Feb 28, 09 6:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin and their eight children have become the darlings of cable TV, giving hope to frazzled parents everywhere with their hit show Jon & Kate Plus 8. But the love affair with the bustling brood is ending, Jessica Remo writes in Philadelphia Magazine. “They are totally... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • children • parents • Pennsylvania • Jon Gosselin

(Newser) - Jordan Brown, the 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy charged with murdering his father’s pregnant girlfriend, has been moved from county jail to a nearby juvenile facility, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Officials had said the jail wasn’t appropriate for the young suspect, and a judge OK’d the transfer yesterday.... More »

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murder • Pennsylvania • Pittsburgh • murder of the unborn • detention • juvenile crime • Jordan Brown

Town Struggles With Prosecution of 'Killer Boy'

Boy accused of shooting dad's pregnant lover 'swimming' in adult prison duds

Feb 23, 09 4:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Pennsylvania authorities are struggling with how to handle the case of an 11-year-old boy arrested in the murder of his father's pregnant girlfriend. State law allows children over ten to be tried as adults. But the prison warden already wants Jordan Brown moved to a juvenile facility, reports the Pittsburgh ... More »

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crime • murder • Pennsylvania • shooting • juvenile • girlfriend • juvenile crime • boy • killer boy

 Boy Charged 
 With Killing 
 Father's 
 Pregnant 
 Lover 

She was eight months pregnant with a boy

Feb 22, 09 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been charged with using his shotgun to shoot dead his father's girlfriend, who was eight month pregnant, reports the New York Daily News. The boy shot the 26-year-old woman in the head as she lay in bed in the family's farmhouse, then cooly climbed on... More »

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crime • murder • Pennsylvania • shooting • shotgun • juvenile • killer boy

GOP Guvs Break With Party on Obama Stimulus

Desperate for cash, they embrace measure DC counterparts spurn

Feb 17, 09 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s relationship with DC Republicans is on the rocks, but he couldn’t be getting along better with GOP governors, reports the New York Times. Why? Follow the money. Struggling to balance their budgets, the governors don’t care which party help comes from. “The essence of... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Vermont • Pennsylvania • Connecticut • Ed Rendell • Charlie Crist • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • National Governors Association • state budgets • Jim Douglas • Jodi Rell

Pa. Farm Recalls Diseased Enoki Mushrooms

Giant supermarket chain takes fungi with risk of listeriosis off shelves

Feb 2, 09 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Pennsylvania’s Phillips Mushroom Farm has issued a recall on contaminated enoki mushrooms it produced in January, the Centre Daily Times reports. Giant Food Stores, a major Phillips buyer, said today that it has removed the tainted products from its shelves. Phillips fears some of the mushrooms have been contaminated... More »

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food • disease • Pennsylvania • food safety • recall • mushrooms • listeriosis • enoki mushrooms

(Newser) - A liberal group is launching an ad blitz tomorrow that pressures GOP senators to make a choice—Barack Obama or Rush Limbaugh, Politico reports. The ad—running in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Nevada—blasts House Republicans for voting against the stimulus package at Limbaugh's urging and asks, "Will our senator... More »

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Senate • Rush Limbaugh • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Nevada • economic stimulus package

Feds Raid Contractors
With Ties to Murtha

Veteran Dem has steered $100M to probed company

Jan 23, 09 9:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal agents yesterday raided the offices and homes of two Pennsylvania defense contractors with strong ties to powerful Congressman John Murtha, Politico reports. The lawmaker has steered more than $100 million in federal contracts to the companies, and their employees have given more than $65,000 in contributions to Murtha.... More »

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John Murtha • earmarks • corruption • Pennsylvania • political scandal • defense contractors

obituary

 Painter Andrew 
 Wyeth Dead at 91 

'Polarizing' Pennsylvanian known for 'Christina's World'

Jan 16, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Andrew Wyeth, a painter both celebrated and scorned in the art community, has died at 91 at his home outside Philadelphia. In his paintings, the “polarizing” figure depicted a rural America of fallow fields, faded colors, and weather-beaten people, writes Michael Kimmelman in the New York Times. He was... More »

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art • obituary • Pennsylvania • painting • artist • Andrew Wyeth

(Newser) - Chris Matthews is keeping his night job. The host of MSNBC's Hardball told his staff today that he won't be running for the Senate in 2010, the Los Angeles Times reports. For months, Matthews had been not so quietly considering a run against the GOP's Arlen Specter in his home... More »

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Senate • MSNBC • Pennsylvania • Chris Matthews

 Flight 93 Families Want 
 'Sacred Ground' Seized 

Groups battle landowner for control of Pa. crash site

Dec 28, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Families seeking a permanent memorial for Flight 93 victims are asking President Bush to seize the land where the hijacked plane went down on Sept. 11, the Washington Post reports. An advocacy group initially tried to buy the land, but ran into conflict with the owner. "What was left... More »

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Pennsylvania • monument • memorial • United Flight 93 • Shanksville • land use • George W. Bush • 9/11 attacks • Flight 93 National Memorial

Amish Gene May
Help Protect Heart

Missing gene could keep triglycerides low

Dec 12, 08 4:41 PM CST
(Newser) - About 5% of Pennsylvania Amish have a rare genetic mutation that makes them less susceptible to cardiovascular disease, Reuters reports. A new study shows that the 5% lack a second copy of a gene that inhibits the breakdown of harmful fats, or triglycerides, in the bloodstream that can harden and... More »

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heart disease • Pennsylvania • genetic mutation • heart attack • Amish • heart health • scientific study • triglyceride

Matthews May Quit MSNBC for Senate Run

Hardball host's flirtation with Pa. race could be negotiating ploy

Dec 4, 08 12:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Chris Matthews is seriously considering leaving MSNBC in preparation for a US Senate campaign, friends and NBC colleagues tell Politico. The Hardball host is dead set on making a run and has already picked out a home in his native Philadelphia to meet the residency requirement, according to one Democratic... More »

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Senate • MSNBC • Pennsylvania • Chris Matthews • Philadelphia

ANALYSIS

 In Franken's Run, 
 Cautionary Tale for Matthews 

MSNBC host's celebrity isn't all that, and Franken didn't exactly win, either

Dec 1, 08 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Chris Matthews seems determined to run for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania in 2010, but beating Republican Arlen Specter isn’t his only problem, Steve Kornacki writes in the New York Observer. The MSNBC host is a cipher to 60% of the electorate, and there are other qualified, ambitious Democrats... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • Senate • Bill Clinton • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Chris Matthews • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2010

Matthews Rounds Up Staff
for Senate Run

MSNBC host denies deals with Obama aides for 2010

Nov 28, 08 5:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Chris Matthews is lining up a top-notch staff to manage his campaign for the Pennsylvania Senate seat held by Arlen Specter, FiveThirtyEight reports. Multiple sources say the MSNBC host has made deals with seasoned Obama aides to run the 2010 campaign. Polls already show that Matthews, running as a Democrat,... More »

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Senate • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Chris Matthews • campaign staff • Obama campaign • Election 2010

Witness Disputes Report of Black Panther Intimidation

Fox News story said threatening men stood outside Pa. polling station

Nov 4, 08 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - An Obama campaign volunteer says there’s nothing to Fox News’ story that two Black Panthers were intimidating voters at a polling place in Pennsylvania, Greg Sargent reports on Talking Points Memo. One was an official poll watcher, and though he is a Panther, he was not “blocking the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Pennsylvania • voters • Fox News • Election Day • Election 2008 • polling places • voter intimidation • Black Panthers

ANALYSIS

Hints at Winner May Come Early Tomorrow Night

Victory, or close loss,
in Indiana would bode well for Obama

Nov 3, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - What happens early tomorrow night may hint at the final outcome, John Whitesides notes for Reuters. A victory, or close loss, in Indiana—where polls close at 6pm EST and which has gone Republican in every presidential race since 1964—would presage good things for Barack Obama; if John McCain... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • Kentucky • Ohio • Mitch McConnell • Pennsylvania • Indiana • Virginia • Senate race • Election 2008 • election results

ANALYSIS

Amish Could Give McCain Crucial Swing-State Support

Many members of sect, concentrated in Ohio, Pa., voted Bush in '04

Oct 28, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - With John McCain now focused on winning Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, he could get help from a group that has traditionally avoided politics: the Amish. When they do vote, Amish are thought to be 100% Republican because of their views on abortion, Benjamin Sarlin writes in the Daily Beast; George... More »

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John McCain • Republican • GOP • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Indiana • Amish • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • swing states • the religious vote • battleground states

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