N.H. Mom Sets Out to Find Murdered Kids

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Terri Knight has never actually been to the Midwest, but she has spent hours crisscrossing hundreds of miles of Interstate 80 on the Internet, guided by satellite images, strangers' vacation accounts and a nightmarish description of where her...

The School Lunch Lobby by RON HASKINS - Education Next - Summer 2005

Kids may not like the peas and carrots served up by the nation’s school lunch program, but many of the country’s leading food companies enjoy the billions of dollars in sales that bring those vegetables to their plates. Behind the overcooked vegetables and steam-table...

Antibiotics Used by the Ton in Animal Feed Every Year

According to a report released yesterday, 25.6 million pounds of antibiotics are mixed with farm animals’ food every year -- almost all of it concentrated in just 23 states, mainly in the Mid-Atlantic and the South. Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics used in the US...

The deserters: Awol crisis hits the US forces

JE McNeil, who heads the Centre for Conscience and War in Washington DC, a Christian group whose members also staff the GI Rights Hotline, said many troops she spoke with had been lied to by recruiters. "I had an 18-year-old who was told he did not have to serve in...

Lawyers object to Moussaoui guilty plea

Attorneys for Zacarias Moussaoui plan to object Friday to an expected guilty plea by their client, the only person charged in the United States in the terrorism conspiracy behind the September 11, 2001, attacks,...

Pennsylvania Prosecutor Disappears

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Philly to Defy Telecom Giants, Set Up Public Wireless Network

In a move that ruffles the feathers of major internet service providers, the government of Philadelphia, PA says it will go ahead with plans to establish a municipally owned, low-cost wireless network serving the entire city.

Dump Truck Accident Backs Up Route 30 Traffic (WGAL via Yahoo! News)

An accident backed up traffic on Route 30 eastbound near the Susquehanna River for a time Wednesday morning.

Dump Truck Accident Backs Up Route 30 Traffic (WGAL via Yahoo! News)

An accident backed up traffic on Route 30 eastbound near the Susquehanna River for a time Wednesday morning.

The New Age Examiner - News - 04/06/2005 - Meshoppen declares emergency (New ...

MESHOPPEN - Meshoppen Borough Council declared a state of emergency at its meeting Monday night in response to the widespread flooding that occurred this weekend.

Car Found In Golf Course Pond (WGAL via Yahoo! News)

Someone drove his or her car around the Tree Top Golf Course in Manheim overnight.

Six Killed in Pennsylvania Plane Crash (AP)

AP - Six people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed Saturday near a construction site where a new county prison is being built, authorities said. The turboprop plane went down around 2 p.m. in Benner Township just outside Bellefonte, the Centre County seat, near...

Snow emergency (TimesLeader.com)

WEST PITTSTON – Mayor Bill Goldsworthy designated a snow emergency Monday afternoon. Goldsworthy said the blue snow parking restriction signs are in effect and police will be enforcing the parking restriction.

Winter Storm Blankets Northeast in Snow (AP)

AP - A winter storm blanketed the Northeast on Thursday, forcing the federal government and schools around the region to close early and triggering a spate of accidents during the afternoon rush hour.

Disputed block gives Temple win in milestone game

Philadephia Inquirer says that Princeton coach Joe Scott started the postgame news conference last night by saying that Temple had done what it needed to win.

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