Cancer treated as a Fungus may be curable

The figures are fantastic. Some eight million people die every year from cancer worldwide, more than half a million in the United States alone. The global number is predicted to rise to twelve million by 2030. Cancer is the biggest cause of death for people under 85 and in...

Rendell cabinet officer, top PA Dem lawmaker face charges

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has charged state Rep. Bill DeWeese, a top-ranking Democratic leader for decades, and Gov. Ed Rendell's former Revenue Secretary, Stephen Stetler, with theft, conspiracy and conflict of interest charges.This is the third round of...

80 days late, Pennsylvania has a budget deal

We waited 80 days for this? Gov. Ed Rendell said there are no winners or losers in the compromise that ended Pennsylvania's 80-day-old budget impasse. Don't believe him. There are always winners and losers in every budget agreement and this one is no exception. If you...

Not everyone understands

Not everyone who attended the TEA Party in Harrisburg, PA understood why people were there protesting. These young people appeared to be anarchists. The majority of protesters were not anarchists, they were...

Giants and Dwarfs at Pennsylvania Farm Show

One of the largest farm shows in the United States is held in mid-January at the Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The huge indoor facility  is large by almost any measure. It...

Obama, Clinton trade barbs over negative tactics

"Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton accused each other on Saturday of waging negative campaigns as they sped across Pennsylvania before next week's potentially make-or-break...

Rendell: Race Factor Could Hurt Obama

"HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Ed Rendell, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most visible supporters, said some white Pennsylvanians are likely to vote against her rival Barack Obama because he is black."

Pennsylvania Real ID Hearings Threaten $45 Million PennDOT Contract

Republic Media News Wire Release January 23 Hearings Threaten Viisage Contract Pennsylvania Legislature May Cut Funding  Upcoming hearings in the Pennsylvania House Intergovernmental Affairs...

Doctor Pleads Guilty in Fingerprint Replacement

This is some serious Gattaca action: a doctor replaced the skin from a drug courier's fingertips with skin from the patient's feet, in order to confuse fingerprint-based investigations."A plastic surgeon who...

21st Century Paul Revere Ride -- Part 12

"As we ride toward Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and the final leg of this amazing journey across America, we're privileged to hear honks from fellow Americans. We're thankful for the hundreds of thousands of 'thumbs up' by passing cars."

Court: Nader must pay for election suit

" HFormer presidential candidate Ralph Nader and his running mate must pay more than $80,000 in expenses for the lawsuit that challenged their nominating papers and kept them off the 2004 ballot, the Pennsylvania...

NASCAR Midweek Notebook (Speed TV)

" Written by: Tom Jensen Harrisburg, N.C.–8/23/2006 Johnson may be in a safe spot, but Kahne needs to make a move. (LAT photo) GET TO THE POINT The NASCAR Nextel Cup points race is the tightest its been since the sanctioning body adopted its current points system prior...

NASCAR Midweek Notebook (Speed TV)

" Written by: Tom Jensen Harrisburg, N.C.–8/9/2006 ROAD COURSE ACES RETURN Sunday marks the second and final road race on the NASCAR Nextel Cup calendar, and that means a return of some familiar names to the field at Watkins Glen International for the running of the AMD...

NASCAR Midweek Notebook (Speed TV)

" Written by: Tom Jensen Harrisburg, N.C.–8/2/2006 Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have a lot of weight on his shoulders this weekend. (LAT photo) BACK AT IT After the last off-week of the season, the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series embarks on 16 consecutive weekends of racing,...

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