A long time member of the state house has been convicted on political corruption charges. The jury returned the verdict in Harrisburg this morning on the third day of deliberations. Greene County Democrat Bill DeWeese was convicted of three counts of theft and one count each of conspiracy and conflict of interest after he was […]
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The first few weeks of a semester are critical in shaping college students’ drinking habits, especially for freshmen, but new research out of Penn State is shedding light on strategies to curb dangerous drinking. The focus is on early intervention strategies, and Penn State research associate Dr. Michael Cleveland was able to categorize drinkers into […]
A hunter is receiving shots after coming into contact with a rabid deer. It’s not common, but every year the Pennsylvania Game Commission gets one or two reports of a deer coming down with rabies. In this case, spokesman Jerry Feaser says a hunter from Lancaster County field dressed the deer without gloves, and he […]
The legislation codifies the rules of the road so that police, motorists and bicyclists all understand their rights and responsibilities. “I’ve had a lot of close calls and a lot of misunderstandings,” says Joe Stafford, executive director of the statewide Bicycle Access Council. “We want to address those issues in the statutes, rather than just […]
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Severance tax advocates say legislative inaction is adding up to millions of dollars in lost revenue. In fact, the Pennsylvania Budget & Policy Center’s “Drilling Tax Ticker” crossed the $300-million dollar mark late last month. That’s money that Research Director Mike Wood says could be put to good use. “We’ve been making lots of cuts […]
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is the nation’s oldest natural history museum, and it turns 200 next month. The Academy will mark its yearlong bicentennial celebration with a major new exhibition to open on March 24th. “We’re going to use the exhibit to celebrate the groundbreaking discoveries that scientists have uncovered here […]
If you’re buying a new vehicle, you might want to look in the trunk. As car markers look to reduce vehicle weight to help improve fuel economy, some are looking at the spare tire. AAA says 13% of all new vehicles sold in the first half of 2011 had no spare at all. Half of […]
Inspired by Wikileaks, a group of freelance journalists and computer scientists has developed a website known as Honest Appalachia. “We hope to allow whistle-blowers to anonymously and securely upload documents to our site, which we will then vet for authenticity,” says co-founder Jim Tobias. It’s risky being a whistle-blower, according to Tobias. “So we felt that […]