Pennsylvania News

Cops: Pa. teens faked kidnapping to put on YouTube AP
AP - Authorities say four eastern Pennsylvania teenagers staged a fake kidnapping in a store parking lot, intending to film it and put the video on YouTube.
2010-07-28 06:13:27
How Preschool Changes the Brain
We live in a world of scarce governmental resources, and they seem to be getter scarcer. This means it s more important than ever to pick our public investments wisely. A new paper by Flavio Cunha, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania, and James Heckman, a Nobel Laureate at the University of Chicago, documents the ...
2010-07-28 05:46:00
Researchers say carbon-based platform beats silicon for detection
Carbon-based platforms outperform existing silicon-nitride based systems, according to a University of Pennsylvania team that is working on a system which automates DNA sequencing.
2010-07-27 10:36:19
Newspaper: Pennsylvania gambling tax income outpaces Nevada
ALLENTOWN, Pa. AP - Pennsylvania collected more in taxes from commercial casino gambling than any other state, including gambling heavyweight Nevada, a newspaper reported.Pennsylvania's tax revenue from commercial casinos approached $1.1 billion in the fiscal year that ended June 30, The Morning Call of Allentown reported Monday. Indiana was second with $878 million and Nevada third with $831 million.A comparison by the American Gaming Association also showed Pennsylvania ahead in the 2009 calendar year.Pennsylvania has just nine casinos operating, but its 55 percent tax rate on slot machine gambling more than makes up for it. By comparison, Nevada takes 8 percent from its 260 casinos.Pennsylvania's casinos began offering table games this month. Those games are being taxed at a rate of 16 percent and are projected to bring the state $320 million more per year.Gaming Control Board spokesman Richard McGarvey said Pennsylvania's high revenue isn't surprising."Our
0000-07-26 00:00:00
Police: Pa. mom cleaned bath with son's toothbrush AP
AP - An eastern Pennsylvania woman has been cited for harassment after her son told police she cleaned the bathroom with his toothbrush, then returned it to its holder. Police in Lower Saucon said 52-year-old Deborah Woist decided on July 18 that a bathroom inside her home needed a good scrubbing because it hadn't been cleaned in two months.
2010-07-26 17:13:06
2 killed when Pa. experimental plane crashes AP
AP - An experimental plane has crashed in western Pennsylvania, killing two people.
2010-07-24 22:08:09
Judge guilty of child prison scam
A former Pennsylvania judge pleads guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy for putting juvenile defendants behind bars for money.
2010-07-23 18:28:04
1 accused of digging up body for bereaved Pa. twin
A mystery behind the macabre case of the elderly Pennsylvania woman who kept her beloved, and deceased, sister and husband at home has been partly solved with the filing of misdemeanor charges this week.
2010-07-23 11:11:27
2 dead, 1 injured in Pa. zinc plant explosion
An explosion Thursday at a zinc smelting plant in western Pennsylvania killed two people and injured at least one, authorities said.
2010-07-23 11:09:27
2 Killed In Explosion At Pa. Zinc Plant
A fire and explosion Thursday at a zinc smelting plant in western Pennsylvania killed two people and injured at least one, authorities said. A worker who initially had been reported missing was among the dead, Beaver County emergency dispatcher Kevin Joy said. The rest of the work force at the Horsehead Corp. facility was safe and accounted for.
2010-07-23 04:22:02