Philadelphia judge accused of misconduct
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A state panel has filed misconduct charges against a Philadelphia judge who allegedly issued a protective order without holding a hearing or keeping any record of it....
Iraq vet questions gun raffle for Pa. kids league
MILLERSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A father said a central Pennsylvania youth football league is using inappropriate raffle prizes for a fundraiser - rifles....
Robert Hazard, musician and songwriter, dies at 59
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Robert Hazard, a songwriter and musician from Philadelphia who wrote the 1983 Cyndi Lauper hit "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," has died. He was 59....
Phillies get LHP Eyre from Cubs
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Lefty reliever Scott Eyre was acquired by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs on Thursday for a minor league pitcher....
Rising star Jonathan Groff lets his `Hair' down
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jonathan Groff races up and down the aisles through the audience, dripping with sweat, singing his heart out and shaking his long wig with manic glee....
Pa. court: Nurse can be fired for sex with patient
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A hospital had the right to fire a male nurse for having consensual sex with a patient less than two days after she underwent heart surgery, a state appeals court ruled Thursday....
Pa. approves utility plan for electric rate spike
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania regulators are giving the green light to a power company's plan to help customers brace for the coming spike in electric rates....
Excessive force ruled out in W.Pa. Taser death
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A medical examiner says suburban Pittsburgh police didn't use excessive force on a man who died after officers subdued him with a Taser....
Pa. woman sentenced for child-torture tales on Web
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to probation and house arrest for posting graphic fictional stories about the torture and sexual abuse of children on the Web....
Pa. man gets short prison sentence for 8th DUI
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pittsburgh area man was sentenced to up to two years in prison for his eighth drunken driving offense, angering anti-drunken driving advocates who believe the sentence was too light....
Police: Pa. man rams trucks into home, vehicles
SAEGERTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A man fighting with one of his housemates rammed the home with a semi truck and a pickup and later tried to run down two police officers, authorities said....
Philadelphia tax lawyer Goldstein dies at 72
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- William M. Goldstein, a prominent tax lawyer who argued an appeal of the definition of income in 1990 that is still cited in textbooks, has died. He was 72....
2 more sentenced in Washington Co. gambling ring
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Two more people from southwestern Pennsylvania have been sentenced for participating in an illegal gambling operation in Washington County....
Pittsburgh seeking cable TV competition for city
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh City Council wants to give residents a choice of cable television providers for the first time since the city began awarding franchise agreements for the service in 1980....
Westmoreland Co. mortgage broker guilty in scam
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Westmoreland County man has pleaded guilty in a scheme that federal prosecutors say netted nearly $1 million from mortgage lenders....
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