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13 Americans, not 12, electrocuted in Iraq

AP — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:51:18 +0000

Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, says 13 Americans were electrocuted in Iraq since September 2003 and a contractor has been ordered to inspect the facilities it maintains there for electrical safety hazards, a Pennsylvania...

Evangelical movement touts Jesus for president CNN.com

Kenneth — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:07:07 +0000

They\’re spiritual misfits. Rabble-rousers. They packed the shell of the old Baptist church on Negley Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to hear author, Christian activist and fellow misfit Shane Claiborne stump on the campaign for a third...

Army, Marine units heading to Iraq in 2009

AP — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:02:36 +0000

Army brigades from Texas, New York and Pennsylvania, and two Marine units from North Carolina have been ordered to deploy to Iraq early next year, the Pentagon announced...

Episcopal Church convicts Pa. bishop of cover-up

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:51:40 +0000

An Episcopal bishop in Pennsylvania has been found guilty by a church panel of covering up his brother’s assaults of a teenage girl.

Senator questions Gates about GI electrocutions

AP — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:40:57 +0000

A Pennsylvania senator sought assurance from the Pentagon on Thursday that it is taking action to prevent accidental electrocutions among U.S. troops in Iraq.

Train details in western Pa.; no injuries reported

AP — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:34:44 +0000

A train has derailed into a building in the western Pennsylvania city of Johnstown.

Students move out, but leave human skull behind

AP — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:11:07 +0000

Police say some students who moved out of an apartment near the University of Pennsylvania cleared it out down to the bare bones. An assistant manager who cleaned up found a human skull on the kitchen...

Poll: Obama has clear lead over McCain in Pennsylvania

AP — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:04:56 +0000

THE RACE: The presidential race in Pennsylvania

Coal miner killed in eastern Pa. accident

AP — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:51:13 +0000

Authorities say a 40-year-old coal miner has been killed in an eastern Pennsylvania mine accident.

Serial killer pleads guilty to 1979 slaying in Pa.

AP — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:29:03 +0000

A confessed serial killer has pleaded guilty to the 1979 rape and murder of a nurse in southeast Pennsylvania.