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Jim Thorpe ruling portends disturbing questions about Ira Hayes
There cannot be anything less dignified than a bunch of lawyers fighting over the corpse of a hero who deserves to be honored and to rest in peace. Today, the battle is over Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow, maybe it will be over Ira Hayes. Thorpe won 1912...
Tags: Heroism, Judges, Punishment, Modern Pentathlon, Whitehall
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Bethlehem mayoral candidates each raise more than $55,000
Democrats J. William Reynolds and Robert Donchez raised nearly the same amount of money this year for the Bethlehem mayoral contest, but Donchez's early fundraising efforts from last year were too large to surpass. Donchez had $167,600 to spend on the...Tags: Elections, Primaries, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Politics
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Lawmakers hear case for Common Core school standards
The letters decrying Pennsylvania's relatively new academic standards for students began arriving about six weeks ago in state Rep. Paul Clymer's email and mailbox. The letters were on the same form or used the same language so Clymer could tell they...Tags: Tom Corbett, Will Tallman, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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Parkland School District achieves 38th rank in statewide list and students earn awards
Parkland School District has recognized, awarded and received a number of achievements in the beginning of May, including ranking 38th in a statewide list of top scoring public school districts and having the middle school jazz band travel to Washington...Tags: Orefield, Weightlifting, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Students
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Pittsburgh region’s population loss is Lehigh Valley area’s gain
Capitol IdeasYo! The long-running success of the Pittsburgh Steelers apparently is not enough to keep people in parts of western Pennsylvania. Allegheny County lost 4.3 percent of its population between the 2000 Census and 2010 Census. As a result, it will...... -
As Opposition to N.C. Film Credits Mounts, MPAA Claims 'Iron Man 3' Created 2,000 Jobs
ReutersApr 30 (TheWrap.com) - As opposition to film tax incentives intensifies in North Carolina, the Motion Picture Association of America is using the upcoming blockbuster "Iron Man 3" to make the case that film production is a shot in the arm to the states...Tags: The Avengers (tv program), Iron Man 3 (movie), Motion Picture Association of America, Entertainment, Economic Policy
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Yale Center For British Art Named One Of World's 50 Best Art Galleries By Times Of London
The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven made the Times of London’s list of the 50 greatest art galleries in the world this week. It came in 15th. The article’s paragraph on YCBA reads: “Paul Mellon, who died in 1999, gave his...
Tags: Guggenheim Museum, Museums, Yale Center for British Art, Arts, United Kingdom
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PA Head Start programs brace for 5 percent sequester cut
Of The Morning CallThe association that represents Pennsylvania's Head Start Program providers is out with a new summary of how sequester cuts will hurt programs for low-income children in the coming year. This according to the Pennsylvania Head Start Association: "Head...Tags: Head Start
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Mrs. Patricia Miller April 2, 2013
Pat Miller passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday morning, April 2, 2013, at the age of 74. 33 years with Columbia Pictures, she retired as an executive secretary in 1998. A resident of Burbank since 1970, she and her husband Jim were members of...
Tags: Human Interest
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Jack W. Alexander, 88
Jack W. Alexander, 88, of Mercersburg, Pa., passed away Friday, May 3, 2013, at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Nov. 9, 1924, he was the son of Joseph B. Sr. and Charlotte Weir Alexander. He graduated from Uniontown High...Tags: U.S. Army, Gerald Ford, U.S. Military, Henry Kissinger, Melbourne
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Annapolis' Borland, Williams lead classes at NOOD Regatta
Two Annapolis sailors, Jeff Borland and Tim Williams, took advantage of favorable winds on their home Chesapeake Bay waters to take the lead in their classes Saturday at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta. Borland leads the nine-boat Etchells class...Tags: Glen Burnie, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Stevensville, Bayport, Annapolis
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Man sues Boy Scouts over alleged abuse from 1970s
A Pennsylvania man on Friday sued the Boy Scouts of America, alleging that the youth organization failed to protect him from sexual abuse by a Scoutmaster nearly 37 ago and then covered it up. Carl Maxwell Jr. was one of five boys, ages 13 and 14, who...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Philadelphia County, Trials, Sex Crimes, Common
May 14, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 14, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 14, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 13, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 9, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 30, 2013
|Story| Wrap
May 9, 2013
| Hartford Courant
May 8, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
May 7, 2013
|Story| Glendale News Press
May 5, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 4, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
May 3, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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