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Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder ...
Quick Response Saved Baby on Phila. Train Tracks
Transit officials in Philadelphia say an old-fashioned but vital piece of safety equipment helped avert disaster when a stroller carrying a baby fell onto train tracks. (May 16)
New study: Fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water
Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale gas drilling takes place. The most passionate critics and supporters of hydraulic ...
Second court invalidates Obama recess appointment
A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia came on the same day that a Senate panel ...
Pa. girl, parents sue over molestation by teacher
A 16-year-old girl and her parents have sued two school districts and two teachers — one of whom is serving four to eight years in prison for having sex with the girl after he was hired to direct a high school musical in a nearby district. Twenty-four-year-old Jeffrey Hahn was ...
Cops: Pa. pupil caught cheating threatened harm
Police say a sixth-grader has been suspended from his suburban Pittsburgh Catholic school for the rest of the year after he allegedly threatened to shoot himself and his classmates after he was caught cheating on a test. But McCandless Township police tell WPXI-TV (http://bit.ly/17vUIlh) they're not happy that officials at ...
Police testing 'powder' found in Pa. school desk
Police in a crime-ridden Pittsburgh suburb are testing packets of white powder found in an unused elementary school desk to determine if the substance is cocaine, heroin or some other kind of drug. Wilkinsburg School Superintendent Archie Perrin says the packets were found Tuesday when fourth-graders were cleaning out a ...
York superintendent resigns, will take job in NY
The superintendent of the York School District in central Pennsylvania has resigned to take a job on Long Island. Superintendent Deborah Wortham announced her resignation Wednesday, after the presentation of a financial recovery plan for the district. Wortham says she's accepted the position of superintendent in the Roosevelt Union Free ...
Gosnell case fuels bitter US abortion debate
One of the last people seated in the witness box at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's murder trial was a character witness for a co-defendant, and had nothing to do with Gosnell's abortion clinic. But the woman happened to be six months pregnant, and nearly waddled to the stand. If the jury ...
No Jackpot Winner
None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 02-11-26-34-41 Powerball: 32 (two, eleven, twenty-six, thirty-four, forty-one; Powerball: thirty-two) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $350 million jackpot. The prize goes to an ...
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