W.Pa. schools urge personnel to kick smoking habit
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Keeping their employees from smoking on school grounds isn't enough for local school districts officials - they want them to ditch the habit altogether....
Pa. WWII veteran marks Purple Heart anniversary
TAYLOR, Pa. (AP) -- Sixty-five years ago, George Fricovsky huddled against the wall of a castle tower in Forbach, France, as German artillery slammed into the earth, booming louder than thunder....
Need exists to restock fish _ and fishermen
ASPERS, Pa. (AP) -- On a stone bridge beyond craggy orchard rows and just past a clapboard house where a dog lazed on the front lawn, over from a pond wrinkling in March winds, you'll find a creek....
NW Pa. resort offers curling to visitors
BRADFORD, Pa. (AP) -- When J. Clifford Forrest purchased Glendorn and officially took over Nov. 4, 2009, he wasted little time expanding upon the resort's recreational activities....
Spadafora stops Fiorletta in 8th round
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora stopped Italy's Ivan Fiorletta in the eighth round Friday night....
LeBron returns with 23, leads Cavs over Sixers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A six-day layoff may have limited King James' conditioning, but not his skills. Any concern over LeBron James' ankle was alleviated in the first few minutes....
Kovalchuk helps Devils beat Penguins
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Ilya Kovalchuk never got frustrated about his lack of scoring production since joining the New Jersey Devils....
Pa. man charged with badly beating woman at NY bar
NEW YORK (AP) -- A construction worker from Pennsylvania was charged Friday with brutally beating and attempting to rape a woman in a restroom at a New York City bar after she rejected his advances....
Court says thimerosal did not cause autism
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection....
Lehigh tops Lafayette for NCAA bid
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- C.J. McCollum draped the remains of the cut-down net around his neck. He held one Patriot League trophy with all previous winners listed on the side and Zahir Carrington hoisted a second one just for the 2010 champs....
