Ex-GM CEO Fritz Henderson to head Sunoco spin-off
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Sunoco Inc. has tapped former General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson to lead the energy spin-off it is forming early next year....
Drexel moves on from arrest
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Drexel coach Bruiser Flint says he's still shocked two of his players were arrested this summer....
Correction: BC-FBC--T25-Penn St-Quarterback
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- In a Sept. 1 story about Penn State selecting true freshman Robert Bolden its starting quarterback, The Associated Press, relying on information from the university, erroneously reported that it would be the first time a true freshman opened the season as starting quarterback. Penn State now says that Shorty Miller, a true freshman in 1910, started the first game of the season at quarterback....
A rookie thanks Clemente for saving father's life
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- When Pirates second baseman Neil Walker takes the field at PNC Park, he needs only to glance over his shoulder at the 21-foot Roberto Clemente Wall in right field for inspiration....
Parents of murdered Pa. mom can't adopt grandchild
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A judge says foster parents who have raised a toddler since before her mother was murdered last year can adopt the girl, instead of grandparents who didn't know the child existed before the murder....
Pens' Staal slowed by foot infection
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Penguins forward Jordan Staal is expected to miss the start of training camp as he recovers from an infection to his right foot, which was severely injured during the NHL playoffs....
Roethlisberger to meet with Goodell
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger's first big gain of the season may occur weeks before he returns to the field....
Tennessee and Alabama gripe about EPA ash hearings
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is hearing gripes from Tennessee and Alabama officials who feel left out as the agency goes across the country asking if coal ash should be federally regulated as a hazardous material....
Hilton pulls name from landmark Pittsburgh hotel
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Hilton Hotels & Resorts has pulled its name from the landmark Pittsburgh hotel that is one of the first things motorists see as they enter the city through the Fort Pitt Tunnels....
Another bug is causing a stink
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- When it arrived in these parts from Asia about a decade ago, the brown marmorated stink bug was considered little more than a nuisance - an ugly, shield-shaped insect that oozed a pungent chemical stench when threatened (or crushed) but didn't bite or spread disease....
For the over-60 set, sleep a distant dream
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Think of them as the $10 million questions: Why do so many older people have so much trouble sleeping, and is there any help for them that doesn't involve drugs?...
Experts: quarter of animal hoarders were rescuers
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of miles away - unaware it was a death camp for cats....
1 killed in crash, I-78 eastbound still closed
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- Emergency workers remain on the scene of a fiery fatal crash that's shut down part of an Interstate in eastern Pennsylvania for more than eight hours....
Coal industry pans EPA water quality standards
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A key industry group is renewing its criticism of strict water quality standards developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to curb mountaintop removal coal mining....
Official: NE Pa. county will lose baseball suit
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A county commissioner in northeastern Pennsylvania predicted that a neighboring county will lose its suit over the possible sale of the region's Triple-A baseball franchise....
Temple Owls hope to rule MAC roost
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- He was no longer Anonymous Al as he vacationed at the beach or waited at the airport. He was "Coach Golden!" with maybe a shout of "Temple!" and a fist pump in his direction as he worked his way through the day....
Christie to DRPA: Come up with reforms _ and fast
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie made a surprise visit to the Delaware River Port Authority on Thursday to make his case for faster reforms for the embattled bistate agency....
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