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Fracking truck triggers radiation alarm while trying to enter landfill
A truck carrying drill cuttings from a fracking site was turned away from a landfill in Pennsylvania on Friday after it triggered a radiation alarm, local newspaper The Tribune-Review reported Tuesday. An official in South Huntingdon township told reporter Paul Peirce that the truck was found to have a “low…
Pennsylvania man injured by dog-driven car: report
A Pennsylvania man was injured Wednesday morning just before noon when he was struck by a car that police said was propelled by a dog that was left unattended in the cabin. Police in York, Pennsylvania told The York Daily Record that they received a call about a man laying…
Penn. closes loophole allowing mail order of concealed gun permits from Florida
Gun owners in Pennsylvania are expressing outraged after the state Attorney General announced that she was closing a loophole that allowed residents who were unqualified for a conceal-carry gun license to mail order permits from Florida. Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Friday said that gun owners would no longer…
Pennsylvania man cites Newtown while ripping down atheist holiday display
A banner that was recently hung in a public space by a local atheist group in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania got chopped down this week by a young man who cited the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut as his reason. Local news channel WNEP-TV filmed the man, who identified himself as Joe McDonald,…
Report: Four killed in Pennsylvania shooting incident
At least four people are dead and three Pennsylvania state troopers injured after a person allegedly began “shooting at random” along a rural road, KDKA-TV reported on Friday. The station reported that one of the people killed was the alleged shooter. Two other men and one woman were killed during…
PA voting machine ‘taken out of service’ for flipping votes to Romney: report
A voting machine in Pennsylvania was “taken out of service” for flipping votes for President Barack Obama to Republican challenger Mitt Romney, MSNBC reporter Zachary Roth confirmed Tuesday afternoon. RELATED: Oregon election worker fired for altering ballots to straight Republican ticket The shocking error was revealed by a YouTube video…
Romney campaign says it could take Pennsylvania
Romney campaign says it could take Pennsylvania. Hail Mary pass? In the last two days of the presidential campaign, Pennsylvania has become a key battleground state – at least if you listen to the Romney campaign. The state is very much in play, they say, despite being heavily Democratic in…
Group demands misleading Spanish voting billboards in Pennsylvania be removed
PresentePAC+ on Monday demanded that misleading billboards targeting Hispanic voters be removed in Pennsylvania. Spanish-language billboards owned by Clear Channel tell voters, “Si Quieres Votar Muéstrala,” which translates to, “If you want to vote, show it,” a reference to the state voter identification law that was blocked in October. Pennsylvania…
Children’s Defense Fund: PA Republicans ‘starving children’ to punish new moms
Update (below): Pennsylvania Republican withdraws ‘starving children’ bill following Raw Story report A bill introduced by a group of Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania this week set off alarms at the Children’s Defense Fund, which told Raw Story on Thursday that the proposal boils down to “starving children” in order…
Pennsylvania may force workers to pay taxes to their employers
A bill that landed on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s (R) desk this week would give companies that hire more than 250 new workers a gobsmacking tax incentive: 95 percent of those workers’ state income taxes would be paid to the employer, and not the state. It’s a bizarre strategy meant…
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