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Font size: [A] [A] [A] Congress is pondering whether to forsake millions of consumers in order to protect a narrow special interest - alcoholic beverage wholesalers - from the realities of modern competition.

The Canada goose, according to those in the know, tastes like a dark, tender cut of smoked chicken.

Northampton County Council President Ron Angle smokes a cigar during the unveiling of the new headquarters for Cigars International.

A regional advocate for the rights of the homeless says actions by Sugar Notch, Pa., officials to deny shelter to homeless men may be based upon fear and a lack of knowledge.

The Rev. Dwight Hein, pastor of Salem United Church of Christ, looks over the flat tombstone of one of six Wolfersberger children in the cemetery behind his church in Campbelltown.

York police have charged a teenager in the murder of a law student. The victim was well-known among investigators.

Wells Fargo & Co. has been accused by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission of engaging in predatory lending practices, especially in heavily African American neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

Supporters of slot parlors at the state's racetracks have argued that "racinos" can provide a jolt of revenue to the state within a year, but that has not always been the case elsewhere.

Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep.

Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep.

Computer giant IBM is teaming up with Carnegie Mellon University on a research lab to develop technologies to help governments better manage their infrastructure.

The estate of a man allegedly abused by a priest in the 1980s is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, alleging he committed suicide this year after the diocese stopped paying for his mental health treatments after two other suicide attempts.

More than a quarter of the severely distressed pension funds in the state belong to public agencies in the seven-county region of Northeast Pennsylvania, according to a new report from the state Public Employee Retirement Commission.

All across the country, states and local municipalities are looking to tax and take advantage of vice items to cover budget shortfalls.

If Harry Schutz didn't have the low-cost health insurance option adultBasic, he could have gone blind, his sister Doreen Schutz said.

A majority of Americans support SB 1070 and a majority supports comprehensive reform.

July 28: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in Washington. A newly released congressional report found that abortion restrictions attached to the health care overhaul would not apply to high-risk insurance pools run at the state level, prompting Republican senators to urge the administration to issue new rules.

"Pennsylvania Guys" may not be as cute as Katy Perry or as dapper as Snoop Dogg, whose hit "California Gurls" the local videographers are spoofing, but they have a hit on their hands.

The first part of 2010 is looking better than the first part of 2009 on the local job front.

The employer of two workers killed in an oil and gas well explosion last week had paid nearly $10,000 in federal workplace safety fines for two other well fires, including a 2007 explosion that burned an employee, records show.