Posts Tagged ‘pennsylvania’

Views of ‘JihadJane’ Were Unknown to Neighbors

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The ex-husband of the woman who called herself “JihadJane” said she “was just like anyone else.”

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Views of ‘JihadJane’ Were Unknown to Neighbors

Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Federal prosecutors accused Colleen R.

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Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist

After Victory Against Disney, Children’s Group Loses Its Lease

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood was evicted after pressuring the Walt Disney Company into offering refunds to buyers of its Baby Einstein videos.

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After Victory Against Disney, Children’s Group Loses Its Lease

Questions Surface After Haitian Airlift

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Twelve of the 52 children transported from Haiti to Pennsylvania last month were not in the process of being adopted and might not all even be orphans.

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Questions Surface After Haitian Airlift

F.B.I. Queries Webcam Use by Schools

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

A Pennsylvania school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer cameras inside students’ homes is under investigation by federal authorities.

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F.B.I. Queries Webcam Use by Schools

A Wicked Storm, and a Train Trip Interrupted

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

The Capitol Limited, an Amtrak train bound for Chicago from Washington, was stopped in western Pennsylvania by Saturday’s mid-Atlantic blizzard.

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A Wicked Storm, and a Train Trip Interrupted

Kettleman City Journal: In a California Town, Birth Defects, Deaths and Questions

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Officials are scrambling to determine what killed three children in a tiny farming community near the largest hazardous waste treatment site west of the Mississippi.

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Kettleman City Journal: In a California Town, Birth Defects, Deaths and Questions

Ex-U.N. Weapons Inspector Is Charged in Child-Sex Sting

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Scott Ritter, who resigned from the U.N. in 1998, was charged in Pennsylvania with online sexual exchanges with a minor.

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Ex-U.N. Weapons Inspector Is Charged in Child-Sex Sting

Ruling Blocks Broadcasting of a Trial on Same-Sex Marriage

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The Supreme Court eliminated the possibility that the trial of a challenge to a ban on same-sex marriage in San Francisco would be broadcast before it ends.

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Ruling Blocks Broadcasting of a Trial on Same-Sex Marriage

Half of States See Dip in Under-18 Population

Friday, January 8th, 2010

New York, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania lost the most young people between 2000 and 2009, according to new Census Bureau data.

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Half of States See Dip in Under-18 Population