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College threatens to FAIL students SUFFERING with OBESITY
Twenty-five seniors at a university in Pennsylvania must prove they've lost weight in order to graduate this spring. The unusual requirement stems from a policy Lincoln University put in place fours ago: Incoming freshmen with a body mass index of...
Tags: obesity, obese, health related problems, fat, Pennsylvania, Lincoln University, Lincoln, obesity failure, college rules
Rep. Joe Sestak trying to outrun Sen. Arlen Specter
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 day ago
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His wavy, graying hair has been through a hectic morning, and the Pennsylvania Democrat is racing toward his third interview of the day, this time with ABC News. "Nobody under 40 carries a comb," he says. "See, watch this." Sestak, 57, looks at one of...
Tags: Joe Sestak, Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania, Capitol Hill, Navy, Seattle, Politics, Arlen Specter
Letters to the editor
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Rep. Jason Altmire's early supporters, making hundreds of calls and canvassing -- going up the long driveways in the North Hills, putting out his signs and helping to get him elected when not many people thought he had a chance to win...He would be much...
Tags: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jason Altmire, ACORN, Congress, food stamps, Allegheny County, livable city, estate tax, Mr. Henry, county assessment, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Jason Altmire, Luke Ravenstahl, Ayn Rand
Go West, Young Man
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Since I moved to Philadelphia in June 2008, the idea's been taking shape. Weekend after weekend, I bike the Schuylkill to Valley Forge and stop; the road beckons west, but obligations call me home...Finally I do it: I announce my vacation, pack up the...
Tags: Pennsylvania, American, room schoolhouse, Paul, Jesus, Philadelphia, Christian pacifism, Nonviolence, Amish, Mennonite, Perfect, Hospitality Recreation, Germanic peoples, Peace churches, Simple living
Arrested For Not Paying A Tip
A couple Leslie Pope and John Wagner and six of their friends were at Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem,PA.They said the service was so bad there.They had to wait and hour for their order.Then they had to get up and go to the bar to get their soda refilled....
Tags: judge, arrested, pub, bar, dinner, tip, bad service, charged, police, bartender, waitress, soda, theft, handcuffed, Waiting staff, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, allnews
Indiana's jobless rate hits 9.8 percent in October
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Indiana's unemployment rate of 9.8 percent in October was slightly more than September's adjusted jobless rate of 9.7 percent, but state officials said Friday the change is statistically insignificant. Indiana's October rate stayed below the national...
Tags: unemployment rate, jobless rate, Indiana, workforce development, rate remained, rate stayed, national unemployment, Tennessee, indiana department, statistically insignificant, Indianapolis, Unemployment, Discouraged worker, Labor economics, Employment, Labor, Employment rate, Business Finance, Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, Steuben County New York, Tompkins County New York
Democracia USA registers more than 105,000 new Hispanic voters in 4 states
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Hispanic civic engagement program, announced today that it has registered over 105,342 new Hispanic voters from Arizona, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania�creating a 27 percent increase in the number of registered Hispanic voters in Pennsylvania alone.
Tags: hispanic voters, Florida, DUSA, Pennsylvania, Arizona, New Jersey, registered hispanic, Washington
Not Allowed To Hang Your Own Laundry Outside!
In Pennsylvania city of Perkasie. A woman was just hanging out her laundry outside.When neighbors and local officials started to complain to her.They said it was wrong and you can't hang your own laundry in your own yard.Unbelievable!But true!Six states...
Tags: laws, laundry, outside, clotheslines, Pennsylvania, officials, complain, local, restricting, authorities, residents, allnews
Happy Valley? It sure is if you like volleyball
State College :: PA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility The remarkable run covers the last two national titles, and the Nittany Lions swept each of their 38 opponents on the drive to the 2008 crown except Nebraska in the national semifinals, when they were extended to five sets. Two sets away from perfection....
Tags: Penn State men, NCAA, Juniata, Nittany Lions, Blair Brown, State College, Larry Bock, national titles, Pennsylvania, Rec Hall, Megan Hodge, Big Ten Conference, Penn State Nittany Lions, Pennsylvania State University, American Volleyball Coaches Association, Russ Rose, allnews
Should Jim Thorpe Stay or Go?
As a resident of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, I am quite interested in the recurring discussion about whether or not the remains of the famed Native-American should be returned to Shawnee, Oklahoma where his father and other relatives are buried or remain...
Tags: Jim Thorpe, burial, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, allnews, I, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, Carbon County, Marion County, Ohio, Human Interest, Jim Thorpe Stay, never consider losing him, Patricia, John McGuire, Mrs. Thorpe
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