HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: Penn State trustee Anthony Lubrano said Sunday he wants his fellow board members to try to recoup at least some of the millions paid to former FBI director Louis Freeh’s firm for its analysis of the causes and conditions behind the Jerry Sandusky child sex scandal.ubrano asks for Freeh Report refund. Lubrano, an […]
Month: February 2013
Q n A with Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz on her potential run for governor.
CAPITOLWIRE: U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Montgomery, made it clear during an interview with Capitolwire today that she plans to run for governor and will be surprised if she does not do so. She also said she expects to run for re-election or governor, but not both simultaneously.
Best Picture for ‘Argo’ in Varied Oscar Field
NEW YORK TIMES: Hollywood gave its top honor to Ben Affleck’s “Argo” at a song-and-dance-filled Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, completing a remarkable turnaround for a film that was once a long-shot contender… But in a break from recent years Oscar voters also found a way to take care of a wide variety of movies, […]
Governor can’t shield all his friends
WE CONNECT DOTS: Two more members of the powerful Orie family(R) were convicted of political corruption last week in Allegheny County Court. The convictions prove that Gov. Tom Corbett(R) could not shield all of his friends.
Not that the Governor didn’t try.
Cuba’s Raul Castro announces retirement in 5 years
DAILY BEAST / AP: Cuba’s Raul Castro announces retirement in 5 yearsRaul Castro announced Sunday that he will step down as Cuba’s president in 2018 following a final five-year term, for the first time putting a date on the end of the Castro era. He tapped rising star Miguel Diaz-Canel as his top lieutenant and […]
White House Warns States of Looming Pain from March 1 Budget Cuts
NEWSMAX: With five days left before $85 billion is slashed from U.S. government budgets, the White House issued more dire warnings about the harm the cuts will do to Americans, breaking down the loss of jobs and services to each of the states. The estimates show how many teachers could lose their jobs in each […]
First female S. Korean president faces N. Korea crisis
USA TODAY: Park Geun-hye became South Korea’s first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion where she grew up with her dictator father. Park’s last stint in the Blue House was bookended by tragedy: At 22, she cut short her studies in Paris to return to Seoul and act as President Park Chung-hee’s first […]
Syria rebels fight for Aleppo police academy
ALJAZEERA: …Rebels have made a string of strategic victories over the past few weeks, especially in and around northern Syria. Capturing the complex near Aleppo would be another blow to the regime that has in recent weeks lost control key infrastructure in the northeast including a hydroelectric dam, a major oil field and two […]
Medicaid expansion could fuel GOP split in Pa.
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE / AP: A Republican state lawmaker on Friday publicly urged Gov. Tom Corbett to support an expansion of Medicaid eligibility, a sign that Corbett may be facing a split in his party as several other GOP governors of heavily populated states embrace the expansion.
Happy talk AG ‘oversight’
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: After running a TV-oriented campaign and refusing to take questions after a major decision she announced on the state lottery two weeks ago, no one knew quite what to expect when new Attorney General Kathleen Kane made a major public appearance to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
NewsLanc viewers know better
…We are admirers of Adams and his Sunday News, as is evident from the Watchdog critiques. However, Adams is factually wrong and, more importantly, the Lancaster Newspapers are so neglectful of website coverage to date that the web site editions may not exist in another decade if and when print publication ceases.
CC Chapter Thirteen Revised: The Money Grab
The crocodile cries of convention center project sponsors after the TIF defeat turned to cheers upon “unveiling” their “new” miracle plan in late March, 2005.
Melvin conviction may reignite talk of reform in Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: … “So-called scandals like this can act as springboards to reform aspects of the system,” said Lynn Marks, executive director of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, a court watchdog group that advocates appointing rather than electing judges, among other justice system changes. Gov. Tom Corbett will nominate someone to replace Melvin if she […]
Why Barack Obama and Joe Biden Are Gambling on Social Media
DAILY BEAST COLUMN: …After all, what elected official wouldn’t rather talk to actual voters than pesky reporters? And the White House is increasingly using technology to connect with the masses, pointedly bypassing the mainstream media in the process. Turns out Biden came out with both barrels. At Tuesday’s Facebook event, sponsored by Parents magazine, a […]