“We are seeing better Republican numbers and we are seeing traction on tax issues,” said Muhlenberg College pollster and political science professor Chris Borick.
Federal Sentencing Reforms Go Into Effect Today
They should result in tens of thousands of federal prisoners seeing their sentences cut and being released early, as well as ensuring that future offenders are not sentenced so harshly.
With Political Rift Still Deep, Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Is Widely Seen as a Patch
NEW YORK TIMES: …The agreement was reached after Europe brokered a payment of more than $3 billion in past-due bills to Gazprom, the Kremlin-controlled energy giant — and after each side bowed to financial realities… Russia is facing a raft of economic problems, stemming from the dual pinch of lower oil prices and economic sanctions […]
Gov.Tom Corbett: If only he had it to do over
One can only imagine what will be going through Tom Corbett’s head, if not now, then in days to come concerning how he misplayed his hand in trying to avoid public criticism for his mishandling of the Jerry Sandusky pedophile investigation.
‘We just had a hunch’: US marshals nab Eric Frein
AOL/ AP: Scott Malkowski, a task force commander with the U.S. Marshals Service, spied a figure moving from the woods toward an abandoned airplane hangar in the Pocono Mountains. Looking at his face, his black hat and fleece, and his height and weight, Malkowski was certain he had his man. “Suspect,” he told the two […]
Attorney General Kane injured in auto accident
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Attorney General Kathleen Kane was recovering at her home near Scranton from a concussion suffered in an automobile accident… The Oct. 21 accident happened when her driver reached down to pick up his iPad that fell off the seat and “took his eyes off the road for a second,” a police report said. […]
Ukrainians in the Battered East Scramble in Darkness as Winter Nears
NEW YORK TIMES: ….On Sunday, the people of the rebel-held Luhansk and Donetsk regions will be asked to vote in local elections, which the Ukrainian government says are illegal, to elect a new government that Russia has promised to recognize. What remains to be seen is whether the Russian-backed rump state that is likely to […]
Is the Affordable Care Act Working?
Yes, the number of uninsured has fallen significantly.
Man is cured of arachnophobia — by losing a chunk of his brain
WASHINGON POST: …[F]or one man, researchers recently reported in Neurocase, giving up a bit of brain meant the difference between arachnophobia — an intense fear of spiders — and a pleasant fascination with the arachnids. The amygdala is deep inside the brain, and there’s no way of messing with it without invasive surgery. So no, […]
Judge in Maine Eases Restrictions on Nurse
NEW YORK TIMES: In a victory for a nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, a judge in Maine on Friday rejected arguments by the state that her movements should be firmly restricted, praising her “compassion” even as he acknowledged the public’s fears about the virus. The order by Judge Charles C. LaVerdiere, the […]
LETTER from a Lancaster expatriot
I picked up several copies of the “new” LNP, and all I can say is, what a disaster. They took two newspapers and turned them into something closer in style to the Pennysaver. That company has dropped the ball completely.
EDITORIAL: The Democrats should unmuzzle President Obama
Obama needs to explain that he needs the election of every Democrat candidate for Senate and House to help him further and achieve during the last two years of his administration which we have strived for during the initial six years.
Forward progress: Penn State needs to move beyond the Freeh report
Their outrage over the report, which became the foundation for an agreement on sanctions for the university by the NCAA, fueled campaigns to elect nine new alumni members to Penn State’s board of trustees and continues to drive efforts to investigate the Freeh investigation itself.
Trooper ambush suspect Eric Frein taken in handcuffs of murdered officer
“He did not just give up because he was tired,” state police Commissioner Frank Noonan said in a press conference late Thursday night. “He gave up because he was caught.”