On a rainy Jan. 18, 2011, with the state capital city mired in slush, about 1,000 supporters stood on Commonwealth Avenue at the rear of the Capitol as Corbett took the oath of office. I eagerly awaited Corbett’s legislative reform recommendations.

NEW YORK TIMES: Luci Baines Johnson leaned forward in her father’s private suite at the L.B.J. Presidential Library, her voice breaking as she recounted the “agony of Vietnam” that engulfed Lyndon Baines Johnson and the pain she feels to this day of witnessing his presidency judged through the prism of a failed war.

USA TODAY: The National Security Agency was involved in the surveillance of an American law firm while it represented a foreign government in trade disputes with the United States, The New York Times reported in a story based on a top-secret document obtained by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden.

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS Editorial: WHEN Attorney General Kathleen Kane declined to defend the state’s anti-gay marriage statute last year, it seemed she could be the political messiah who’d drag Pennsylvania into the realm of progress – especially if she ran, as anticipated, for governor.

Alexa [Hirschberg], a senior at Pascack Hills High School, reviewed assignments for a government class and watched a lecture her calculus teacher had posted from home. There was an act of “Hamlet” to read, an online physics lab to carry out and historic artwork to review.

Because it would control such a large chunk of the country, Comcast would have significant leverage in contract negotiations with media companies over what TV channels cable companies are willing to carry and how much they pay for them.

The $2.2 billion complex of three generating units, owned by NRG Energy, Google and Oakland-based BrightSource Energy, can produce nearly 400 megawatts — enough power for 140,000 homes. It began making electricity last year..

The news last Sunday that acclaimed actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman had died of an apparent heroin overdose has turned a glaring media spotlight on the phenomenon, but heroin overdose deaths had been on the rise for several years before his premature demise.

“Everybody wants to have a goal: I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal,” he said. “Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life that has to be lived and enjoyed — and if you don’t, you’re a fool.” …

The announcement of its support follows Mr. McCord’s strong showing at the Democratic State Committee meeting Saturday in Hershey. He received a plurality of the committee votes there, far outdistancing the second place finisher, U.S. Rep.Allyson Schwartz.

“On paper, he’s a great candidate,” McKinnon told the newspaper. “He has the kind of confidence, ideas and media savvy required to make it on the big stage.