The Yuengling family’s straightforward approach to beer and business has catapulted the brewery to huge success over the last two decades. The company has gone from about 245,000 barrels of beer produced in 1993 to about 2.8 million barrels of beer produced in 2012 — making it the No. 4 U.S. brewing company by beer sales volume last year…

Who’s got a shot to win with the primary more than six months away? Schwartz and McCord, both of Montgomery County, received the highest ratings from five political scientists completing a questionnaire for the Tribune-Review. Three of the five analysts picked them as “very likely” to win if the election were held now…

The new Senate rule clears the way for eight appeals court nominees who have already had confirmation hearings to win approval with simple majority votes, including three on the powerful Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which reviews federal policies and regulations.

She served one term in Congress two decades ago, and was cast out after voting for then-President Bill Clinton’s budget, which she initially said she opposed but agreed to support when leadership told her they needed her vote. Now, she has a more immediate Clinton connection: [Marjorie] Margolies’ son Marc Margolies-Mezvinsky is married to Chelsea Clinton, the Clintons’ daughter…

HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: Gov. Tom Corbett on Wednesday signed into law the state’s first major gambling expansion since table games were legalized at its casinos in 2009. The new law allows bars and restaurants to offer pull tab games, daily drawings and raffles…d

Since taking office in March, [Pope] Francis has moved to tackle years of financial scandals involving the Vatican bank, formally known as the Institute for Works of Religion, which is under investigation on suspicion of money laundering…

USA TODAY: China said it sent warplanes into its newly declared maritime air defense zone days after the U.S., South Korea and Japan all sent flights through the airspace in broadening defiance of rules Beijing says it has imposed over the East China Sea.

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: Another brutal poll today for Gov. Tom Corbett: Public Policy Polling finds his approval ratings are underwater with voters in his own party, he would lose reelection to any of the main Democrats seeking to oppose him next year, and he’s less popular than a couple GOP congressmen who could theoretically mount a primary challenge.

The NSA document, dated Oct. 3, 2012, repeatedly refers to the power of charges of hypocrisy to undermine such a messenger. “A previous SIGINT” — or signals intelligence, the interception of communications — “assessment report on radicalization indicated that radicalizers appear to be particularly vulnerable in the area of authority when their private and public behaviors are not consistent,” the document argues.

I recall a couple of years ago standing with Rick Gray in the mayor’s office gazing out the Duke Street window at the homeless across the street lining up for breakfast at St. James’ Episcopal Church. Clearly this was an eyesore, a strain on the facilities of the neighboring Lancaster Public Library, and a public health problem.

Specifically, the research showed that the drug is completely ineffective for women who weigh more than 176 pounds, and begins to lose effectiveness in women who weigh more than 165 pounds…