This is Governor Corbett’s golden opportunity to persuade his fellow trustees to repudiate the Freeh Report, upon which the unfair sanctions were based. There is now a clear majority of Penn State Trustees who object to the NCAA sanctions: the five trustees who were named as plaintiffs in Paterno et al v NCAA, Governor Corbett, his appointees, and the three incoming alumni trustees.

…”The president has made a decision about providing more support to the opposition, that will involve providing direct support to the [Supreme Military Council], that includes military support,” Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes told reporters on a conference call on Thursday…

The day got off to a good start upon viewing the Intell’s front page story “Architect plans $5 million, 7-story condominium project in downtown Lancaster.” It continues: “Three decades after building Steeplehouse Square, architect John de Vitry again is building condominiums in downtown Lancaster.

“Five-hundred thousand Pennsylvanians without health insurance will be left behind,” said House Minority Leader Frank Dermody, an Oakmont Democrat. Medicaid now provides health insurance to 2.2 million Pennsylvanians paid with almost $22 billion in federal and state funds, according to Gov. Tom Corbett’s office.

“Nobody is asking for American soldiers in Syria,” said Clinton. “The only question is now that the Russians, the Iranians and the Hezbollah are in there head over heels, 90 miles to nothing, should we try to do something to try to slow their gains and rebalance the power so that these rebel groups have a decent chance, if they’re supported by a majority of the people, to prevail?”

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: An attorney for Penn State University sent a letter Tuesday to the NCAA and various state officials requesting that the parties settle their disagreement over how the first installment of the school’s $60 million fine stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal is allocated…

NEW YORK TIMES Editorial: … [Edward Snowden’s] harshest critics might argue that by exposing American intelligence practices, he gave aid and comfort to Al Qaeda and its allies, with whom the country remains in a military conflict, thanks to the Authorization for Use of Military Force, which Congress passed after Sept. 11, 2001, and is in force now.

At the top of today’s news is the story that broke over the week-end about CIA contract employee Edward Snowden who confessed from his Hong Kong hotel room on Sunday that he deliberately leaked large amounts of classified information to the press while working- not for the Agency itself, but for one of its many contractors.

* The seat of government is in a small media market and gets little statewide attention. As such, government gets away with more stuff than it should.

GALLUP: Americans’ views of former president George W. Bush have improved, with 49% now viewing him favorably and 46% unfavorably. That is the first time since 2005 that opinions of him have been more positive than negative.

NEWSMAX: Russia would consider granting asylum to the American who has exposed top-secret U.S. surveillance programs, if he were to ask for it, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said on Tuesday.