And Wawa vs. Sheetz – though that might be the least bitter rivalry: The state’s two big gas-and-milk, Cokes-and-smokes, Tastykakes-and-store-built sandwich chains try not to fight. They’re not like Ford vs. GM. Instead, they have mostly drawn lines and split the land between them. Like Comcast and TimeWarner Cable

NEW YORK TIMES: Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: “We were unable to get our appointees confirmed in the Senate, so we were never able to get into the driver’s seat,” said [former governor and U. S. Attorney General Dick] Thornburgh, 80…

USA TODAY: In spite of public perception, sexual activity is exceedingly rare among the youngest adolescents, ages 10 to 12, a new report shows. Among older teens, however, sexual activity remains common…

WE CONNECT DOTS: In Pennsylvania, qualifications are seldom an issue in the partisan elections. Only two Supremes are not from either vote-rich county. Of the 15-member PA Superior appellate court, eight are from Allegheny and one from Philadelphia.

POLITICO: …Earlier this month, a top aide to Rep. Allyson Schwartz warned an adviser to state Treasurer Rob McCord – a likely primary opponent – that there could be consequences for his political consulting business if he continues to criticize the Philadelphia-area congresswoman behind closed doors…

THE NATION: … Historically, Pennsylvania has been at the forefront of the use of solitary confinement, and it has continued to experiment with new forms of isolation. In 2000 the Pennsylvania DOC introduced the Long Term Segregation Unit, or LTSU, to house its most dangerous and disobedient inmates.

“The SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] asserted that Goldman [Sachs] had purposely not disclosed to buyers of Abacus that Paulson [& Co.] had helped create [the bond offering] with the goal of having it fail. The investors who bet it would rise in value wound up losing $1 billion…

NEWSMAX: President Barack Obama walked into the mouth of a giant tunnel in Miami on Friday to highlight proposals to boost investment in U.S. infrastructure, a move designed to show a leader still focused on the economy in the midst of broader policy battles in Washington.

Internet pharmacies selling controlled substances, including powerful narcotic pain killers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, without valid prescriptions used UPS services to ship the illegal drugs, the Justice Department said in a press release.

You don’t have to be a civil engineer to realize that America needs more and better infrastructure, but the latest “report card” from the American Society of Civil Engineers — with its tally of deficient dams, bridges, and more, and its overall grade of D+ — still makes startling and depressing reading. And right now — with vast numbers of unemployed construction workers and vast amounts of cash sitting idle — would be a great time to rebuild our infrastructure. Yet public investment has actually plunged since the slump began…

NEWS MAX: While it will be difficult to reach an overall accord on immigration, Republicans and Democrats should at least be able to agree on a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who came here as children, says House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

One conclusion I’ve been driven to progressively in the course of my study of drug policy is that our species may represent a failed natural experiment in that we appear to have dug a hole for ourselves from which escape will predictably be very difficult and may have even become impossible.