The crocodile cries of convention center project sponsors after the TIF defeat turned to cheers upon “unveiling” their “new” miracle plan in late March, 2005.
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U.S. Wars Since 9/11 Leave 225,000 Dead, Cost $4.4 Trillion: Study
NEWSMAX: …The study published by Brown University this week focused on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism campaigns in Pakistan and Yemen, which came in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Vatican Denies Gay Blackmail Rumors
Some Church officials, speaking privately, have said foreign cardinals coming to Rome to choose the next pope have been alarmed over reports of corruption and might be inclined to elect someone not connected with the Curia, which is predominantly Italian…
6 tanks at Hanford nuclear site in Wash. Leaking
CBS NEWS: Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, federal and state officials said Friday, prompting calls for an investigation from a key senator.
The rise and fall of the Orie sisters: 3 convicted in Pa. of corruption
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS / AP: The story has more irony than a Greek tragedy. Three sisters from a devoutly Catholic family have seen their personal and political careers ruined by a scandal that began with, of all things, a letter to some nuns.
Bibi Suddenly Eager To Wash Obama’s Car
BACKWARDS: In an intriguing political development, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent a full afternoon of an important diplomatic trip to the nation’s capital cleaning and polishing President Obama’s car.
New Paterno report doesn’t shed much light on Sandusky scandal
LEHIGH VALLEY EXPRESS TIMES EDITORIAL: …But there’s no sting in Thornburgh’s findings, because Paterno’s failing seems to be one of omission: He apparently didn’t tell anyone to investigate, either, and didn’t follow up in any emphatic way.
Report: Corbett Administration considers privatizing PA Department of Public Welfare
The state employee complained about secretive efforts of Gov. Tom Corbett to privatize various state agencies, including the state lottery, the state store liquor system, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
NRA raised $1.1 million in January
The January donations came in at a faster-than-average clip for the NRA Political Victory Fund. It earned $14.4 million in total donations in 2011 and 2012, including $1.8 million in August 2012…
PA Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin Guilty on 6 of 7 Counts
Although the jury deadlocked on one charge of official oppression, Melvin, 56, will likely be stripped of her seat on the state’s highest court, and will likely lose her pension.
About a third of all fish sold in restaurants and supermarkets may be falsely labeled, research shows
Oceana’s volunteers collected fish samples at 674 supermarkets, restaurants and sushi counters in 21 states and found several examples of fish fraud. For instance, 87% of the snapper samples were not snapper. White tuna was mislabeled 59% of the time. Between one-third and one-fifth of the halibut, grouper, cod and Chilean sea bass tested were mislabeled…
As yet another Republican governor caves, Pa. Gov. Corbett holds out on Medicaid expansion
According to Politico, Scott said, “While the federal government is committed to paying 100 percent of the cost of new people in Medicaid, I cannot in good conscience deny the uninsured access to care.” He is the seventh Republican governor to accept the expansion…
US, Major Powers to Make ‘Substantial and Serious Offer’ to Iran
NEWSMAX: …”We will take an offer with us which we believe to be a substantial and serious offer,” the diplomat said of talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan. “This is an offer which we think has significant new elements in it.”
Kane stopped a steamroller
Corbett can blame himself for creating the conditions for such a legal and political rebuke. The governor avoided oversight by lawmakers during the months it took him to find and reach a contract with a private operator. And he ended up with a total of one corporate prospect, depriving the process of the benefits of competition…