From the WASHINGTON POST: … In a conference call with campaign donors on Wednesday, Romney blamed his loss in part on “gifts” that a “very generous” President Obama had given to African Americans, Hispanics and young people. It was similar in sentiment to his earlier suggestion — also to a group of wealthy contributors — that 47 percent of the American public consists of government-dependent deadbeats who view themselves as victims.

The one-child policy of the 1980s has given rise to a phenomenon known as 4-2-1. The only child having to look after not only his parents, but two sets of grandparents…

The Lancaster Public Library on Duke Street and its branches in Leola and Mountville cover 40 percent of the county’s service area but receive only 29 percent of state allocations, city library board president Todd Smith said…

From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: … [Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack] Wagner called for Gov. Tom Corbett, the Legislature and Penn State trustees to make changes, including: Removing the university president and the governor as voting members of the board and cutting its size from 32 to 21 so power can be shared more evenly among all members.

The photo ID requirements suspended for last week’s election remain in place for the state’s May 21 primary, when Pittsburgh’s mayor and other local and judicial offices will be on the ballot, and legal challenges to the ID law remain on the docket, too.

…The US will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world’s largest global oil producer by the second half of this decade, according to the International Energy Agency, as the shale revolution redraws the global energy landscape.

WE CONNECT THE DOTS: Barack Obama did not deserve to win re-election. His achievements were miniscule when the severe recession demanded more. At the beginning of the year this looked like a Jimmy Carter debacle about to repeat. But Mitt Romney absolutely deserved to lose after the stupidest campaign in modern political history.

Their party lost, badly, Mr. Boehner said, and while Republicans would still control the House and would continue to staunchly oppose tax rate increases as Congress grapples with the impending fiscal battle, they had to avoid the nasty showdowns that marked so much of the last two years.

CBS SPORTS: Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back and Penn State alum Franco Harris blasted the school’s Board of Trustees for its decision to fire Joe Paterno and defended Mike McQueary, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

“The people have spoken loudly in Initiative 502, and there seems to be no point in continuing to prosecute cases for conduct that’s going to be legal in a couple of weeks,” King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg told Reuters.