From NEWSMAX: The contest between President Barack Obama and Romney remained stuck in the days following the convention, according to Gallup daily tracking polls running through Sept. 1.
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Monthly statistics from a mid-state syringe exchange
Lancaster has no such service to help drug addicts, to ultimately channel them into rehabilitation, and to reduce the spread of HIV / AIDS and other social diseases.
CONJECTURE: Marriott Hotel likely profitable
Despite massive public subsidies for the Marriott Hotel, its profitability is deemed proprietary and confidential. Yet its financial condition is pertinent in considering ways to offset the financial difficulties of the Lancaster County Convention Center.
Patriarch Kirill in Bialystok
This month the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill visited Poland at the invitation of Metropolitan Sawa, the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church. Accompanying the Patriarch on his visit were many of the top functionaries of the Russian Orthodox Church. Thousands of Orthodox Poles greeted Russian Orthodox Patriarch.
LANCASTER SUNDAY NEWS
“A blue T-shirt was spotted here and there at the Beav on Saturday. The front read, ‘NCAA,’ with a Bolshevik hammer and sickle replacing the ‘C,’ and under that, ‘National Communist Athletic Association.’ “The back reads, ‘Overstepping their bounds and punishing the innocent since 1906.’ “
NAACP Regional Chapters Endorse CO, OR, WA Marijuana Initiatives
DRUG WAR CHRONICLES: All three marijuana legalization initiatives on state ballots this year have won the endorsement of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) regional organizations this week. Last Wednesday, the Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming conference of the NAACP endorsed the Colorado initiative, and last Friday, the Alaska, Washington, and Oregon conference of the NAACP endorsed the Washington initiative.
Fed Chairman Makes Case, in Strong Terms, for New Action
Calling the persistently high rate of unemployment a “grave concern,” language that several experts described as unusually strong, Mr. Bernanke made clear that a recent run of tepid rather than terrible economic data had not altered the Fed’s will to act, because the pace of growth remained too slow to reduce the number of people who lack jobs…
Republican AG Candidate changes tune on investigating Sandusky case
What a difference an election makes! Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Attorney General David Freed for months has been nothing but complementary and supportive of Gov. Tom Corbett’s role in the long-running Jerry Sandusky case.
Federal Court Reversal for Texas Voter ID Rules
From NEWSMAX: A Texas law requiring voters to show photographic identification before casting a ballot was rejected by a federal court in Washington, marking the second time this week that election rules approved by Republican Governor Rick Perry were found to disenfranchise Hispanic and black citizens.
Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions
It was just one of several striking and demonstrably misleading elements of Ryan’s much-anticipated acceptance speech. And it comes just days after Romney pollster Neil Newhouse warned, defending the campaign’s demonstrably false ads claiming Obama removed work requirements from welfare, “We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.”
Harrisburg debt over hang problem is in wrong courtroom
Forbidden to file for municipal bankruptcy by Gov. Corbett and bond-friendly lawmakers, Harrisburg debt crisis drags on in state court. Harrisburg City Council appears ready to defy a Commonwealth Court judge’s order that it enact a 1 percent increase of the city’s earned income tax.
Amazon.com to begin collecting PA sales tax
From the CENTRE DAILY / AP: Beginning Saturday, Amazon.com Inc. will start collecting Pennsylvania sales tax on orders that are shipped to the state, a spokesman said Wednesday. The online retail giant had previously refused to register to collect Pennsylvania’s 6 percent levy on its orders.
Critics see a wrinkle in new voter ID card process for PA-born voters
From WITF: …Remember: the Department of State voter ID, or the DOS ID, as we’ll call it, was created by the state as a “safety net” – an additional ID option for people having difficulty forking over the documents required to get a PennDOT license – like a birth certificate and a Social Security card. The DOS ID requires none of that. Registered voters only need their Social Security number and two proofs of residence.
Iran Said to Send Troops to Bolster Syria
From the WALL STREET JOURNAL: Iran is sending commanders from its elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and hundreds of foot soldiers to Syria, according to current and former members of the corps.