PHILLLY.COM / AP: The NCAA has asked a federal judge to declare unconstitutional a state law that requires Penn State’s $60 million fine over the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal, money earmarked for child abuse programs, to be used entirely within Pennsylvania…

Compared to the findings of Quinnipiac’s Sept. 11 poll, Corbett picked up three percentage points and Wolf dropped four. But with 85 percent of survey respondents saying their vote has already been decided, and only 13 percent saying they could change their mind, the numbers appear a bit daunting for the governor.

Divide the US into four separate countries with open borders (to each other), free trade and unimpeded travel. The new nations would be formed on beliefs. Free Choice for women – live here. More gun control – live there.

Last month, the Halton District School Board, near Toronto, started immersing its more than 4,000 ninth graders in a detailed course on concussions and other traumatic brain injuries.

I also discovered that the discussion most successful clinicians had with the patients involved just a few important questions that often unlocked transformative possibilities: (10 What is their understanding of their health or condition? (2) What are their goals if their health worsens? (3) What are their fears? And (4) What are the trade-offs they are willing to make not willing to make?

While the Kremlin strongman sought to reassure investors and stressed the situation was under control, senior officials gave an alarming picture of an economy battered by Western sanctions and struggling to eliminate structural weaknesses.

DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: As Oregon voters consider Measure 91, an initiative on the November ballot that would regulate, legalize and tax marijuana for adults 21 and older, many are looking to how similar laws are affecting Colorado and Washington.

According to a report in Capital Wire, Commonwealth Court Judge Anne Covey once again refused to dismiss the law suit challenging the validity of a consent decree entered into by Penn State with the NCAA in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

As the United States’ concerns have grown over China’s increasing military abilities, American officials have gradually moved to strengthen security ties with the Vietnamese.

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Robert Morris University Polling Institute found 54.6 percent of voters say the Sandusky case would not affect their vote, according to an online survey sponsored by Trib Total Media. Almost 27 percent say Corbett’s handling of the investigation makes them less likely to support his re-election, and 12 percent say it makes them more likely to vote for Corbett.

“It is something that is widespread in black circles,” said Representative Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri, who like Mr. Cummings is an African-American Democrat who has been approached repeatedly by voters expressing such a concern. “I’ve been hearing this for some time: ‘Well, the Secret Service, they’re trying to expose the president.’ You hear a lot of that from African-Americans in particular.”

“It is our hope that by decriminalizing marijuana in the City of Philadelphia, we can begin to eliminate this great penalty to many who are otherwise law-abiding citizens trying to lead good, healthy lives,” Nutter said…

Potential applicants are fearful of disclosing past criminal offenses. Either they don’t apply, or they fail to disclose the information and thus disqualify themselves. The only time that a conviction can be lawfully used to disqualify an employee is when it suggests a future risk in that position. Someone who embezzled cannot be refused a job raking leaves.