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• Billions in gas drilling royalties transform lives

  January 27, 2013 11:56 AM

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming some lives even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy. In Pennsylvania royalty payments could top $1.2 billion for 2012, according to an... more »

• Flu tents popping up outside of ERs

  January 9, 2013 8:06 PM

  This is how bad this flu season has gotten; some hospitals -- like Lehigh Valley Hospital near Allentown, Pennsylvania -- are finding ways to separate their flu patients from others. They've set up triage tents outside. Some hospitals in Denver have separated patients not necessarily with tents. Denver... more »

• Late fumble secures Navy victory

  December 9, 2012 1:55 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - With no bowl games on the schedule, the Army Navy game was the only action in college football this weekend. Sophomore fullback Noah Copeland found pay dirt from 12 yards out in the second quarter to put the Navy on the board first.Army answered on a 11... more »

• Obama to air ads in Mich. touting auto bailout

  October 30, 2012 8:13 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign plans to air advertising in Michigan beginning Wednesday touting the president's support of the auto industry, responding to Republican ads criticizing the president. Obama campaign officials say the ad comes in response to a $2 million ad buy by a Republican super PAC... more »

• Couple sells neighbor's puppy

  September 19, 2012 12:32 PM

  LEECHBURG, Pa. (AP) - Police say a Pennsylvania couple sold a neighbor's lost puppy for $50 rather than return it to its owner. Police in Leechburg, about 25 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, say a golden retriever and a Rottweiler puppy wandered onto the property of Scott and Roxanne Duff on... more »

• Political, legal fights over school vouchers' fate

  April 8, 2012 12:39 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Political fights and court battles are brewing around the country over using public dollars to make it easier for parents to afford private schools for their kids. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal recently won passage of legislation that expands statewide a voucher program in New Orleans as part... more »

• Ultra Resources preps for El Paso County drilling

  February 18, 2012 11:28 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Ultra Resources is moving ahead on its plans for drilling in El Paso County. The AP reports crews started work Friday on an access road that will lead to the first drilling site in the county, and a drilling rig is expected to pop up... more »

• Punxsutawney Phil: Six more weeks of winter

  February 2, 2012 9:19 AM

  Today is Groundhog Day and and the most famous groundhog of them off, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow so that means 6 more weeks of winter, or so the saying goes. Six more weeks of mild winter weather might not be so bad for southern Colorado, although there's a... more »

• Hospital error caused patient overdoses

  January 27, 2012 7:34 PM

  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Nurses at an Allentown-area hospital improperly programmed pumps that dispense pain medication, leading three patients to suffer overdoses in 2010 and 2011, according to the Pennsylvania Health Department. One of the patients received five times the prescribed dosage of morphine and died a day after hernia... more »

• Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno reported dead at 85

  January 22, 2012 11:45 AM

  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State fans are gathering at a statue of longtime coach Joe Paterno after his family announced he died. Fifty to 75 fans had gathered late Sunday morning and more are streaming in. In front of the statue lies candles, posters, flowers, T-shirts and... more »

• Obama campaign seeks ad rates in states

  January 17, 2012 8:25 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama campaign has requested advertising rates in a number of key states, a sign that it could be close to airing its first television commercials of the 2012 campaign. The president's campaign has sought the advertising information in 14 states that are expected to be... more »

• 1775 document: Colonists asked pacifists to pay

  September 5, 2011 12:28 PM

  LITITZ, Pa. (AP) - Before and during the American Revolution, conscientious objectors were often greeted with scorn and their patriotism was questioned. Leaders in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County sought to ease tensions by urging the growing number of German immigrants with religious objections to war to demonstrate their patriotism by... more »

• Bus accident on Pa. Turnpike; dozens injured

  August 13, 2011 8:54 AM

  MOUNT GRETNA, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania Turnpike spokesman says rescue crews freed a woman trapped when a Greyhound bus overturned on the interstate, injuring about two dozen people. Turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo said the westbound bus flipped on its side at about 6 a.m. Saturday at milepost 267,... more »

• Ohio gas station sells $99M Mega Millions ticket

  August 6, 2011 1:02 AM

  JEFFERSON, Ohio (AP) - A lottery official says a winning ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $99 million has been sold at a gas station in northeastern Ohio. Ohio Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kildane says the winning jackpot ticket for Friday's drawing was sold at Speedway in Jefferson,... more »

• Audit advises foreign securities for CO treasury

  July 12, 2011 6:17 PM

  DENVER (AP) - An audit of Colorado's Treasury Department recommends that it should consider expanding investments beyond only U.S. securities and look into foreign securities. Tuesday's audit says lawmakers should examine the possibility of eliminating statutory limits that require only domestic security investments. The audit conducted by Buck Global... more »

• Reality TV copter crew goes down near Pa. campus

  May 1, 2011 3:17 PM

  INDIANA, Pa. (AP) - Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a helicopter carrying a reality television crew crashed near Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the four people aboard were taken to hospitals, but no fatalities were reported. The helicopter went down shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday between two apartment buildings,... more »

• Elderly man dies in skiing collision

  March 12, 2011 12:25 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Officials say a 73-year-old Pennsylvania man is dead following a skiing collision at Colorado's Snowmass Ski Mountain. The Pitkin County Sheriff's Office tells the Denver Post that James E. Juckett collided with another skier Friday. His hometown wasn't immediately available. The county coroner's office is... more »

• Colorado Springs teen killed in Pennsylvania

  November 17, 2010 3:21 PM

  A Colorado Springs teen has been arrested in Pennsylvania in the death of another teen. Eric Rutledge, 18, was arrested in Cranberry Township in Butler County last night. Officers were called to a residence there to investigate a reported shooting. They found Rutledge in the foyer of the... more »

• UPDATE: teen claims shooting in PA was accident

  November 17, 2010 11:12 AM

  The Colorado Springs man charged with killing a female friend in the Pittsburgh area told police that the shooting was an accident. Our sister station WPXI in Pittsburgh reports that Courtney Daily, 18, also of Colorado Springs was found with a gunshot wound to her upper body in an... more »

• 5 states make final pitch in Asian carp case

  October 18, 2010 12:34 PM

  Attorneys for and against closing Chicago-area shipping locks to stop the spread of Asian carp are making their final pitches to a federal judge. Oral arguments Monday are the last step before Judge Robert Dow decides the issue. Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin say the action would... more »

• Gene test aims for better heart disease detection

  October 5, 2010 10:22 AM

  It's not a perfect test. Yet researchers report a key step for the first gene test aimed at reducing unnecessary angiograms - expensive and somewhat risky procedures that hundreds of thousands of Americans have each year to check for clogged arteries. Most of these exams, done in hospital cardiac catheterization... more »

• Farmers struggle as dry weather blankets East

  September 27, 2010 9:00 AM

  Many farmers are struggling in inland areas of the eastern U.S., where rainfall has been as much as a foot less than normal this year. Meteorologist Tom Kines says the driest areas have been in Pennsylvania, the mid-Atlantic, Ohio and parts of New Jersey up to Maine. Pennsylvania... more »

• 10 states sell half of imported crime guns

  September 27, 2010 8:23 AM

  A report being released Monday by a mayors group finds that nearly half of the guns that crossed state lines and were used in crimes in 2009 were sold in just 10 states. Colorado is not one of the states. Those states accounted for nearly 21,000 guns connected to... more »

• A week without Facebook? College tries it out

  September 16, 2010 11:05 AM

  A tiny university in central Pennsylvania is making waves with a bold experiment: blacking out social media for a week. That means students and staff at the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology can't access Facebook, Twitter or a host of other social networks while on campus. Provost... more »

• Former pastor charged with killing wife

  September 13, 2010 1:31 PM

  TANNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Police say a former pastor from Pennsylvania killed his second wife and staged a car accident to cover it up, and authorities are now re-examining his first wife's death, too. Arthur Burton Schirmer, 62, was arraigned Monday in Tannersville on a criminal homicide charge in... more »

• Casino proposed near Gettysburg Battlefield splits town

  August 30, 2010 2:57 PM

  The town where the Civil War's tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks over a casino that would rise near its historic battlefield. This is the second time in five years that Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, has fought over a casino. This time it's the Mason Dixon... more »

• Neighborhood dispute over solar panels

  August 27, 2010 11:07 AM

  A Pennsylvania couple is seeing red thanks to their neighbor's efforts to go green. Jim and Judith Armour bought their window-filled house 15 years ago so they could let in sunlight. In late May a second blinding sun began beaming directly into their house from across the street... more »

• Hot Dog honks horn to summon help

  August 9, 2010 10:23 AM

  A very clever canine left in a dire situation decided to take matters into his own paws, and it saved his life. Max, an 11-year-old Chocolate Lab, belongs to Donna Gardner of Macungie, Pennsylvania. She says she knew from the moment she got him that he wasn't like... more »

• Every color under the sun

  August 3, 2010 12:52 PM

  Crayola's newest assembly line will produce every color imaginable, but its true focus is on "green". The Easton, Pennsylvania factory is powered by its own solar farm. The factory will produce roughly one billion crayons per year, a third of Crayola's total output. Along with its solar-made... more »

• Baby recliners recalled after infant death

  July 26, 2010 8:34 AM

  Portable baby recliners that are supposed to help fussy babies sleep better are being recalled after the death of an infant. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Monday of 30,000 Nap Nanny recliners made by Baby Matters of Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The commission says it's investigating a... more »

• Bodies dug up for bereaved woman

  July 22, 2010 11:18 AM

  Police have charged a neighbor with digging up the body of an elderly woman's twin sister after police discovered two bodies in the woman's rural Pennsylvania home last month. Court records show that 62-year-old James Flanagan was charged Wednesday with abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor, and issued a... more »

• 5 Great Lakes states sue feds over Asian carp

  July 19, 2010 12:12 PM

  Five states are suing the federal government and Chicago's water department in federal court, demanding stronger action to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in northern Illinois. It seeks an order to close... more »

• Lawyer: Nacchio received shoddy treatment on trip

  June 14, 2010 8:26 AM

  An attorney for Joe Nacchio says the former Qwest CEO spent eight days in solitary confinement, had no visitors for six weeks and was denied his medication for days during his round trip from a prison camp in Pennsylvania to Denver for a court hearing. Nacchio was convicted of... more »

• Most commercial dog breeders out of business in PA

  June 11, 2010 2:30 PM

  An overhaul of Pennsylvania dog laws has put a serious dent in the state's reputation as the puppy mill capital of the East. Officials say the 2-year-old law has driven most commercial breeders out of business. Scores of substandard commercial kennels have opted to close instead of comply with... more »

• White House: No 'improper conduct' on Sestak

  May 28, 2010 3:52 PM

  Former President Bill Clinton was enlisted by the White House to speak with Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak about dropping his Senate primary challenge against incumbent Arlen Specter in exchange for a job, NBC News reported Friday. A memorandum from the White House's top lawyer confirmed that Clinton "agreed to... more »

• Obama 0-for-4 in endorsements

  May 20, 2010 3:02 PM

  The White House says it's not worried about four consecutive losses by Democratic candidates President Barack Obama had supported. The latest defeat came Tuesday when Sen. Arlen Specter lost to Rep. Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs gave a simple, one-word answer when asked... more »

• Voters send message to incumbents

  May 19, 2010 11:02 AM

  Yesterday's primary elections have reaffirmed the danger faced this year by congressional incumbents and candidates who were hand-picked by national party leaders. Democratic voters in Pennsylvania rejected Sen. Arlen Specter, while Arkansas Democrats forced Sen. Blanche Lincoln into a run-off. And in Kentucky, Rand Paul -- with the backing... more »

• Fireworks store has video of NYC bomb suspect

  May 5, 2010 1:42 PM

  A Pennsylvania store says it has video of the suspect in the failed Times Square car bombing buying fireworks there. Bruce Zoldan is president of Ohio-based Phantom Fireworks. He says Faisal Shahzad bought fireworks from the company's showroom in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, within the last eight weeks. Zoldan said Wednesday... more »

• Meeting on laptop spying claims scheduled

  April 16, 2010 12:29 PM

  A meeting is set Friday between lawyers for a Pennsylvania school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams and counsel for several families involved in a related lawsuit. Student Blake Robbins says Lower Merion School District officials secretly activated the webcams and captured him sleeping in bed... more »

• Marine's dad ordered to pay protesters' court fees

  March 29, 2010 3:52 PM

  Lawyers for the father of a Marine who died in Iraq say a court has ordered him to pay legal costs for the anti-gay protesters who picketed his son's funeral. The protesters are led by Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church. Albert Snyder of York, Pa., had won a... more »

• States line up to challenge health care overhaul

  March 22, 2010 5:23 PM

  States are already lining up to sue the federal government over the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Officials in at least 10 states have agreed to file a lawsuit challenging the legislation. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says he plans to file the complaint "the... more »

• Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania dies at 77

  February 8, 2010 3:04 PM

  A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77. He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. In 1974, Murtha became the first combat veteran of the Vietnam War... more »

• Obama tries to buck up Democrats on health care

  January 28, 2010 9:32 AM

  Some congressional Democrats are seizing on President Barack Obama's latest appeal for a sweeping health care overhaul as a call to get the legislation passed. But doubters remain. The legislation is stalled in Congress after Democrats lost a Massachusetts Senate seat last week and, at the same time,... more »