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The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Deliquency (PCCD) has launched a new website that will give the public better access to crime-related data.The website is a clearinghouse for state and county...more
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February 20, 2012

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Deliquency (PCCD) has launched a new website that will give the public better access to crime-related data.The website is a clearinghouse for state and county...more
Environment
February 17, 2012

In 1999, a non-curable plant virus native to Europe was found in Pennsylvania, causing severe economic loss to the state and a potential threat to the rest of the nation’s fruit production.Nicole...more
Environment
February 17, 2012
The movement towards reducing carbon footprints, even in death, has come to the Pittsburgh region. The Penn Forest Natural Burial Park in Verona has been certified by the Green Burial Council, a...more
Health
February 17, 2012
A web service that helps patients view hospital quality will begin publishing data on the occurrence of infection associated with central line-associated bloodstream infections.Hospital Compare, which...more
Environment
February 14, 2012

While most people try to put off home improvement work until the spring, a pair of bald eagles got some help last week from a group of Pennsylvania Game Commission land managers with a very timely...more
Health
February 13, 2012

The emergency department at West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield will reopen on Valentine’s Day, after being closed for more than a year. The move comes as part of Highmark’s $745 million takeover...more
Health
February 13, 2012
Cardiac arrest is the number one killer of student athletes across the country, but currently there is no policy in Pennsylvania to screen athletes and possibly prevent unnecessary death. A new bill in...more
Energy
February 12, 2012
Pennsylvania's Public Utility Commission (PUC) has convinced environmental advocates that the state's energy savings programs will not be left for dead come next summer. PennFuture has withdrawn...more
Health
February 10, 2012

Pennsylvania State Senator Stewart J. Greenleaf (R-Montgomery) wants to strengthen the Clean Indoor Air Act to ban smoking in casinos and all restaurants, bars, and taverns.In September 2008, the Clean...more
Environment
February 10, 2012

People either believe in climate changing patterns, or they don’t. Dr. Andrew Hoffman, Director of the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan, looks beyond the scientific debate and...more
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