It's a dismal existence for an outside dog that spends its life on a chain, the York County SPCA's executive director said. And proposed legislation to restrict dog-tethering has, year after year, failed to gain traction in Pennsylvania's Legislature.
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Interstate 83 northbound is closed between the Market Street and Arsenal Road interchanges, state police said on Wednesday morning. It's expected to reopen by about 11:30 a.m., police said.
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The Dillsburg woman convicted of vehicular homicide in the 2008 death of Northern Regional Officer David Tome could get out of prison early, a prosecutor confirmed.
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WASHINGTON - Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives.
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HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed a hold-the-line budget of $27.1 billion, with no tax increases, deep cuts to higher education assistance and a range of cost-saving measures in services for the poor, elderly and disabled.
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In an unannounced presentation to the York City Council, Mayor Kim Bracey appeared alongside two representatives of a suburban fire department Tuesday to urge open mindedness as talks continue about a potential future merger of fire services.
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Harley-Davidson Inc.'s company board on Tuesday announced president and CEO Keith E. Wandell will assume the position of chairman, effective immediately.
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PHILADELPHIA - State colleges and universities still trying to recover from deep cuts last year are facing the possibility of further steep reductions, and their students could receive less financial aid under the 2012-13 budget proposed Tuesday by Gov. Tom Corbett.
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STATE COLLEGE- Prosecutors asked Tuesday to have Jerry Sandusky kept indoors as part of his bail conditions, citing complaints that the former Penn State football assistant was seen outside and watching children in a schoolyard from the back porch of his home, where he remains under house arrest while awaiting trial on child molestation charges.
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HARRISBURG -- The following is Governor Tom Corbett's 2012-13 Budget Address to the General Assembly (as prepared for delivery):
"Speaker Smith, President Pro Tempore Scarnati, Lieutenant Governor Cawley, members of the General Assembly, distinguished cabinet, fellow citizens.
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STATE COLLEGE -- Penn State officials say it cost about $29,000 to hold the viewings and services on campus for the late football coach Joe Paterno.
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HARRISBURG- Pennsylvania, the only major gas-producing state that does not tax the taking of natural gas from its soil, moved closer Tuesday to imposing a fee on the drilling in the vast Marcellus Shale reserves that have transformed the state in recent years.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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WASHINGTON - A resurgent Rick Santorum has been declared the winner in three states, raising questions about Mitt Romney's appeal with conservatives at the core of the Republican Party.
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A man who died while in the custody of York City Police succumbed to 'excited delirium with mixed drug toxicity during restraint,' the county coroner's office said.
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In a study conducted by The York Dispatch that involved 16
high schools in York County and one in Adams County, there were a total of 9,807 student-athletes in grades 9 through 12 in the 2010-11 school year.
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