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• Dallas, PA - 'Life and Death in Pennsylvania's Solitary Confinement Cells' From Solitary Watch September 9, 2010
  Matt Stroud has been doing excellent reporting on solitary confinement in the weekly Philadelphia City Paper. […]
• Do a Environmental Extremistsa Pose Criminal Threat to Gas Drilling? September 9, 2010
  The Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC horizontal drilling rig in Chartiers Township, Pa., on April 9, 2010. […]
• Gov. Ed Rendell: 'Wackos' are taking over the Republican Party September 9, 2010
  Pennsylvania's Democratic governor says that "wackos" are taking over the Republican Party in Congress. […]
• $3.6 million in lottery winnings unclaimed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey September 9, 2010
  Let this be a lesson. John and Kristen Zarroli of Southampton, Montgomery County, almost saw $200,000 turn into worthless pulp this summer. […]
• Large catch basin, pipe fall from Pa. bridge September 9, 2010
  Pennsylvania officials plan to remove a catch basin from a Tarentum bridge after another one and a pipe weighing 200 pounds fell from it. […]
• 'Fracking' takes starring role in recent films September 9, 2010
  By Jack Z. Smith Last in a three-part series. Hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking,' of oil and natural gas wells began more than 60 years ago, at a time when most Americans hadn't bought their first television set. […]
• Judges may require warrants for cellphone records September 9, 2010
  Cellphone tower records can pinpoint a user's location to within several hundred feet.Judges in a Pittsburgh drug case had insisted that police get a warrant for the data.The government appealed, arguing that it did not need a warrant under a 1986 statute.Tuesday's ruling is a victory for electronic-privacy groups. […]
• In Pennsylvania, one candidate is trying to be Chris Christie September 9, 2010
  When Pennsylvanians go to the polls on Nov. 2, they will have to do more than choose a new governor to succeed term-limited Democrat Ed Rendell; they have to break one of two historical precedents. […]
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Secretary Harriet Dichter to resign September 9, 2010
  Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Secretary Harriet Dichter will resign her post, effective Sept. […]