08.07.12 |
Sunscreen is no longer banned in public schools in New York. The State Education Department has ruled kids can apply sunscreen at school activities without a note from their doctor, as long as a parent provides written permission. Previously, the ...
08.07.12 |
N.A.S.A. has released photos and video of the Rover Curiosity's first full day on the planet Mars. One image shows Mount Sharpe off in the distance, where the Rover is heading over the next two years. The Rover is expected to send weather data back ...
08.07.12 |
Pennsylvania's first 2012 human cases of the West Nile virus of have been reported. Two women contracted it; one in Franklin county, and a second in Lancaster county. The number of mosquitos is higher then any other summer since monitoring began 10 ...
08.06.12 |
Want a raise? Here's 3-cents. Jobs are growing in the United States, but salaries saw their worst rise since 2010 this year. In inflation-adjusted terms, employees have had just a 3-cent raise, on average, in 24 months. Coming out of the 1982 ...
08.06.12 |
Presidential ad spending is focused in on nine states, and one of them is Pennsylvania. With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama neck and neck, get ready for a flurry of ads in the Keystone state. Pennsylvania is one of only a handful of states that the ...
08.06.12 |
The Marcellus Shale is on the cusp of becoming one of the top natural gas fields in the nation, according to new data from the federal government. Though serious drilling began only 5 years ago, the sheer volume of gas from the Shale suggests ...
08.06.12 |
Museums in the Southern Tier are offering free admission, for 1 day, to honor the Smithsonian Museum's 100th birthday. On September 29th, museums in Ithaca, Elmira, and other towns in upstate New York will join 14-hundred museums, opening their ...
08.03.12 |
When it rains, it downpours in Pennsylvania. The state is getting wetter. In fact, it's wetter then now then it's been since 1950. Data collected from 37-hundred weather stations found the state's heaviest downpours have gotten more frequent the ...
08.03.12 |
It was a good night for America in the summer Olympics. Swimmer Michael Phelps took home another record-setting gold, this time, over Canandaigua local Ryan Lochte. Two other athletes from the Family Life listening area won gold medals, too. Megan ...
08.03.12 |
A new part of President Obama's Affordable Care Act went into effect on this week. It allows women across the country to get free birth control. It's already affecting business in Pennsylvania. Planned Parenthood in Pennsylvania's capitol of ...
