TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News It is what The Hershey Co. didn’t say about its planned job cuts that generated so much angst and fear among the blue-collar workers who make the candy. The company yesterday announced that 1,500 jobs will be cut within three years, but workers don’t know which ones. The company …
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TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News Could the key to saving lives come 120 characters at a time on a tiny screen? That tiny screen — that of a cell phone — is usually on hand for an estimated 90 percent of college students. E-mails might be quick, but the shootings at Virginia Tech showed …
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TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News SHANKSVILLE — Richard Guadagno and Mark Bingham never chose to be an unforgettable part of state and national history. Nor did the residents of tiny Shanksville in Somerset County expect their town to become one of the country’s most vivid symbols of patriotism, selflessness and courage. Like the rest …
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Tweet(NOTE: This is a compilation of my posts in a blog that had several reporters contributing around the state. It originally had links in it, but they were lost in translation.) Santorum HQ gets the party started Not heeding the polls or pundits who had largely declared the U.S. Senate race over before it started, …
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TweetBy DANIEL VICTOR The Lion’s Roar Jim Dearing, Chebie Bateman and Lee Patchen know with unwavering certainty that they live in the town where Memorial Day began. But they live in three different towns. “As far as I’m concerned and the people of Boalsburg are concerned, it did start here,” said Dearing, of Boalsburg, Pa. …
TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Centre Daily Times UNIVERSITY PARK — When highly touted football prospects such as quarterback Pat Devlin and wide receiver Vidal Hazelton visit campus, Penn State junior Brad Wilson does what he can to help urge them to become Nittany Lions. But Wilson created an unfair advantage for Penn State when he distributed …
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