PATTON TOWNSHIP — Soil tests show the death of trees downhill from Interstate 99 owes to excessive water runoff and that the ground under the trees is not acidic, an environmental consultant for the state Department of Transportation said Thursday.

A 1937 Penn State graduate is giving the university $20 million to support teaching, research and interdisciplinary work in architecture and landscape architecture.

Two starting defensive linemen and a key reserve will not play for Penn State in Saturday’s game against Oregon State and a reserve cornerback has been removed from the team, Nittany Lions coach Joe Paterno said Thursday during his weekly radio call-in show.

UNIVERSITY PARK — The more than nine-month window between today and the start of another New York-Penn League season should be plenty of time to dissect the debacle known as the 2008 State College Spikes.

The scout team needed someone who could play Jeff Samardzija.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. Four days, hundreds of speakers, thousands of delegates, endless pontificating and one hurricane looming large from afar. So much that is memorable from the Republican National Convention, so much that is forgettable. Five AP reporters help sort it all out, by identifying - in their humble opinions - some of the week's best and worst: speakers, odds, moments, and more.