http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Centredaily.com en-us Copyright 2009 Centredaily.com State 60 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:13 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive Workbench support@centredaily.com http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1637182.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1637182.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:12 EST Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a man has died days after police subdued him with a stun gun. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1637042.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1637042.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:52 EST Early next year, for the first time in its history, Pennsylvania plans to contract with another state or states to board as many as 2,000 convicted criminals. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1637000.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1637000.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:57 EST Prospective employees at a central Pennsylvania hospital chain will now be tested for nicotine when they apply for jobs. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636957.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636957.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:57 EST A 10-year-old boy was shot in the leg while skateboarding in a small town just outside Pittsburgh. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636906.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636906.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:22 EST A former employee in the Lehigh University bursar's office has been sentenced to house arrest for stealing $7,700 from the school. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636880.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636880.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:36 EST Philadelphia police say six suspects have been arrested in the rape of a woman who was accosted at a restaurant while picking up take-out food. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636715.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636715.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:02 EST Parenthood doesn't come with a manual, but "The Grandparents Handbook" may be the perfect guide for those who wish to make the most out of precious moments with their grandchildren. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636711.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636711.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:57 EST A few years ago, Sandra Jamison caved in and created an account on Facebook. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636717.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636717.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:02 EST Sharon Cassidy tells her sons - Donny, 14, and Jacob, 13 - to get right to their homework when they come home from their school day at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Braddock, about five miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636713.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636713.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:02 EST Barbara Benes didn't know she was like millions of other American grandparents. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636642.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636642.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:42 EST Former state Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (NAH'-oh tah-kah-SOO'-gee), who was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, has died. He was 87. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636634.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636634.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:32 EST Police say they've seized more than 1,000 marijuana plants, three pounds of processed marijuana and about $100,000 in cash in a bust in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636566.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636566.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:57 EST A labor agreement for Philadelphia transit workers has been ratified overwhelmingly by union members. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636529.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636529.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12 EST West Virginia's Public Service Commission has approved a 5 percent rate increase for Hope Gas Inc. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636381.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636381.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:37 EST Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from civil lawsuits, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636336.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636336.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17 EST Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636310.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636310.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42 EST Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636291.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636291.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37 EST A U.S. Navy Reservist from northeastern Pennsylvania has died in a vehicle accident in Kuwait. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636292.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636292.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:42 EST Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is making good on his World Series bet with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636268.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1636268.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22 EST Two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities have been granted partial immunity from civil liability.