http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Centredaily.com en-us Copyright 2008 Centredaily.com State 60 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:06 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive Workbench support@centredaily.com http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/765215.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/765215.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:01 EDT In an Aug. 4 story about the Marian Anderson Awards, The Associated Press misstated the age of Norman Lear. He is 86, not 76. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/765193.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/765193.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:51 EDT A former western Pennsylvania volunteer firefighter has been sentenced to home confinement for one year and probation for 19 years for setting five fires. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764240.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764240.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:41 EDT A jury began deliberating Friday in the trial of a man charged in the shooting death of a city police officer. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/765119.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/765119.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:21 EDT State regulators say they are ready to hold a hearing to decide whether to approve the proposed rescue of Pittsburgh's financially troubled casino project. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/763858.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/763858.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:41 EDT A Pennsylvania couple is sharing a $42.5 million Powerball jackpot with a dozen relatives. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764974.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764974.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:21 EDT A Pittsburgh woman who served prison time on a child pornography charge has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a girl in 2003 and 2004. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764793.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764793.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:16 EDT The board of directors of a group advocating stricter gun laws voted to kick out a woman who has been accused of being a spy for the National Rifle Association. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764844.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764844.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:01 EDT A city commission has granted historic status to an Art Deco movie palace that closed in 2002 and has been threatened with demolition. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764794.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764794.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:26 EDT A judge has ruled that the baby of a slain Pennsylvania pregnant woman will remain in foster care for at least another three months. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764705.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764705.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:31 EDT Three Americans kicked out of China after protesting in Tiananmen Square said they were treated well by the Chinese government, other than being dragged away, detained for 10 hours and threatened with a lengthy jail stay. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764647.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764647.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:06 EDT Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg says it is opening a Sesame Street-themed area for kids next spring. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764605.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764605.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:51 EDT A state prison inmate was charged with murder after authorities said DNA evidence linked him to the kidnapping and killing of a central Pennsylvania convenience store clerk 18 years ago. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764471.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764471.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:46 EDT The chancellor of Penn State Behrend is retiring next year after 27 years at the Erie university. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764472.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764472.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:46 EDT An Oklahoma City woman is dead after a van accident near Gettysburg. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764357.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764357.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:46 EDT A northeastern Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to nine to 20 years in state prison for stealing an exotic cat from a dealer. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764338.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764338.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:36 EDT Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC has received $1 million in grants from the Heinz Endowments. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764271.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764271.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:11 EDT Nearly 4,000 members of the country's only National Guard Stryker brigade will descend on a south Mississippi military base next month to begin training with their highly mobile vehicles for the unit's first deployment to Iraq. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764210.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764210.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:36 EDT It doesn't sound as exciting as "Whiskey Rebellion II," but about 20 Allegheny County residents have formed their own group in the drink tax battle. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764177.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764177.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:26 EDT An 84-year-old carousel has been restored to its former glory and is waiting to entertain children when the Please Touch Museum opens in October. http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764109.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/764109.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:56 EDT Knouse Foods Cooperative Inc. is closing its applesauce plant in Berkeley County because of a declining supply of apples.