One week ago, at Butler City Council's July 22 meeting, former city clerk Bob Brehm made a presentation that was both clear and sobering. The City of Butler is, and has ...
The Internet isn't a tax-free shopping zone; consumers just treat it like one. A bill by Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., would make it significantly harder for people to...
WASHINGTON — When people think of New Orleans, most think of jazz, hurricane cocktails, Katrina — and now the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
But there's another stormy...
We can't spill wind.
That's a fundamental lesson we should take away from BP's offshore oil disaster — even if we learn nothing else.
So before we clutter our fragile wa...
It's too early to predict how the political corruption case against state Sen. Jane Orie, R-40th, and her sister Janine will shake out — or what twists and turns the cas...
President Barack Obama signed new reforms into law last week that should rein in some of Wall Street's most wanton behavior — well, at least until bright financial minds...
The American Cancer Society recently reported some good news: Cancer is still on the run.
Although men and women continue to get the disease in large numbers, the big ch...
It's not easy to find a story that makes Pennsylvania's politicians seem restrained when it comes to salary and benefits, including pensions. Given the notorious pay-rai...
President Obama is caught on the horns of an Afghan deadline dilemma.
In December at West Point, the president pledged that "after 18 months, our troops will begin to co...
WASHINGTON — The first law of American journalism used to be: "Get it first, but get it right." But that was before the era of instant news transmitted by modern vehicle...
