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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's annual state budget wrangling always carries uncertainty, but that's been particularly true this month as Gov. T...

“From the halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli ... “ — The Marines’ Hymn WASHINGTON — Two hundred and nine years after Marines visited those sh...

SAN DIEGO — Americans are trying to get a handle on the border kids — and what President Obama has called an “urgent humanitarian situation” along the...

WASHINGTON — Various factions of the GOP continue to rummage through House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s astonishing primary loss for confirmation of ...

WASHINGTON — Two instincts — one predictable, the other surprising — help explain the arc of Barack Obama’s presidency. The predictable instinct is Ob...

EMPORIUM — Football is unlike any other scholastic sport, when it comes to the relationship between a coach and his players. The Joe Sanfilippos, Geor...

It was supposed to be a normal Saturday in May in the life of Terry Reiley. The veteran Bradford golfer was playing his usual round of golf at the Pen...

WASHINGTON — To hear tell, the mean ol’ GOP is waging war on Michelle Obama and, brace yourself, America’s children. Got it? The newest war on women/c...

BEIJING — Women, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed, hold up half the sky. But not half the Politburo. Chinese politics may be the ultimate old boys’ cl...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — “Twenty-four times” is Thom Tillis’ answer, delivered with a faint flicker of a Cheshire Cat smile. The question was: How many times...

I get the point of professional darts. You need decent vision, a steady hand, good math skills and you don’t have to be in any kind of shape at all. I...

WASHINGTON — Neurosurgeon-turned-conservative icon Ben Carson said in a visit to the capital Wednesday that God’s plan for him is to teach Americans t...

WASHINGTON — Parallel to the rise of the tea party — with less attention but more potential influence — has been a gathering movement of reform conser...

WASHINGTON — It is said that the problem with the younger generation — any younger generation —is that it has not read the minutes of the last meeting...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is playing down an increasingly warm relationship between its main global rivals, China and Russia, that it...

BEIJING — The young man approached with an air of furtive urgency, covering his mouth with his hand. “Please can you tell me,” he asked, “what happene...

WASHINGTON — Former President George W. Bush once said, rather proudly, that he didn’t read newspapers. President Barack Obama, a confirmed newsie, ha...

There’s a saying in our business — print or broadcast — that negative feedback tends to outnumber positive by some six- or seven-to-one. In a column l...

They had two very different NBA seasons, these two former holders of the No. 44 jersey at St. Bonaventure, these two all-time Bona greats. For David V...

As a high school baseball player 12 years ago, Dan Cervette was never able to take advantage of anything like this. Even in the early 2000s, multi-med...