WASHINGTON (AP) — They just don’t get it in Washington.
There’s a gaping disconnect between what Americans care about and what President Barack Obama and Congress, Democrats and Republicans are actually doing. A new Associated Press-GfK poll tells the story: contempt for lawmakers, a bare majority approving what Obama’s doing. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.
The data is somewhat better than December, when 43 states reported higher unemployment rates, but worse than November, when rates fell in most states. More...
Pennsylvania’s oil valley gave both men and materiel, namely petroleum, to the Civil War efforts and that involvement drew a personal expression of gratitude a few years later from a president who had also served in the Union Army. More...
Soldiers’ heightened survival instincts don’t always translate when they return to their jobs.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — For soldiers patrolling in Iraq and Afghanistan, death can come from a bomb hidden in a trash pile or an innocent-looking face in the crowd. Returning home alive can depend on the quick turn of a steering wheel or pull of a trigger. More...
Members of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association unanimously voted Monday to approve a plan for merging with the Independent Oil & Gas Association of Pennsylvania.
A second vote for the Independent Oil & Gas Association members is set for Monday, March 22, in Wexford. More...
State police are investigating a hit-run involving a school bus around 12:20 p.m. Wednesday on Route 98 in Crawford County.
Police said Debra Bush, 53, of Cochranton, was driving the bus south on Route 98 in Hayfield Township.
As northbound vehicle passed, a tarp strap or bungee cord broke off the unknown vehicle and struck the bus. More...
The 7-year-old says his mother used to make him practice dialing 911.
NORWALK, Calif. (AP) — A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff’s dispatcher who took his call. More...
Editor:
I am writing in response to the two articles recently published in the newspaper regarding the new Childhood Development Centers daycare proposed on Summit Street in Oil City. More...
HERSHEY — The threeweek grind is over, the journey to Hershey complete and five area wrestlers will begin compertition today in the PIAA Class AAA and Class AA State Championships at the Giant Center. More...
The NBA’s leading .. scorer has missed the past two games with a sore right ankle.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James is expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lineup against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, while Antawn Jamison will be a game-time decision.
They were just two of six players to miss practice Wednesday for the Cavaliers, who took advantage of a break in the schedule to rest all five of their regular starters. More...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.
Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said. More...
However, experts say alcohol shouldn’t be heralded as new diet
LOS ANGELES (MCT) — Women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol don’t gain as much weight in midlife as those who abstain, according to a study released Monday. However, the authors as well as alcohol abuse experts were quick to say that drinking should not be heralded as a new diet nor a path to better health. More...
Drake author describes philanthropy in early days of the oil industry
