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Opposition slows budget plan’s progress

Gov. Rendell remains .. insistent that the leaders agree to spend more on education.

HARRISBURG (AP) — Momentum slowed Monday for legislative leaders hoping to end Pennsylvania’s 76-day-old budget impasse Monday after Gov. Ed Rendell expanded his critique of the deal’s spending choices and revenue projections. More...

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Francesco Henkel and his son, Kaleb Shreve, 5, read together out of Kaleb’s new book he picked out during the annual “Read and Feed” picnic in Hasson Park for Venango County kinderga More...

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Community News

Bail set for Dugard’s accused captor

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (MCT) — An El Dorado County judge set Phillip Garrido’s bail at $30 million, while the district attorney urged the media to leave Jaycee Dugard alone amid rumors that Oprah Winfrey has secured an interview with her. More...

Recipes sought for contest

The newspaper is preparing for its annual Creative Cookbook contest. Readers may submit original or family recipes and try their hand at winning a $500 gift certificate for a local grocery store or a $100 cash prize. More...

4-H group plans cookbook

The Venango County 4-H Development Committee will publish a cookbook of recipes collected from 4-H members and alumni. More...

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Sports

Del Potro stuns Federer in Open finals

Roger Federer loses .. his cool and a shot at his sixth U.S. Open title on Monday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Normally so cool, so consistent, so in control of his emotions and his matches, Roger Federer let the U.S. Open championship slip from his grasp. More...

Parker’s ready to run

Steelers want to get running game going

PITTSBURGH (AP) — With no game to play, Willie Parker spent Sunday watching the rest of the NFL’s running backs. He saw Adrian Peterson pile up 180 yards, Mike Bell go for 143, Julius Jones run for 117. More...

Urlacher out for season

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Finally healthy after two years, Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher launched his regular season by making a run at Aaron Rodgers, lowering his shoulder and plowing over the Packers quarterback in the first quarter. More...

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Entertainment

Inspiration for movie ‘Norma Rae’ dies at 68

Woman who led fight to unionize Southern textile plants loses her battle with brain cancer

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film “Norma Rae,” has died. She was 68. More...

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VMA chaos, as usual: Kanye upset, Jackson honored

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift was relishing her unlikely win of best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards. More...

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Hospital warns patients of infection

More than 100 who had surgery may have been exposed to viruses
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

Failure to follow equipment sterilization guidelines at UPMC Northwest has reportedly resulted in the notification of more than 100 surgical patients who may have been exposed to viruses as varied as hepatitis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). More...

OC Council unanimously nixes ATV ordinance

Meanwhile, the panel .. turns its attention to an 81-year-old law that regulates disorderly houses.
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

A six-month haggle over how to deal with all-terrain vehicle use within the city limits came to an abrupt close Monday when Oil City Council unanimously rejected a new city ordinance that would ban the use of ATVs and other off-road vehicles anywher More...

Franklin passes two ordinances, approves first reading of another

By MATT CARROLL Staff writer

Franklin City Council passed two ordinances and approved the first reading of another at its regular meeting Monday. Council unanimously approved the final reading of two ordinances. More...

Planners to weigh in on expansion of Cornplanter facility

A $1 million expansion has been proposed for Child Development Centers on Park Avenue.

The Venango County Regional Planning Commission will weigh in today on plans for expanding the Child Development Centers facility in Cornplanter Township. The planning commission meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. More...

Police & Fire

POLICE & FIRE CALLS

Cooperstown man injured A Cooperstown man was injured in a one-vehicle accident around 1:25 p.m. Sunday on Patchel Run Road in Venango County. More...

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Letters/Columns

Road work set

The Franklin street department will start removing old blacktop in the alley of the 200 block of Norman Street, east and west, today and Wednesday. IA Construction will remove the old blacktop today and replace it Wednesday, weather permitting. More...

It’s time to toss out Obama and his cronies

Editor: Barack Obama and the liberal Democratic Congress passed the largest spending bill in U.S. history for $780 billion (three-quarters of a trillion) under the falsehood it would stimulate the economy. More...

OC made right choice for its manager search

Editor: Needed: A person with thick sin, able to juggle (lots), who is OK being wrong when right, able to please everyone, able to miss most family events, willing to be judged privately and publicly by people who many times know very little about More...

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Senate health care negotiators ‘close’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate health care negotiators said Monday they’ve narrowed their differences on a host of difficult issues with just a day or so left to seal an elusive bipartisan deal that could change the course of the contentious d More...

Survey: Food banks stretched

WASHINGTON (AP) — Food banks across the country are being stretched by a recession-fueled surge in first time users, according to a survey released on Monday. More...

Obama lectures financial leaders

NEW YORK (AP) — Lecturing Wall Street on its own turf, President Barack Obama warned financial leaders not to use the recovering economy to race back into “reckless behavior” that could cause a new meltdown. More...

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Features

Fed’s steps to aid banking system raise risks as well

Analysts worry Reserve’s actions could jeopardize its political independence

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s bold steps to prevent the banking industry from collapsing last year have injected new dangers into the financial system. More...

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Audit: U.S. could lose millions in royalties

A report states the .. government doesn’t have the capability to verify payments.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government risks losing millions of dollars in royalties from natural gas production because it does not promptly determine and collect when it gets shortchanged, according to congressional auditors. More...

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