FRANKFORT, Ky. - Robert Lewis Shayon, who worked in radio, wrote several books and was a longtime professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, died recently at age 95.
MIAMI - The Philadelphia Phillies moved Adam Eaton to the bullpen Friday to open a spot in the rotation for newly acquired Joe Blanton, who is expected to start for the team Tuesday against the New York Mets.
ERIE, Pa. - A defense attorney for a 28-year-old Erie woman says her client didn't repeatedly rape an 11-year-old boy but is instead a victim of his obsession with her.
GREENSBURG, Pa. - The estate of a 14-year-old Westmoreland County boy found shot to death with a state senator's gun intends to sue the senator, his wife and son.
PITTSBURGH - Children suffering from high levels of sodium in their blood _ like a 4-month-old infant allegedly poisoned with salt water by his mother this week _ are at high-risk for permanent brain damage, if they survive, doctors said
WILKINSBURG, Pa. - Authorities say a body has been found with its hands bound in the apartment of a Pittsburgh-area woman who arrived at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed was her own.
SCRANTON, Pa. - A man charged with killing three people in a Scranton home used a knife and hammer in the fatal attacks, but did not shoot them despite having a gun, authorities said Friday.
WASHINGTON - A pair of powerful Democrats on Friday called on the Pentagon and KBR Inc. to address inferior electrical work by private contractors on U.S. military bases in Iraq being blamed for the deaths of at least two U.S.
Former major-leaguer and baseball commentator John Marzano was intoxicated when he fell down the stairs and died in his home, the medical examiner's office said Thursday.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Joe Paterno has his own take on Mark Twain's "Life on the Mississippi" and the challenge a riverboat captain faces trying to navigate the waters of a mighty river. For Paterno, it's a little bit like
PHILADELPHIA - A teen whose MySpace page boasts of exploits with drugs, booze and fast cars is charged with striking two teachers, one fatally, after they watched their beloved St. Louis Cardinals play in Philadelphia.
