Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)

Joe Paterno's widow says they were ignorant about sexual predators

2013-04-10 09:15:00

Sue Paterno, the widow of Joe Paterno, says she and her husband were ignorant about sexual predators like Jerry Sandusky. "We were among those who were ignorant of the magnitude of the problem," Sue Paterno said Wednesday at a Child Abuse Prevention...

Exchange-traded funds gain on traditional mutual funds

2013-04-05 22:08:00

In the early 1990s, executives of the now-defunct American Stock Exchange hatched a revolutionary idea: a hybrid mutual fund-type investment that would trade like a stock. But in an era when hot-handed mutual fund managers had rock-star status, the...

U.S. state and territory travel offices

2013-02-17 00:00:00

States and many U.S. territories have tourism offices to help visitors. When requesting travel literature, be as specific as possible. Alabama: Alabama Tourism Department, 401 Adams Ave., Suite 126, P.O. Box 4927, Montgomery, AL 36103; (800) 252-2262 or...

Judge turns down Jerry Sandusky's request for a new trial

2013-01-30 10:09:00

Former Penn State assistant football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky will not get a new trial after a judge in Harrisburg, Pa., rejected arguments that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the original trial. “...

Bertram Wyatt-Brown dies at 80; historian examined Southern honor

2012-11-19 00:00:00

Bertram Wyatt-Brown, an American history professor who wrote widely on Southern history and culture and whose book on honor in the antebellum South was a 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist, died Nov. 5 of pulmonary fibrosis in Baltimore. He was 80. Wyatt-...

State tourism offices

2012-01-29 00:00:00

Morning-after pill? It’s in the vending machine. Really.

2012-02-10 10:30:44

Penn State official mired in Sandusky scandal wants to be cleared

2012-02-14 21:38:48

Rare October snowfall pummels the Northeast

2011-10-29 16:36:56

Penn State officials surrender amid Sandusky sex-abuse allegations

2011-11-07 16:33:37

Party time again: Michelle Obama explains the Angela Merkel state dinner for you guys without invites

2011-06-07 16:36:51

Japan's crisis may have already derailed 'nuclear renaissance'

2011-03-14 00:00:00

The nuclear crisis in Japan, even if authorities are able to bring damaged reactors under control, has cast doubts on the future of nuclear power as a clean-energy solution in the United States and around the globe. Before the recent events in Japan, the...

Sara J. Ballard, left, and Molly K. Kever, both of Waynesboro, Pa., were killed when their vehicle hit a guardrail on Interstate 81 north of Harrisburg, Pa.

2013-05-20 14:51:00

Former Penn State president Graham Spanier arrives at his arraignment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, November 7, 2012.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

A tanker truck loaded with diesel fuel burns Thursday after it overturned on Interstate 81 near Harrisburg, Pa. The fire closed I-81 in the area, and the interstate isn't expected to reopen until early next week.

2013-05-09 00:00:00