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Among many other things-such as being a father, husband, and dedicated attorney-Dallas Hartman is also a philanthropist. Attorney Dallas Hartman has set up three different scholarships-one for him and his wife: the Dallas and Kristina Hartman Trustee Scholarship, one for...
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The Pennsylvania man spent a lifetime at the wire mesh manufacturer. He began working at New York Wire Company in York County more than 40 years ago. His life ended in an industrial accident at the plant when a spool...
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It's never a good thing when the coroner is busy. In 2010, the Erie County coroner was very busy with motorcycle accident victims. Fifteen of them died that year.This year has so far been much better -- though still imperfect...
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She was at the perfect age for waving glow sticks in darkening air and delighting in their yellow and pink swirls. A play date was coming to an end for the 6-year-old. Her mom and sister were standing there with...
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Multiple Volkswagen and Audi vehicles with diesel engines have been engineered to give emissions testing equipment false-positives, thus lying to customer about the defective products they've been manufacturing. This is one of the assertions brought to the attention of millions...
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It's the sound no one really wants to hear: silence. Unfortunately, about 20 percent of Americans suffer some degree of hearing loss. While many of the losses are due to aging, there are also other causes of hearing loss that...
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An hour south of Pittsburgh sits the township of Redstone, Pennsylvania, which includes a number of rural villages. It's not a particularly prosperous area; according to the U.S. Census, about a fifth of the township's residents live in poverty. So...
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration lists electrical hazards as one of the top four causes of construction fatalities. A Pennsylvania man working on a State College mixed-use development was burned when the equipment he was operating hit an electrical...
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Construction workers who help erect tall structures know that cranes are invaluable tools to help move and lift materials. However, the giant machines also come with risks, as was illustrated in a recent Ohio construction accident.On a worksite in downtown...
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Media outlets throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio -- and the rest of the world -- provided extensive coverage of the killings of a reporter and cameraman on live TV last month. The chilling video was a graphic illustration of workplace violence....
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Most of our readers were not yet born when an 8-year-old Pennsylvania boy was hit by a car on July 8, 1965. The day after the pedestrian accident, the Allentown newspaper reported that the boy hospitalized in critical condition had...
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A half-hour southwest of Pittsburgh, a couple has filed a lawsuit against a Canonsburg fraternal club, claiming that the club served alcohol to an intoxicated local woman. The 43-year-old suburban woman is accused of slamming her car into the back...
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