SEXTING: The House Judiciary Committee voted 22-4 in favor of a bill to make sexting a less serious offense for teenagers than for adults.

Governor Edward G. Rendell, flanked by Speaker of the House Keith McCall, left, and Lt.

A Philadelphia-area lawmaker today called for the abolition of the state's death penalty, arguing that execution is ineffective and an economic drain, as well as a moral wrong.

File - Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning on in this Sept.

Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new report says is the first nationwide decline in the number of state inmates since 1972.

A Jamestown resident is facing charges in the city and in Pennsylvania after he allegedly had inappropriate electronic contact with several underage girls via the Internet and through his cell phone.

Carbon monoxide from a propane-powered tile cutter being used in a grocery store renovation in eastern Pennsylvania has sickened at least six people.

Bret Michaels performs with his band Poison at the Star Pavilion in Hershey on August 8, 2008.

A meat-eating amphibian that lived 300 million years ago may represent one of the earliest examples of land-based vertebrate life.

A new $1.3 million ad campaign will target 17 House Democrats this week urging them to support President Barack Obama's health care plan.

The number of deaths on Pennsylvania's highways has plunged to its lowest level since Model Ts still chugged along the roads of the commonwealth, and officials are crediting years of safety programs but cannot rule out an assist from the struggling economy.

Police say a New York man sent nude and lewd text messages to several teenage girls in northwestern Pennsylvania after accessing their personal information on Internet social networking sites.

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When Mahala Muzopappa began taking classes at Westmoreland County Community College last year, she realized she was not ready for college-level math.

Chris Ramirez is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-380-5682 or via e-mail. The mailbox isn't the only place census officials will conduct America's headcount.

The plan to levy tolls on Interstate 80 to generate hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for road and bridge projects in Pennsylvania won't go forward unless Washington gives it a green light.

Some day it might be remembered as the Tea Party primary. The newly forming activist groups that identify heartily with calls for cutting taxes, deficits, red tape and government programs are organizing demonstrations, holding candidate forums and getting a boost from private conservative institutions in Pennsylvania.

Flood warnings have now spread to eastern Pennsylvania as steady rains and melting snow threaten to send rivers over their banks.

A GOP lawmaker says that the White House committed a "crime" if it offered Democratic Rep.

Fewer people died on Pennsylvania highways in 2009 than any year since the state started keeping track in 1928, when Model T's still ruled the road.