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College campuses are going smoke-free in rapidly growing numbers across the U.S. More than 140 campuses, including the University of Hawai'i, now are completely smoke-free, more than triple the number that had ...

A U.S. military judge has denied a request from professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for Internet access inside his Guantanamo cell, ruling he does not need it to prepare for his death penalty ...

When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania today, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former rival Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 8 PA-GovRendell-HlthIns HARRISBURG , Pa. , Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today expressed strong disappointment that the General Assembly concluded its fall ...

When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race.

The nation's best known and most powerful Democrats for nearly two decades, the former first couple is getting used to a new role: cheerleaders for Obama, who vanquished Hillary Clinton last spring in a Democratic primary contest for the ages.

Whatever recriminations the Clintons may still harbor from that long battle seem to have been nudged aside as they campaign in earnest for the Democratic ticket.

Barack Obama says he knows John McCain has asked supporters to tone down their attacks on him.

Governor Edward G. Rendell will convene a statewide summit of local government, community, religious, labor and volunteer leaders on Oct.

When a voter says one thing to an election pollster and then does another thing in the anonymity of the voting booth, it is called a curious flip-flop. But when one candidate is black and the other is white, ...

The National Rifle Association is endorsing Republican presidential nominee John McCain despite differences with the Arizona senator on gun-show rules and campaign finance restrictions.

Gambling at Pennsylvania's slot-machine casinos increased last month despite rising unemployment and economic turbulence that prompted one Pocono Mountains vacation spot to give up pursuit of a mini-slots ...

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is returning to Pennsylvania, a key battleground state.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office says ongoing negotiations over Countrywide Financial's subprime mortgages could lead to cash payments or other relief for thousands of customers in the state.

The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and boarded-up storefronts stand as bleak reminders of those once-prosperous times.

But the voters in working-class enclaves such as this still are a sought-after prize in presidential politics, and many are belatedly coming around to Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

In the Democratic primaries, working-class whites consistently backed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Later polls showed them overwhelmingly favoring Republican nominee John McCain.

A lack of voting machines and poll workers could force some Pennsylvania voters to wait in line on Election Day, a group founded by civil rights lawyers warned Thursday.

"We applaud the Administration and the Legislature for successfully addressing many of the energy issues facing Pennsylvanians," O'Brien said.

Some Pennsylvania counties are still sorting out their policies on wearing campaign buttons and the like in polling places in light of a recent state memo.

The prospect of expanding subsidized health coverage to thousands of uninsured Pennsylvanians before the end of the year died Wednesday, as Gov.

Barack Obama spent $3.3 million in TV advertising on Monday. At that rate the Democrat will spend more than $90 million on ads through Election Day _ more than all the money Republican rival John McCain has to spend on his entire fall campaign.

McCain's ad spending Monday totaled about $900,000 and the Republican National Committee weighed in with about $700,000 worth.

All whopping numbers, but the disparity between Obama and the Republicans is so wide that it has allowed Obama to spend in more states than McCain, to appear more frequently in key markets and to diversify his message by both attacking McCain and promoting his own personal story.

A heavily lobbied bill to cut electricity prices and encourage energy conservation easily passed the state Legislature on Wednesday as lawmakers rushed to ease the pain of disappearing rate caps for a growing ...

A bill intended to dramatically improve conditions for dogs kept in Pennsylvania's larger commercial kennels is heading to Gov.