Fugitive Surrenders to Authorities
CLEARFIELD – Clearfield County District Attorney, William A. Shaw, Jr., announced the capture of a wanted fugitive. Shaw identified the Fugitive as Holly Wolf, age 23, of DuBois. Wolf was added to the Clearfield County Fugitive of the Week list on May 21, 2012. On Nov. 14, 2011, Officer Josh Johnston of the Sandy Township Police Department, filed a criminal complaint charging Wolf with: 1) acquisition...
Read More...U.S. markets weak Wednesday morning after world markets fall
May 23, 2012 at 6:14 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
U.S. stocks fell on the open Wednesday taking the lead from plunging world markets. Just after the opening bell on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 84 points, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slumped 8 points and the NASDAQ slipped 25. Global markets tumbled Wednesday on renewed unease over Greece ahead of a meeting of European leaders and signs that the Chinese economy is ...
Read More...Young Drivers Urged to Avoid Distractions While Driving
May 23, 2012 at 6:03 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
HARRISBURG – With school days dwindling and young minds dreaming of graduation or summer vacation, PennDOT reminded all young drivers to stay focused on the road and avoid distractions while behind the wheel. “Driving is a huge responsibility that requires split-second decisions and a driver’s full attention,” said PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch. “Being distracted while driving, even...
Read More...MVCI Renews Prison Contract, Plans Expansion
May 23, 2012 at 6:00 AM by Jessica Shirey · Leave a Comment
CLEARFIELD – The Moshannon Valley Correctional Institution had its contract renewed with the federal bureau of prisons, and it will remain in effect through 2016, according to Clearfield County Commissioner Chairman John A. Sobel. Sobel said the bureau can re-evaluate its contract annually. He said it leaves potential for a closure but doesn’t foresee one happening. “We’ve been hearing concerns...
Read More...Wednesday’s Google Doodle celebrates creator of the synthesizer
May 23, 2012 at 5:52 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Wednesday’s Google Doodle honors Robert Moog, the father of the modern electronic synthesizer, on what would have been his 78th birthday. The doodle is a working Moog synthesizer. When a user clicks on what looks like a piano keyboard, musical tones are heard. The pitch can be adjusted to customize a note. The sounds of the Moog synthesizer became a recognizable and important part of popular mus...
Read More...Health insurance cutbacks squeeze the insured
May 23, 2012 at 4:27 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Amber Cooper and her husband were doing OK. They both had jobs. A healthy 5-year-old son, a house in Riverbank, Calif., and health insurance from her job in the accounting department of a small manufacturing company. But then one day everything changed. “We were in a conference room getting the information and I had heard rumors but didn’t know if it was true and started crying in fr...
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Healthcare in the crossfire
May 23, 2012 at 4:05 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
As Mohammed Mohammedi lay trapped in the car with his co-worker, pinned down by heavy gunfire, they promised each other that whoever made it out alive would tell the other’s family. Now, 12 years after he was captured and beaten by militias in Somalia while carrying out a polio vaccination campaign, he realizes this was a “futile promise.” “If you ask someone at WHO [World Hea...
Read More...From malaria research results to policy
May 23, 2012 at 3:59 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
No matter how compelling, medical research has historically not guaranteed swift regulatory approval, but researchers are finding ways to speed up translation of their conclusions into policy. In the fight against malaria, it took years of consistent medical results on insecticide-treated bed nets to gain the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation in 2007. Governments will generally n...
Read More...World’s tallest communication tower opens in Tokyo
May 23, 2012 at 3:32 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
The Tokyo Skytree, the world’s tallest communication tower and second-highest building at 2,080 feet, opened to the public on Tuesday in the eastern part of Japan’s capital. Hundreds of people who bought tickets to climb the tower on opening day waited before the building opened while 5,000 lined up to enter the Tokyo Skytree Town, a shopping complex at the base of the tower. The To...
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PennDOT, Law Enforcement Team Up for ‘Click It or Ticket’ Campaign
May 22, 2012 at 4:00 PM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
(GantDaily Graphic) HARRISBURG – PennDOT will partner with state and local police in a national “Click It or Ticket” seat-belt enforcement effort through June 10. The effort will emphasize the state’s primary seat-belt law for drivers and passengers under 18 years-old, and will include outreach to boost awareness of seat-belt safety and laws. “With the busy Memorial Day weekend signaling...
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