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1. Greek Life and Times (University of Pennsylvania)
   Provides pictures and a historical narrative regarding daily life, arts, economy, warfare, religion and other aspects of life in ancient Greece.

2. Pennsylvania Voters Oust Intelligent Design Supporters (USA Today)
   "Voters came down hard Tuesday on school board members who ordered a statement on intelligent design read in biology class, ousting eight Republicans and replacing them with Democrats who want the concept stripped from the science curriculum."
   
   "Eight of the nine school board members were up for election Tuesday. They were challenged by a slate of Democrats who argued that science class was not the appropriate forum for teaching intelligent design." 9-05

3. -04-12-07 Pennsylvania Court Requires Paper Ballots (VoteTrustUSA.org
   “A Pennsylvania court held late today that voters have a right under the commonweath's constitution to reliable and secure voting systems and can challenge the use of electronic voting machines 'that provide no way for Electors to know whether their votes will be recognized' through voter verification or independent audit." 04-07

4. -04-22-08 Presidential Primary Results in Pennsylvania (CNN News)
   Provides results county by county. 04-08

5. -04-22-08 Editorial: Philadelphia Key to Pennsylvania Primary (CNN News)
   "If Obama is to upset Clinton, it will begin in the Philadelphia-anchored southeast corner of the state, where about 30 percent of Pennsylvanians resides." 04-08

6. -04-22-08 Pennsylvania's "Paperless" Voting Disaster (BradBlog.com)
   "On Tuesday night, you will be told who the winner of the Pennsylvania Primary is. You will accept it. You will have no choice. No matter who the winner really is. Or isn't."
   
   "This Tuesday's crucial contest will be primarily run on 100% faith-based, Direct Recording Electronic (DRE, usually touch-screen or push-button) e-voting machines across the state. There will be no way to determine after the election whether the computers have accurately recorded, or not, the intent of those voters who voted on them. As VerifiedVoting.org summarizes the crucial contest, it 'will be essentially unrecountable, unverifiable, and unauditable.' " 04-08

7. Pennsylvania (Weber Publications)
   Includes a great deal of basic information, such as geography, legislature, flag, motto, bird, flower, motto, nickname, and so forth. Also has a link to the state capital, Harrisburg. 10-00

8. Pennsylvania - Common Grant Application Format (Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvannia)
   "The Common Grant Application Format is designed to benefit you, the grantseeker, and the foundation decision-makers who review, evaluate and act on the grant proposals you submit." Sometimes called a universal grant application form. 7-02

9. Penn, William (Forrest)
   Provides a biography of the founder of Pennsylvania. 2-01

10. Flight 93 and Todd Beamer (Post-Gazette - McKinnon)
    Provides details of the last conversation before United Airlines Flight 93 went down in Pennsylvania due to passengers, including Todd Beamer, preventing the terrorists aboard from getting to their target in Washington DC. The target of the terrorists was believed to be either the White House or the Capitol. At least four who were involved in stopping the terrorists were Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Jeremy Glick, and Tom Burnett. Todd is known for saying "Let's roll" just before taking on the terrorists. 11-01

11. 08-29-04 Pennsylvannia Crucial for Election (USA Today)
    "USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup polls show Bush narrowly ahead in Wisconsin and the candidates even in Pennsylvania, a state that is crucial to Democratic hopes of winning in November." 8-04

12. 10-07-04 Kerry and Bush in a Tie (Bloomberg.com)
    "The race between President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry is a tossup in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania -- the three biggest battleground states -- according to six polls taken after the candidates' Sept. 30 debate." 10-04

13. Reported Vote Results Impossible (San Francisco Chronicle)
    "If the United States were a Third World country, our Nov. 2 election would not pass certification by international monitors. As former President Carter has explained on National Public Radio, we lack a central, nonpartisan election commission to guarantee fair and equal treatment of all voters nationwide, our candidates do not receive free and equal access to the media to deliver their message, voting procedures are not uniform throughout the county, and there is not a 'paper trail' available in all cases to guarantee an honest recount where called for."
    
    "In our own recent presidential election, exit polls were conducted nationwide for the media by two of the world's most respected professional exit-polling firms: Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International." "Total samples from each state were large -- about 2,000 or more voters -- and the error of estimate was small -- plus or minus less than half of 1 percent in 99 cases out of 100."
    
    "In state after state, Kerry saw his expected lead shrink or vanish. And when he lost Ohio -- which exit polls estimated he would win by 4.5 percent -- he 'lost' the election. According to Steven Freeman, who teaches research methods at the University of Pennsylvania, for 10 exit polls among the 11 battleground states he analyzed to be this far off as a result of random error, particularly when all discrepancies favored Bush, is essentially impossible." 9-05

14. -01-19-05 Exit Pollsters: Bush Won "Fair and Square" (MSNBC News)
    "When Bush turned out to be the winner, some Kerry partisans used the exit polls to insist that the Republicans had somehow stolen votes, especially in the swing states of Pennsylvania and Ohio and in districts that were using electronic voting systems for the first time."
    
    "But Edison and Mitofsky said a thorough examination of the survey data demonstrated that Bush won the election fair and square."
    
    Editor's Note: The complete explanation was contradictory. Edison and Mitofsky also stated: "...the polls overstated Kerry’s support by statistically significant margins in 26 states — more than half of them — and President Bush’s in four others. That was the worst performance since news organizations joined to begin using national exit polls together in 1988." The pollsters cannot at the same time argue that their results were significantly different from the actual results and that they are an accurate source of information. 1-05

15. -06-05-05 Reservists at a Loss for Jobs (WashingtonTimes.com)
    "Although many employers take pride in hiring veterans and make up any pay an employee lost while deployed, some are reluctant to hire reservists and Guard members who might have to deploy again, said Bill Gaul, founder and president of Destiny Group, an online organization that seeks to match employers and veterans."
    
    "Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz, Pennsylvania Democrat, and Rep. Joe Schwarz, Michigan Republican, are co-sponsoring legislation that would give companies up to $2,400 in tax credits for each veteran from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars they hire." 6-05

16. Senate Leader Supports Stem Cell Research (ABC News)
    "In exclusive interview with 'GMA,' Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist explained his decision to break with President Bush for the first time, and throw his support behind a bill that would expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research."
    
    "Frist said only embryos that would otherwise be discarded should be used for the research. Those that could be adopted or implanted would not be used."
    
    "Frist is not the first Republican to support stem cell research. Republican Sen. Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania, who suffers from advanced stage Hodgkins lymphoma, supports the research, as does former first lady Nancy Reagan." 7-05

17. -09-10-05 Energy from Backpack to Replace Batteries (ScienceDaily.com)
    "If you already have a little spring in your step, a team of biologists at the University of Pennsylvania would like to put it to good use by adding a few more springs in the form of a power-generating backpack. Details of their prototype "Suspended-load Backpack" were announced today in the journal Science. The device converts mechanical energy from walking into electricity up to 7.4 Watts more than enough energy to power a number of portable electronic devices at once." 9-05

18. September 11th (Wikipedia.org)
    "The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated attacks carried out against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. According to the official 9/11 Commission Report, nineteen men affiliated with al-Qaeda, a network of militant Islamist organizations, hijacked four American airliners. Two were crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City — one into each of the two tallest towers, about 17 minutes apart — shortly after which both towers collapsed. The third aircraft crashed into the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters, the Pentagon, in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed into a rural field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 80 miles east of Pittsburgh, following passenger resistance." 09-08

19. -09-14-05 Roberts Gives Hints of Positions (Bloomberg.com)
    "U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, treading a line between candor and caution, gave a Senate panel hints about his views on government seizure of private property, civil rights and the death penalty."
    
    "Roberts, undergoing a second day of questions on his nomination to be chief justice, said lawmakers could limit 'eminent domain' property seizures, blunting the impact of a June Supreme Court ruling. He said he would consider the 'real- world' impact of affirmative action and suggested agreement with a high court decision limiting death row appeals."
    
    "His answers drew praise from Republicans, including the moderate Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Democrats offered muted criticism, hailing his skills as a witness even while voicing frustration at his refusal to give detailed responses on abortion, assisted suicide and other social issues." 9-05

20. Federal Court to Make a Landmark Ruling on Science (MSNBC News)
    "The Pennsylvania case 'is probably the most important legal situation of creation and evolution in the last 18 years,' said Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, which opposes challenges to the standard model of evolution."
    
    " 'This will be the first legal challenge to intelligent design, and we’ll see whether they have been able to mask the creationist underpinnings and basic orientation of intelligent design,' she said. Regardless who wins, 'it will have quite a significant impact on what happens in American public school education.' ”
    
    "This is where things get sticky, because it all boils down to a basic argument over just what is evolution and what is religion." 9-05