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Fracking Shale For Gas Brings Both Wealth & Concern
DALLAS (AP) – Hydraulic fracturing is a drilling process that blasts millions of gallons of water for each well deep into the earth to fracture dense shale and allow natural gas to escape. The water is...
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Duke Study: Methane May Leak Into Drinking Water Near Gas Wells
DISH (CBSDFW.COM) – On Monday, 15 Dish residents watched their tiny city become the first to ask the state to force gas producers to cut air emissions. But earlier in the day, researchers at Duke...
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Dallas Police Seize Stolen Helicopter On Trailer
DALLAS (AP) - Police have recovered a $2.5 million helicopter reported stolen when the seller in Texas lost contact with the driver hauling the chopper to a buyer in Pennsylvania. KXAS-TV reports that...
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United Flight 175 Families Somber At Pennsylvania’s Walk Of Remembrance
By Steve Tawa, KYW Newsradio, and Jericka Duncan, CBS 3 LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS Local) – The Bucks County, Pa., memorial to those killed in the 9/11 attacks drew people who had learned of...
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Penn State Allegations Spark Conversation Among Area Parents, Student Athletes
HURST (CBSDFW.COM) – The disturbing child sexual assault allegations and subsequent cover up at Penn State University has shaken parents and student athletes alike. But many say that while they’ve...
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Sandusky Says He Only “Horsed Around” With Boys
NEW YORK (AP) - The former Penn State assistant football coach at the heart of a massive sex scandal said he showered with young boys and hugged them but called the allegedly criminal contact...
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Perry Ranks Low In New Republican Polls
Texas Governor Rick Perry participates in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce summit on "the role of free enterprise in job creation" on May 3, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)...
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Rare Movie Posters Found In Pa. Attic Fetch $503K
DALLAS (AP) – A collection of rare movie theater posters found in a northeastern Pennsylvania attic has fetched a total of $503,000 at auction. The sale of 33 posters from the Golden Age of Hollywood...
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Opinion: Misleading Reporters Ought To Be Reassigned Or Fired
Once again, a hack-job on a political story made a politician on “the right” look stupid. It is not the media’s purpose to give the public a stilted impression of politicians they don’t support....
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Former Employees Discuss Traveling Gold Company’s Buying Method
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Kenny Birdsall worked as a gold buyer at Springfield, Ill.-based THR & Associates, writing checks to people who sold their jewelry at their shows. He says he quit when he...
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Opinion: Keystone Election Kops
Republican Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is no fan of Philadelphia voters. During his 2010 Gubernatorial campaign, then state Attorney General Tom Corbett implored Republicans to keep the vote...
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48 People Charged In Medicaid Fraud Case
NEW YORK (AP) - A nationwide prescription drug ring bought mountains of HIV medications and other drugs from down-and-out Medicaid recipients in New York City, then marketed the pills to pharmacies...
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The Cult That Is Happy Valley
The Joe Paterno statue has officially been taken down from its worshipped pedestal in front of Beaver Stadium. To the victims of Jerry Sandusky, an act that may metaphorically equate in similar fashion...
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Opinion: Treason In Pennsylvania
Treason: the crime of betraying one’s country. That is exactly what Pennsylvania Republicans have done. They have betrayed their country and devised a scheme to potentially disqualify nearly one tenth...
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Opinion: Lacking Government ID Does Not Make You Unworthy Of Voting
One of the biggest threats to American democracy as we know it today is the move by the New Suppressionists to impose the modern equivalents of the Poll Tax on the 2012 election. There is a massive...
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7-Eleven Buys 74 Stores Across 4 States
DALLAS (AP) - Convenience-store giant 7-Eleven Inc. has bought 74 operating stores, mostly in West Virginia, and two land parcels from a licensee. Dallas-based 7-Eleven on Monday did not disclosed...
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Texas Man Guilty In Pa. Drug Ring Including Coach
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Texas trucker has become the fourth and final person convicted in a cocaine pipeline that also included a former assistant western Pennsylvania high school football coach. A federal...
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The Unclean Truth: How Five Cities Stack Up On Recycling
From coffee grounds to empty milk cartons, consumers are becoming increasingly aware of how and where to recycle. In many cities, gone are the days of simply leaving trash on the curb. Instead, the...
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Controversial ‘Debarking’ Not Music To Ears Of Veterinarians
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – You hear a dog bark long and loud enough and it can drive you to drink. But going under the knife to solve a bark problem? Some dog owners are doing it with a procedure...
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West Volunteer Fire Department Gets Fire Engine Donation
The Berwyn Fire Company, in Pennsylvania, is donating their Engine 2-1 to the West Volunteer Fire Department. (credit: Berwyn Fire Company) NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There’s good news for firefighters...
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