<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports</title><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa</link><description><![CDATA[CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:03:31 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Pa. Man Dies Days After Being 'Stunned' By Police]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Coroner.Man.dies.2.1326630.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Coroner.Man.dies.2.1326630.html</link><description><![CDATA[Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a man has died days after police subdued him with a stun gun. The Washington County coroner says 49-year-old Ronald Petruney died just before 7 a.m. Saturday at Washington Hospital. Coroner Tim Warco says an autopsy will be done to determine the cause and manner of death.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:02:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out Of Prison Space, Pa. Looks To Other States]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/To.ease.prison.2.1326335.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/To.ease.prison.2.1326335.html</link><description><![CDATA[Early next year, for the first time in its history, Pennsylvania plans to contract with another state or states to board as many as 2,000 convicted criminals. The reason is simple and troubling: The number of inmates in Pennsylvania's 27 prisons is growing faster than the state can build new ones. The inmates who will be transferred have not been picked, but the Corrections Department said they will be males who have no mental-health, behavioral or serious medical conditions that require special attention.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:59:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pa. Lawyer And Consultant Help Kids Hit The Books]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/A.study.in.2.1326358.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/A.study.in.2.1326358.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sharon Cassidy tells her sons — Donny, 14, and Jacob, 13 — to get right to their homework when they come home from their school day at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Braddock, about five miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. "I tell them, 'Let's try to get the homework done now,'" Cassidy, 42, says. "Sometimes in the evening, they get tired ... and they don't feel like putting the time in." Cassidy also instructs her sons, who earn consistent As and Bs, not to watch television until they are done studying for the day.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:56:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Be A Grandparent? Pa. Women Wrote The Book]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Philadelphia.women.publish.2.1326357.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Philadelphia.women.publish.2.1326357.html</link><description><![CDATA[Parenthood doesn't come with a manual, but "The Grandparents Handbook" may be the perfect guide for those who wish to make the most out of precious moments with their grandchildren. The book, filled with tips, activities, games, recipes and nuggets of family wisdom, was created by freelance writer Elizabeth LaBan, 42, a mother of two, with help from her mother Barbara (Klopp) Trostler, 78. Trostler, a native of the Berks County area around Reading, Pa., 50 miles east of Harrisburg and northwest of Philadelphia, now lives only about four blocks from her daughter's family in Philadelphia. LaBan said her father-in-law, Myron LaBan, also contributed to the book, as did a handful of Trostler's Berks County friends and relatives, all grandparents.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:55:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raising Grandchildren Topic Of Pa. Support Group]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/With.millions.raising.2.1326354.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/With.millions.raising.2.1326354.html</link><description><![CDATA[Barbara Benes didn't know she was like millions of other American grandparents. "I always felt alone," said the resident of Erie County, in the northwestern corner of Pennsylvania about 110 miles north of Pittsburgh. But now Benes has other grandmas to talk to, share with and learn from.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:54:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pa. Retirees Join A New "Senior" Class On Facebook]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Savvy.Pa.seniors.2.1326346.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Savvy.Pa.seniors.2.1326346.html</link><description><![CDATA[A few years ago, Sandra Jamison caved in and created an account on Facebook. "I was talked into it," Jamison laughed, noting that it was to help with networking for a Christian fellowship she worked for. The only problem was, the senior citizen couldn't immediately grasp how the Web site functioned.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:53:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central Pa. Hospital System Won't Hire Smokers]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Pennsylvania.hospital.chain.2.1326160.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Pennsylvania.hospital.chain.2.1326160.html</link><description><![CDATA[Prospective employees at a central Pennsylvania hospital chain will now be tested for nicotine when they apply for jobs. Beginning Jan. 1, Susquehanna Health System won't be hiring smokers. The system consists of Williamsport, Divine Providence and Muncy Valley hospitals. The Pennsylvania Department of Health says the system is the first in the state to ban the hiring of smokers.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:47:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Lehigh U. Employee Sentenced For Theft]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Former.Lehigh.University.2.1326056.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Former.Lehigh.University.2.1326056.html</link><description><![CDATA[A former employee in the Lehigh University bursar's office has been sentenced to house arrest for stealing $7,700 from the school. Thirty-two-year-old Jennifer L. Sterner took money from July 2008 to April 2009. She says she had a lot of credit card debt that she hadn't told her husband about. Sterner pleaded guilty to one count of theft in Northampton County Court on Friday.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:16:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: 6 Men Charged In Philadelphia Rape]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Police.6.men.2.1326023.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Police.6.men.2.1326023.html</link><description><![CDATA[Philadelphia police say six suspects have been arrested in the rape of a woman who was accosted at a restaurant while picking up take-out food. Police say the suspects followed the woman out of the Chinese restaurant in West Philadelphia around 10:45 p.m. Thursday and then forced her to a nearby building. Lt. Frank Vanore says the suspects, who range in age from 16 to 52, then raped the woman repeatedly.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:33:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former California Assemblyman Nao Takasugi Dies]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Former.California.Assemblyman.2.1325625.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/Former.California.Assemblyman.2.1325625.html</link><description><![CDATA[Former state Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (NAH'-oh tah-kah-SOO'-gee), who was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, has died. He was 87. Takasugi, a Republican from Oxnard, spent six years in the Legislature before he was termed out of office in 1998. He had been the mayor of Oxnard for 10 years before winning the Assembly seat. His son, Ronald Takasugi, said Friday that his father died Thursday night of complications from a stroke. Robert Garcia of Garcia Mortuary in Oxnard told The Associated Press that arrangements are pending.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:37:23 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>