There must be no amnesties or pre-trial pardons for those who have committed serious human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian law (IHL), Amnesty International said today following remarks yesterday by Colombian President Álvaro Uribe in which he offered

President Robert Mugabe declared that Zimbabwe's cholera crisis was over Thursday, even as the United Nations raised the official death toll from the epidemic to 783. Cholera has spread rapidly in the southern African nation because of the country's crumbling

A Brooklyn mother of three is getting a second chance at a happy and normal life. She's a quadruple-amputee learning to walk all over again after a medical mistake.

Former Section Manager in the ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section Allen R. Breiner Sr, W3TI, passed away on November 19, 2008. He was 88. Breiner was first elected as Section Communications Manager -- as the SM job used to be known

Finally! A sunspot group appeared this week, about three weeks since the last group disappeared. The first spotless day after sunspot group 1008's last appearance was Tuesday, November 18; the last spotless day before group 1009 emerged was Tuesday, December

This week's Surfin' reflects on vertical polarization of the antenna variety.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State's A.Q. Shipley has won the Rimington Trophy, awarded to the nation's top center.

NEWARK, N.J. - Poland's Tomasz Adamek knocked down champion Steve Cunningham three times and won a 12-round split decision to take the International Boxing Federation cruiserweight title Thursday night.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the midday Pennsylvania State Lottery drawing:

PHILADELPHIA - Scott Hartnell had a hat trick and the Philadelphia Flyers staged their biggest comeback in 20 years by erasing a four-goal deficit in the third period and beating the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 in a shootout victory Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH - Petr Sykora ended the longest streak in NHL history without a hat trick by a player who had scored at least two goals in a game and paced the Pittsburgh Penguins' 9-2 rout of the New York Islanders

Altoona 78, Farrell 51

Academy Park 55, Valley Forge Military Academy 43

Atlantic Christian 65, Calvary Christian 25

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the midday Pennsylvania State Lottery drawing:

VILLANOVA, Pa. - Scottie Reynolds scored 18 points and sank the winning free throws with 4.8 seconds left to lift No. 15 Villanova to a 59-56 win over Saint Joseph's on Thursday night.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Epiphanny Prince scored 13 points, including the go-ahead basket with 35 seconds to play, as No. 14 Rutgers avoided an upset with a 58-56 victory over Prairie View on Thursday night.

HAMILTON, N.J. - Gov. Jon S. Corzine will sign legislation authorizing $22.5 million for food, energy and legal assistance to New Jerseyans as part of his economic recovery initiative.

TRENTON, N.J. - Forecasters say the heavy rain that's been soaking New Jersey will end by the afternoon.

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