Gerlach vows to champion funding for local national parks (video)

| June 30, 2011

UPPER MERION A keen observer might notice Jim Gerlach and his wife, Karen, biking the Schuylkill River Trail at Valley Forge at any given time, but the Congressman said that luxury is often taken for granted. Gerlach (R-6th, of Pennsylvania) joined several notables from the National Parks Conservation Association for a breakfast reception to celebrate [...]

Recession forces states to rethink tourism funding

| June 30, 2011

CHRIS RODKEY / AP FILE -In this Aug. 2004 file photo, the Cascade Range inside the North Cascades National Park near Marblemount, Wash., are shown. By the end of this week, Washington will close its official tourism agency and become the only state to cease all state funding for self-promotion. Its just one example of [...]

Eye candy or earnest analysis: Taking women’s sports coverage seriously

| June 30, 2011

To some questions there are no easy answers. Like, for instance, How should womens sports be covered by television and other media? Right now, theres a story going around that the German team in the Womens World Cup posed for Playboy magazine to help promote the tournament now unfolding in Germany. It isnt quite true. [...]

Obese Ottawa man cleans pool for private access

| June 30, 2011

Beginning of Story Content An obese Ottawa man who placed an online ad offering to clean someones pool in return for the right to swim there without the embarrassment of swimming in public has found the perfect spot thanks to a nearby family — and hes already lost 10 pounds. Leslie Duff, 40, weighs about [...]

GOP Bill on Washington DC Keeps Abortion Funding Ban

| June 30, 2011

House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee released the first draft of their bill today funding the District of Columbia and the legislation keeps in place the ban on paying for abortions with taxpayer funds in the nations capital. The ban was the subject of debate during the massive budget fight between Republicans and President Barack [...]

Sports at 3:10 p.m.

| June 30, 2011

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