ALBANY, New York, Oct. 8 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review * New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate, and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * FBI Baltimore Releases 'Summer Heat' Results Part of Nationwide Initiative to Crush Violent Crime * BALTIMORE, MD--The Baltimore Field Office made numerous arrests over the past three months as part of the Summer Heat operation, the FBI's nationwide effort to crush violent crime. "The Baltimore Field Office is fully committed to crushing violent crime across Maryland and Delaware," said William J. DelBagno, special agen  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * House approves Goughnour bill to allow premixed cocktails on tap * H.B. 1702 helps businesses and modernizes liquor laws HARRISBURG, Oct. 8 - With strong bipartisan support, the PA House today passed a bill sponsored by state Rep. Dan Goughnour, D-Allegheny, that would modernize state liquor laws by allowing businesses with liquor licenses to have premixed cocktails on tap, just li  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Williams Legislation to Protect Custody Rights of Deployed Military Parents Passes Senate Unanimously * HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Senate passed legislation yesterday by Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware/Chester) to safeguard the custody and visitation rights of deployed military parents. House Bill 414, known as the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, passed the Senate u  more