NEWS
Unemployment rate falls to 8.3 percent, lowest in three years
The unemployment rate is down to 8.3 percent, the lowest it has been since February 2009. This is great news for the U.S. economy. So what does this mean to people that don’t understand how the economy works? Everything the United States economy produces is measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). When GDP turns
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Geisinger Medical Center tests for nicotine
Starting Feb. 1, 2012, Geisinger Medical Center stopped hiring job applicants who use tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and chewing or smokeless tobacco. Geisinger Medical Center, located in Danville, Pa., provides care to over two million residents in 38 counties of central and northeastern Pennsylvania. It was recently named one of the Top 100 Hospitals
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Elizabethtown shops shut down for selling drugs
CR’s Friendly Market, a convenience store located on East High Street in Elizabethtown, was caught selling synthetic marijuana and bath salts in exchange for food stamps. The Pennsylvania Legislature banned these illegal drugs last year and those who purchased the substances were illegally using their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards, which are solely intended
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