AP PA Headlines
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The woman who’s been leading the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is stepping down to be Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s next appointment to the Gaming Control Board. Wolf said Friday that Secretary Kathy Manderino will join the gambling commission at the start of August. Gaming board appointments don’t require Senate confirmation.
Robert O’Brien, one of Manderino’s top deputies at Labor and Industry, will take over in August as acting secretary. Manderino’s served in Wolf’s cabinet since 2015. She’s a lawyer, a former Democratic state representative from Philadelphia, and the daughter of former Democratic House Speaker Jim Manderino of Westmoreland County. O’Brien has been serving as executive deputy secretary, taking a leading role in operating the agency.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Students in Pennsylvania’s large public university system will have to dig a little deeper next year, following board approval of a 3.5 percent tuition increase. The new rates enacted Thursday will bump tuition for in-state, full-time students in the State System of Higher Education by about $250 for the coming school year. The system’s board is trying to plug a $72 million hole in its budget during a period of falling enrollment. The system operates 14 universities across the state.
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Oddities and Conversation Starters
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The deputy leader of an Australian political party has announced he is ending his nine-year career in Parliament because he has discovered he has technically never been a senator. Scott Ludlam, the 47-year-old deputy leader of the minor Greens party, said Friday he was “personally devastated” to learn that he is a citizen of New Zealand as well as Australia.
That reality makes him ineligible for the Senate job he has held since July 2008. The constitution states that a “citizen of a foreign power” is not eligible to be elected to the Australian Parliament. While lawmakers have discovered they were technically ineligible after elections in the past, Ludlam says nine years later seems to be a record.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A union has filed a grievance in response to Western Michigan University’s hiring of goats to clear 15 acres (6.07 hectares) of woodland on campus. Kathi Babbit is the chief steward of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local union. Babbit wrote in a July newsletter that the grievance had been filed in relation to subcontracting and the unreported use of goats.
The university hired the team of goats after a half-acre trial run last year. Officials of goat rental company Munchers on Hooves say the animal consumes 3 to 5 pounds (1.36 to 2.27 kilograms) of vegetation per day and leaves behind natural fertilizer. University spokeswoman Cheryl Roland says that no school workers have been laid off by the goat project.
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Scores & Skeds
The Philadelphia Phillies play Milwaukee on Newsradio 1070 WKOK today at 6:40pm and tomorrow at 1:30pm. The Phillies are on 1070AM WKOK, while our normal programming (CBS Sportsradio, CBS News, and AccuWeather).
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Kyle Larson has won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Larson turned a lap of 133.324 mph take a pole for the fourth time this season. Martin Truex Jr. was second, followed by Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun hit a grand slam off the scoreboard in center field and Orlando Arcia added a three-run shot in the Brewers’ eight-run second inning, helping Milwaukee beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-6 on Friday night. Nick Pivetta gave up nine runs over five innings, more than in any of his previous 11 starts.
Here are the scores from yesterday’s sports events:
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INTERLEAGUE
Final Chi Cubs 9 Baltimore 8
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Boston 5 N-Y Yankees 4
Final Toronto 7 Detroit 2
Final Seattle 4 Chi White Sox 2
Final Houston 10 Minnesota 5
Final Texas 5 Kansas City 3
Final Oakland 5 Cleveland 0
Final Tampa Bay 2 L.A. Angels 1, 10 Innings
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 2
Final N-Y Mets 14 Colorado 2
Final Washington 5 Cincinnati 0
Final L.A. Dodgers 6 Miami 4
Final Atlanta 4 Arizona 3
Final Milwaukee 9 Philadelphia 6
Final San Francisco 5 San Diego 4
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WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Washington 72 Indiana 58
Final Chicago 78 N-Y Liberty 68
Final Minnesota 88 Phoenix 71
TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE
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INTERLEAGUE
Chi Cubs at Baltimore 7:05 p.m.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
N-Y Yankees at Boston 4:05 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit 6:10 p.m.
Seattle at Chi White Sox 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston 7:10 p.m.
Texas at Kansas City 7:15 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland 9:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels 9:07 p.m.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis at Pittsburgh 7:05 p.m.
Colorado at N-Y Mets 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Milwaukee 7:10 p.m.
Washington at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m.
Arizona at Atlanta 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Miami 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego 8:40 p.m.
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WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta at Seattle 9:00 p.m.
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