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Jesse Biddle returned from a hail-induced head injury on Saturday in the Reading Fightin Phils' 3-2 loss to the SeaWolves in Erie.
Biddle (3-5, 3.14) gave up three runs and pitched into the seventh inning, suffering the loss on the mound for the Fightins.
Biddle had missed his last start after he was hit in the head by ice during a hailstorm in Berks County, leaving him with a concussion.
Albert Cartwright homered in a losing effort for the Fightin Phils.
Reading (29-24) has now lost five of six. The team will look to avoid the sweep in Erie in its series finale on Sunday at 1:35 p.m.
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The Allentown School District will make a lasting tribute to honor a beloved former high school principal.
The school board voted unanimously Thursday night to name the auditorium at William Allen High School for Dr. John McHugh.
He served as principal there from 1971 to 1982, touching the lives of thousands of students.
A 17-year-old teen has been identified as the victim in a fatal crash Sunday in Schuylkill County.
Police said Amber Lynn Young was killed in a head-on crash around 8 a.m. on Route 309 near the border of West Penn Township and Tamaqua.
After an investigation, police said a car driven by Young was traveling north on Route 309 and lost control on the snow-covered road. Her car traveled into the south lane where it hit an SUV driven by 56-year-old Nancy Ann Evans of Macungie, Lehigh County.
Young was ejected from her car and pronounced dead at the scene around 9 a.m.
Evans was extricated from her car and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital for treatment of her injuries. There's no word on her condition.
Route 309 was closed for two hours while police conducted their investigation.
Now that a settlement has cleared the way for $60 million from Penn State to be spent in Pennsylvania to address child sexual abuse, potential recipients are starting to think about how that money might be put to use.
"There's certainly a tremendous need," said Linda Rosenberg, executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. "In the area of child sexual abuse, I don't know if there's ever enough money to help support the need."
The Jan. 16 deal that ended litigation by two state officials against Penn State and the NCAA split up the money, with $12 million being retained by the university and $48 million going to Rosenberg's agency.
Penn State agreed to the $60 million fine in 2012, as part of a consent decree with the NCAA over the university's handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. Soon after, the state senator who represents the State College area, Majority Leader Jake Corman, pushed through the Institution of Higher Education Monetary Penalty Endowment Act to prevent the money from being sent out of state.
Corman argued that state money helped fund Penn State, and much of the money would come from state residents.
The Endowment Act dictated five purposes for the money: preventing child sexual abuse or helping its victims, supporting investigative teams, aiding victim services' groups that work with children, training about how to report or treat child abuse victims, and operating child advocacy centers.
Rosenberg said half of the $48 million going to her agency is expected to be doled out in grants over the next five years. The other will fund an endowment, with additional grants funded out of the investment proceeds.
The commission plans to identify areas with the greatest needs and then solicit applications, probably starting in early July. The first grants may be going out by October.
The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape is among the groups waiting for application details.
"There are 50 rape crisis centers in Pennsylvania who are serving child victims as well as adult survivors of child sexual assaults," said coalition spokeswoman Kristen Houser. "We certainly expect that our network will be applying in one capacity or another."
Abbie Newman, director of the Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center in East Norriton and a member of the state child advocacy center board, said an infusion of new money could help expand existing centers and establish them in new areas. Child advocacy centers, specifically named in the Endowment Act, bring together police, child welfare authorities, prosecutors and others to tackle child abuse cases.
"Every time a child reports child abuse, if they're in an area that does not have a CAC, there is a very good likelihood that that child is going to be re-traumatized by the systems that are put in place to help them. Having a CAC decreases the trauma to the child and puts that child on the road to healing," Newman said.
Joan Benso, chief executive of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, said there is also a need for help with the costs of additional background clearances required for those who work with children, including teachers, school volunteers and youth coaches.
The costs of clearances raised concerns they could have the unintentional outcome of limiting opportunities for children, she said.
"A fund to help defray the costs for those who cannot afford them could lessen these concerns while still achieving the most important goal: keeping our kids safe," Benso said.
Penn State recently announced its $12 million will set up an endowment fund at its Network on Child Protection and Well-Being, an entity established in 2012, in response to the Sandusky scandal.
Jennie Noll, a human development and family studies professor who directs the network, expects the money to generate $400,000 to $500,000 a year to fund research into detecting and preventing child abuse.
It will also pay for conferences, workshops and similar events, fund interdisciplinary cooperation, and help upgrade Transforming Lives of Children, a research and treatment clinic in Harrisburg that is run by a Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital pediatrics professor.
Noll said Penn State has hired five of the 12 new faculty members for the network, but none of the fine money will pay for salaries.
"The endowment is strictly for operations to facilitate the research," Noll said. "You're not going to build a building — or use it right away."
The Endowment Act requires annual reports to the Legislature about how the money is spent.
College. >>> jaciel cordoba: Some statistics show that second marriages are more likely to end in divorce than first marriages. >> eve tannery: So how can you make a second marriage work? In Life Lessons, WFMZs Nancy Werteen introduces us to a local couple who are working hard to spice up their second marriage >>Nancy: Relationship experts say many times second marriages can actually be stronger than first marriages because the partners know themselves better and are more committed to getting it right. We found a couple with that kind of fiery attitude about their second time down the aisle. >>Nancy: Have you ever tried fiery bacon dark chocolate ice cream? It's bacon, dark chocolate, hot pepper spices and ice cream. >>Deirdre Kamber Todd 13:42 It's hot. It's cool. It tastes delicious>>Nancy: It's Deirdre Kamber Todd's creation with a little help from husband Russ. >>Nat Sound: 25:24 "Thank you (kiss)>>Nancy: The Todds love spicy unusual foods so much they have their own website devoted to it and they travel the country to jump into food competitions whenever they can.>>Russ Todd: 4:06 Deirdre can handle the hot food, i can eat fast and we just go around and enjoy different foods and competitions and enjoy each other's company 4:19>>Nancy: It's a hobby they feel is part of the glue that keeps them together. >>Deirdre Kamber Todd 1:10 It's not enough that you're in the same stratosphere, whether you're being connected by what you do for a living, you know those superficial connections, at the end of the day you've got to find something else that's going to keep it interesting. 1:26 >>Nancy: Relationship experts agree that Deirdre and Russ are on the right track. They say for a great second marriage: Find a common interest and explore it together Be honest and communicate about the past and the future Accept that there will be ups and downs Be patient and forgiving Deirdre says it was Russ's idea to explore their goals often. >>Deirdre: 2:50 he said as long as you're always keeping in mind those long term goals that are going to take you past whatever bump in the road you hit, that eye toward the horizon, then everything else becomes fairly minor. 3:03 >>Nancy: Deirdre is an attorney and Russ, an engineer. How do they find time for a hobby?>> Deirdre: 606 We look for ways to fit it in to what we would do anyway >>Nancy: Experts say couples should also take time to really explore and understand why their first marriage failed before getting married a second
Hyundai is recalling about 263,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada because a sensor problem could cause drivers to lose power-assisted steering.
The company has not reported any injuries or accidents. A representative for Hyundai Motor America wasn't immediately available for comment.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a sensor in the affected cars could detect a discrepancy in the steering input and signals and disable power-assisted steering as a result.
Cars would revert to manual steering and require greater effort to steer at low speeds, raising the risk of a crash.
The affected cars include model years 2008 to 2010 of Elantras and Elantra Touring vehicles made between Nov. 1, 2008 and April 30.
Owners can contact Hyundai's customer service at 1-855-671-3059.
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