Word: johnstown
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...JOHNSTOWN...
Staff feelings are still raw over the death last summer of Charles Loftly, 60, after he was attacked during an overnight shift at Tryon Residential Center in Johnstown, N.Y., where he was the sole person watching over 10 kids. According to his union, Loftly responded to a resident's feigned vomiting, only to find himself assaulted by three others who smashed his head with a piece of wood they had ripped from a desk. A colleague in an adjoining wing helped foil the escape attempt, but Lofty suffered headaches for weeks. While out on leave, he had a stroke...
...list of cities with the highest percentage of recession-proof jobs - like Albany, N.Y.; Duluth, Minn.; Olympia, Wash.; Johnstown, Pa.; Topeka, Kans.; Monroe, La. - there aren't any large cities. Why is that...
...Both sides must think the Pittsburgh area is going to make a difference. Yesterday, John McCain greeted 1,500 at Pittsburgh International Airport, while Hillary Clinton stopped by a suburban Pittsburgh Obama office to encourage the troops. Bill Clinton, meanwhile, was campaigning with John Murtha up the road in Johnstown, trying to buck up the anti-war but veteran-friendly Democratic Congressman. Murtha's reelection once seemed inevitable, until he labeled his constituents "racists" and "rednecks" who would find it difficult if not impossible to vote for Obama. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...state senator, Barack Obama wouldn't even stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion," Palin said on Saturday, during a Johnstown, Pa., rally. "These infants, often babies with special needs, are simply left...