Growing up I was always told that I should to everything possible for this or that, everything that I can do, I should do. But technology has expanded so rapidly that when you apply that thought process to society, if you have sense, you will come up with a different answer than you used too. Society used to move at a pace where inventions and ( Read more... )

Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin stared emotionless on Thursday as the jury foreman read aloud six guilty verdicts against her, likely ending the North Hills Republican's political and judicial career ( Read more... )

Published: Friday, December 21, 2012, 2:30 p.m ( Read more... )

PITTSBURGH - A prosecutor wants a judge to reject arguments by state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin's attorneys that her prosecution on campaign corruption charges is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers ( Read more... )

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin isn't going to be paid her $195,000-a-year salary while awaiting trial on charges she used court staff on political campaigns ( Read more... )

FROM ABC NEWSPITTSBURGH - A fellow state Supreme Court judge won't have to testify at the upcoming preliminary hearing for a fellow justice charged in a campaign corruption case ( Read more... )

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(CNN) -- Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's investigation into possible wrongdoing at Penn State University appears to be examining football coach Joe Paterno's apparent preference for handling scandalous issues internally, and what role that may have played in a potential cover-up involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, convicted on ( Read more... )

State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin has appealed a decision denying her request to have an out-of-county judge preside over her preliminary hearing on charges she used state staff in while campaigning for the court on which she sits ( Read more... )

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former Pennsylvania House speaker Bill DeWeese is back behind the bars of a state prison after nearly four days of court-ordered freedom ( Read more... )