Immigrant beaten to death in Pennsylvania (MSNBC)
SHENANDOAH, Pa. - Luis Ramirez came to the U.S. from Mexico six years ago to look for work, landing in this town in Pennsylvania's coal region. Here, he found steady employment, fathered two children and, his fiancee said, occasionally endured harassment by white residents.

Verizon Wireless expands coverage in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Computer Business Review)
Verizon Wireless has expanded the rollout of its high-speed wireless network to portions of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, including the towns of Lewistown, Burnham, McVeytown, Milroy and Reedsville. Additional coverage includes portions of US Routes 322 and 522.

NYC Financial Firms to Get New Disaster Recovery Data Center in Pennsylvania The new data center will provide hosting, ... (Finance Technology Network)
Wall Street West, a $40m federal and state-funded initiative created to attract New York City-based financial institutions to establish their back-up and back-room operations in the Pennsylvania region, announced that two of its partners will collaborate to develop a data center in the area.

Unemployment Not As Bad in Pennsylvania (WETM 18 Elmira)
Pennsylvania is better off than the rest of the United States when it comes to unemployment.

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education raises tuition (BizJournals)
Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education will increase annual tuition at its 14 schools by about 3.5 percent, to $5,358 per undergraduate student for the 2008-2009 academic year. The total dollar increase will be about $181. PASSHE's board of governors also finalized its almost $1.4 billion 2008-2009 operating budget, which will receive $498.5 million from the commonwealth, a 3 percent or ...