Drilling companies: Expected natural gas boom jeopardized by onerous Pa. regulations (Canadian Business) Michael Rubinkam November 19, 2008 - 07:47 a.m. DALLAS, Pa. (AP) - Executives of drilling companies exploring a huge untapped reserve of natural gas say the economic windfall expected from the Marcellus shale may not come to pass if Pennsylvania doesn't get its regulatory house in order.

Pa. midshipman who died of meningitis is identified (Baltimore Sun) Frederick Henry Eissler, 20, a midshipman at the Naval Academy, died Monday of bacterial meningitis, according to a Naval Academy spokeswoman. Eissler, a first-year student from West Chester, Pa., who had attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School, fell ill last Wednesday. He is survived by his parents, Fred and Helene Eissler, and four younger sisters. Funeral services will be held at the ...