Professor at Pa. university says he didn’t organize alleged coup attempt in Ethiopia

LEWISBURG, Pa. — An economics professor at a Pennsylvania university said Saturday he supports efforts to spread democracy in his native Ethiopia, but denied backing an alleged coup attempt there that led to the arrests of 35 people by the government.

Police investigate slayings of 3 female relatives found inside western Pa. auto glass shop

SALTSBURG, Pa. — An elderly woman, her sister and her niece were found shot to death inside an auto glass business and a handgun similar to one owned by a relative was found nearby, police said.

Police investigating deaths of 3 female relatives inside western Pennsylvania auto glass shop

SALTSBURG, Pa. — The bodies of an 81-year-old woman, her 69-year-old sister and the younger woman’s 43-year-old daughter were found inside a western Pennsylvania auto glass business. Authorities say the women were murdered.

Hershey’s 1Q earnings jump 20 percent thanks to higher prices, more Easter buying days

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Higher prices helped Hershey’s first-quarter profit surge 20 percent and beat Wall Street’s expectations.

Hershey’s 1Q earnings jump 20 pct thanks to more Easter buying days, higher prices

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hershey, the nation’s second-largest candy maker, said Thursday that its first-quarter profit surged 20 percent, helped by a recent price increase and a reporting period that captured more days of Easter sales.

Hershey’s 1Q earnings jump 20 pct thanks to more Easter buying days, higher prices

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hershey, the nation’s second-largest candymaker, said Thursday that its first-quarter profit surged 20 percent, helped by a recent price increase and a reporting period that captured more days of Easter sales.

Hershey’s 1Q profit jumps 20 pct thanks to more pre-Easter buying days, higher prices

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The long runup to Easter and a recent price increase helped Hershey, the nation’s second-largest candymaker, post a 20 percent increase in its first-quarter profit.

Hershey’s 1Q earnings jump 20 percent thanks to more Easter buying days, 2008 price increase

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hershey, the nation’s second-largest candymaker, reported a 20 percent surge in first quarter profit because of a longer Easter sales season and a recent price increase.

Religion News in Brief

PITTSBURGH — State House officials say they have been inundated with protests about a policy that barred a clergyman from using the word “Jesus” in a prayer that was to open one of the lawmakers’ daily sessions.

Erie, Pa., officer: Videotaped remarks about murder victim, posted online, were embellished

ERIE, Pa. — An Erie police officer says he embellished comments that ridiculed a murder victim in a barroom conversation that was videotaped and posted online.

Air Products posts 36 percent drop in 2nd-quarter profit on lower sales

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. — Air Products & Chemicals Inc., which supplies oxygen and other gases to the industrial and medical sectors, on Wednesday said its fiscal second-quarter profit dropped 36 percent as the continued decline in the global manufacturing industry cut into its sales.

Pa. police officer suspended for off-duty bar video comments about homicide

ERIE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police officer has been suspended without pay for mocking a homicide victim in a barroom recording posted on YouTube.