May 2016
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Keeping an Eye on Inflation
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Since the great recession of December 2007 to June 2009, U.S. interest rates have been kept artificially low to invigorate the economy. Rates were kept at zero until December of last year when the Fed raised by 25 basis points, which was the first rate increase since 2006.
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Penn State Women’s Lacrosse Drops Final Four Heartbreaker to North Carolina
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After an incredibly hard-fought 60 minutes at Talen Energy Stadium, the North Carolina emerged victorious, 12-11, over the Nittany Lions to advance to the National Championship this Sunday at noon on ESPNU.
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Awards Honor Local Creative Professionals
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Professional group [CP]2 hosted its second Bracket Awards — a competition awarding excellence in advertising, design and marketing created in Central Pennsylvania — on May 19 at Black Sun Studio in State College.
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Unsung Heroes Lead Penguins to Cup Final
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For the first time since their last Stanley Cup win in 2009, the Penguins held off the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in front of a raucous Consol Energy Center crowd on Thursday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Final. Some relatively unsung heroes are a big reason why.
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To Thine Own Selfie Be True
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While the exponential rise of the selfie is a recent phenomenon, Leisha Jones, a Penn State assistant professor of English, says people have been capturing self-portraits for centuries and that there’s more to the practice than sheer vanity or narcissism.
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Centre Hall Couple Indicted by Feds
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The husband and wife whose Centre Hall home was the site of explosion were both indicted by a grand jury on May 24 on federal charges for explosives and firearms offenses.
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Unsung heroes lead Penguins to Cup Final
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For the first time since their last Stanley Cup win in 2009, the Penguins held off the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in front of a raucous Consol Energy Center crowd on Thursday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Final.
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State College Police Warn of Phone Scam
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State College Police received a report of a phone scam in which he victim was told there is a warrant for his arrest and had to provide money to avoid arrest.
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Centre County Report Named Nation’s Best Student-Produced Newscast
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A TV newscast produced by Penn State students was named the nation’s best — earning the equivalent of an Emmy Award for college television — during the 37th College Television Awards in Los Angeles.
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TGIF: Memorial Day Weekend Events for May 27-30
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It’s Memorial Day weekend, and as is tradition there is a packed schedule of events in Boalsburg, the birthplace of the holiday. But there’s much more on the calendar as well.