President George Bush this week rejected a Congressional effort to bar the United States military from controlling Iraq's oil resources. Read more…

Oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. R. Lynn White of Austin, TX, assumed the presidency of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at the conclusion of the association's 90th Annual Meeting, Scientific Sessions and Exhibition in Seattle, Wash., September 16-21, 2008. Read more…

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Gateway for Cancer Research (Gateway), an international not-for-profit organization that funds translational clinical trials for cancer treatment, today named Lynette Bisconti president. Bisconti, a 10-year breast cancer survivor and marketing and public relations executive will lead the organization's mission to fund patient-centered clinical studies that make an impact on those battling cancer. Read more…

The state's early firearms antlerless deer seasons - early muzzleloader season, Oct. 18-25, and special firearms season for junior, senior, active duty military and certain disabled hunters, Oct. 23-25 - will start up this weekend, along with seasons for squirrels and grouse, so there will be plenty of activity in the state's forested areas for the next week, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Read more…