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Governor Corbett's budget cuts have been the source of much debate in recent months, and today a protest in downtown Erie brought out police forces. For the past few weeks it's been peaceful protests downtown by a group calling for action against budget cuts to human services. They gathered on State Street earlier today in front of the building which houses the governor's Erie office. Within a few minutes, the protesters moved into the street, blocking traffic completely.

For 40 years, comedian Jerry Lewis and his muscular dystrophy telethon have been as much a part of Labor Day weekend as the start of school and the symbolic end of summer. Now 80, and swallowing 25 pills a day for his sagging health, Lewis is approaching his curtain calls dogged by disabled activists who contend the show is designed to evoke pity rather than empower the disabled. Led by a former muscular dystrophy poster boy from Chicago, the activists scored what they call their "big triumph" last November as wheelchair-bound protesters ambushed Lewis in an appearance at the Harold...