today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! Today’s Weather!   Today in History!

Quote for today… “Always plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” ─ Cardinal Richard C. Cushing

• from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: “Coaches help cut Columbia budget gap” – “Teachers OK lower pay raises at Conestoga Valley“
• from the National Journal: Buckle up; this is going to be a really rough ride. “Government Reaches Borrowing Limit“
• from the New York Times: “It is an oddity of American health care: Many nursing homes and home care agencies do not provide health insurance to their workers, or they pay wages so low that employees cannot afford the coverage that is offered,” claims the article: “Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law.”
• from today’s York Daily Record: “TMI, Peach Bottom perform well on federal inspections“
• from the York Daily Record(5/15/2011): “Two Wrightsville classes get free online lessons on math, science — and India” 
• from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Want to live longer: it helps to be female. “QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Race and Sex — United States, 2000–2009“