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Quote for today… ”It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” – One of the most famous quotes of the Vietnam War was a statement attributed to an unnamed U.S. officer by AP correspondent Peter Arnett as he was writing about the provincial capital, Bến Tre, on 7 February 1968. – (SOURCE: Wikipedia.org)

• “A wanted Lancaster County man hid in a refrigerator in his hotel room, but a police dog sniffed him out on Tuesday. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force tracked 26-year-old Calvin Williams to the Four Seasons Motel at 3920 Columbia Ave. in West Hempfield Township, said Chris Leppler of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.” – LancasterOnLine

• “West York first in state to stand up for dogs” – York Dispatch

• Bon Ton: $12 million loss in 2011 – York Dispatch

• “Hempfield School District is attempting to narrow a $4.4 million budget gap by offering teachers a financial incentive to leave the district. The school board Tuesday evening voted unanimously to approve the special measure, which will give staff, including faculty, a one-time payment of $500 per year of service if they resign.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Letters to the editors in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era –

• “NEW YORK — The shadowy underworld of Internet hackers was rocked by news Tuesday that one of the world’s most-wanted computer vandals has been an FBI informant for months and helped authorities build a case against five alleged comrades.The FBI said it captured the legendary hacker known as “Sabu” last June, and he turned out to be Hector Xavier Monsegur, 28, a self-taught, unemployed computer programmer with no college education, living on welfare in public housing in New York. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Good for her: “An 81-year-old woman from Newport won last month’s $336.4 million Powerball jackpot, sleeping with the winning ticket in her Bible before coming forward to claim the prize on Tuesday, a family representative said.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• In another case of “lipstick on a pig,” Don Kaul, syndicated columnist, nails it again: “Iraq takes it personally – Don’t let the door hit you on the way out” is terrifying in Arabic.”

• “Atheist group’s slave billboard in Allison Hill neighborhood called racist, ineffective” – Harrisburg Patriot News

• Ah, Lindsay! You, too?