today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

• Today’s Weather! 
• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today … “There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.” – Theodore Roosevelt

• “YORK COUNTY, Pa. – A York man is charged in connection with a home invasion Friday morning, where the homeowner threatened to shoot him if he did not leave.” – WGAL.com

• “About 20 fire and emergency vehicles rushed to a gas leak early this afternoon at a natural gas pipeline company along Route 441 in East Donegal Township. The incident occurred at the Texas Eastern pipeline “junction building,” which is bordered by Routes 441 and 743, just outside of Marietta. The structure is for maintaining Texas Eastern Transmission company lines that pass through the area, officials said. There were no injuries reported, and the situation was declared under control within an hour, county emergency dispatchers reported. Crews at the scene performed “emergency venting,” steps consistent with some type of leak, the officials said.” – LancasterOnLine

   

• Mother’s Day at THE – Visit Hershey & Harrisburg

• Yep, today is Friday the 13th. The second one this year; and one more coming in July!

• “The annual census of homeless people in the county showed more of them than last year.” – MyColumbiaNews

• “The number of Americans filing for jobless aid hit a two-month high last week and more applications were received in the prior week than initially reported, suggesting a cooling in the labor market recovery.” – Reuters