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

Quote for today… “Cable television is expensive, and getting more expensive every year. ESPN, the king of sports networks, has a lot to do with those costs.” – Excerpt from this article in the York Daily Record.

• Thanks to a call from a reader, we repaired the incorrect link to yesterday’s quote; here is the corrected link to the article.

• Today is the “Ides of March” – USA Today

• No conclusive evidence, but jet was “hijacked” – The Washington Post
  

• Middletown’s citizens meet to “share a vision of unity” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• WGAL’s video on river otters in the Susquehanna near Marietta

• U-m-m-m? “U.S. To Relinquish Remaining Control Of The Internet” – National Public Radio

• Reminder: “Forms for the state’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate program for 2013 are now available. Eligible participants can receive a rebate based on their rent or property taxes paid in 2013. The program benefits eligible Pennsylvanians who are 65 years or older, widows and widowers 50 years or older, and those 18 years or older with disabilities Property Tax/Rent Rebate claim forms are available by contacting my Columbia office at 236 Locust St., 717-684-5525″ – From Representative Hickernell’s e-newsletter