Anne Forline | The Catholic Star Herald

Linda Milano, owner of CFB Promotional Products of Sicklerville, designed a clear backpack that will be part of a \”pilgrim pack\” and distributed to all registrants who are attending the World Meeting of Families Congress.

Linda Milano, who attends Our Lady of Peace Parish in Williamstown, founded CFB last year after receiving encouragement from her husband, Chris, and her father, who is now deceased.

With October being National Energy Awareness Month and the average household spending nearly $2,000 a year on energy bills, the personal finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2015’s Most and Least Energy Efficient States.

SEWELL — Gloucester Catholic has officially given three of its fall sports programs a place to call home. After 89 years of seeing its soccer and field hockey teams travel to off-site venues around South Jersey for home games, the school now has a one centralized location after it dedicated the Gloucester Catholic Patrick Peyton Athletic…

If you’ve been frustrated with your Verizon FiOS service lately, take heart — at least you’re in good company. More than a dozen U.S. mayors last week sent a scathing letter to Lowell McAdam, chairman and chief executive of Verizon Communications Inc., accusing the telecom giant of failing on multiple fronts to provide residents with adequate…

By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog

No such correlation seen for teenage boys

Newswise — WASHINGTON – Teenage girls who compulsively text are more likely than their male counterparts to do worse academically, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

\”It appears that it is the compulsive nature of texting, rather than sheer frequency, that is problematic,\” said lead researcher Kelly M. Lister-Landman, PhD, of Delaware County Community College. \”Compulsive texting is more complex than frequency of texting. It involves trying and failing to cut back on texting, becoming defensive when challenged about the behavior, and feeling frustrated when one can’t do it.\”

PHILADELPHIA – Mohammed Uddin, 51, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by indictment, unsealed today, with defrauding a government assistance program, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Uddin is charged with 15 counts of wire fraud and 13 counts of trafficking in SNAP benefits. SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the federal Food Stamp program, run by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service to reduce and end hunger in the United States.

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HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board posted on its web site today the monthly report for total revenue generated from the play of slot machines at casinos during September.

According to the report, September gross revenue from slot machines at the 12 casinos was $187,599,888, a 4% jump in revenue when compared to the $180,311,642 generated in September 2014. Tax revenue in September of this year was $100,240,924.