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Pennsylvania house fire kills 7 children
By Alexandria Goodson
March 9, 2011 - 11:09am
Parents, one child survive.

While Dad was napping and Mom was milking cows, seven children perished in a farmhouse fire, said Pennsylvania state police. The children, who ranged in ages from 7 months to 11 years, died last night when the fire took over the family's two-story house. The family lives in Loysville, a town about 25 miles outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The parents and one other child survived, as they were outside the house at the time of the fire.

It's the real deal
By Christine Mehta
March 29, 2010 - 8:33pm
Every spring, Critz Farms holds its annual Maple Syrup Celebration. Visitors to the farm find out exactly how the real maple syrup they drizzle over their pancakes is made, from tree to bottle.

“This is way better than IHOP,” said Syracuse University senior Joe Frandino.

At IHOP, Frandino and his friends would have eaten their pancakes with the gelatinous, dark brown, high-fructose corn syrup concoction commonly known as imitation maple syrup.  In their search for an off-campus Sunday morning activity, they discovered Critz Farms and its delicious homemade maple syrup.