Stove Sales Hot
As nearby factories are downsizing, Harman Stoves in Halifax, Pa., is adding more than 100 jobs to try to keep up with skyrocketing demand for its pellet stoves. The spike comes as homeowners want to...
View ArticleThis Butter Sculpture Could Power A Farm For 3 Days
The biggest attraction at the annual Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa., is always a giant, 1,000-pound sculpture crafted from butter. Once this year's show wraps up, all that beautiful butter will go right...
View ArticleFive Years Into Fracking Boom, One Pa. Town At A Turning Point
The natural gas fracking boom has sped up life in Towanda, Pa. There are positives and negatives to that fact — Towanda's unemployment rate stayed low throughout the recession, but its crime rate...
View ArticlePresidential Candidates Use Social Media To Repackage Campaign Moments
When Republican candidates take the debate stage later this week, their social media teams will also be tweeting up a storm. NPR looks at social media on the trail.
View Article#Cashtag: Twitter To Allow Direct Campaign Contributions
The announcement is welcome news for political campaigns, which all want to make it as seamless as possible for supporters to turn over their money and personal information.
View ArticlePredictIt Lets Investors Buy And Sell Political Candidate Stock
One company closely watching the GOP presidential debate believes there's money to be made in the political horserace. PredictIt allows investors to buy and sell shares based on how candidates are doing.
View ArticleLucky Guy? Kevin McCarthy Once Won The Lottery. Now He Might Be Speaker
Following Speaker John Boehner's decision to resign, the House majority leader quickly became a front-runner to replace him. McCarthy has already gone far in Congress relatively quickly.
View ArticleHear How Energy Policy Helps Bush Put The ! In Jeb!
With a "praise Jesus" and "preach!" presidential candidate Jeb Bush brought his energy level way up Tuesday, after criticism that he's been flat.
View ArticleInside The Message Machine That Could Make Politicians More Persuasive
A political scientist identified optimally persuasive terms that make people more inclined to support the health care act. He says the tool could someday make it easier to sharpen political messages.
View Article'Dumbass' Or Not, Rand Paul's Live Stream May Be The Future Of Campaigning
Rand Paul might have tired with a daylong Internet broadcast from the trail, but his campaign says it was a success.
View ArticleWhose Supporters Like Cheap Flights, 'The Daily Show' And Fracking?
Online marketers know an awful lot about the shopping preferences of supporters of various Democratic presidential hopefuls.
View ArticleLike It Or Not, Political Campaigns Are Using Facebook To Target You
If you're seeing a political ad in your Facebook feed, there's probably a very specific reason that candidate is interested in you.
View ArticleGOP Debate Frustrations Seep Into Iowa Event
Ten Republican hopefuls made their pitches to party activists in Des Moines on Saturday. Many of the candidates were still steaming about last week's highly criticized debate on CNBC.
View ArticleCruz's Crew: You Play The Game, But It's The Cruz Campaign That Scores
Ted Cruz's campaign is hoping its app motivates supporters to volunteer and donate as well as turn over personal information.
View ArticleWould More Dinner and Golf Solve Washington's Problems? Ray LaHood Thinks So
The former Transportation Secretary's new book bemoans the end of bipartisanship. Is his vision of compromise a pipe dream?
View ArticleParis Attacks Bring Domestic Surveillance Into Presidential Race
The candidates have mostly stayed away from discussing the National Security Agency's surveillance programs. That's quickly changing.
View Article'Bill Wants To Meet You': Why Political Fundraising Emails Work
Online habits may be shifting to social media, but email is still the be-all and end-all for grass-roots political fundraising. Get ready for your inbox to be flooded.
View ArticleWhy The Politics Of The 'Star Wars' Universe Makes No Sense
Seriously, do you understand how the Galactic Senate functioned?
View ArticlePAC Supporting Christie Scoops Up Voter Data Across New Hampshire
A political action committee backing Chris Christie is using mobile check-ins at campaign events for all GOP candidates, gathering data that one strategist calls a "building block" of modern politics.
View ArticleSanders Campaign: DNC Blocking Voter Data Is Overkill, Breach Of Contract
The senator's campaign confirms a member of its staff accessed the proprietary voter files of Clinton's campaign thanks to "incompetence of the vendor." Her campaign is calling it "unacceptable."
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