Roosters need not apply. The hens don't need them or their 6 a.m. cock-a-doodle-doo to lay eggs. So said Tom Harbold of Spoutwood Farm Center, who discussed the role of roosters as part of a recent class on small-scale poultry farms called Backyard Chickens.   Full Story

CALGARY, Alberta—Sidney Crosby, left off the team as an 18-year-old in 2006, was among 46 players invited Thursday to the Canada Olympic hockey orientation camp next month.   Full Story

SALT LAKE CITY—Any doubt that remains found in the Utah wilderness were those of Everett Ruess, a legendary wander of the 1930s, seemed to be erased by a battery of forensic and genetic tests a few months ago.   Full Story

MONROVIA, Liberia—Liberia's truth and reconciliation commission recommended Thursday that ex-President Charles Taylor and seven other former warlords be prosecuted for crimes against humanity for their alleged roles in the West African country's civil war.   Full Story

Some have, kindly, referred to the York City school board as fractured. The back and forth sniping among the nine members -- including allegations of racism, criticism of their meeting attendance records and questions over expense reimbursement requests -- has, in the past, overshadowed the work we expected from them.   Full Story

AUGUSTA, Maine -- O, boy. The executive director of the Democratic Party in Maine is accusing a Republican who's considering a run for governor of stealing the stylized "O" from President Barack Obama's Web site.   Full Story

GRANTVILLE - Another new page in local racing history will be written Friday night when Penn National Race Course plays host to the first steeplechase races in its 37-year history.   Full Story

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama says he gets a prayer every morning on his BlackBerry. Obama told reporters from religious news organizations on Thursday that White House faith director Joshua DuBois sends him a morning devotional every day to his e-mail device.   Full Story

This 1952 photo of West Market Street makes me imagine those days through stories about shopping and living downtown a couple of generations ago.   Full Story

NEWARK, N.J.—A fledgling discount airline is having trouble getting off the ground. Clearwater, Fla.   Full Story

As far as church presence goes, Alief Stringfellow, 30, is nowhere to be found on Sundays. And he's not the only county resident who is MIA -- missing in attendance -- at church time. Church attendance dropped almost 12 percent in York County between 1980 and 2000, as people are no longer considering church a must-go place on Sundays. The York Dispatch takes a closer look at the trend and what churches are doing to lure people -- particularly young people -- back to the fold. Watch video of Yorkers explaining their views on religion and see graphics on attendance, church-going trends and top 10 denominations.   Full Story