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Smart Talk: Porngate resignations, saving family farms, Supreme Court upholds funeral laws, PA home runs

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What to look for on Smart Talk Friday, October 10, 2014:

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille is scheduled to review materials Friday relating to pornographic emails that were sent and shared between investigators in the state Attorney General’s office several years ago. Four high-ranking officials have already resigned as a result of the scandal. Castille requested information on whether anyone in the judicial branch of government was involved.

WITF’s Capitol Bureau Chief Mary Wilson appears on Friday’s Smart Talk with more information.

Also, a hearing was held this week by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee in Perry County that focused on saving family farms in Pennsylvania. Sen. Rob Teplitz, who will represent Perry County starting later this year, requested that the hearing be held in Newport. He’ll join us to describe what he learned.

The U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of regulations and laws that oversee Pennsylvania funeral homes. In essence, that means laws enacted more than 60 years ago are still in place. John Erikson, Executive Director and Kathleen Ryan, Chief Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association are on the program.

Finally, the Major League Baseball American League Championship Series begins Friday night in Baltimore when the Orioles host the upstart Kansas City Royals. The St. Louis Cardinals start their National League series with the San Francisco Giants tomorrow. The Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series on the strength of a three run home run off the bat of Matt Adams, a Slippery Rock University graduate and native of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. In fact, some of baseball’s most dramatic home runs have come off the bats of Pennsylvanians. To rank the most memorable ones is Andrew Linker, a freelance baseball writer.

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