State News-Thursday, Dec. 28th

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - State Senate leaders are promising to end the practices of late-night votes and voting on bills that are barely available to the public. They say they will overhaul the body's inner workings as a way to instill public confidence.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Defense Department says two soldiers from suburban Philadelphia were killed in separate incidents in Iraq. They are 21-year-old Army Sergeant Jae Moon of Levittown and 25-year-old Army Sergeant John Bubeck of Collegeville.

STRASBURG, Pa. (AP) - Police have used genetic testing on the remains of a newborn girl whose killing has remained unsolved for three years. Police say the tests show the girl found at Amish Sycamore School in Strasburg was predominantly of European descent.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Schuylkill County couple has filed afederal lawsuit alleging that a police chief conspired with their son's killer to make it look like a suicide. Shawn Nihen, who no longer serves as Coaldale police chief, declined to comment.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Governor Ed Rendell plans to take the oath of office for a second term on January 16th. It's to be followed by a series of related events in Harrisburg and the concert and ball at the Farm Show Complex that night.