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Many people never attempt DIY home repair because they assume they can't. What they don't realize is that there are plenty of resources to help them out with everything from DIY home painting to plumbing. Many of these resources are online, so you are literally just a couple of clicks away from seeing step by step how to do things. Your First DIY Home Repair ProjectGetting started in DIY home repair requires a simple project. It's best to start with something relatively small so you can get a feel for doing things on your own. Painting a closet, retiling a small bathroom, etc. can be excellent starter projects. DIY home painting is perhaps the easiest projects to start with.Once you have decided on a project, you just need to learn more about it. You'll find videos, ...

SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, Pa. -- Flooding is hitting parts of the Susquehanna Valley today as severe weather moves through. School Closings IMAGES: Flooding Pictures From News 8 Crews U Local Flooding Slideshow Join Our Live Weather Chat WGAL.com Radar Options Check Road Conditions With PennDOT's Traffic Cams Check Traffic Flow Data News 8 has crews out across the area, taking pictures and video, and filing updates. You can keep track of all of it throughout the day at WGAL.com.Here's a rundown of some of what's going on because of the storms: Gov. Ed Rendell has ordered the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to activate its Emergency Operations Center so state agencies can assist local governments and residents as they deal with the heavy rainfall in many parts of the state. Rendell has also directed the Pennsylvania National Guard to be ...

Tony Curtis Dead at 85Former American film actor Tony Curtis passed away on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He appeared in well over 100 films during his time in Hollywood. Curtis was married to 6 different women during his long and eventful life. His first wife Janet Leigh was also an actress. Leigh passed away in 2004. His other wives included Christine Kaufmann, Leslie Allen, Andria Savio, Lisa Deutsch, and Jill Vandenberg whom he was married to at the time of his death. Curtis was named “Bernard Schwartz” when he was born, but later changed his name. He was born in the Bronx to father Emanuel Schwartz and mother Helen Klein. Both of his parents were Hungarian Jews, who immigrated to the United States from Mateszalka, Hungary. Curtis didn’t learn English until he was 5 years old, as his parents only spoke Hungarian at home. Something a ...

It was a fatal blow struck from cyberspace. A shy Rutgers freshman was so humiliated when two cruel classmates secretly streamed live video of his gay encounter that he leaped to his death from the George Washington Bridge, authorities said yesterday. "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry," Tyler Clementi, 18, posted on his Facebook page just eight minutes before his plunge at around 8:50 p.m. on Sept. 22. Clementi's suicide led to a swift criminal probe and the arrest of his roommate, Dharun Ravi, and a fellow freshman, Molly Wei, for their alleged vile voyeurism. James Messerschmidt RARE GIFT: "When he played his violin, everyone felt something," a high- school classmate said of young violinist Tyler Clementi. NYPD Harbor Unit cops yesterday pulled the body of a young man from the waters ...