After Tuesday's election, two Pennsylvania House races are still too close to call. Voters in parts of Montgomery and Bucks counties are still waiting to learn which candidate will represent them in the state House.
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening, we re beginning with a major government recommendation that is just coming out this evening. it could affect virtually every man in america. a top panel of health experts says that men should no longer get routine p.s.a. tests to screen for prostate cancer. the reason, it says, is that the test may lead to treatments that do more harm than good. more than 33,000 american men die of prostate cancer each year and every year 20 million get the p.s.a. test to detect the disease early. the recommendation tonight is already causing a lot of criticism and we asked dr. jon lapook to tell us more. reporter: for 20 years, the message has been the same: get a p.s.a. test every year or two, detect prostate cancer early and save your life. hold that right there for me. reporter: dr. michael lefevre was on the panel said the message was wrong. the problem is in contrast to small benefits a significant number
the time. prostate cancer is typically diagnosed in older men and the disease usually progresses so slowly they die of something else. the panel is among the most influential in the country. it s cited an 11-year study of over 180,000 men. the study show more than 1,000 need to be screened to detect 37 cancers and detect a single prostate cancer death. the options for men with prostate cancer include radiation, surgery, hormones or simply observing. side effects of treatments include erectile dysfunction and urinary difficulties. la fever says the consequences can be even worse. ultimately we ll find that two to three men out of those thousands will, in fact, have a serious complication such as heart attack, stroke, blood clot or even death. reporter: the recommendation sparked fury today at the annual meeting of the american neurological association. in the statement, the group said it was outraged and the recommendation was inappropriate and irresponsible. i do not be
not, we will pay for that, too. because inaction, especially in this case, does have a cost. reporter: but with gas prices up 24 sends from where they were just one month ago, adding to the gas tax, infuriates many. definitely out of touch. reporter: including many protestors who brought their make to annapolis. if you re for jobs, you can t be for a big tax on people going to their jobs. reporter: and recent polls showed these folks aren t alone. reporter: a survey by triple a midatlantic, found a whopping 76% of marylanders oppose an increase in gas tax. under the president s plan, the 6% tax would be phased in. a 2% increase for the next three years. reporter: per gallon, per mile, per day, it adds up. just too much right now. the economy is too fragile. reporter: that appears to be the sendiment shared by many in annapolis, reluctant to support the increase. senate president mike miller says he thinks the bill is unlikely topaz this session. though even ga
before someone even came out to even inquire about what was going on. reporter: under phylicia s law, there would be no mandatory law before beginning investigations, no police rules discouraging filing an immediate report. and state police would get involved in the child if the child is not found in 24 hours. the opposition, of course, is always going to be money and police believing, let us do our jobs and don t interfere with what we have to do. there hasn t been opposition to pregging children. there has been concern about, do we have the resources and manpower and coordination able to do it. reporter: as for phylicia, while her body has been found, her family says there have been no new leads in tracking down her killer. they hope her legacy will help others avoid the same fate. reporter: and city police have always defended the resources they put in to find phylicia, saying they worked around the clock to do so. state police are now handling the investigatio