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New flag program to alert community of air quality conditions
"Making that flag visible, making that forecast visible, can really help people cater or change their activities outside so they're not affected as much," said Karrie Kressler, of ...
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After vote on gay youth Scouts face more turmoil
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo provided by the family, Wes Comer holds the Boy Scout uniform of his son, Isaiah, outside their home in Knoxville, Tenn. Comer, whose family attends an Apostolic Pentecostal church which considers homosexuality sinful, had been wrestling with whether to pull his eldest son out of the Scouts if the no-gays policy was abandoned. "To be honest, ...
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Woman feared Iowa kidnapping suspects release
Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said ...
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Is cyber war just a scare tactic
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talks to the media after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 10, 2012. ATLANTA, Ga. - A growing legion of cyber war hawks contends that the world faces a mounting threat of hacker-driven cataclysm. These hawks warn of downed power grids, contaminated water supplies and derailed trains - at the hands of ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 24
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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State AG settles cent. Pa. mobile home park suit
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- The state attorney general's office says the owners of a central Pennsylvania mobile home park have agreed to pay more than $26,000 to settle a lawsuit over relocation expenses due to residents who had to move after the park ...
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Devin Hamilton named associate publisher in DuBois
DUBOIS, Pa. (AP) -- An Ohio newspaper executive has returned to his home state of Pennsylvania to become associate publisher of The Courier-Express in ...
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Papenfuse may face rematch for Harrisburg mayor
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The runner-up in Harrisburg's Democratic mayoral primary could get another shot at Democratic nominee Eric Papenfuse, this time as a ...
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Judge orders Philadelphia faith-healing couple held in sons death
By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia couple charged with murder after their baby died without medical care must be held in jail whether or not they make bail, a judge ruled on Friday. The couple, Herbert and Catherine Schaible, believe in faith healing, and those who share their beliefs might be willing to harbor them if they decide to flee, Judge Benjamin Lerner told a ...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbetts staff has now verified that he knows a brown person
Please just stop talking for a while. You may have heard of the odd exchange earlier this week in which Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett professed to not having any current Latino members of his administration, or at least none that he knows about, and invited folks to come suss out whether any in his staff were ...
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Feds look for temporary fix after I-5 collapse
(AP Photo/Everett Daily Herald, Jon Bauer). Rescue workers look for victims after a portion of the Interstate 5 bridge collapsed into the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Wash., Thursday, May 23, ...
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IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives for a second day of the court hearing at a special court house, in Paris, Friday, May 24, 2013. Lagarde faced questioning at a special Paris court Friday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister. (AP Photo/Thibault ...
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Actress Amanda Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window
In an image made from video, actress Amanda Bynes, center, wearing sweats and a blonde wig, is escorted after a Manhattan criminal court appearance on Friday May 24, 2013, in New York. Bynes was arrested Thursday evening and charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of out of her Manhattan apartment ...
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Funeral held for 8-year-old tornado victim
Some 300 mourners crowded inside Eagle Heights Baptist Church here Friday to pay their respects to an elementary school student killed when a tornado churned through nearby Moore, ...
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Fugitive arrested on drug charges in Bellefonte after complaint about unsupervised children
BELLEFONTE - An East Orange, N.J., man was arrested in Bellefonte on Wednesday after borough police responded to a Beaver Farm Lane home for a complaint that young children were outside unsupervised.Police discovered that Prince Shaborn Manuel had been sleeping in the 127 Beaver Farm Lane house when they arrived at about 1 p.m., according to a Bellefonte Police Department news release. Manuel ...
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Bowie Young Takes Early Lead on Short Course
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas ...
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Game agency reports 2nd Pa. eagle shot this month
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania game officials say an investigation shows a second bald eagle's death in the past month was caused by a bullet ...
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Chef Robinson reopens his popular barbecue business this time in Hempfield Twp.
For Chef Greg Robinson, cooking is more than a job. It's a passion. Robinson, a graduate of the International Culinary Academy, has been in the food industry for more than a decade. He worked for chain restaurants and a faith-based food service program before opening his own roadside stand in the Greengate area of Westmoreland County about 10 years ago. After that, he opened up Chef ...
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Husband shot after hearing knock on door
Police are trying to figure out who shot a man when he went to check on a knock at the back door of his family's home late Thursday night inPittsburgh's Greenfield ...
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FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy
WASHINGTON -- Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the investigation involves seven reports from patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.The injections ...
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Frost and freeze warnings for W. Pa.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The National Weather Service says the Memorial Day weekend will start off with brief frost and freeze warnings for much of western ...
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US court upholds most kids for cash convictions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A federal appeals court is upholding all but one of the convictions in the case of a county judge in the "kids for cash" juvenile justice scandal in northeastern ...
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Pa. woman charged in hit-and-run that killed teen
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a motorist was drunk and reading a text message when she fatally struck a teenager in a hit-and-run ...
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Both lanes of I-79 northbound near Cranberry now open
Both northbound lanes on Interstate 79 are open after a crash north of Cranberry tied up traffic earlier in the afternoon, officials said about 2:45 ...
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Allegheny County Councilman Drozd leaves GOP alleges dirty politics
Allegheny County Councilman Matt Drozd announced Friday that he changed his party affiliation from Republican to independent because he believes dirty politics from county Republican leaders and his opponent "stole" his seat in this week's primary ...
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Philadelphia expands recycling, but not all is well
Philadelphia is expanding the range of recyclable products its accepts in the refuse disposal systems and in effort to increase recycling rates and save money for the city council during current lean times. But, there is a concern among environmentalists that increased recycling may actually have negative side effects.
Recycling across the country is not entirely mainstreamed yet, according to figures from 2007 to 2008 (the most recent available), just 11% of all the USA’s garbage was recycled. Environmentalists point to figures such as these for the reason why landfills are running out, pollution is increasing and the environment is suffering. Read more
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