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Hamlin takes Coca-Cola 600 pole with record lap
Danica Patrick looks on as crew members work on her car during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 23, ...
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Authorities seize 1000 drug-laced candies in Pa.
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say they confiscated more than 1,000 pieces of drug-laced candy during a house search in northeastern ...
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Boy Scouts to drop ban on gay scouts
The organization kept its ban on gay scout leaders, according to the Associated Press. About 1,400 Boy Scout leaders voted Thursday on whether to lift the ban on gay scouts during the organization's annual meeting in ...
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Butler County eliminates jury commissioner position
Jury commissioners mail letters and field phone calls from prospective jurors. Much of the work they did in the past has been replaced by computers, McCarrier said. The work will be done in the county's court administration ...
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VA would have to report Legionnaires’ and other diseases under House companion bill
Veterans Affairs health care facilities would have to report within 24 hours cases of Legionnaire's and other major infectious diseases to several agencies, patients and employees under companion legislation introduced Thursday by U.S. Reps. Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair and Mike Doyle, D-Forest ...
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Corbett signs bill naming 31st Street Bridge after Millvale war hero
Prom, a Millvale High School graduate, joined the Marines in December 1967. He started a tour of duty in Vietnam in June 1968. On Feb. 9, 1969, Lance Cpl. Prom, then 20, died defending his company from enemy fire near An ...
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Anti-war activist heckles Obama over Gitmo
President Obama had a run-in with a heckler on Thursday, when a founder of the anti-war group Code Pink interrupted a speech on drone policy and other national security ...
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JetBlue launches flights to Philadelphia
BOSTON, Mass. - JetBlue Airways launches service to its 78th city, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Starting today, JetBlue will serve Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) with five daily nonstop flights from Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS). Adding Philadelphia to their growing route map helps solidify JetBlue's already strong relevance for the business traveler, ...
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3-year-old learns to live with juvenile arthritis
His mother, Ashley Mikula, said that when he was initially diagnosed, he could hardly walk sometimes "He would sit in a chair and cry and say, 'Momma, I hurt. Help it,'" Mikula said. The pain was first helped by steroid injections directly into his joints, his knees and an ankle. Because the injections are painful, pediatric rheumatologists give them to children under general ...
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Security concerns raised for Pittsburgh Pride events
They want to be assured that Pittsburgh Pride events will be given full attention when it comes to security, and they said that they will. The Delta Foundation said that for the first time the group is working with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, in addition to its regular partnership with Pittsburgh police. "We're taking the concerns, meeting with law enforcement and ...
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IRS replaces official in tea party controversy
In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ...
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Study No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant
HARTFORD, Conn. -; An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among ...
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Jodi Arias jurors deadlock New jury to be chosen
An Arizona jury Thursday said it was unable to reach a unanimous agreement and would be unable to decide what penalty Jodi Arias should receive for killing her ...
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Colonial member Palmer has 1st-round lead with 62
Ryan Palmer watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the first round of the Colonial golf tournament, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Forth Worth, ...
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Francona manages at Fenway for 1st time since 2011
BOSTON — Terry Francona is back at Fenway Park as an opposing manager for the first time since he left the Red Sox. Francona brought the Cleveland Indians to Boston for a four-game series starting Thursday night. He was let go by the Red Sox after eight years as their manager following a September 2011 collapse left them out of the playoffs. He was relaxed and spoke calmly for about 20 ...
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Phanatic joins phun as teacher student honored
LINWOOD, N.J. -- Hundreds of students dressed in red and white were met by a big, green visitor Thursday afternoon at Seaview Elementary School. The Phillie Phanatic was greeted with cheers and danced with students as part of a Phillies pep rally at the school. The celebration was to honor third-grader Ethan Levine, who won the New Jersey Education Association's "Educators who inspire ...
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Burnett Bucs looking to stay tough on Crew
Miller Park hasn't been kind to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Since opening in 2001, the Pirates have won just 32 of 102 games at the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Additionally, the Bucs, who haven't enjoyed a winning season in 20 years, have gone 28-72 against the Brewers over the last seven seasons, including an 8-46 record during that span at Miller Park. But after winning the last ...
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8 charged in alleged high-grade pot ring in Pa.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say they've broken up a multimillion-dollar drug ring that trafficked in high-grade ...
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Suspect surrenders in foundry evacuation
Matthew Devon Smith, 28, didn't verbally threaten workers at Perma-Cast Inc. when he entered the foundry at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, but seeing him carrying an assault rifle and a handgun frightened them, township police Chief John Otto ...
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No Squirrel Hill Tunnel closures this weekend
We travel through nearly 300 years of history as we explore how Squirrel Hill developed into one of the most well-known neighborhoods within the city of ...
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Boy Scouts to allow gay youths to join
Delegates to the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America made a monumental statement Thursday, voting to allow openly gay youths to join ...
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Pennsylvania investor buys Southeast Austin properties
Commerce Center South was acquired by a Philadelphia area-based investment company. Stoltz Real Estate Partners in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., bought the Commerce Center South at the southwest corner of Ben White Boulevard and Montopolis Drive. The seller was PacTrust. The three Class A industrial buildings encompass 155,545 square feet on a 35.3-acre site in the Southeast Austin submarket. The property ...
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SEPTA board OKs fare hike
jwolfe@delcotimes.com @delcoreporter The SEPTA board voted Thursday to approve the proposed fare increase and its plan to simplify the payment process for customers as it begins to prepare for its New Payment Technology for next year.The fare increase is for the fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1, 2013. The board deferred on approving the proposed capital budget due to the lack of a state ...
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Kingston leads BMW PGA Championship
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy reacts to a wayward shot during the first day of the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, England, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo / Adam Davy, PA ) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE ...
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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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