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‘Green thumb’ robber steals cash greenhouse plants
State police in Greensburg said an armed robber held up the Amenity Farm and Greenhouse along Mt. Pleasant Road in the village of United, Mt. Pleasant ...
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Pennsylvania Attorney General focuses on drug trafficking
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane recently announced her support for the creation of a new, statewide law enforcement unit that would specifically ...
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The Allegheny County 2013 Fun Guide is out
Concerts, nature programs, movies, sports clinics, plays, athletic events, classes, historical tours and fundraisers are all included in the Fun ...
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Police Mom stole $27000 from Derry Area Football Boosters Club
A mother who formerly headed the football boosters program at a western Pennsylvania high school has been charged with stealing more than $27,000 from the ...
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Firefighters called to Downtown Pittsburgh restaurant
2min A campfire left untended sparked a blaze near Yosemite National Park that is threatening hundreds of homeowners, but firefighters are starting to get a handle on it. About 500 homes are under mandatory evacuation orders, including one that belongs to ...
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Feds again leave empty-handed in Hoffa hunt
The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ...
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Police Mom stole $27K from Pa. football boosters
DERRY, Pa. (AP) -- A mother who formerly headed the football boosters program at a western Pennsylvania high school has been charged with stealing more than $27,000 from the ...
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Police Pa. man threatened mom over poison pork
ST. MARYS, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he threatened his mother with a 10-inch kitchen knife because he believed she was trying to "poison" him with pork in violation of his Muslim ...
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Geneva College can exclude morning-after pill coverage
A federal judge ruled a Christian college in western Pennsylvania can exclude coverage for birth control like the morning-after pill and the week-after pill when it offers a health insurance plan to its students.The injunction issued in favor of Geneva College will remain in effect until the federal judge in Pittsburgh rules on the school's lawsuit challenging looming federal health care ...
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Our values won Obama says in Berlin
U.S. President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate that a senior administration official said would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear ...
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Baltimore Harrisburg men face robbery charges after Burnham break-in
BURNHAM - Two men face robbery-related charges after a home break-in Tuesday afternoon.Mifflin County Regional Police Department said Demont C. Hodo, of Baltimore, and Donnie Wright, of Harrisburg, went into a residence on South Walnut Street, Burnham, at 4:46 p.m., produced a firearm and robbed the resident of approximately $1,300.Police say the men fled in a vehicle, which was described by the ...
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Police Car-buggy crash sends five to hospitals
REEDSVILLE - Police say a crash Tuesday evening involving a car and a horse-drawn buggy sent five people — including four members of one family — to hospitals with injuries.Dorothy Yoder, the driver of the buggy, was flown to Hershey Medical Center. Her three children, who were passengers in the buggy, were taken to Lewistown hospital, Mifflin County Regional Police Department said ...
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Fire at Pa. titanium plant causes $3.5M in damage
MORGANTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Investigators say a fire earlier this week at a titanium-manufacturing plant in eastern Pennsylvania caused $3.5 million in damage and has been ruled ...
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5 things to know for Wednesday in Pa. news
Council's first public hearing into the June 5 collapse will be held today. The hearing will focus on inspections and licensing issues related to the building demolition that led to the ...
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US Steel gets delay on Pa. coke emission goals
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) -- United States Steel Corp. has gotten more time to meet county air pollution standards following a $500 million revamp of its Clairton Coke Works near ...
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NY man arrested in shelter faces Pa. sex sentence
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A New York man is scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge in Erie on charges he crossed state lines hoping to have sex with underage girls in northwestern ...
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Western Pa. couple found fatally shot in bathroom
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A 25-year-old woman was found fatally shot in a running shower and her ex-boyfriend has died of a gunshot wound in what police are calling a murder suicide in a Pittsburgh ...
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Suspended Pa. teacher jailed pending porn trial
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A suspended northwestern Pennsylvania high school teacher must remain jailed until trial on federal charges that he possessed and created child pornography, including images of one boy he's accused of molesting and other yet-to-be identified ...
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Judge sentences Frenchman who impersonated airline pilot
A judge in Philadelphia sentenced a Frenchman to time served for pretending to be a commercial airline pilot and entering the cockpit of a U.S. Airways jet. Philippe Jeannard, 61, of La Rochelle, France, was arrested March 20 after using the fraudulent identification card of a former Air France employee to board the U.S. Airways plane, Philly.com reported. No one was injured or endangered by ...
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Group gets OK to yarn bomb Pittsburgh bridge with knitting
to cover the Andy Warhol Bridge. The group has solicited more than 1,200 volunteers and more than 100 organizations to knit panels for the project. It's funded by grants. The bridge is expected to be draped with yarn on Aug. 10 and remain covered through Sept. 7. ...
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Superior Court strikes down Curley Schultz appeals
The state’s Superior Court denied on Tuesday appeals by the lawyers for two former Penn State administrators facing obstruction of justice charges from the grand jury investigation into Jerry Sandusky.The lawyers for former athletic director Tim Curley and retired vice president Gary Schultz appealed the decision of Barry Feudale, the judge overseeing the grand jury, to throw out the ...
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NCAA state lawyers to meet in court Wednesday for hearing on Penn States $60 million fine
The states Commonwealth Court will hear arguments Wednesday on a local senators lawsuit to prevent the NCAA from spending money from the $60 million fine imposed on Penn State outside Pennsylvania.The NCAA is challenging the lawsuit brought by both state Sen. Jake Corman, R-Benner Township, and state Treasurer Rob McCord. Corman sued in January and is asking the court to order that the money ...
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Obama Lives have been saved by NSA programs
Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats. "This is not a situation in which we are rifling through ordinary emails" of huge numbers of citizens in ...
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Pa. doc faces trial in former partners shooting
LIMA, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia pediatrician has been held for trial on charges she fatally shot her former domestic partner and narrowly missed their 11-year-old ...
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Franklin Regional library aide quits in wake of theft charges
Elizabeth Kindelberger, who faces theft charges stemming from her time as president of Heritage Elementary School's parent-teacher organization, has resigned as a library aide with the ...
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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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