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Pa. caretaker charged with drinking $102K of whiskey
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fifty-two bottles of well-aged whiskey disappeared between his lips, police said, and now it's time for a western Pennsylvania man to settle up. John Saunders, the former live-in caretaker of a Pittsburgh-area mansion, faces...
Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Theft, Court Preliminary
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Pa. district separating showers after PSU scandal
BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pittsburgh-area school district is spending $9,000 to build separate showers for adult coaches and referees in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal at Penn State. Officials with the Bentworth School...Tags: Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012)
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Woman arraigned, jailed in Pa. newborn abduction
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 19-year-old woman has been jailed on $250,000 bond and ordered to have a mental health evaluation after she was arraigned on charges of kidnapping a 3-day-old infant from a Pittsburgh hospital by pretending to be a nurse. Breona...Tags: Kidnapping, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Is South Bend dying?
SOUTH BEND — Newsweek ranks the city of South Bend eighth on their top ten list of America's dying cities. Now the mayor is speaking out.
The Newsweek list is based on declining population and, more specifically, the declining population of...Tags: Elections, New York, Clifton, Regional Authority, Employment Opportunities
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Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend freed from Pennsylvania prison
LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — An Italian ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway has been released from a Pennsylvania federal prison following a real-estate scam. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke says Raffaello Follieri was released Friday...Tags: Prisons, Anne Hathaway, New York City
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Punxsutawney Phil 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney emerged from his lair to "see" his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter.
But, at this rate, that might not be so bad.
The groundhog made his "prediction" on...Tags: Groundhog Day (movie), Weather Reports, Punxsutawney Phil (groundhog), Bill Murray, Facebook
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Syracuse accuser files Pa. lawsuit to rebut Fine
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The attorney for a Maine man who claims former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine molested him on a trip to Pittsburgh in 2002 says he is filing a lawsuit to rebut claims by Fine's attorneys and a prosecutor that the...Tags: Onondaga County, Prosecution, Justice System, Litigation, Trials
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Child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Fogelsville, Autism, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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More than 460 cars damaged in Pa. turnpike spill
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say 464 motorists have reported damage from last week's 40-mile driveway-sealant spill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A leaking valve on a tanker spread the gooey substance over the eastbound lanes of the turnpike in...Tags: Passenger Cars
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Teen break-up leads to sexting probe at Pa. school
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A teen break-up has apparently led to a sexting investigation involving two students at a western Pennsylvania high school. State police in Greensburg say a male and female student at Hempfield Area High School in...Tags: Cell Phones, The Associated Press, Pennsylvania
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Doctors aim to save fertility of kids with cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The treatment beating back 9-year-old Dylan Hanlon's cancer may also be destroying his chances of fathering his own children when he grows up. Upset that doctors did not make that risk clear, his mother, Christine, tracked down...Tags: Infertility, Diseases and Illnesses, Agricultural Research and Technology, Health Treatments, Washington, DC
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Suit: Women were taped while disrobing at Pennsylvania spa
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two women who say they were taped by hidden cameras as they undressed at a southwestern Pennsylvania tanning salon have filed a federal lawsuit against the business and its owner. According to the suit filed Monday, one of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Pennsylvania, Trials, Personal Service
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