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• Harrisburg woman fled cops, crashed while driving drunk: Police

  23-11-2015 23:56
  
  Mercedes Mundy, 23, was arrested for suspicion of DUI, fleeing or attempting to elude police and multiple other driving infractions.
  
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• Lower Paxton Township working on resolving permit issue for building project

  23-11-2015 23:37
  
  Lower Paxton Township is expecting to soon have the permit needed to resume site work for a new district judge office and public works building project that has aroused neighbors' concerns.
  
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• Harrisburg mayor: balanced budget for 2016, but workers in city would pay more

  23-11-2015 23:36
  
  The tax increase on people who work in Harrisburg is projected to generate an additional $4 million annually, said Mayor Eric Papenfuse, which will "go a long way" to fill a $6 million budget gap.
  
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• Midstate doctor accused of hiding camera in employee bathroom

  23-11-2015 23:23
  
  The practice's founder, Richard Rogers, confirmed the camera was found in an employee bathroom.
  
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• Man jumps out of moving car during police chase, strikes head after being shot by Taser: police

  23-11-2015 23:23
  
  Carlos Emmanuel Vaddy, 26, is facing multiple charges after leading police on chases in a car and on foot, crashing his car into a city home, and being caught with a gun and drugs.
  
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• Bigger school property tax cuts, higher state sales tax dropped from Pennsylvania budget talks

  23-11-2015 22:59
  
  Effort to break the months-long impasse will now be focused on a slimmed down version of the Nov. 10 framework that would still contain higher school funding, some targeted tax increases, and reforms to state pension and liquor sales systems.
  
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• Harrisburg businessman must repay $100K in state tax fraud case

  23-11-2015 22:58
  
  The sentence Dauphin County Judge Deborah E. Curcillo imposed on Paul M. Biko also includes 5 years of probation and $2,425 in fines.
  
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• Memorial service scheduled for former U.S Rep. Allen Ertel

  23-11-2015 22:34
  
  Ertel, 79, died Thursday afternoon at Williamsport Regional Medical Center a short time after collapsing in the 800 block of West Fourth Street while walking to lunch from his office.
  
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• Crash reported cleared, but traffic delays persist on I-81, Route 11

  23-11-2015 22:33
  
  The crash tied up traffic for hours Monday afternoon in the area of Exit 52 of I-81.
  
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• Prison term, $28K bill imposed on arsonist at Gettysburg National Military Park

  23-11-2015 22:20
  
  The restitution U.S. Middle District John E. Jones III imposed is for a pile of federally-owned hay bales that Gary L. Durocher torched.
  
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• Police arrest Lancaster County man accused of forging checks

  23-11-2015 22:18
  
  Larry Donald Woods Jr., 31, is accused of cashing three checks totaling $620 from Oct 19 and Oct. 26 at the Ephrata National Bank in Denver.
  
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• Sex predator label sticks to man convicted of raping girl for 7 years

  23-11-2015 22:02
  
  The trauma David J. Weaver inflicted started in 2001 when the girl was 9 years old, city police said.
  
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• Sex predator label sticks to Lancaster man convicted of raping girl for 7 years

  23-11-2015 22:02
  
  The trauma David J. Weaver inflicted started in 2001 when the girl was 9 years old, city police said.
  
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• Kathleen Kane roundup: Key players speak out in advance of committee decision

  23-11-2015 21:55
  
  A number of key players, including Attorney General Kathleen Kane herself, spoke out Monday in advance of a possible recommendation from the Senate special committee.
  
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• Mount Holly Springs woman charged in Carlisle crash that killed passenger

  23-11-2015 21:38
  
  Jennifer L. Everett, 36, is facing charges that include homicide by vehicle and DUI in the July 4 crash that killed her passenger.
  
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• Activist Gene Stilp calls for Supreme Court's input on AG Kathleen Kane

  23-11-2015 21:29
  
  Gene Stilp called for input from the state Supreme Court to clarify how Attorney General Kathleen Kane should delegate her legal responsibilities.
  
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• Crash affecting traffic on I-81, Route 11 in Cumberland County

  23-11-2015 21:01
  
  All lanes of Route 11 are closed in the vicinity and there is a ramp restriction on I-81.
  
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• State police arrest man on decade-old child-sex allegations

  23-11-2015 20:37
  
  Police said they filed multiple child-sex charges on Monday against Samuel F. Marrero-Nardo, 46, for child-sex crimes they claim he committed in Swatara Township in 2004 and 2005.
  
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• Small Business Saturday gives big boost to local retailers

  23-11-2015 20:35
  
  Consumers are expected to "shop small" and spend big during Small Business Saturday this year.
  
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• New trial denied midstate developer jailed for tax evasion

  23-11-2015 20:04
  
  The ruling by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit comes three years after Troy Beam was sentenced for trying hide to millions of dollars in income from construction projects and rental properties from the IRS.
  
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• Tourism bureau promises Harrisburg $620K, ending longstanding dispute over hotel taxes

  23-11-2015 19:59
  
  Officials from Harrisburg and the tourism bureau announced details of the agreement at a news conference Monday. The agreement ends a yearlong standoff between the city and tourism promotion agency and could result in two new hires for the city.
  
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• Take a short flight over the midstate: video

  23-11-2015 19:40
  
  The third flyover shows the heart of the city of Harrisburg, and the state Capitol Complex, nestled against the Susquehanna River.
  
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• Free Capital Area Transit Carlisle circulator rides coming

  23-11-2015 19:33
  
  Free rides will be offered for a week on Capital Area Transit's Carlisle circulator buses starting Saturday.
  
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• More military exhibits, events coming to Carlisle with Army Heritage Center expansion groundbreaking

  23-11-2015 19:32
  
  With the possibility of military base realignments and closures looming, an expansion of the U.S. Army Heritage Center shows Carlisle is an important community for the Army, state Lt. Gov. Mike Stack said at a groundbreaking ceremony Monday.
  
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• Ex-DEA agent on medical marijuana: some 'can't grip it until they've lived it'

  23-11-2015 19:22
  
  A vote is expected this week.
  
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• Thanksgiving 2015 gas prices are lowest since 2008, according to AAA

  23-11-2015 19:14
  
  The average gas price in the Harrisburg area today is $2.25 a gallon - 3 cents lower than last week, the same as a month ago and 69 cents lower than a year ago.
  
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• Man accused of robbery arrested after release from burn center following fiery crash

  23-11-2015 19:02
  
  Kevin Perales, 23, was arrested after being released from the Crozet-Chester Medical Center for treatment for burns.
  
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• Capital Area Transit will offer a week of free rides in Carlisle

  23-11-2015 18:29
  
  Capital Area Transit will offer free bus service in Carlisle Nov. 28 to Dec. 5, according to the Downtown Carlisle Association.
  
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• Police disclose details of girl, 14, punched in eye in Williamsport school stairway

  23-11-2015 18:19
  
  The girl claims the confrontation between them started the day before at a bus stop when she tried to intervene when she observed the boy picking on a male friend of hers, police said.
  
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• DA's use of sex toys as evidence in Perry County child-sex trial was OK, court rules

  23-11-2015 18:09
  
  The Superior Court decision ensures Ray Stimeling of Penn Township will keep serving a 15 1/2- to 31-year state prison sentence on his convictions for molesting a mentally-impaired girl.
  
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• Lititz man found guilty of kissing two teenage girls at Lancaster restaurants

  23-11-2015 17:53
  
  Brian Lefever, 46, was convicted after a jury found him guilty of charges stemming from kissing the 13-year-old girls in 2013 and 2014.
  
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• 'It's a shame,' Gettysburg Tours president says after Abe Lincoln bust lifted from museum

  23-11-2015 17:50
  
  The bust was stolen from its spot outside of the Hall of Presidents on Baltimore Street sometime between 7 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday, according to Gettysburg Tours President Max Felty.
  
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• Pa. court orders $4M tax refund for Nextel, finds part of corporate tax law unconstitutional

  23-11-2015 17:38
  
  Commonwealth Court Judge P. Kenneth Brobson stressed in the court's majority opinion that the ruling is meant to immediately affect only Nextel and its 2007 corporate net income tax obligation.
  
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• SUV's forced entry, masturbating driver sought; dead animal 'prank' solved: Daily Buzz

  23-11-2015 17:30
  
  Welcome to the Daily Buzz, a quick and compelling rundown of the stories people are talking about right now.
  
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• Lancaster man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing man in chest, sentenced to 14 years in prison

  23-11-2015 17:24
  
  Ernie Rivera-Gonzalez, 29, was sentenced to 14 to 35 years in state prison for killing 31-year-old Alex Vazquez-Dones Oct. 5 on the first block of Stevens Avenue.
  
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• York school students kept indoors as police search for man accused of firing at officer: District

  23-11-2015 17:02
  
  York County elementary school students are being kept inside as police continue the search for Trev Bowies Jackson.
  
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• Parking enforcement put on hold after technology breakdown disables Harrisburg parking meters

  23-11-2015 17:01
  
  Parking officials are only writing residential tickets until further notice, parking officials said Monday morning. Drivers who try to pay for parking at the street meters get receipts printed with an overnight time and a date of March 31, 2011.
  
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• Falling weather instrument triggers Pa. bomb squad

  23-11-2015 16:31
  
  Just how nervous is an ISIS-fearing America? Consider the case of a falling weather instrument that triggered a full-scale bomb squad response in Philly over the weekend.
  
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• No 'Honest Abe': Lincoln bust reported stolen from Gettysburg museum

  23-11-2015 16:30
  
  According to the Gettysburg Times, the pedestal was found in the museum parking lot, but without Abraham Lincoln's head.
  
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• Answer from feds on Hershey-Pinnacle marriage overdue, questions being asked

  23-11-2015 15:56
  
  FTC has become more wary of mergers and possible negative impacts.
  
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• Victims will not see day in court after accused 'candy doctor's' death

  23-11-2015 15:41
  
  Former midstate doctor Jay J. Cho died at home on Nov. 9.
  
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• Cost of rebranding: Adidas offers to help high schools change Native American nicknames

  23-11-2015 15:00
  
  Sports apparel giant Adidas is offering financial assistance to high schools looking to remove "potentially harmful Native American imagery or symbolism" from their athletic mascot or logo.
  
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• Vintage photos, Thanksgiving in elementary school

  23-11-2015 14:50
  
  Elementary school students in the 1970s make Thanksgiving meals.
  
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• 'White death': Memories from Pa.'s nearly forgotten TB sanatoriums

  23-11-2015 14:42
  
  Tuberculosis was once the leading cause of death in the United States. Worldwide, as of the beginning of the 19th century, it had killed one in every seven people who ever lived. In the early 20th century, Pennsylvania established three state-run sanatoriums, at Cresson in Cambria County, Hamburg in Berks County and Mount Alto in Franklin County.
  
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• Suspected DUI driver rams into Pa. cruiser on highway, police say

  23-11-2015 14:16
  
  Authorities say police were assisting state police with a previous crash when a man driving a black SUV slammed into the rear of the patrol car.
  
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• Thanksgiving and Black Friday: What's open, what's closed

  23-11-2015 14:13
  
  Most government services are closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
  
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• Pa. Teachers' union doesn't buy dead animals at picket line as 'teen prank'

  23-11-2015 13:15
  
  Police now say those dead animal carcasses showing up on the picket lines of striking teachers in western Pa. was nothing more than a misguided teen prank by four 16- and 17-year-old boys. However, the teachers' union isn't buying it.
  
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• SUV crashes into Pa. home as driver runs from cops

  23-11-2015 12:54
  
  While details remain very sketchy, it is possible that Pa. police were pursuing the SUV in the moments before the spectacular crash into the home.
  
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• Pa. police pursue masturbating driver

  23-11-2015 12:38
  
  A witness saw the driver, described as a man of about 25, pleasuring himself while cruising on a major Pa. highway. State police are now pursuing the lewd man who can't keep both hands on the wheel.
  
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• Coroner IDs man trapped in vehicle, killed in York County crash

  23-11-2015 12:26
  
  Police said the vehicle rolled after leaving the roadway, and the crash victim became trapped in the vehicle.
  
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