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• After fight with Harrisburg mayor, NRA awards grant to National Civil War Museum

  08-01-2016 23:46
  
  Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse has been a frequent critic of the museum, so the award of $25,000 to pay for a special gun exhibit could be seen by some as a thumb in the mayor's eye. But Lars Dalseide, an NRA spokesman, said the museum won the award on the merits of its application.
  
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• State trooper charged with exposing himself to a woman at barracks

  08-01-2016 23:40
  
  Trooper Eric Zona, 46, of North Huntingdon, committed the act at an annex building of the barracks in Greensburg, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh, according to a statement issued Friday by an internal affairs investigator.
  
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• Pennsylvania State Police operations chief reassigned; George Bivens will head gaming enforcement division

  08-01-2016 23:36
  
  Bivens was best known for his open challenges to Eric Frein, the accused ambush shooter who led police on a manhunt through the fall of 2014.
  
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• Pa. State Police chief in charge of Frein manhunt reassigned

  08-01-2016 23:36
  
  Bivens was best known for his open challenges to Eric Frein, the accused ambush shooter who led police on a manhunt through the fall of 2014.
  
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• College team suspends Lancaster football standout after burglary arrest

  08-01-2016 23:27
  
  A Lancaster high school football star has been suspended by his college team after being charged in a string of burglaries at an off-campus residence for Millersville University students.
  
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• Investigators break up heroin ring: DA

  08-01-2016 23:25
  
  Officers interviewed numerous confidential informants, cooperating defendants and others involved, police said.
  
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• Wanna win Powerball? Listen to the advice of a seven-time winner

  08-01-2016 22:59
  
  Never mind luck. You can increase your chances of winning the Powerball, says Richard Lustig, if you follow his advice. Lustig should know: he has won seven grand prizes.
  
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• It's baaaack: Third Street Cafe reopens in Harrisburg

  08-01-2016 22:45
  
  The attorney for Third Street Cafe in midtown Harrisburg, Chris Wilson, won a judge's ruling Thursday afternoon that paused the city's action against the bar and restricted the city from citing the bar. The bar promptly made plans to reopen and customers filled most of its bar stools by 4:15 p.m. Friday.
  
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• State Rep. Russ Diamond is running for re-election

  08-01-2016 22:36
  
  Diamond, a Republican who's was elected to the 102nd District House seat in 2014, posted a video on his website on Thursday announcing his re-election bid.
  
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• Traveling west or north tonight? Watch for freezing rain

  08-01-2016 22:11
  
  Temperatures in the upper 20s to mid-30s should dip a few degrees this evening before slowly climbing to between 33 and 36 degrees after midnight.
  
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• Lancaster bar owner, employee, three others, charged with assault

  08-01-2016 21:50
  
  A Lancaster bar owner, his employee and three other men have been criminally charged in connection with the Christmas Day beating of a sixth man, police report.
  
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• Police search for missing Adams County girl

  08-01-2016 21:47
  
  Paulina Pares Acosta, 15, is believed to be with her boyfriend.
  
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• Conviction backed in meth lab explosion

  08-01-2016 21:22
  
  A jury found Logan T. Buchanan, 33, guilty of risking a catastrophe for the July 2013 blast at a home in Waynesboro.
  
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• Victim of Christmas Eve auto accident dies

  08-01-2016 21:20
  
  A minivan crashed into the victim's car at about 8:50 p.m.
  
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• Wet weekend ahead for the midstate

  08-01-2016 21:05
  
  Gusty winds will accompany a strong storm on Saturday night into Sunday and the winds will follow the rain as well on Sunday, accorinding to AccuWeather.
  
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• Hoverboards grounded as more Pa. colleges move to ban them

  08-01-2016 21:05
  
  The "it" toy of 2015 is quickly becoming the blacklisted toy of 2016, with colleges, airlines and cities all banning hoverboards after a rash of battery fires and related safety concerns.
  
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• Battle of ideology over U.S.-Israel policy waged via billboards on I-83

  08-01-2016 20:49
  
  Two groups with divergent viewpoints on U.S.-Israeli policy are waging a war of words via billboards along I-83 in York County.
  
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• Ephrata man dies one week after his apartment caught fire on New Year's Eve

  08-01-2016 20:48
  
  An Ephrata man has died from injuries sustained in a New year's Eve fire that officials say was sparked by a fire caused by careless smoking.
  
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• School boards group sues state over money withheld during budget impasse

  08-01-2016 20:47
  
  The Pennsylvania School Boards Association is suing Gov. Tom Wolf and the state Legislature, saying it's illegal and unconstitutional to withhold state and federal school aid during a budget impasse.
  
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• What's the Senate 'direct address' process being used in the Kathleen Kane case?

  08-01-2016 20:38
  
  On Tuesday, a Senate panel will convene a hearing to determine whether Attorney General Kathleen Kane can perform her duties with a suspended law license.
  
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• What is the Senate 'direct address' process being used in the Kathleen Kane case?

  08-01-2016 20:38
  
  On Tuesday, a Senate panel will convene a hearing to determine whether Attorney General Kathleen Kane can perform her duties with a suspended law license.
  
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• Another midstater accused of selling booze online

  08-01-2016 20:24
  
  The latest collar occurred Thursday in Lancaster County.
  
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• Judge issues ruling on Harrisburg's effort to shut down midtown bar

  08-01-2016 20:17
  
  Harrisburg has been trying since last March to shut down the Third Street Cafe by yanking its business license. A judge weighed in this week but city officials and a bar attorney now disagree over the judge's ruling.
  
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• Court OKs unemployment comp for worker who quit over longer commute

  08-01-2016 20:00
  
  It simply made no sense for RoseMarie Cosgray to invest the extra time or money driving 66 more miles a day to her part-time job as a warehouse foreperson, the Commonwealth Court judges found.
  
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• Suspect in Philadelphia cop shooting pledges allegiance to ISIS: police

  08-01-2016 19:57
  
  Despite being seriously wounded, Officer Jesse Hartnett got out of his car and chased the suspect before police apprehended him.
  
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• Powerball jackpot hits $800 million, but how much would you actually take home?

  08-01-2016 19:54
  
  Suppose there was just one winning ticket to Saturday's $800 million Powerball drawing -- and you had it. How much money would you actually get?
  
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• Unwelcome guest: flu is no show for Pa. holidays

  08-01-2016 19:38
  
  It's often spiking by now.
  
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• Former prison guards' defense focuses on character in York 'Fight Club' trial

  08-01-2016 19:32
  
  Trial started Tuesday in York County Court for David M. Whitcomb, 30, of Hellam, Mark A. Haynes, 28, of Jacobus, and Daniel H. Graff, 40, of York, who are facing charges of official oppression and conspiracy in relation to several 2013 incidents police say occurred while they worked as corrections officers at the York County Prison.
  
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• Pa. trooper injured in fatal barracks attack will attend Obama's State of the Union

  08-01-2016 19:24
  
  Alex Douglass was wounded and Bryon Dickson killed in the 2014 ambush. Suspect Eric Frein awaits trial.
  
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• Court ruling revives $20K welfare fraud case

  08-01-2016 19:10
  
  The charges against a Dallastown woman weren't filed too late, a state appeals court found.
  
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• Meet five lottery winners whose good luck turned bad

  08-01-2016 18:55
  
  But winning the lottery isn't always a blessing. Here's a look at five lottery winners for whom good fortune turned out to be a bad thing.
  
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• Is Pennsylvania the luckiest state for Powerball?

  08-01-2016 18:46
  
  If someone buys a Powerball ticket in Pennsylvania and wins millions, it won't be the first time.
  
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• High school, college football star charged in Millersville 'burglary spree'

  08-01-2016 18:28
  
  A star Lancaster County high school athlete turned college player has been arrested after an alleged burglary spree at a Millersville University off-campus residence, authorities report.
  
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• Republicans pass Obamacare repeal -- now what?

  08-01-2016 18:20
  
  Republican presidential candidates have been short on specifics of actual replacement.
  
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• 'Unspeakably cruel' mom wasn't sentenced too harshly over tot's beating death, court says

  08-01-2016 18:04
  
  Essence James, now 37, of Allentown, had claimed on appeal that she is being punished too harshly after being convicted by a Lehigh County jury on a child endangerment charge. That same jury acquitted her of a murder count for the March 2013 death of her toddler, Cordero.
  
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• DA: Lititz man caught viewing child porn at work sentenced to state prison

  08-01-2016 17:54
  
  Authorities say a Lititz man has been sentenced to state prison for having collections of child pornography on his work and home computers.
  
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• Jail term backed for sex offender who wouldn't let victim alone

  08-01-2016 17:51
  
  Michael Ely texted the girl, inviting her to dinner, even though a judge ordered him to have no contact with her.
  
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• Five hurt when car hits school bus head-on in Lebanon County

  08-01-2016 17:49
  
  3 Palmyra Area School District students were among those injured.
  
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• Interstate 81 reopens; 2 crashes cleared

  08-01-2016 17:48
  
  Two crashes along Interstate 81 in Lebanon County have been cleared.
  
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• Powerball jackpot at $800M: How much time you have to get a ticket, where to watch drawing

  08-01-2016 17:39
  
  How long do you have to buy your ticket? What are the Powerball TV stations?
  
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• 2 Susquehanna Twp. cops hurt when suspect turns violent: police

  08-01-2016 17:22
  
  Both officers suffered minor injuries.
  
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• Soldier shot dead by state cops; coach accused of contacting sex victim; OD victim's telling text: Daily Buzz

  08-01-2016 17:20
  
  Welcome to the Daily Buzz, a quick and compelling rundown of the stories people are talking about right now.
  
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