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• 2 Pa. residents test positive for Zika virus

  09-02-2016 23:33
  
  The Pennsylvania Department of Health says the two had recently traveled to countries affected by the ongoing outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus.
  
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• Counselors, nurses available to CV students after bus crash that killed woman

  09-02-2016 23:28
  
  Counselors and nurses will be available to students through next week.
  
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• Erica Klinger's killer sentenced in Cumberland County burglary

  09-02-2016 23:07
  
  Though he is already serving a life sentence in the 2014 death of Erica Klinger, Luis Lugo-Davila was sentenced to an additional 40 to 120 months Tuesday for a Hampden Township burglary.
  
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• 'We are facing a trainwreck': Gov. Tom Wolf discusses state budget with Pennsylvanians online

  09-02-2016 22:59
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf took questions on property taxes, education and compromise during a Facebook town hall Tuesday hours after he gave a fiery 2016-17 budget address.
  
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• Manager of Weis Markets store charged with embezzling more than $17K from company

  09-02-2016 22:50
  
  The manager of a Weis Markets location in Lancaster County has been charged with stealing more than $17,500 from the company while in the position, local police report.
  
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• NRA-sponsored gun exhibit at National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg triggers protest

  09-02-2016 22:29
  
  Longtime civil rights leader Homer Floyd, of Harrisburg, is planning a protest of the Guns and Lace exhibit Wednesday at the National Civil War Museum. The NRA gave the museum $25,000 to underwrite the exhibit to highlight historical guns made by "today's leading manufacturers."
  
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• How much snow has fallen across the midstate?

  09-02-2016 22:22
  
  Most sections of the midstate had several inches of snow on the ground by the early afternoon.
  
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• Winner: Health department gets a boost

  09-02-2016 22:05
  
  It covers things including inspecting health care facilities.
  
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• Vigil for Harrisburg homicide victim postponed

  09-02-2016 21:55
  
  The vigil will take place at 5 p.m. on Feb. 16.
  
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• Harrisburg man strikes deal for 10- to 20-year prison term in shooting

  09-02-2016 21:43
  
  Charles West pleaded guilty to shooting an acquaintance in June 2013.
  
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• Midstate to see 'frigid temperatures and dangerous wind chills' over the weekend

  09-02-2016 21:35
  
  Temperatures into the weekend are expected to decrease rapidly and might even decrease below zero on Saturday night, according to NWS.
  
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• Court: 18- to 47-year jail term not too harsh for rape of 78-year-old woman

  09-02-2016 21:22
  
  A state appeals court panel refused to overturn the prison sentence for Ronald Gregory.
  
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• Woman in car killed, 2 students among those hurt in car-school bus crash

  09-02-2016 21:11
  
  Cumberland County Coroner Charley Hall said two students on the bus were slightly injured in the crash. One person in the car was killed and three others were transported to the hospital.
  
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• Toss-up: Gov. Wolf proposes a mixed bag for transportation infrastructure

  09-02-2016 20:48
  
  Transportation funding is expected to decrease from 2015-16 levels by nearly $205 million to $7.9 billion.
  
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• Harrisburg breaks out salt, not snowplows

  09-02-2016 20:08
  
  Not enough snow had fallen by Tuesday afternoon to use snowplows in Harrisburg, according to a city news release. Instead, crews are focusing on salting primary and secondary roads.
  
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• Gov. Tom Wolf 'left for Neverland' with tax proposals, GOP official says

  09-02-2016 19:57
  
  Legislative Republicans were quick to respond to Gov. Tom Wolf's budget address, which placed the blame for last year's impasse at their door.
  
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• Another guilty plea entered in Schuylkill County heroin ring case

  09-02-2016 19:50
  
  Derek Yashinsky will face at least 5 years in federal prison.
  
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• Coroner confirms one killed in vehicle, school bus crash; Students safe

  09-02-2016 19:48
  
  The crash was reported Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Girl accused of having BB gun on school bus faces charges

  09-02-2016 19:21
  
  A girl accused of carrying a BB gun in her backpack on an Eastern York School District bus Feb. 2 now faces juvenile charges.
  
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• Justice Eakin's trial over Porngate emails scheduled for March 29 in Philly

  09-02-2016 19:14
  
  Superior Court Judge Jack A. Panella, who is also conference judge for the state's Court of Judicial Discipline, scheduled Eakin's ethics trial for March 29 in an order issued Tuesday.
  
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• 1 dead in school bus, vehicle crash in Cumberland County

  09-02-2016 19:04
  
  Initial reports are that nobody was injured on the loaded school bus, but callers said at least one person in the vehicle may have been trapped.
  
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• Winner: Pa. budget would again fund Capitol complex fire protection

  09-02-2016 18:51
  
  The appropriation is intended to reimburse Harrisburg for providing fire and emergency services for the state's 40 tax-exempt buildings. The city has been getting $5 million since 2013, after local legislators and the city's receiver lobbied for an increase in the annual payment.
  
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• Winner: Public schools, pre-K receive more funding in Gov. Tom Wolf's budget

  09-02-2016 18:38
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf is asking for a $200 million, or 3.3 percent, increase in basic education funding for 2016-17 -- on top of the $377 million increase he's already seeking in the 2015-16 unfinished budget.
  
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• Man accused of hitting man with loaded gun, threatening to kill him

  09-02-2016 18:33
  
  A 29-year-old Harrisburg man is accused of hitting a man with a loaded gun and threatening to kill him.
  
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• Toss-up: Consumer protection, horse racing oversight see increases in Wolf's budget

  09-02-2016 18:28
  
  Agriculture funding will see a modest decrease in Gov. Tom Wolf's budget, while spending on consumer protection programs increase.
  
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• Toss-up: Gov. Wolf's business plan tries to increase private sector investment

  09-02-2016 18:24
  
  At a glance: Gone, for this year at least, are the ambitious plans to restructure Pennsylvania's business tax structure. That ambition has been replaced by a number of familiar appropriations intended to seed new private sector investment across the state,...
  
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• Worker dies after becoming trapped in sand mixer in Lancaster County

  09-02-2016 18:22
  
  A worker has died in Lancaster County after a sand mixer he was working inside of turned on unexpectedly, fatally injuring him.
  
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• Winner: DEP gets more money in Gov. Wolf's Pa. budget

  09-02-2016 18:20
  
  The Department of Environmental Protection has lost funding in the past.
  
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• Winner: Pa.'s courts see more funding in Gov. Tom Wolf's budget

  09-02-2016 18:15
  
  Pennsylvania's court system will see a 5.5 percent increase in funding in Gov. Tom Wolf's budget proposal.
  
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• Winner: Health spending follows trajectory in Gov. Wolf's budget

  09-02-2016 18:10
  
  Health and human services gets more than any other program.
  
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• Police ID 72-year-old Hanover man killed in crash: report

  09-02-2016 18:10
  
  John Mummert, 72, died at Hanover Hospital following a weekend crash, police said.
  
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• Winner: Seeing progress and recognizing problems, Gov. Wolf pushes targeted initiatives on public safety

  09-02-2016 18:05
  
  At a glance: The Wolf administration has proposed three major initiatives on the public safety front: * Folding the state's probation and parole operations into the Department of Corrections, which proponents hope will help coordinate efforts to reduce recidivism and help...
  
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• Winner: Why is this department getting a 102 percent funding increase in Gov. Wolf's budget?

  09-02-2016 18:00
  
  The increase is the result of transferred funds.
  
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• Prisoner can't sue nurse who wouldn't give him free vitamins, dandruff shampoo

  09-02-2016 18:00
  
  A panel of the Superior Court made that call backing the dismissal of a lawsuit Ricky Tejada, 34, lodged against a nurse practitioner at the state prison at Smithfield.
  
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• Kathleen Kane removal vote is set for Wednesday, but the scheduling was not unanimous

  09-02-2016 02:30
  
  Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa said Monday night that he thinks Senate is acting prematurely.
  
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• Expect 3-8 inches of snow throughout the midstate Tuesday

  09-02-2016 02:18
  
  The most intense snowfall will arrive throughout the day Tuesday.
  
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• DEP: Pa. cities with high lead exposure rates shouldn't blame the water

  09-02-2016 01:47
  
  After analyzing public water systems in Pennsylvania cities with high lead exposure rates, the state Department of Environmental Protection says the drinking water isn't to blame for high blood lead levels.
  
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• Senate schedules removal vote on Attorney General Kathleen Kane for Wednesday

  09-02-2016 01:06
  
  Two-thirds vote is required for Senate to insist on Kane's removal in untested process.
  
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• Bald eagle killer hunted; disabled student beaten; donut race runner dies: Daily Buzz

  09-02-2016 01:01
  
  Welcome to the Daily Buzz, a quick and compelling rundown of the stories people are talking about right now.
  
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• Brooklyn men charged with stealing key fobs from Manheim business

  09-02-2016 00:55
  
  Police in Lancaster County have charged two Brooklyn, NY men with stealing thousands of dollars' worth of keys and key fobs from Manheim Auto Auction on Friday.
  
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• Pa. State Police combat trooper shortfall amid alleged cheating inquiry

  09-02-2016 00:42
  
  Cheating allegations at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy rekindled fear that the force's persistent staffing shortfall could grow even larger.
  
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• Can Cumberland County farmland be taken for pipeline? Monday's hearing to continue Feb. 29

  09-02-2016 00:35
  
  A hearing was held Monday in Cumberland County Court to determine if Sunoco Pipeline can run a natural-gas pipeline through three Upper Frankford Township properties where the owners are fighting the eminent domain proceedings.
  
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• Murder trial begins for man accused of killing stranger over argument about Jesus medallion

  09-02-2016 00:20
  
  Mathew Morales, 25, is accused of fatally shooting Xavier Garriga in the early hours of June 21, 2014, following arguments between the two at a Turkey Hill on New Holland Avenue in Lancaster.
  
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• Preview of coming attractions: Pa. House panel launches discussion of Marcellus Shale drilling tax Monday

  09-02-2016 00:02
  
  One day before Gov. Tom Wolf is set to unveil his own severance tax plan, two GOP-backed plans are discussed.
  
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