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• Federal investigation into oil and gas industry continuing after Aubrey McClendon dies in crash

  03-03-2016 23:30
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice said McClendon's case was the first in an ongoing investigation into the oil and natural gas industry.
  
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• Coroner called to scene of Susquehanna Twp. house fire

  03-03-2016 23:27
  
  Fire crews are on the scene of a fire at a two-story home in the 2300 block of Aspen Way, Susquehanna Township.
  
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• York YMCA sued after mother claims camper sexually abused her 5-year-old

  03-03-2016 22:33
  
  A mother has filed a lawsuit against the YMCA of York and York County, claiming that her son and another child were sexually abused by the same camper.
  
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• White power or any other power, state can't choose who can assemble in its buildings

  03-03-2016 22:15
  
  A white supremacy conference took place at the State Museum of Pennsylvania last month.
  
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• Snow returns to midstate but, could we see temperatures in the 70s next week?

  03-03-2016 22:10
  
  Another light snow accumulation of one to two inches is possible from Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning in in Juniata, Franklin, Perry, Dauphin, Schuylkill, Lebanon, Cumberland, Adams, York and Lancaster counties, according to NWS.
  
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• Woman gets 3 years in prison for having worker pose as IRS agent to shut down rival tax prep firm

  03-03-2016 22:09
  
  A Chambersburg woman was sentenced to three years in prison today on charges she tried to shut down a rival company by having an employee pose as an IRS agent.
  
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• Jury convicts Harrisburg teen in shotgun slaying of his cousin

  03-03-2016 22:04
  
  Niejea Stern was 15 at the time of the murder.
  
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• Harrisburg diocese won't require priests to address Altoona-Johnstown sex abuse at mass

  03-03-2016 22:02
  
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg does not plan to discuss a grand jury report at mass this weekend that found hundreds of children were raped by priests at another diocese.
  
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• Man tells bank clerk he has grenade during York robbery

  03-03-2016 21:55
  
  A man who robbed Fulton Bank Thursday morning told the clerk he had a grenade, York police said.
  
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• South Hanover Twp. man fled from cops, resisted arrest: Police

  03-03-2016 21:36
  
  A South Hanover Township man is charged with resisting arrest after state police said it took two troopers to get him custody.
  
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• Thousands of Pa. landowners ask judge to stop AG Kathleen Kane in Chesapeake Energy royalty case

  03-03-2016 20:56
  
  The leaseholders say the attorney general's case jeopardizes a class-action settlement they're expecting from Chesapeake Energy.
  
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• Philly mayor's first budget calls for soda tax to fund initiatives

  03-03-2016 20:48
  
  Jim Kenney's proposed spending plan is $4.17 billion and now is in the hands of city council.
  
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• Believe it or not: Harrisburg ranked number 25 in U.S. News & World Report 'Best Places to Live'

  03-03-2016 20:42
  
  Pennsylvania's capital city is receiving a dose of love from U.S. News & World Report, which has ranked the Harrisburg region in the top 25 "Best Places to Live" for 2016.
  
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• Dental records to be used to ID Adams County fire victim

  03-03-2016 20:29
  
  Authorities will be using dental records to identify the person who died in a mobile home fire early Thursday near Littlestown, Adams County.
  
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• Kane's driver sentenced to jail for illegally accessing emails

  03-03-2016 20:26
  
  The snooping occurred as Kane was being investigated for allegedly leaking grand jury evidence.
  
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• Convicted rapist admits to sexually abusing girl for 8 years: police

  03-03-2016 20:26
  
  Phillip Lee Langley is accused of sexually abusing an underage girl over about an eight-year span.
  
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• Pa. House Republicans shred Gov. Tom Wolf, through his prisons chief, for budget decisions

  03-03-2016 20:20
  
  Several House Republicans Thursday called Gov. Tom Wolf a fiscal tyrant Thursday who is rewriting the state Constitution to make it fit his own priorities. The occasion was a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the state Corrections Department budget. The...
  
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• Home rule? Eliminate forensic investigators? Harrisburg weighs changes to recovery plan

  03-03-2016 20:12
  
  Harrisburg's Act 47 coordinator is seeking to update the plan because of revenue projections that haven't panned out from the existing plan and new laws regarding the state's Act 47 program. A city meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
  
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• U.S. judge puts fired prosecutor's lawsuit against AG Kathleen Kane on hold

  03-03-2016 20:09
  
  U.S. Middle District Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner concluded the delay Kane sought won't impair James P. Barker's ability to pursue the civil rights suit he lodged against Kane over his April 2015 termination.
  
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• 19 accused of I-80 drug trafficking between Bloomsburg, Williamsport

  03-03-2016 20:01
  
  Nineteen people have been indicted on charges they were distributing heroin, crack cocaine and Suboxone along the I-80 corridor from Bloomsburg to Williamsport, the U.S. attorney said Thursday.
  
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• Vehicle crashes into shed, overturns in Harrisburg, police say

  03-03-2016 14:05
  
  The accident occurred near the intersection of South 13th and Cameron streets just after 7 a.m. Thursday, according to Dauphin County 911.
  
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• York police sport body cameras as part of new program (video)

  03-03-2016 14:00
  
  The new Digital Ally cameras 14 York police will be wearing as part of a three-month pilot program are intended to bolster the safety of both the police and the public.
  
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• Pa. radio host hospitalized for hiccups

  03-03-2016 13:47
  
  Hiccups can be downright detrimental to one's radio career. Just ask Philly's "Big Daddy Graham" who had the hiccups for more than 40 hours straight last week, landing him in the hospital.
  
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• 'It's far from over,' says attorney who spent career working for victims of sex abuse by priests

  03-03-2016 13:21
  
  Since 1987, Richard Serbin has represented more than 300 victims of clergy child sex abuse in the Altoona Diocese. The grand jury report, he says, hasn't touched upon everything.
  
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• Angry cop's conviction upheld in bizarre street rage case

  03-03-2016 13:01
  
  Kevin Corcoran was a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia police when the career-crashing encounter occurred on Lombard Street in the city at 2 a.m. on March 31, 2013.
  
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• Prothonotary's access to Northumberland County courthouse after hours stopped

  03-03-2016 13:00
  
  The commissioners requested Dunkelberger's security card after the state attorney general's office last week charged him with stealing $12,120 from the Lockuff Memorial and Scholarship Fund.
  
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• Pa. nurse accused of being drunk during surgery makes career move

  03-03-2016 13:00
  
  Facing disciplinary action at the VA Medical Center near Wilkes-Barre, a nurse there accused of being drunk during a surgical procedure has made a career move of his own.
  
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• Pa. woman at ATM is abducted, raped

  03-03-2016 12:44
  
  The young woman who would become the victim of what police in western Pennsylvania are describing as a night of horror was merely standing at an ATM when she was attacked.
  
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• Tiny Pa. town still mourns 7 children lost in tragic fire

  03-03-2016 12:25
  
  A shaken Perry County town continues to grieve five years after a farmhouse fire claimed the lives of seven children from the same family.
  
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• Harrisburg teen's murder trial; package thief sought: Overnight police report

  03-03-2016 12:22
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Wednesday.
  
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• Snowy Thursday night in store for the midstate

  03-03-2016 11:58
  
  The snow is expected to start falling after 7 p.m., forecasters said.
  
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• One dead after mobile home fire in Adams County, officials say

  03-03-2016 11:22
  
  The fire was first reported at 2:41 a.m. along the 1200 block of the Frederick Pike in Germany Township, near Littlestown, according to Adams County 911.
  
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• Susquehanna Township rehearses West Side Story

  03-03-2016 05:10
  
  "West Side Story" Dates: 7 p.m. March 4, 5, 11 and 12; 2:30 p.m. March 6 and March 13 Where: High School auditorium Tickets: $10. To purchase call 717-712-3599 or visit the high school box office from 6 to 8...
  
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• No deliberation, no foul: Harrisburg school officials hear information on tax abatement, composting proposals

  03-03-2016 04:09
  
  An informational Harrisburg School Board meeting Wednesday night appears to have adhered to The Sunshine Law, despite concerns raised by a school board member who boycotted the meeting.
  
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• Are Pa. primaries still relevant after Super Tuesday?

  03-03-2016 03:43
  
  Pennsylvania Republicans' relevance in nomination battle, many believe, hinges on March 15 with the winner-take-all primaries in Florida and Ohio.
  
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• Teacher's aide accused of having sex with boys now suspended without pay

  03-03-2016 03:00
  
  The status of Chelsea N. Lorson changed Tuesday from suspended with to without pay, Marc Fitzgerald, the labor attorney for her employer, the Central Susquehanna Valley Intermediate Unit said.
  
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