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• 'Porngate' emails become issue in 1994 Northumberland County murder case appeal

  05-03-2016 23:48
  
  Kevin Marinelli of Shamokin argues emails uncovered by Attorney General Kathleen Kane show suspended Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin had a dismissive attitude toward domestic violence because one of them contained a joke about the victim of spousal abuse.
  
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• No endorsement in U.S. Senate, Attorney General races from Pa. Democrats

  05-03-2016 23:00
  
  Two open primaries have been declared by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party State Committee.
  
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• School superintendent apologizes for class skit featuring KKK-like outfits

  05-03-2016 20:42
  
  The history lesson was "intended to identify and highlight the atrocities of the Ku Klux Klan," the superintendent says.
  
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• Another bomb threat evacuates Wal-Mart in Dauphin County

  05-03-2016 20:19
  
  The store located along the 6500 block of Grayson Road was evacuated just after 2 p.m. Saturday because of a bomb threat, according to township police
  
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• Behind West Side Story: Meet 'workhorse' sewing up a storm in high school musical's costume shop

  05-03-2016 19:35
  
  As Susquehanna Township High School's stage transforms into 1950s New York for this weekend's showings of West Side Story, remember whose hands helped stitch the costumes of the star-crossed lovers and feuding Sharks and Jets.
  
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• Man found shot in face and hung; family doesn't believe he killed himself

  05-03-2016 19:21
  
  A judge is allowing the man's body to be exhumed so they can challenge the coroner's ruling.
  
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• Cadets caught up in state police cheating scandal describe dysfunctional academy

  05-03-2016 18:51
  
  Dysfunction inside the Pennsylvania State Police Academy went far beyond any single incident of alleged cheating, according to sources that include four cadets who were ousted amid the recent scandal.
  
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• Man convicted of murder over drug debt

  05-03-2016 18:47
  
  The defense attorney, however, says the man's girlfriend confessed to the fatal shooting.
  
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• I-81 southbound reopened in Cumberland County

  05-03-2016 18:34
  
  One lane of traffic along the northbound lanes remains closed in the area of the accident, according to PennDOT.
  
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• Inside Amazon's massive Carlisle-area warehouse and how it affects central Pa.

  05-03-2016 18:06
  
  Four of the more than 100 Amazon Fulfillment Centers across the globe are based in central Pennsylvania. Here's a look inside the warehouse near Carlisle.
  
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• Overturned tractor-trailer closes I-81 in western Cumberland County

  05-03-2016 16:10
  
  The crash occurred at about 10:08 a.m. Saturday along the northbound lanes of the interstate near mile marker 35 in Penn Township, just south of Exit 37, the exit for Newville and Route 233, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
  
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• Amusement park vandals; child overdoses on methadone: Overnight police report

  05-03-2016 14:19
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Friday.
  
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• Snow flurries this weekend, then a big warm up for the midstate

  05-03-2016 13:33
  
  High temperatures in the midstate are expected to approach 70 on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Follow Friday night ride-along with Lancaster City Police

  05-03-2016 05:00
  
  PennLive is accompanying Lancaster Police for part two in a series of ride-alongs with city officers. Follow along with live Twitter updates from the road.
  
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• Driver injured after car crashes, flips in Harrisburg

  05-03-2016 05:00
  
  The accident occurred near Third and Maclay streets at about 10 p.m
  
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• Game commission plans controlled burn in Cumberland County

  05-03-2016 04:29
  
  The burn is expected to take place on 40 acres in Upper Mifflin Township on Monday.
  
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• Wintry mix in store for midstate this weekend

  05-03-2016 03:00
  
  Saturday will be mostly cloudy, with a high of 41.
  
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• Ex-Penn College student admits to role in ATM break-in plot

  05-03-2016 01:14
  
  Neiko Alexander Pratt, 20, of Moreland, Montgomery County, Friday pleaded guilty to two felony criminal mischief counts.
  
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• Throat-slashing at Pa. restaurant; wrestler pinned by 'mat herpes'; support for teacher ousted over nude photo: Daily Buzz

  05-03-2016 01:02
  
  Welcome to the Daily Buzz, home of Pennsylvania's top-trending headlines.
  
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• Person found lying on Harrisburg street; police don't suspect criminal activity

  05-03-2016 00:40
  
  Police are investigating a body found at the corner of 14th and Vernon streets in Harrisburg.
  
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• Midstate lawmakers rally against Gov. Tom Wolf's budget plan with proposed $2.7 billion in new taxes

  05-03-2016 00:10
  
  Some in group suggest a trade of priorities: If Wolf reduces overall tax and spending levels; GOP will let him pick top priorities within the budget.
  
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