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• Search for missing Lycoming County woman as active today as when she disappeared: police

  11-03-2016 22:22
  
  Authorities and volunteers continue to conduct searches in the Canton area and places Michelle nch was known to have frequented, police say.
  
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• One person shot in Harrisburg

  11-03-2016 22:17
  
  The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
  
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• How many mass shootings has Pennsylvania seen in the past 10 years?

  11-03-2016 22:14
  
  In Pennsylvania, mass murders from gun violence are relatively rare, making such incidents even more shocking when they do occur. The most recent, in Wilkinsburg, just outside Pittsburgh, claims the lives of five adults and an unborn child.
  
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• Police seek help finding pair using church's stolen credit card

  11-03-2016 22:01
  
  The suspects used the card at two midstate Walmarts.
  
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• Probe underway regarding dead body found in Paxton Creek in Harrisburg

  11-03-2016 21:35
  
  Captain Gabriel Olivera said the corpse was discovered in the area between Cameron and South 10th streets at 11:54 a.m. Friday.
  
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• U.S. rig count reaches record lows; Pa. loses 28 in a year

  11-03-2016 21:25
  
  The number of U.S. oil and gas rigs is at the lowest level on record.
  
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• U.S. rig count reaches record low; Pa. loses 28 in a year

  11-03-2016 21:25
  
  The number of U.S. oil and gas rigs is at the lowest level on record.
  
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• After two days of record breaking temperatures, springlike temperatures will continue

  11-03-2016 21:18
  
  While temperatures are expected to drop in the midstate, springlike temperatures are expected to continue.
  
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• Ex-Boal Mansion director guilty of federal child pornography charges

  11-03-2016 20:30
  
  A jury of six men and six women deliberated about an hour Thursday evening and about the same time Friday before finding Christopher G. Lee, 66, guilty of all charges.
  
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• NCAA wants access to potential notes on Joe Paterno interviews about Sandusky

  11-03-2016 20:19
  
  NCAA's lawyer stressed he doesn't know that such notes exist. But he said it's the type of thing he likes to look for since the estate attached heightened credibility to its report because its experts got to talk to Joe Paterno.
  
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• Student charged with assaulting teacher who took away his cellphone in class

  11-03-2016 19:12
  
  The teacher sustained minor injuries, while the 16-year-old was charged with aggravated assault, institutional vandalism and disorderly conduct.
  
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• Repeat DUI convict ordered to stand trial in fatal January crash

  11-03-2016 19:02
  
  The case represents 38-year-old Benjamin R. Manotti's third DUI charge since 2005.
  
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• Medical marijuana scheduled for Monday action, but supporters don't know what to expect

  11-03-2016 18:53
  
  Supporters accustomed to 'broken promises.'
  
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• Trucker who flunked alcohol test after causing explosion loses bid for unemployment comp

  11-03-2016 18:39
  
  Commonwealth Court had to take on the question when Richard Kohler appealed the comp denial after he was axed from his job in Allentown.
  
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• Dauphin County mountain fire under control, official says

  11-03-2016 18:21
  
  Steve Libhart, county emergency management director, said forestry crews from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources gained control of the fire Friday morning.
  
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• Mom, brothers of convicted murderer attacked prosecution witness, Harrisburg police say

  11-03-2016 18:09
  
  All three relatives of John McDonald III were arrested Friday.
  
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• Sandusky's Second Mile children's charity dissolves with judge's OK

  11-03-2016 18:06
  
  About $750,000 in remaining assets will be turned over to the attorney general's office
  
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• For $500,000, our state motto should say a lot more: Nancy Eshelman

  11-03-2016 17:56
  
  With more than 5,000 structurally deficient bridges in the state, others might suggest a cautionary slogan, "Pennsylvania, Cross at Your Own Risk."
  
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• PennLive's Week in Photos, March 11, 2016

  11-03-2016 17:44
  
  PennLive's Week in Photos, March 11, 2016...
  
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• The search for more phone numbers: PUC considering what to do with 717 area code

  11-03-2016 17:43
  
  It all comes down to facing a future where we're eventually going to run out of phone numbers.
  
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• Messy fight over Susquehanna Art Museum grant money ends

  11-03-2016 17:25
  
  "I'm so excited we can finally say, 'Yes, we have an agreement,'" Museum Director Alice Anne Schwab told PennLive. "We can finally move forward without two arms and two legs tied behind our back."
  
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• Dead dog found inside crate sealed with plastic and tape: police

  11-03-2016 17:02
  
  Police said the animal died of suffocation.
  
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• Money pouring in to save historic Appalachian Trail hotel

  11-03-2016 16:52
  
  The campaign to raise $10,000 to keep the doors of a popular Appalachian Trail in Duncannon open is nearing its goal.
  
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• Daylight saving time 2016: Clocks change this weekend, but some states want to ditch it

  11-03-2016 16:24
  
  Turn clocks forward an hour at bedtime Saturday night; the time change begins at 2 a.m. March 13.
  
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• Man found shot in Harrisburg Thursday night has died, police say

  11-03-2016 16:23
  
  The victim was identified as Tyjerell Curry, 20, no address given, according to police.
  
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• Girl, 12, hit and killed by vehicle in Perry County

  11-03-2016 16:05
  
  The coroner said the girl, who has special needs, was walking along the road when she was hit.
  
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• Coroner identifies one of two bodies found in the Susquehanna River: Report

  11-03-2016 15:31
  
  Both bodies were found Wednesday afternoon, about two miles apart, near the Safe Harbor Power Plant in Manor Township, local police reported.
  
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• A backyard barbecue, then 49 shots: Behind the scenes of Pa. mass killing

  11-03-2016 15:18
  
  A broken family soldiers on amid heartbreak. An entire city remains shocked. And the dogged pursuit of both suspects and answers in the mass shooting in Wilkinsburg, Pa., continues around the clock.
  
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• Man hit pole while being pulled over for having frost on his windshield, police say

  11-03-2016 15:10
  
  The incident occurred at about 6:40 a.m. on March 7 along Centerville Road, just north of Parker Road in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, police said.
  
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• Dispute over 'video intercourse'; bad joke backfires: Overnight police report

  11-03-2016 14:14
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Thursday.
  
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• Camp Hill man charged with stealing liquor bottles from home, police say

  11-03-2016 13:55
  
  West Shore Regional Police say a Camp Hill man stole several bottles of liquor from a home in Lemoyne on Wednesday.
  
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• Pa. police chief seriously injured in crash

  11-03-2016 13:25
  
  A Pennsylvania police chief is on the mend from some serious injuries, but it has nothing to do with his dangerous line of work.
  
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• Pa. school guard accused of stealing student's Adderall pills

  11-03-2016 13:10
  
  The school security guard allegedly stole a student's prescription Adderall from a locked cabinet in the nurse's office.
  
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• Convicted sex offender arrested after asking police if he was a wanted man

  11-03-2016 12:59
  
  It turned out that Casey Joseph McKlveen, 22, no fixed address, was wanted for failing to properly register as a sex offender in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, police said.
  
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• Pa. cop accused of demanding sex from female suspects

  11-03-2016 12:56
  
  A sexual assault scandal is rocking a Pa. Police Department, as one of its own has been charged with pressuring female suspects in the department's holding cells for sex.
  
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• 3-month-old Pa. boy was poisoned, starved

  11-03-2016 12:36
  
  The ruling of homicide in the baby's death throws the ongoing police investigation into another gear.
  
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• State police face seismic changes amid cheating scandal, trooper shortage

  11-03-2016 12:30
  
  This year, 800 troopers become eligible to retire as 350 cadets are expected to replenish the ranks. Meanwhile, a new administration has set about improving diversity in an agency that has seen its share of nonwhite troopers dwindle from 12 percent in 1999 to about 6 percent today.
  
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• A mild Friday in store for the midstate, but no more record warmth

  11-03-2016 12:27
  
  The Harrisburg area set new records for high temperatures on Thursday and Wednesday, forecasters said.
  
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• Harrisburg police investigating shooting that injured one person

  11-03-2016 11:35
  
  The shooting occurred just before 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of 25th and Brookwood streets, authorities said.
  
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• Charity founded by Jerry Sandusky gets okay to finally dissolve

  11-03-2016 06:11
  
  The children's charity founded by former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, that provided him access to many of the boys he sexually abused, will be allowed to dissolve, a judge ruled.
  
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• Fatal crash on Route 11 closes southbound lanes in Perry County: report

  11-03-2016 03:52
  
  The road closure is from the Market Street/New Buffalo exit to the Old Trail Road/Watts exit.
  
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• Crews struggle to contain Dauphin County mountain fire

  11-03-2016 03:30
  
  Firefighters hiked two miles to the blaze with five-gallon bags of water strapped to their backs.
  
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• Marijuana enforcement, not marijuana, is what's harmful, supporters tell Harrisburg officials

  11-03-2016 03:13
  
  Most of the people who attended Thursday night's event in Harrisburg supported the city's efforts to downgrade an arrest for marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to the same level as a traffic ticket. But questions remain over how the ordinance could be implemented.
  
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• Hazmat crews respond to ammonia leak in Lancaster County

  11-03-2016 03:13
  
  Hazmat crews on Thursday night were dispatched to the scene of a reported ammonia leak at Agrifrost, a refrigeration company in Elizabethtown.
  
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• Student impostor never was 'linked to violence' until 'adoptive mother' made claims, friend says

  11-03-2016 02:32
  
  An interview with "adoptive parents" of a Ukrainian man who posed as a Harrisburg High student has raised more questions than answers.
  
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• Girls' coach admits sex with player; pro-gun mom shot by son, 4: boy dies 'car-surfing': Daily Buzz

  11-03-2016 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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• Five things we learned from Pa. Budget Secretary Randy Albright's final act in 2016 state budget hearings Friday

  11-03-2016 00:56
  
  What more can you say about a budget stalemate that's now into its ninth month, has the state Treasurer weighing competing Constitutional provisions to keep certain state operations afloat and - with a fresh batch of tax increase proposals on the...
  
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