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• Bucknell to pay $75,000 to settle lawsuit over 2012 fraternity, residence hall search

  14-03-2016 23:40
  
  The settlement is not an admission of liability "but rather a good business decision," Bucknell spokesman Andy Hirsch said
  
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• Marcellus downturn causes Baker Hughes to close $40 million Clinton County facility

  14-03-2016 23:31
  
  The Clinton County Economic Partnership learned late last week Baker Hughes has closed its pressure pumping facility in Lamar Twp., Executive Director Michael Flanagan said Monday.
  
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• Middletown group against proposed crematory to demand setback ordinance, investigation

  14-03-2016 23:18
  
  The Middletown Citizens Awareness Network, in a media advisory issued Monday, announced plans to speak to borough council members at their regular 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting.
  
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• 2nd body pulled from river identified as that of 20-year-old jumper

  14-03-2016 23:17
  
  Benjamin Jose Nogueras reportedly jumped from the Route 30 bridge near Columbia Borough on Jan. 14. He was found downstream on the Susquehanna River, along with another man, on Wednesday.
  
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• Why the threat to Penn State's agricultural extension dollars could affect your kitchen table. And more.

  14-03-2016 22:37
  
  Penn State officials have been ringing alarm bells for two weeks now over the lack of $50.5 million in state funding for its 67 county-level agricultural extension offices and related research labs. Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed this unique arm of Penn...
  
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• Pa.'s medical marijuana wait stretches on

  14-03-2016 22:16
  
  As of late afternoon, a long-awaited debate hadn't begun.
  
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• Advocates for statute of limitation reform seize 'tipping point,' 'movement' to demand changes

  14-03-2016 22:16
  
  Victims advocates - including law makers - are calling the latest grand jury investigation into clergy sex abuse a "tipping point," a movement, as they continue to demand for reform to the law.
  
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• Gov. Wolf orders flags at half-staff to honor slain Md. officer

  14-03-2016 22:15
  
  Prince George's County officer Jacai Colson, who was born in Pennsylvania, was shot and killed Sunday outside his station in the Washington suburb of Landover.
  
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• 1 minor injury reported in Lancaster County school bus crash

  14-03-2016 21:38
  
  The accident took place in the 1600 block of Stony Battery Road in West Hempfield Township.
  
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• Carlisle police search for runaway girl

  14-03-2016 21:28
  
  Keifer jumped out of a van and ran north on North West Street, police said.
  
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• Watch video: Thief steals minivan left running with baby inside

  14-03-2016 21:12
  
  The child was found about a half-hour later after being left on the steps of the home.
  
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• Midstate man gets 10 years in federal prison for molesting boy, having child porn

  14-03-2016 21:09
  
  U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III levied that punishment on Gabriel Palmer, 22, on Monday.
  
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• Man who passed $17K in fake $100 bills goes to federal prison

  14-03-2016 20:49
  
  U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III imposed that penalty five months after Harvey Blake, 57, admitted using the funny money in Dauphin, Cumberland, York and Franklin counties between October 2014 and last March.
  
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• Pa. court backs 4- to 44-year jail term for $650K home services scam against seniors

  14-03-2016 20:28
  
  Prosecutors said Ross Rabelow's Montgomery County-based American Comfort Home Care Services often targeted seniors who were suffering from dementia and senility, selling them service contracts that were worthless.
  
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• Pa. court backs 4- to 40-year jail term for $650K home services scam against seniors

  14-03-2016 20:28
  
  Prosecutors said Ross Rabelow's Montgomery County-based American Comfort Home Care Services often targeted seniors who were suffering from dementia and senility, selling them service contracts that were worthless.
  
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• Ex-Weis employee ordered to pay $3,500 in restitution in $52,000 retail theft case

  14-03-2016 20:23
  
  Stephanie M. Maggs, 34, of South Williamsport, Monday pleaded guilty in Lycoming County Court to a felony retail theft charge.
  
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• Five shootings, four victims, zero cooperation: Harrisburg police

  14-03-2016 19:45
  
  The shootings came on the heels of the city's latest homicide, which occurred just after 10 p.m. Thursday in the 2400 block of Mercer Street. None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Harrisburg homicide victim shot on way home: police

  14-03-2016 19:09
  
  Tyjerell Curry, 20, was fatally injured in a shooting Thursday night, but his two friends in the vehicle were not hit in the 10 p.m. shooting in the 2400 block of Mercer Street.
  
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• Autopsy reveals body thought to be missing Manchester man died of apparent suicide

  14-03-2016 18:15
  
  An autopsy conducted Monday determined that the body, which matches the description of Kenneth Nowlan Palmer, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
  
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• Pa. medical marijuana supporters crossing fingers for long-awaited action on legalization

  14-03-2016 18:12
  
  Pennsylvania has flirted with it for years.
  
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• Gov. Tom Wolf says he's keeping door open to other 2015-16 budget ideas, but only if the math works

  14-03-2016 18:05
  
  And for Wolf, that math still includes prominent roles for tax increases.
  
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• Man charged with child porn possession after taking computer to repair shop

  14-03-2016 17:51
  
  Allen Ellis Miller Jr. is accused of having child porn on his computer following an investigation by the Lancaster County district attorney's forensic unit.
  
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• State should pay Harrisburg more, instead of city taxing workers more: Councilman

  14-03-2016 17:36
  
  Harrisburg Councilman Ben Allatt has a counter-proposal to Mayor Eric Papenfuse's plan to retain higher taxes on city workers. He thinks the state should give the city millions more in annual payments to help balance its budget.
  
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• Pittsburgh named a finalist in competition to transform the future of urban transportation

  14-03-2016 17:35
  
  Pittsburgh is a finalist in a competition that will give the winning city $50 million to try to transform urban transportation using technology systems ranging from self-driving vehicles to smart sensors.
  
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• St. Patrick's Day ruckus: Prison term stands for man who bit off opponent's ear

  14-03-2016 17:25
  
  James Worthington then spit out that piece of ear as he ran across the parking lot of the bar where the tussle occurred, court records state.
  
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• Saint Patty's Day ruckus: Prison term stands for man who bit off opponent's ear

  14-03-2016 17:25
  
  James Worthington then spit out that piece of ear as he ran across the parking lot of the bar where the tussle occurred, court records state.
  
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• Here is how PA's ChildLine hotline failed to help victims of clergy sex abuse

  14-03-2016 17:23
  
  Some 20 years ago, parents were calling the state hotline to report abusive priests, but under the law at the time, child welfare officials could not go after the priests.
  
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• Man stabbed to death in Philly after argument over hat: police

  14-03-2016 17:21
  
  The suspect and another man argued with the victim over a N.J. Devils cap before the stabbing, police say.
  
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• Harrisburg man sentenced to prison, pay $337K on tax evasion charges

  14-03-2016 17:12
  
  A Harrisburg man was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay the IRS $337,000 on tax evasion charges.
  
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• Woman fired for shopping on Amazon at work can't be denied unemployment comp, Pa. court says

  14-03-2016 16:56
  
  The Great Valley Publishing Co.'s policy simply doesn't specify what constitutes "egregious" personal internet usage that would justify an employee's firing for willful misconduct, a Commonwealth Court panel found.
  
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• Police chief's daughter loses bid to have sentence reduced in beating of gay couple

  14-03-2016 16:49
  
  Kathryn Knott, 25, will continue to serve a five- to 10-month jail term for simple assault and other misdemeanors.
  
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• Firefighter died of coronary cause, and not accident injuries, on way to fire

  14-03-2016 16:41
  
  A "coronary event" was the cause of death of the veteran York County firefighter who was also involved in a collision on the way to a fire Saturday.
  
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• Thief steals minivan left running with baby inside

  14-03-2016 16:27
  
  The 4-month-old was dropped off in front of a home, unharmed.
  
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• West York murder-robbery case goes to trial

  14-03-2016 16:26
  
  Carlos R. Johnson, 36, is facing charges of second-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy in the August 2014 shooting death of 41-year-old Lancelot Hylton.
  
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• 'Nazi dad' was in Shippensburg to get tattoo when arrested, chief says

  14-03-2016 16:21
  
  Shippensburg's police chief said their arrest of a man nicknamed the New Jersey "Nazi dad" went down without a lot of fuss last Thursday.
  
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