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• Crime watch site posts video of dogs killing cat to aid police

  29-04-2016 23:58
  
  Home surveillance videos recorded the incident and it was then posted by Shamokin Crime Watch on its Facebook page.
  
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• At dorm room murder trial, defense challenges hair, blood evidence and with it an official narrative

  29-04-2016 23:47
  
  Dr. Claus Peter Speth spent much of Friday attempting to convince jurors that a nose bleed and the re-aggravation of an earlier injury led Hall to choke to death on her own blood rather than as a direct result of an altercation with Orrostieta.
  
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• Bishop Gainer is discharged from hospital; expected to make full recovery

  29-04-2016 23:30
  
  Gainer was treated for a digestive disorder and is expected to make a full recovery.
  
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• Police arrest man charged with firing several gunshots at York County cop

  29-04-2016 22:46
  
  Trev Jackson was arrested in Philadelphia Friday
  
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• View the incredible damage after Pa. pipeline explodes in giant fireball

  29-04-2016 22:29
  
  The fire and heat seared scores of acres of woodlands around the pipeline in Salem Township, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh, turning tall trees into blackened poles, melting the siding off one property, and causing wet pavement to steam. People miles away reported hearing a huge whooshing sound and feeling the ground rumble.
  
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• Police convince man threatening to shoot himself to drop gun outside Lancaster County motel

  29-04-2016 21:44
  
  Robert Bovell dropped the gun he held to his head following a two-hour standoff with police.
  
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• 3 survive when their Jeep is rammed by freight train

  29-04-2016 21:33
  
  Police said the Jeep's driver drove through a railroad crossing without looking.
  
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• Worried about U.S. 11/15 detours? Try some unofficial shortcuts

  29-04-2016 21:24
  
  With news that U.S. 11/15 will be shut down for the next three months, drivers have begun looking for any shortcuts they can find to avoid the 34-mile detour around Marysville.
  
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• A degree in brewing beer? We'll drink to that

  29-04-2016 21:01
  
  The board of the Penn State affiliate Thursday approved a new two-year program called Brewing and Fermentation Science.
  
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• Partial dismissal of Sandusky cover-up charges against Graham Spanier, former PSU aides, will stand

  29-04-2016 20:55
  
  State prosecutors are directed to prepare the remainder of the case, including child endangerment counts, for trial.
  
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• Crews battling Lancaster City house fire

  29-04-2016 20:48
  
  Flames were reportedly spewing from the East Frederick Street home.
  
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• Capital Region Water approves $9 million land conservation proposal

  29-04-2016 20:21
  
  The agreement, which was unanimously approved by the board Wednesday, is being done in partnership with the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, and Fort Indiantown Gap.
  
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• Man burned while running from exploding pipeline

  29-04-2016 20:20
  
  The fire destroyed one house, damaged three others.
  
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• Cops ask public's help to find couple suspected of shoplifting

  29-04-2016 20:20
  
  The incident occurred last week in Susquehanna Township.
  
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• Ex-Rendell aide, Hershey Trust exec John Estey charged with scamming FBI in legislative corruption probe

  29-04-2016 20:12
  
  Lobbyist and lawyer John Estey kept $13,000 of the $20,000 the FBI gave him to influence state legislators, investigators contend.
  
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• Leased swans adapting to life at Italian Lake in Harrisburg: Video

  29-04-2016 20:10
  
  An uptown Harrisburg neighborhood group is spending $400 this year to bring four swans to Italian Lake, where they will live through the summer.
  
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• It will cost more to work in Harrisburg: 5 things you need to know about the local services tax

  29-04-2016 19:37
  
  Harrisburg city council approved the tax hike in late April, so how will the city collect the tax retroactively? PennLive asked that question and more about the newly increased local services tax.
  
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• Man with gun causing incident at motel: Report

  29-04-2016 19:10
  
  The incident was occurring Friday afternoon at the Red Rose Motel in Elizabethtown.
  
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• Jury views autopsy photos as defense disputes cause of Millersville University student's death

  29-04-2016 18:59
  
  In painstaking detail, Dr. Claus Peter Speth critiqued a long series of autopsy photos that he said proved Hall died after choking from a nosebleed, not being beaten and strangled as authorities say.
  
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• Pennsylvania's first-ever flashing yellow left turn arrow comes to the midstate

  29-04-2016 18:15
  
  If you see a flashing yellow turn arrow on a traffic light in Lower Allen Township next week, don't worry, it's supposed to be doing that.
  
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• This ain't a hotel: Pa. court rejects murderer's gripes about bed placement, prison mail service

  29-04-2016 17:58
  
  Tony Harper, who is serving a life sentence, complained that he wasn't getting enough sleep as that his mail wasn't being picked up fast enough.
  
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• 'The sky and the flames were terrifying': Pipeline fire will take hours to burn off

  29-04-2016 17:57
  
  The explosion and fire involved a Texas Eastern Transmission pipeline, not a well.
  
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• Bad math: Woman fell $42 short of qualifying for unemployment comp, court says

  29-04-2016 17:45
  
  Jeannette Griggs' application for aid fell afoul of a state formula, an appeals court ruled.
  
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• Gunman gets state prison for shooting bystander in the back

  29-04-2016 17:18
  
  Devin Garcia-Rogers will serve 6 to 15 years behind bars for the August 2015 incident in Lancaster.
  
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• Carlisle, Fayetteville women win Central PA Magazine writing contest

  29-04-2016 17:18
  
  The winners of the 2016 Central PA Magazine Writing Contest were announced during an awards ceremony Thursday at York College of Pennsylvania.
  
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• Trump, an old Downingtown mill and the ensuing war with a Pa. mayor in 5 tweets

  29-04-2016 17:04
  
  Donald Trump had some tough words for Downingtown this week.
  
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• Enola store among Hallmark shops slated to close

  29-04-2016 16:50
  
  Hallmark Heritage Shops in Enola and Ephrata are among several Hallmark gifts shops around the state that are slated to close, according to multiple reports.
  
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• Enola store among Hallmark Heritage Shops slated to close

  29-04-2016 16:50
  
  Hallmark Heritage Shops in Enola and Ephrata are among several Hallmark gifts shops around the state that are slated to close, according to multiple reports.
  
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• Go behind the scenes now with Gov. Wolf

  29-04-2016 16:24
  
  Ever wonder what the day-to-day life of a governor is like? Sure you have. And now's your chance to find out. Sort of.
  
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• At least 1 hurt, people evacuated after Pa. gas well explosion

  29-04-2016 16:19
  
  The explosion caused flames to shoot above nearby treetops in the western Pennsylvania township.
  
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• At least 1 hurt, people evacuated after Pa. gas explosion

  29-04-2016 16:19
  
  The explosion caused flames to shoot above nearby treetops in the western Pennsylvania township.
  
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• We've got your #WomanCard right here

  29-04-2016 16:03
  
  If you want an elite Woman Card, here's how you can get one.
  
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• Dumb laws are filling our prisons, corrections chief says: Nancy Eshelman

  29-04-2016 16:02
  
  John Wetzel knows prisons. He was a corrections officer, a counselor, treatment supervisor, director of a training academy and a warden, all in county prisons.
  
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• Teenager was shot in the face with a pellet gun: police

  29-04-2016 13:45
  
  Two 16-year-old children are now facing charges of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of another person and discharge prohibited weapon in connection with the shooting, police said.
  
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• Harrisburg police provide update on 12-year-old boy blindsided by suspected drunken driver

  29-04-2016 13:01
  
  Immediately after the 8:40 p.m. wreck Saturday, April 23, 2016, police said the boy could not feel anything from the neck down. He had been walking in the 1800 block of Walnut Street with his mother.
  
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• Donald Trump racks up endorsements from PA lawmakers: Make it three; maybe four

  29-04-2016 12:55
  
  The billionaire business man on Thursday added one more endorsement from yet another PA Republican.
  
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• Man punches officer; man found in woman's bed: Overnight Police Report

  29-04-2016 12:48
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Thursday.
  
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• Harrisburg's water authority saves $8.8 million in bond deal: Capital Region Water

  29-04-2016 12:45
  
  Capital Region Water cashed in on a new investment-grade rating, the fifth highest rating possible, by closing on more than $52 million in refunding bonds at lower interest rates.
  
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• Soggy weekend in store for the midstate

  29-04-2016 11:51
  
  For Friday, expect rain and drizzle throughout the day with a high near 51. Rainfall amounts of less than a quarter of an inch is possible. The low at night will be around 44.
  
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• Carlisle man charged with rape

  29-04-2016 03:58
  
  Arrigo is facing rape and sexual assault charges.
  
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• Woman finds man in her bed in Carlisle, police say

  29-04-2016 03:25
  
  The woman found Kenneth Adams, 25, on her bed when she came home, police said.
  
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• Overcast, cool Friday on tap for midstate

  29-04-2016 03:00
  
  Expect areas of drizzle and possible showers throughout the day.
  
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• Oral sex court ruling fuels anger among victims advocates and women's groups

  29-04-2016 02:50
  
  An Oklahoma court ruling that decriminalizes oral sex when a victim is unconscious is sparking outrage among critics, advocates and watchdog groups.
  
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• Defense expert refutes coroner's ruling in killing of Millersville student, says no strangulation occurred

  29-04-2016 01:29
  
  Gregorio Orrostieta's defense centers on what the jury believes from the testimony of Dr. Claus Peter Speth, who began refuting the ruling of the Lancaster County Coroner on Thursday.
  
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• Women in the military draft? There's a bill afloat that would do just that

  29-04-2016 01:12
  
  The House will next month consider a bill that would require women ages 18-26 to register for a military draft. The U.S. hasn't had a draft since 1973.
  
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• Energy company shocks patrons with closure of popular park; Governor asked to intervene

  29-04-2016 00:32
  
  Danner and others in his corner have called on Talen to donate the land to a Limited Liability Corporation or LLC which would be established to oversee it and its use by the public.
  
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