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• Couple charged with keeping 11 kids in filthy home weighing plea offers for prison terms

  19-05-2016 22:52
  
  If they accept the DA's offers, Tyree and Takiya Fluellen would spend 1 to 2 years in state prison.
  
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• Uber begins testing self-driving car in Pittsburgh

  19-05-2016 22:46
  
  The ride sharing company Uber has begun testing a self-driving car in Pittsburgh, the company said Thursday. The car, a hybrid Ford Fusion, will be collecting mapping data as well as testing its self-driving capabilities, the company said. A driver...
  
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• Clinton says Trump 'dangerous' and not qualified to be president

  19-05-2016 22:36
  
  Hillary Clinton rattled off a list of reasons Donald Trump is not qualified to be president
  
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• Penbrook man charged with child porn possession

  19-05-2016 22:31
  
  Investigators said they discovered multiple images of child pornography on Jeffrey L. Ober's phone and other electronic devices.
  
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• Investigation of Susquehanna Township School District official underway

  19-05-2016 22:26
  
  Susquehanna Township School District said it is cooperating in a police investigation underway concerning a district official.
  
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• Fatal drugs traded for X-box; 21-year-old charged in overdose death

  19-05-2016 22:19
  
  Jarrid D. Baker is facing counts including drug delivery resulting in death in connection with 19-year-old Cody Yancey's March 27 fatal overdose at Yancey's Mount Joy home.
  
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• Jury convicts 2 of voluntary manslaughter for Harrisburg slaying

  19-05-2016 22:17
  
  Jamoni Anderson and Tamir Williams could face up to 20 years behind bars for killing Maurice Geter Jr.
  
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• Car plunges into York County creek

  19-05-2016 21:57
  
  The driver escaped form the vehicle.
  
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• Rainy weekend is likely ahead for Harrisburg area

  19-05-2016 21:47
  
  A rainy weekend is likely for the Harrisburg area.
  
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• Could a new shopping center ruin a historic Gettysburg battlefield site?

  19-05-2016 21:45
  
  Should developers be allowed to turn a 100-acre, commercially-zoned property near the Gettysburg National Military Park into a shopping center? A group of conservationists say no.
  
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• Video: Lancaster man accused of stealing $1,250 rifle from Selinsgrove gun store

  19-05-2016 21:40
  
  Daniel J. Keenan, 26, of the 400 block of West Lemon Street, was arrested Wednesday and committed to the Snyder County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.
  
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• Lancaster man accused of stealing $1,250 rifle from Selinsgrove gun store

  19-05-2016 21:40
  
  Daniel J. Keenan, 26, of the 400 block of West Lemon Street, was arrested Wednesday and committed to the Snyder County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.
  
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• Father cited for leaving sleeping child in SUV at Wegmans

  19-05-2016 21:18
  
  A Harrisburg man was issued a summary citation after he was accused of leaving his sleeping child in an SUV in the Wegmans parking lot Sunday.
  
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• After rowdy Nevada convention, is the DNC 'working against' and 'throwing shade' at Bernie Sanders?

  19-05-2016 21:06
  
  The fallout after a controversial Nevada convention continues to follow Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Reading men charged with distributing cocaine in midstate

  19-05-2016 20:44
  
  Two Reading men have been charged with distributing cocaine in York and Berks counties.
  
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• York County burglars punched holes in walls, ceilings

  19-05-2016 20:26
  
  Burglars punched holes in walls and ceilings of a York County home and defaced it with graffiti, Northern York County Regional Police say.
  
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• Legendary Philly animal cop has one last wish before he dies

  19-05-2016 20:17
  
  "George is easily one of the leaders, if not the leader, in the United States in the fight against animal cruelty," Gillian Kocher said. "He is a hero to animals everywhere - a cop who turned into an animal cop, and ultimately into an icon in his field."
  
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• Watch for 'distraction' burglars, police say

  19-05-2016 20:03
  
  Watch out for "distraction" burglars, West Shore Regional Police said Thursday after an incident in Lemoyne.
  
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• Dumpster fires were arson, police say

  19-05-2016 19:46
  
  Two recent dumpster fires in Upper Allen Township are being investigated as arsons, police said.
  
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• Videos catch cop in lie; DA files charges

  19-05-2016 19:35
  
  The Berks County District Attorney's Office has filed charges against Reading Police Officer Jesus Santiago-DeJesus after they say he filed false reports and tampered with evidence by trying to destroy a video on a cellphone after a traffic stop.
  
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• Murder suspect did not drive students day after homicide, transportation company says

  19-05-2016 18:00
  
  The man accused of murdering a Swatara Township woman May 15 did not drive children in a school van the next day, the student transportation company says.
  
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• Flaws of Susquehanna Twp. schools' sex scandal probe cited in new grand jury report

  19-05-2016 17:59
  
  Echoes of hard lessons learned in the 2013 sex scandal at Susquehanna Twp. High School involving a principal and a 16-year-old student were not lost on a grand jury investigation of a series of teacher-student sex cases at another Pa. high school.
  
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• 'This was a war:' DA urges jury to send 2 men to prison for life for Harrisburg slaying

  19-05-2016 17:57
  
  The attorneys for Jamoni Anderson and Tamir Williams claim their clients shot and killed Maurice Geter Jr. in self defense.
  
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• Puppies! Uber offers delivery of fluff balls to work for brief 'cuddle huddle'

  19-05-2016 17:49
  
  Would some puppy cuddles make your workday better?
  
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• Pa. grand jury issues findings in high school sex scandal

  19-05-2016 17:24
  
  After a series of teacher-student sex cases in western Pennsylvania, a grand jury report blames a "systematic failure" to protect students by high school staff and the school resource officer.
  
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• Pa. woman, 76, found dead beneath riding lawnmower

  19-05-2016 17:05
  
  Beneath the running tractor-mower, there was the body of a 76-year-old western Pennsylvania woman.
  
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• Driver who hit flagman showed vehicle damage in Facebook post, police say

  19-05-2016 16:21
  
  The driver accused of striking a flagman Wednesday along Route 24 was identified after she posted the damage to her vehicle on Facebook, York Area Regional Police said.
  
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• 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson wants to be Donald Trump's spiritual adviser

  19-05-2016 15:52
  
  Phil Robertson wants to sit down with Donald Trump and a Bible.
  
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• Donald Trump uses the word 'rape' to describe Bill Clinton history with women

  19-05-2016 15:30
  
  When Donald Trump was asked about his own history with women, he turned the discussion to former President Bill Clinton.
  
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• Homicides this week in Pa.

  19-05-2016 15:17
  
  Incidents of domestic violence led to many of the homicides in Pennsylvania in the last week.
  
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• Domestic violence takes heavy toll: Homicides this week in Pa.

  19-05-2016 15:17
  
  Incidents of domestic violence led to many of the homicides in Pennsylvania in the last week.
  
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• Woman chooses death over picking Trump or Clinton, obit says

  19-05-2016 15:01
  
  Many obituaries nationwide have urged readers to vote for or against certain candidates, such as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Pa. man accused of abusing girlfriend's corpse

  19-05-2016 13:36
  
  Brianne Miles, 20, died of a drug overdose in Northampton County last year, but her boyfriend allegedly failed to report her deaths for days, leading to abuse of corpse charges against the boyfriend.
  
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• Barbaro's ill-fated run 10 years ago in the Preakness: A look back

  19-05-2016 13:30
  
  The horse entered the Preakness Stakes on May 20, 2006, as the heavy favorite to win and advance to the Belmont in position to win the Triple Crown.
  
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• Pa. teacher linked in international child porn ring: report

  19-05-2016 13:15
  
  A suspended elementary teacher in western Pennsylvania is allegedly linked to an international child porn ring.
  
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• Milton Hershey School being investigated by feds: Report

  19-05-2016 12:43
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting a civil rights probe into whether the Milton Hershey School violated the federal disabiltiies act, the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting.
  
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• Coroner warns of fentanyl; Harrisburg homicide trial continues: Overnight Police Report

  19-05-2016 12:11
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Wednesday.
  
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• Sunshine returns to the midstate for Thursday

  19-05-2016 11:40
  
  But rain showers are then expected to return to the area on Friday night through most of Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Police search for missing elderly York County man

  19-05-2016 04:23
  
  Becker left the Inn Restaurant in Reading Township and has not returned home, police said.
  
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• Police find missing elderly York County man

  19-05-2016 04:23
  
  Becker left the Inn Restaurant in Reading Township and has not returned home, police said.
  
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• Complications stall Harrisburg's effort to reduce marijuana penalties

  19-05-2016 04:15
  
  Harrisburg council members Wednesday night weighed a proposal to reduce the penalty from a misdemeanor to a summary citation, the same level as a traffic ticket, at a public safety committee meeting.
  
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• Ghost Bike ride commemorates those who didn't come home

  19-05-2016 04:06
  
  Annual world event followed in Harrisburg
  
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• Harrisburg mayor blasts PennLive, says his midtown property ownership is well-known

  19-05-2016 03:20
  
  PennLive's story about his midtown properties portays his ownership as if it were a surprise, but one property functioned as his campaign office, Mayor Eric Papenfuse said.
  
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• Partly sunny skies, slight chance of rain on tap for midstate Thursday

  19-05-2016 03:00
  
  Thursday will bring a slight chance of rain, partly sunny skies and a high of 70.
  
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