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• Car crashes into Cumberland County pharmacy

  27-05-2016 23:29
  
  The incident occurred at about 10:30 a.m.
  
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• Woman dies following accident in Lancaster County

  27-05-2016 22:52
  
  It appeared the woman had a medical incident prior to the accident.
  
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• Traffic Alert: Crash cleared on Route 22; Traffic heavy around the region

  27-05-2016 22:52
  
  There are backlogs around the region.
  
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• Warehouse proposal greeted with anger from West Pennsboro residents

  27-05-2016 22:15
  
  Allen Distribution, located in Carlisle, hopes to put two warehouses on 125 acres in West Pennsboro Township.
  
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• Crash on Route 22 is affecting traffic

  27-05-2016 21:45
  
  The crash on Route 22 westbound at PA 39/Mountain View Road earlier in the afternoon has caused a lane restriction, and is also causing major traffic backups on Interstate 81 North at Exit 66, the exit for route 22/322.
  
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• Harrisburg prom for students with special needs: Photo gallery

  27-05-2016 21:35
  
  Harrisburg School District's prom for students with special needs kicked off on May 13 at Harrisburg High School's field house.
  
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• Judge gives preliminary OK to nationwide settlement in class-action Shop Vac suits

  27-05-2016 21:10
  
  Terms include an award of up to $4.25 million for plaintiff's legal costs and expenses and Shop Vac agreeing to a two-year extension of its warranty on the motors of the vacuums.
  
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• Chance of rain this weekend; Code Orange Air Quality Alert is still in effect

  27-05-2016 20:25
  
  There is a chance of rain showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service in State College.
  
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• Next step in former PSU administrators' Sandusky report case? Finding a judge

  27-05-2016 20:21
  
  Citing two vacancies on the Dauphin County bench, President Judge Rich Lewis asks state for a special appointment.
  
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• Man accused of sending sexually explicit images to person he thought was 14-year-old girl

  27-05-2016 20:14
  
  Authorities say Kenneth Church sent sexually explicit images to a person he believed was a 14-year-old girl but who actually an undercover agent with the Pa. Attorney General's Child Predator Section.
  
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• Traffic alert: Tractor trailer fire affecting traffic on I-81

  27-05-2016 20:10
  
  The agency has advised motorists to avoid the area.
  
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• Police crash trio's party after strong-arm drone theft leads them across state lines

  27-05-2016 20:07
  
  According to police, the trio entered the Extreme RC Hobbies store at around 2:30 p.m. and stole four quad drones worth $3,649.66.
  
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• Man charged with sexually assaulting 15-year-old he met online, brought to Pa.

  27-05-2016 19:36
  
  Joseph O'Neal is accused of driving to Georgia and picking up the girl knowing she was and brought her to Pennsylvania on May 22.He met the juvenile using a social media website.
  
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• Mail carrier accused of groping women has been found dead in his home

  27-05-2016 19:26
  
  The 60-year-old's cause of death has not been determined yet.
  
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• Teachers union tentative agreement tweaks Harrisburg schools recovery plan

  27-05-2016 19:13
  
  A tentative agreement reached earlier this week between the bargaining committees of Harrisburg School District and its teachers union have led to some changes in the district's proposed amended recovery plan.
  
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• U.S. government uses floppy disks to run its nuclear program, but there's an unexpected benefit

  27-05-2016 18:40
  
  A new government report shows the U.S. still relies on the floppy disk to run some of our most sensitive programs: the coordination of ballistic missiles and nuclear bombers, among other defense actions.
  
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• 86 years of progress: Women judges in Pennsylvania

  27-05-2016 18:38
  
  It has been 86 years since the first woman, Sara M. Soffel (Allegheny County), was appointed as a judge in Pennsylvania. Today, 28 percent of Pennsylvania's active judges are women who serve the courts at the appellate, trial and minor court levels.
  
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• Millions of Tommee Tippee Sippee cups recalled over mold concerns

  27-05-2016 17:59
  
  Five types of Tommee Tippee Sippee spill-proof cups are being recalled because mold can develop on the removable, one-piece, white valve inside the cups when it remains wet or moist and isn't frequently cleaned.
  
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• Summer camp workers killed in crash took van without permission, officials say

  27-05-2016 17:11
  
  3 were killed in the crash into a pond; 2 others in the van were injured.
  
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• How do Americans feel about transgender people and bathrooms? It's not entirely clear, Gallup says

  27-05-2016 17:06
  
  As a national debate over transgender rights picks up steam on the national stage, Gallup experts are cautioning people when it comes to polls on the issue.
  
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• Man dragged to death in violent Pa. hit-and-run

  27-05-2016 17:03
  
  In an instant it happened. A 57-year-old man was getting out of his church van when a car zoomed by in the opposite direction, striking the van door and hitting the man, dragging him 15-feet down the street.
  
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• Bomb threat evacuates Lancaster County elementary school

  27-05-2016 16:54
  
  The Doe Run Elementary School in Manheim is being evacuated because of a bomb threat, according to officials with the Manheim Central School District.
  
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• Obama does not apologize, but calls for a world without nuclear weapons in Hiroshima

  27-05-2016 16:15
  
  Though many in the U.S. and around the world believe the president should have offered an apology for American actions more than 70 years ago, for the residents of Hiroshima, the anti-nuclear message struck a cord.
  
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• How Hiroshima residents reacted to Obama's call for a world without nuclear weapons

  27-05-2016 16:15
  
  Though many in the U.S. and around the world believe the president should have offered an apology for American actions more than 70 years ago, for the residents of Hiroshima, the anti-nuclear message struck a cord.
  
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• Crash cleared from I-83 in York County

  27-05-2016 16:04
  
  The crash was cleared at about 10 a.m., PennDOT said.
  
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• Pa. mom accused of DUI at kid's school 2 days in a row

  27-05-2016 13:55
  
  A mother in Lehigh County apparently didn't learn her lesson after being detained for a DUI while picking up her child at an elementary school. That's because police say the same mother was back at the school the very next day, impaired once again.
  
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• IRS scammers demanding iTunes gift cards strike again: police

  27-05-2016 13:35
  
  The latest incident is at least the third such case of fraud reported in recent weeks. Similar incidents have also occurred in Adams and Cumberland counties.
  
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• Pa. coroner warns of deadly 'Chinese-boosted' heroin

  27-05-2016 13:33
  
  If America's heroin epidemic wasn't bad enough, a county coroner in Pennsylvania is warning of a Chinese-made synthetic substance that is boosting the heroin high, but also making the street drug many times more lethal.
  
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• Government study finds cellphone-cancer link

  27-05-2016 13:15
  
  It's expected to change the debate over cellphone risks.
  
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• Pa. teen found dead hours before her graduation

  27-05-2016 13:14
  
  Hours before she was set to graduate high school in western Pennsylvania, a 17-year-old girl was found dead in her car, sparking both mystery and mourning.
  
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• Trump reveals energy plan: more drilling, more coal, less regulations

  27-05-2016 13:02
  
  Donald Trump's energy plan calls for more oil and gas drilling, bringing back coal jobs and less regulations.
  
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• Boy, 13, found unconscious after playing the "knockout" game: police

  27-05-2016 12:59
  
  The game was described as "a game in which multiple people consensually crash heads together in an attempt to see who is knocked out," according to a news release from the police.
  
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• Inmate threatened to kill president; bat and sword fight: Overnight Police Report

  27-05-2016 12:11
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Thursday.
  
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• Hot, humid Memorial Day weekend in store for the midstate

  27-05-2016 11:41
  
  High temperatures are expected to be at or near 90 from Friday through Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Lancaster Catholic High School graduation 2016: photo gallery

  27-05-2016 04:21
  
  The Lancaster Catholic High School class of 2016 graduated on May 26, 2016, in a ceremony on the school's campus.
  
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• Infection Raises Specter of Superbugs Resistant to All Antibiotics

  27-05-2016 03:52
  Military researchers identify a patient who was infected with bacteria that are resistant to the last line of defense against drug-resistant germs.
  
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• Chance of showers, thunderstorms ahead for midstate Friday

  27-05-2016 03:00
  
  Friday, look for a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 p.m.
  
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• Middletown Area High School graduation 2016: photo gallery

  27-05-2016 02:49
  
  The ceremony was held at The Forum in Harrisburg.
  
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• Steelton woman arrested on child endangerment charges

  27-05-2016 02:04
  
  Samira Randolph has been charged with endangering the welfare of children and related charges.
  
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• Pa. couple's bloody suicide pact; teacher suspended for pot; body in park IDed: Daily Buzz

  27-05-2016 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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• Crews rescue man from Susquehanna River in Harrisburg

  27-05-2016 00:26
  
  The man was clinging to his capsized boat in the backwash of the Dock Street Dam when crews arrived.
  
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