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• Police search for men charged in midstate marijuana growing operation

  05-10-2016 23:38
  
  Police said they seized more than 1,000 marijuana plants from the home.
  
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• Is the Trump Foundation violating Pa. law?

  05-10-2016 23:18
  
  The Donald J Trump Foundation Inc. may be under investigation in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority looks to complete Capitol Heights project

  05-10-2016 23:06
  Construction is expected to start in early 2017.
  
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• West York mayor blames media for troubles

  05-10-2016 22:28
  
  Embattled West York Mayor Charles Wasko is blaming the media - not his racists posts - for his troubles. Council seeks his impeachment.
  
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• Judge orders release of homeless sex offender

  05-10-2016 22:13
  Samuel A. Grove, 44, was sentenced to 4 to 8 years in prison in 2002 -- but kept in jail after serving the full sentence because he didn't have a place to go that complied with terms of his probation.
  
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• Hillary Clinton supporters explain their vote: 'She's the best person for the job'

  05-10-2016 22:01
  
  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was in Harrisburg on Tuesday.
  
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• York man will stand trial in double homicide

  05-10-2016 21:39
  
  The victims were Foday Cheeks, 31, a resident of the house in the 700 block of Brown Road where the killings occurred, and Danielle Taylor, 26, of Spring Grove.
  
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• Philly station slams Pens, and the Pittsburgh team responds in one tweet

  05-10-2016 20:06
  
  A Philadelphia TV station didn't miss an opportunity to stir up a cross-state rivalry when the Pittsburgh Penguins announced a naming rights change.
  
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• Criminal charges dropped in exploding turtle case

  05-10-2016 20:02
  
  Evidentiary issues prompted the withdrawal, the DA said.
  
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• Police make arrest in 5 business burglaries

  05-10-2016 19:14
  Manheim Township police claim Derek Edwards committed there break-ins during July and August.
  
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• Woman found sleeping in wrecked car after crash has DUI charges revived

  05-10-2016 18:43
  
  A Superior Court panel disagreed with a Westmoreland County judge's dismissal of the case against Michelle Starry.
  
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• With life sentence in West Virginia, John Strawser faces Pa. charges in I-81 shooting

  05-10-2016 18:22
  
  John Wayne Strawser Jr. was sentenced to life in prison, plus another 1 to 5 years, in connection with the shooting death of Amy Lou Buckingham and leading police on a high-speed chase afterwards.
  
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• Pair nabbed with heroin worth $580K, AG says

  05-10-2016 18:07
  The arrest occurred Tuesday at a furniture store in Allentown.
  
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• Farming fight: Pa. court reverses order banning chicken slaughterhouse

  05-10-2016 17:51
  
  The Commonwealth Court ruling clears the way for creation of the processing facility on a York County farm.
  
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• FBI seeks public's help to rescue girl from child pornographers

  05-10-2016 17:33
  
  The man is known only as John Doe 37.
  
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• Victim of fatal crash in Perry County identified: Police

  05-10-2016 16:34
  The crash occurred along Route 11/15 south, near Old Trail Road in Watts Township, at about 2:45 p.m.
  
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• Hurricane Matthew prompts coastal evacuations, but midstate might avoid its fury

  05-10-2016 16:32
  
  Evacuations already have begun in the Carolinas while warnings are in effect in Floirida.
  
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• Pa. couple who fatally OD'd with 3 kids in house are identified

  05-10-2016 16:10
  
  We now know the names and faces of the two twenty-somethings from western Pennsylvania who are believed to have fatally overdosed this week with three young children in their McKeesport residence.
  
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• Man accused in I-81 shooting sentenced in West Virginia murder case

  05-10-2016 16:02
  
  John Wayne Strawser Jr. was sentenced in Preston County Court on Wednesday in the shooting death of Amy Lou Buckingham in Preston County, West Virginia. He will now face his charges in connection with the I-81 killing of Timothy "Asti" Davison in 2014.
  
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• New Jersey lawmakers will vote on raising gas tax by 23 cents

  05-10-2016 15:50
  
  The New Jersey Legislature is preparing to vote on raising the gas tax 23 cents Wednesday in an effort to help the state pay for road, bridge and transit work.
  
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• New Jersey lawmakers will vote on raising gas tax 23-cents

  05-10-2016 15:50
  
  The New Jersey Legislature is preparing to vote on raising the gas tax 23-cents Wednesday in an effort to help the state pay for road, bridge and transit work.
  
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• 'You don't expect it on a college campus': Shippensburg students on racist post

  05-10-2016 15:41
  
  While the Shippensburg University student whose racist post went viral last week is no longer enrolled, his words are still echoing on the campus.
  
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• Pa. lawyer admits raping 'drunk' female client

  05-10-2016 15:31
  
  An attorney in Montgomery County, Pa., accused of raping a client while she was passed out drunk has plead guilty.
  
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• Lawyer admits to raping unconscious client: report

  05-10-2016 15:06
  
  Vincent Cirillo Jr. raped the woman when he met to discuss her criminal case, police said.
  
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• U.S. judge revives lawsuit by state trooper barred from having gun while off-duty

  05-10-2016 14:34
  
  Michael Keyes can't own a gun as a private citizen because of a prior involuntary mental health commitment.
  
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• Need a cheap car? Pittsburgh International Airport will be auctioning 17 of them Saturday

  05-10-2016 13:57
  
  The airport authority is selling lost and abandoned items.
  
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• Pa. police seek mom and her 8-month-old daughter, missing for days

  05-10-2016 13:49
  
  Somehow, Krystle Triplett, 27, and her 8-month-old daughter, Keemaya Glover, simply vanished from their Pittsburgh neighborhood.
  
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• Teen driver dies in shooting in Allentown

  05-10-2016 13:36
  The slaying occurred just before 9 p.m. Tuesday.
  
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• The search is on for man exposing himself to Amish women: Police

  05-10-2016 13:24
  One incident took place just before 4 p.m. on Monday near the intersection of Quaker Church Road and Valley Road in Sadsbury Township, police said.
  
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• 2nd teen's body found in deadly Pa. drug shootings involving high school football players

  05-10-2016 13:16
  
  The terrible toll of a double drug shooting is breaking the heart of hard-working Aliquippa, Pa.
  
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• 2nd teen's body found in deadly Pa. drug shootings

  05-10-2016 13:16
  
  The terrible toll of a double drug shooting is breaking the heart of hard-working Aliquippa, Pa.
  
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• Expect traffic tie-ups in Derry Township through Saturday: Police

  05-10-2016 12:37
  The annual Antique Automobile Club of America Fall Meet is expected to tie up traffic in some parts of Derry Township from Wednesday through Saturday, according to township police.
  
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• Odds of Hurricane Matthew having an effect on the midstate are 'significantly lower'

  05-10-2016 11:59
  
  As of Wednesday morning, there is a 50 percent of rain in the midstate for Saturday, according to forecasters.
  
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• Kaine on Pence’s Support of Trump

  05-10-2016 08:19
  
  Throughout the night, Tim Kaine repeatedly expressed disbelief that Mike Pence would defend various positions of his running mate’s.
  
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• Pence on Clinton’s ‘Deplorables’ Comment

  05-10-2016 07:06
  
  Mike Pence took issue with his campaign being described as “insult-driven,” remarking that Hillary Clinton singled out portions of his supporters as being a “basket of deplorables.”
  
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• One shot outside TGI Fridays near Pittsburgh

  05-10-2016 06:16
  
  Law enforcement list an as yet unnamed 23-year-old man as the victim, saying he was taken to an area hospital and is expected to survive his injuries.
  
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• New details released in case of Guatemalan 'drug mule' found dead on rural Pa. highway: Report

  05-10-2016 04:08
  
  Officials told WJAC this week that Anavisca had arrived in the United States on Sept. 10, and that his flight itinerary began in Guatemala and included stops in both Chicago and Philadelphia.
  
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• Sunny, mild Wednesday ahead for midstate

  05-10-2016 03:00
  
  Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high of 69.
  
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• Trump to return to Pennsylvania Monday

  05-10-2016 02:08
  
  Trump will appear at a rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre at 6 p.m. Monday.
  
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• Harrisburg crowd loves Clinton's middle-class message, attacks on Trump

  05-10-2016 01:58
  
  There was no sign of the so-called enthusiasm gap during Hillary Clinton's campaign stop Tuesday night at Zembo Shrine in Harrisburg.
  
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• Williamsport council asks Lycoming DA to investigate mayor's expenditures

  05-10-2016 01:38
  
  A review of receipts the mayor submitted for reimbursement this year and last showed several may be fraudulent and several others "involve questionable expenses that may, with further investigation, also prove to be inappropriate," the release states.
  
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• Eric Trump tells Pennsylvania Republicans his father will 'restore greatness to this country'

  05-10-2016 01:28
  
  The United States is heading in the wrong direction. But, luckily, Eric Trump said his father is going to fix it when he becomes president.
  
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• Pa. driver thought dead woman was deer; Penn State 'clown hunt'; brother shoots brother: Daily Buzz

  05-10-2016 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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• Coroner called to multi-vehicle crash in Perry County

  05-10-2016 00:59
  The accident occurred along Route 11/15 south in Watts Township.
  
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• Five jabs Hillary Clinton threw at Donald Trump during her visit to Harrisburg

  05-10-2016 00:57
  
  Hillary Clinton listed numerous criticisms about her opponent Donald Trump as she addressed a crowd of more than 1,600 people in Harrisburg Tuesday.
  
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• This is what Hillary Clinton thinks matters to families

  05-10-2016 00:52
  
  Hillary Clinton took questions and talked about issues impacting families at a town hall meeting in Haverford, Pa. on Oct. 4, 2016.
  
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• Memorial erected to mark site of 1959 Allegheny Airlines crash

  05-10-2016 00:20
  
  The left side of the memorial contains a photo collage from the day of the crash, news articles and a plane ticket receipt provided by a daughter of one of the passengers.
  
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