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• Efforts to reform Pa.'s child-sex crime law nears failure as clock ticks on legislative session

  26-10-2016 23:11
  
  For the third time in as many years, a bill that would have allowed past victims of sexual abuse seek legal recourse has failed in the Legislature.
  
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• No foul play suspected after body is discovered in woods

  26-10-2016 22:58
  Police are withholding the 31-year-old man's name until his family is notified.
  
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• Causes of deadly helicopter crash that killed 12 Marines, Cumberland County native released

  26-10-2016 22:18
  
  Investigators found that a number of factors played a role in the death of 12 Marines, including one from Cumberland County, during a helicopter crash near Oahu.
  
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• Houston Texans Coach Bill O'Brien says, no offense, but he was never going to hire Mike McQueary

  26-10-2016 22:17
  
  BELLEFONTE - Former Penn State Coach Bill O'Brien said in no uncertain terms Wednesday he was not going to hire Mike McQueary to his Nittany Lions staff in 2012, and it had nothing to do with Jerry Sandusky. In a...
  
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• Man charged with kidnapping woman, strangling her with phone cord

  26-10-2016 21:34
  A man accused of dragging a woman out of a car and trying to sexually assault her has been charged with attempted homicide in Blair County.
  
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• Rain likely for the Harrisburg area on Thursday

  26-10-2016 21:20
  
  A rainy Thursday is expected in the Harrisburg area on Thursday.
  
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• Man's body found in woods in Franklin County

  26-10-2016 21:18
  The body of a man was found in the woods this morning in Waynesboro, police say.
  
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• Harrisburg demands $140K from parking system as revenue dispute boils over

  26-10-2016 21:10
  
  Amid an already tense dispute over parking revenue, the people in charge of Harrisburg's parking system began withholding additional money from the city in recent months.
  
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• Overdose at travel plaza leads police to drug seizure at motels, storage units

  26-10-2016 21:06
  State police seized heroin, cocaine and other drugs from storage units and two motels after investigating the recent drug overdose of a man at a Perry County travel plaza.
  
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• Caregiver charged with homicide in death of man with maggot-filled foot wounds

  26-10-2016 20:52
  
  A Berks County caregiver has been charged with homicide in the death of a Reading man due to a "gruesome infection" that included foot wounds filled with maggots, said the state attorney general.
  
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• Mob of 50 severely beats 2 kids near Allentown high school, cops say

  26-10-2016 20:45
  
  The 18-year-old charged in the melee near Dieruff High reportedly told police he 'knew nothing good was going to happen.'
  
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• Dauphin County convicted murderer found guilty of assaulting Muncy prison guard

  26-10-2016 20:42
  A Lycoming County jury Wednesday found Deneshya A. Poole, 35, guilty of aggravated and simple assault. Judge Dudley N. Anderson deferred sentencing.
  
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• Townhouses built on site of blighted property in Dauphin County Land Bank project

  26-10-2016 20:27
  
  Five new townhouses are now for sale on the site of once-blighted duplexes in the 4700 block of Tuscarora Street in Susquehanna Township, as a result of a revitalization project funded by the Dauphin County Land Bank.
  
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• Man, woman plead guilty in drug case; 5,588 bags of heroin found hidden in rental car

  26-10-2016 20:17
  Police found 5,588 small bags of heroin secreted in a rental car driven by one of two Philadelphia men charged in drug operation.
  
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• Plane hits deer during takeoff in Lancaster

  26-10-2016 20:10
  
  Authorities say a small plane landed safely despite damage to its landing gear after it hit a deer during takeoff.
  
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• Drivers face more construction on I-81 to add a third lane

  26-10-2016 19:48
  Interstate 81 in Lower Paxton Township will become a construction zone for the next year-and-a-half, as a project that will widen three miles of the highway by an additional lane began this week.
  
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• Three injured in crash outside 'Trump house' in Pa.

  26-10-2016 19:36
  
  While the extent or nature of the resulting injuries is unknown, at least one of the individuals involved had to be airlifted to an area hospital. A cause of the crash also has yet to be determined.
  
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• Halifax man headed for court on charges he assaulted girls age 12, 13

  26-10-2016 19:18
  
  A 20-year-old Halifax man accused of rape and sexual assault of 12- and 13-year-old girls in an Elizabethville park waived his preliminary hearings Wednesday.
  
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• Video released in Hampden Township bank robbery, reward offered

  26-10-2016 19:13
  
  Up to a $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the robber's identity in the Oct. 14 incident.
  
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• Former Army private looking at up to 51 years prison in York County shooting

  26-10-2016 18:50
  
  Rico C. Holmes II, 26, of Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced Tuesday by York County Judge Michael E. Bortner to 25 1/2 to 51 years in state prison on charges that include criminal attempt at first degree murder.
  
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• Traffic Alert: Crash affecting traffic for several miles on I-81 in Cumberland County

  26-10-2016 18:21
  
  A multi-vehicle crash on Interstate-81 northbound at Exit 52A, the exit for Route 11 North - New Kingstown is affecting traffic. Traffic is stop-and-go and very heavy for several miles.
  
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• Charges dismissed for Adams County sex offender accused of failing to register address at former day care

  26-10-2016 18:08
  Michael J. Beam, 49, had been charged in May by Carroll Valley police with failure to provide accurate registration information, but those charges were dropped last week in Adams County Court.
  
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• Allison Hill neighborhood in Harrisburg to get $3 million makeover

  26-10-2016 18:07
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf appeared at the newly-named MulDer Square Tuesday to formally announce the state's investment in improving the neighborhood.
  
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• Mike McQueary whistlebower case against Penn State moves to dueling experts

  26-10-2016 18:06
  
  An economics expert testified Wednesday that the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal has cost former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary a maximum of $590,000 in future earnings.
  
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• 11 charged with causing $30K in damages after Penn State win

  26-10-2016 17:23
  
  Ten of those charged are current or former Penn State students. State College Police Chief John Gardner says he expects more people will be charged.
  
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• No prayer, no meal: Shelters turning away government food due to new worship rules

  26-10-2016 17:13
  
  Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg does not believe the government should regulate how it worships and gives food to the homeless. So the Christian-based organization and others are refusing to accept food from the federal government.
  
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• Fugitive nabbed at York Galleria Mall sentenced to up to 7 years in statutory-sexual assault, gun case

  26-10-2016 17:02
  
  Austin M. Craley, 21, of York Township, was sentenced in York County Court Tuesday to 3 1/2 to 7 years behind bars followed by 8 years of probation.
  
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• Woman choked victim, forced her to take cash from ATM: police

  26-10-2016 16:37
  
  The woman tried to choke the victim with a cell phone charger cord and later threatened to kill her or her baby if she screamed.
  
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• 'You are fascinated with sex' Newt Gingrich tells Fox News anchor in heated exchange

  26-10-2016 16:30
  
  During a live interview on Tuesday, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich exchanged heated words over the accusations leveled against Republican candidate for president Donald Trump.
  
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• York teen killed in overnight shooting was William Penn student, football player

  26-10-2016 15:48
  
  Police are investigating the Tuesday shooting death of an 18-year-old York teen.
  
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• Date set for selection of accused state-trooper shooter's jury

  26-10-2016 15:37
  
  Eric Frein, 33, has been scheduled for four days of jury selection starting March 9.
  
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• First attempt to mate Komodo dragons fails but Reptiland not giving up

  26-10-2016 15:36
  
  Reptiland staff missed signs of ovulation in the female Komodo thus preventing an attempt to mate her with a male on loan from a Waco, Texas, zoo.
  
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• Taxes, business climate, education are top concerns, say candidates for 199th House District seat

  26-10-2016 15:30
  
  Whether incumbent Republican Stephen Bloom or his opponent, Democrat Jill Bartoli, best represent the concerns of the people of the 199th district in the state House, will be up to the district's voters next month.
  
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• Police ID teen charged with shooting good Samaritan

  26-10-2016 14:14
  
  Police say 17-year-old Mehdi Fraiji faces charges including attempted murder and aggravated assault in the incident in the city's exclusive Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.
  
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• How a 'flash mob' grew to 150 teens, attacking Temple students and Philly police

  26-10-2016 13:54
  
  On Tuesday, police released surveillance video from a pizza shop that captured part of the chaotic scene.
  
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• York teen shot five times in chest, dies at scene

  26-10-2016 13:36
  York Police have released the name of the 18-year-old who was killed in a shooting Tuesday night on East Maple Street. A second shooting with one injury was reported five hours later on South Belvidere Avenue.
  
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• Man dies following crash in Lancaster County: Police

  26-10-2016 13:03
  The crash occurred just after 11 p.m. Tuesday along the first block of Loop Road in Elizabeth Township, police said.
  
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• Experience Camp Hill's Halloween Parade

  26-10-2016 13:00
  
  Camp Hill's 2016 Halloween Parade was small town fun Tuesday night, Oct. 25. Hundreds of costumed children and adults paraded down Market St. and into the twilight, handing out candy and marching to the music of Camp Hill High School's...
  
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• Before the Wedding, a Test: 3,000 Miles of Barbecue

  26-10-2016 13:00
  The wedding was set, but first, a barbecue road trip, from Pennsylvania to Tennessee, with pork, ribs, brisket and no shortage of debate.
  
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• Is your nursing home inflating its staffing level? Check our national database

  26-10-2016 12:45
  
  To examine discrepancies for yourself, you can use PennLive's searchable database of 11,000 nursing homes It includes information on staffing data reported on Nursing Home Compare, each home's cost report, and additional information about each facility.
  
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• Harrisburg council puts the brakes on law requiring landlords to consider Section 8 tenants

  26-10-2016 12:40
  
  Council members voted 6-1 to table the housing discrimination bill. Vice President Shamaine Daniels pulled another bill that would have exempted Section 8 properties from city inspections.
  
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• Methodology: How did PennLive analyze nursing home understaffing?

  26-10-2016 12:30
  For interested researchers, policymakers, reporters, and readers, PennLive has provided more detail about the data reporting in its Failing the Frail series.
  
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• Coroner ID's man killed in head-on crash with tractor-trailer: report

  26-10-2016 12:30
  Justin P. Horvat died at the scene of the crash that happened just after 6 a.m. Tuesday. Horvat's 2004 GMC pickup truck was heading west on Route 30, near Route 896, when it crossed the center line and struck a tractor-trailer head-on.
  
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• PennLive series finds chronic understaffing across Pa. nursing homes

  26-10-2016 12:15
  
  From today to Friday, PennLive explores that question in the final chapters of its Failing the Frail series, an investigative series focused on problems in nursing homes in the Keystone State.
  
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• Rainy Thursday in store for the midstate

  26-10-2016 11:42
  
  For Wednesday, expect areas of patchy frost before 8 a.m., with a high later in the day around 51. The low tonight is expected to be around 39.
  
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• Thousands crowd Camp Hill to see or be in Halloween parade

  26-10-2016 03:50
  
  Thousands of families all over the West Shore gathered in Camp Hill Tuesday night for the 2016 version of the Halloween parade. Ghosts, clowns and dinosaurs by the hundreds gathered in the borough, under a colorful sunset, to march down Market St., throwing...
  
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• Coroner called to York shooting

  26-10-2016 03:21
  One person was shot near South George and East Maple streets.
  
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• Revelations that teacher filmed 'up skirt' videos is 'shocking': Lewisburg superintendent

  26-10-2016 03:12
  Justin D. Hill, 39, was a well-liked, well respected teacher, Superintendent Mark DiRocco said Tuesday.
  
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• Freeze warning issued for midstate overnight

  26-10-2016 03:00
  
  Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high of 51.
  
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• Washed out bridge responsible for gasoline pipeline break in Lycoming County: Sunoco

  26-10-2016 00:31
  
  No significant traces of petroleum compounds have been detected in the Susquehanna River in testing as far downstream as Harrisburg, DEP says.
  
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