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• 2 shot, including suspect, during Shippensburg robbery

  08-11-2016 23:45
  One of two men shot during a home invasion near Shippensburg University late Monday is a suspect in the burglary case.
  
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• Lebanon County Republican tries to vote straight GOP, but sees Hillary Clinton's name on his ballot

  08-11-2016 23:20
  
  Ron Shirk, 76, said the snafu occurred Tuesday morning in Mt. Zion. County election officials previously said five machines had issues Tuesday, but Shirk's machine was in addition to those five.
  
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• World financial markets end day strong ahead of U.S. presidential election results

  08-11-2016 23:10
  
  The U.S. stock market rebounded from a nine-day losing streak to post its biggest gain in eight months. Financial stocks led the rally, which erased more than half of the losses racked up by the Standard & Poor's 500 index since Oct. 25.
  
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• Penn State students turn out in large numbers to Pa.'s largest voting location

  08-11-2016 22:48
  
  Penn State's HUB-Robeson Center, the largest voting location in Pennsylvania for the 2016 election, was filled with students voting for the first time Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Strong turnout, low enthusiasm on Election Day in predominantly black Pittsburgh neighborhood

  08-11-2016 22:33
  
  Friends Gabriel Page, Jaela Jenkins and Nathan Butcher hesitantly voted for Hillary Clinton after supporting Bernie Sanders earlier in the election season.
  
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• Clinton voters share fear and hope in Dem-heavy Harrisburg

  08-11-2016 22:29
  
  HARRISBURG - In Pennsylvania's reliably blue capital city, voting proceeded smoothly on Tuesday with legions of Clinton supporters taking to the polls. Standing outside the Neighborhood Center of the United Methodist Church polling station in midtown in the morning, clad...
  
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• Registered sex offender will stay in jail before trial on child pornography charges

  08-11-2016 22:10
  
  A federal indictment charges him with using a minor to produce child pornography between Nov. 5 and Dec. 6, 2013, in East Buffalo Twp. outside Lewisburg.
  
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• Presidential election met with mixed enthusiasm near Temple University

  08-11-2016 21:56
  
  Voters in Temple University's district in Philadelphia line up down the block to vote, but for some voting is done out of duty -- not enthusiasm for any candidate.
  
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• Voter voices: Why they made their choices in East Pennsboro

  08-11-2016 21:23
  
  Poll workers report pretty steady voter turnout.
  
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• Voter voices in East Pennsboro

  08-11-2016 21:23
  
  Some lunchtime voters at East Pennsboro's #2 precinct share who they voted for today and why. Pole workers report pretty steady voter turnout....
  
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• 'The Amish aren't different than the rest of the country': PAC co-founder says hoping to draw out group's vote

  08-11-2016 21:17
  
  The Amish Political Action Committee hopes to reach 2,200 homes in Lancaster County Tuesday with the goal of drawing out the Amish to vote for Donald Trump.
  
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• Reports of voting machine irregularities in Marysville

  08-11-2016 21:11
  
  Pastor James Law, a Trump volunteer poll worker, said there were reports of some voting machines glitches in the area Tuesday morning. He said there was a report of a voter in Marysville having his vote click from "Trump" to "Clinton" when...
  
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• Report of voting machine irregularities in Marysville

  08-11-2016 21:11
  
  In Perry County this morning, technicians were sent to correct voting machine calibration problems that had affected a couple of polls, county Election Director Bonnie Delancey said.
  
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• Charges filed over shootings near Shippensburg University

  08-11-2016 21:00
  Police said drugs were involved.
  
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• Philadelpia GOP official claims voter intimidation, DA says no problems

  08-11-2016 20:55
  
  Joe DeFelice says the Department of Justice has contacted him about the issue with inspectors, and that he has filed a complaint with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
  
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• Philadelphia GOP official claims voter intimidation, DA says no problems

  08-11-2016 20:55
  
  Joe DeFelice says the Department of Justice has contacted him about the issue with inspectors, and that he has filed a complaint with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
  
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• Effigy of Hillary Clinton in jail jumpsuit grabs attention next to house with Clinton banners

  08-11-2016 20:35
  
  The houses in Camp Hill are at a prominent intersection at North 24 and Market streets. The dueling political signs illustrate the borough's shifting political alliances.
  
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• No rain expected Tuesday afternoon or evening; rain possible on Wednesday

  08-11-2016 20:34
  
  There is no rain in the forecast for the Harrisburg area on Tuesday afternoon or evening, according to meteorologists at AccuWeather.
  
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• U.S. financial markets up as voters flock to the polls

  08-11-2016 19:43
  
  Investors had their eye on the tight U.S. presidential race as voters headed to the polls.
  
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• Presidential election voter turnout up in developing Philadelphia neighborhoods, locals say

  08-11-2016 19:30
  
  "This election is so important and off the charts different than any other election," one Democratic committee member said.
  
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• 11-year-old girl charged in rock throwing incident

  08-11-2016 19:19
  She tossed a rock that hit another kid, Palmyra police said.
  
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• Man, 82, jailed on child-sex charges

  08-11-2016 19:06
  
  Police claim Joseph J. Madonna molested two pre-teens.
  
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• Large sinkhole in Ephrata prompts apartments to be evacuated

  08-11-2016 19:05
  Ephrata police Chief Allen Pettyjohn told Lancaster Online the sinkhole is the same width as the street and is 20 or 30 feet long.
  
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• State police: Probe underway into death of man who fell off cliff while fleeing cop

  08-11-2016 18:55
  The man was wanted from an earlier incident in Somerset County.
  
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• Young voters making impact in changing Philadelphia neighborhoods on Election Day

  08-11-2016 18:49
  
  In the rapidly changing neighborhoods of Fishtown, Kensington and Northern Liberties, younger voters are making their presence felt on Election Day.
  
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• Elmerton Avenue bridge over Interstate 83 reopens

  08-11-2016 18:21
  The bridge is part of an overall construction contract to replace three bridges that cross over I-83 in Lower Paxton Township to allow for the widening of I-83 to six lanes.
  
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• Perry County officials dealing with voting machine issues, Cumberland reports no unusual problems

  08-11-2016 18:07
  
  Voters are being told to review their ballot choices carefully before filing them.
  
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• Busy but smooth-flowing Election Day shows strong Clinton support in east Pittsburgh

  08-11-2016 17:59
  
  Tibby Canfield said she came to vote at St. Bede School in Point Breeze just after 8 a.m. but changed plans after seeing the line.
  
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• Turnout in Pa. for 2016 presidential election could be as high as 80 percent, state official predicts

  08-11-2016 17:54
  
  Secretary of State Cortes expects about 7 million of Pennsylvania's 8.7 million registered voters to participate.
  
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• Voting machine error that showed Republicans voting Democrat is fixed, Lebanon County official says

  08-11-2016 17:39
  
  The error affected five of the county's 270 voting machines, the election director said.
  
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• Jail term not too harsh in baby-shaking death, Pa. court rules

  08-11-2016 17:01
  
  Marquise Waliyyuddin was convicted of killing his 3-month-old godson.
  
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• 5- to 10-year jail term not too harsh in baby-shaking death, Pa. court rules

  08-11-2016 17:01
  
  Marquise Waliyyuddin was convicted of killing his 3-month-old godson.
  
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• Stabbed intruder pulls knife out of back, then stabs man with it: police

  08-11-2016 16:57
  
  When a man forced his way into the home, the woman who lives there stabbed him. He removed the knife from his back and stabbed the man in the apartment with her.
  
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• Exotic dancer didn't sign away her right to sue for fair pay, U.S. appeals court rules

  08-11-2016 16:00
  
  A lease Jessica Herzfeld signed to rent the stage where she performed didn't override federal wage laws, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found.
  
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• PennDOT manager fired over sex comments appeals to state Supreme Court

  08-11-2016 15:00
  
  Joseph Bauer claims Commonwealth Court issued conflicting rulings in his case.
  
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• Crash slowing traffic on Route 283 eastbound near Lancaster

  08-11-2016 14:06
  
  The crash was reported at about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, near the exit for Route 72 in Manheim Township, PennDOT said.
  
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• Trump wins! Just not in an election that counts

  08-11-2016 14:02
  
  The kids at a Pennsylvania high school picked the Republican in a mock election Monday.
  
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• Pa. 2016 general election: live coverage from the polls

  08-11-2016 13:01
  
  Welcome to the general election!
  
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• Sunny, dry conditions expected in the midstate for Election Day

  08-11-2016 12:28
  
  For Tuesday, expect sunny skies and a high near high near 66. The low at night will be around 48.
  
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• What you need to know as you go to the polls

  08-11-2016 11:37
  
  Take comfort in the fact that it'll be all over after today -- at least until the next election cycle.
  
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• Two men shot and injured Monday night near Shippensburg University: Police

  08-11-2016 11:33
  The shooting was reported at about 11:20 p.m. along Bard Drive in Shippensburg Township, police said.
  
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• Sunny skies, above-average temperatures on tap for election day

  08-11-2016 03:00
  
  Tuesday will be sunny, with a high of 64.
  
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• Penn State appeals $7.3 million verdict in Mike McQueary's whistleblower case

  08-11-2016 02:57
  
  BELLEFONTE - Penn State is fighting back hard against a $7.3 million civil verdict assessed against it last month on claims raised by former assistant football coach Mike McQueary. McQueary, a star witness in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case, has...
  
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• 7 cases of whooping cough reported at Chambersburg School District

  08-11-2016 02:53
  It is highly contagious and spread through coughing.
  
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• In final hours, Trump commands Pa. residents to vote, predicts a win, jets off to two more states

  08-11-2016 02:02
  
  It was a late day speech after stops in Florida and North Carolina, but Trump rushed off to two more states.
  
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• What Are the States to Watch?

  08-11-2016 01:55
  Some of these states looked like battlegrounds all along; some have emerged late. What is their status in the waning hours of the campaign?
  
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• Florida, North Carolina and Ohio Lead the States to Watch

  08-11-2016 01:55
  
  Some of these states looked like battlegrounds all along; some have emerged late. What is their status in the waning hours of the campaign?
  
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• Last month was Pittsburgh's most violent in years, as drugs kill users and their dealers, too

  08-11-2016 01:30
  
  "Make no mistake about it, the weapon violence, the shootings and homicides in this city is driven predominantly by the drug trade," outgoing police chief Cameron McLay said.
  
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