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• West Shore robbery suspect nabbed at scene: Police

  08-12-2016 23:44
  Police said Doswell threatened to shoot everyone in the home.
  
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• Cause of York woman's death still undetermined: Coroner

  08-12-2016 23:08
  
  The coroner's office is awaiting the results of toxicology tests performed during the autopsy.
  
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• McFarland Apartments appeals condemnation order, blames PennDOT for wall collapse

  08-12-2016 23:04
  
  Thursday's filing in Common Pleas Court marks the latest step in a long, litigious march toward a resolution over the mess near the Mulberry Street Bridge in Harrisburg.
  
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• Brothers arrested on drug charges in Utah charged again after I-81 traffic stop

  08-12-2016 22:58
  
  State police say they found 67 pounds of packaged marijuana in the car. The occupants told the judge they had been stopped in Utah several days before but were released after posting bail on drug charges there.
  
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• Brothers arrested on drug charges in Utah charged again after I-80 traffic stop

  08-12-2016 22:58
  
  State police say they found 67 pounds of packaged marijuana in the car. The occupants told the judge they had been stopped in Utah several days before but were released after posting bail on drug charges there.
  
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• Harrisburg man says he didn't kill 83-year-old girlfriend, leave her to rot in basement

  08-12-2016 22:40
  
  David Barksdale testified that he didn't notice an odor of decomposition that other witnesses said was horrific.
  
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• Chambersburg man fired gunshots outside Maryland club: Police

  08-12-2016 22:38
  Brunson fired several gunshots during a fight outside the club, police said.
  
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• Second suspect charged in Lancaster shooting

  08-12-2016 22:22
  
  Police said they have since learned that Vinson gave the gun to Foster just before the shooting.
  
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• Harrisburg faces quandary after landlord refuses to extend lease for public works building

  08-12-2016 21:59
  
  The city's three-year lease with Michael Brenner for the building at 1820 Paxton Street expires at the end of February.
  
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• Who's your pick for 2016 newsmaker? We have our candidates now tell us yours

  08-12-2016 21:36
  
  Is that time of year to take stock of the biggest news stories of the year and draw up the 2016 PennLive Newsmakers of the year list.We've started a list, now tell us your picks.
  
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• Astronaut, American hero John Glenn dies at 95

  08-12-2016 21:31
  
  He was surrounded by family at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.
  
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• Harrisburg teen says he'll take plea deal in fatal drive-by shooting

  08-12-2016 21:29
  
  The deal takes life in prison off the table for 16-year-old Jasuan Johnson.
  
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• Cold, windy evening ahead for the Harrisburg area

  08-12-2016 21:11
  
  Windy conditions will continue in the Harrisburg area, according to the National Weather Service in State College.
  
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• Capitol police seize 2.5 pounds of pot in traffic stop

  08-12-2016 21:11
  
  Capitol police in Harrisburg seized 2.5 pounds of marijuana in a routine traffic stop Sunday.
  
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• Man accused of assaulting hospital security guard

  08-12-2016 19:47
  
  A Chambersburg man is accused of assaulting a security officer at Chambersburg Hospital recently, police said.
  
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• Cops ask for public's help in identifying theft suspect

  08-12-2016 19:22
  
  Police in northern Lancaster County are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a recent theft.
  
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• Water main break results in 'very low' water pressure for some customers

  08-12-2016 19:05
  A water main break is resulting in very low water pressure for some Swatara Township residents, said the township.
  
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• Man indicted on synthetic pot trafficking, firearms charges

  08-12-2016 18:34
  A Harrisburg man accused of distributing synthetic marijuana, armed with a .9 mm semi-automatic handgun, was indicted in federal court this week.
  
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• 'You don't want a witch hunt,' Harrisburg man told cops probing 83-year-old girlfriend's death

  08-12-2016 18:32
  
  A prosecutor used David Barksdale's voicemails to police as evidence during his murder trial Thursday.
  
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• Why Harrisburg crews won't be sweeping the streets anymore

  08-12-2016 18:19
  
  The city has swept its own streets for decades, but Capital Region Water will privatize the service starting in January after complaints about the effectiveness of city equipment and a lingering financial dispute.
  
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• Man charged with furnishing heroin that led to woman's death

  08-12-2016 18:09
  
  A federal grand jury has indicted a Harrisburg man for distributing heroin that led to a woman's death in January.
  
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• Holiday flights between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh temporarily halted

  08-12-2016 17:54
  
  Southern Airways Express has decided to temporarily stop its flight service between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh after a slump in ticket sales.
  
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• Man accused of having 92 bags of heroin among 3 charged

  08-12-2016 17:47
  
  A man accused of possessing 92 bags of heroin - and the woman accused of furnishing it - are among three people recently arrested on drug charges in Lebanon.
  
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• Paper refuses to print 'not a murderer' in veteran's obituary, angered family says

  08-12-2016 17:42
  
  "They didn't give a reason. They just said we cannot print this," Vargo told the station.
  
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• Pa. teacher who had sex with student in cemetery learns her fate

  08-12-2016 17:41
  
  "The only appropriate punishment is to require a loss of freedom." So said the Northampton County judge just before sentencing a former substitute teacher in Easton, Pa., who had sex with a 17-year-old boy in a local cemetery.
  
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• Man looking for stolen safe accused of threatening 4 teens with gun

  08-12-2016 17:27
  
  A man looking for a stolen safe is accused of threatening four people at gunpoint early Thursday, Lower Allen Township police said.
  
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• Man's thigh bone shattered in shooting outside Harrisburg bar

  08-12-2016 17:08
  A 27-year-old man was shot in the thigh outside Double D's Bar early Thursday, Harrisburg police said.
  
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• Experts: Obamacare repeal will push uninsured to 60 million, trigger 'unprecedented' crisis

  08-12-2016 17:03
  
  Even people not directly covered by the ACA will be hurt.
  
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• Man charged with 25 counts of child porn

  08-12-2016 16:55
  A Lebanon man is charged with 25 counts of computer child pornography, state police say.
  
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• Customer fires shot, scares off auto parts store robbers

  08-12-2016 16:39
  A customer fired a shot into the floor, scaring off robbers at Advanced Auto Parts in Spring Garden Township Monday, police said.
  
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• 2 hotels and a restaurant proposed near shopping center

  08-12-2016 16:16
  
  Two hotels and a drive-through restaurant could be coming near the Susquehanna Shoppes in Susquehanna Township.
  
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• Eastern Pa. town copes with unexplained surge of heroin overdoses

  08-12-2016 15:56
  
  Local officials have said an influx of "recovery houses" aimed at heroin addicts has resulted in an influx of heroin dealers.
  
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• Man convicted of firing shots at brother's funeral, causing mom and kids to duck for cover

  08-12-2016 15:20
  
  A man accused of firing shots on a crowded Lancaster street at his brother's funeral last year was convicted of felony aggravated assault and other charges Wednesday in Lancaster County court.
  
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• Pa. man accused of masturbating with 7-year-old in live sex video

  08-12-2016 14:02
  
  A disturbing child sex abuse case in Berks County, Pa., is helping uncover the murky world of live Internet sex videos.
  
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• Two shot in apparent home invasion in York: Police

  08-12-2016 13:51
  The incident occurred just a before 1:30 a.m. Thursday at a home along the 800 block of West Poplar Street, police said.
  
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• Lancaster moving to pay-by-license-plate system in 2017

  08-12-2016 13:30
  
  Meter hours will remain from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, but all on-street paid parking will switch to a pay-by-license-plate system Dec. 26.
  
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• Pa. Wegmans taken for $600 in 'surf 'n turf'; suspect sought

  08-12-2016 13:29
  
  Someone sure must have been hungry for a lot of surf 'n turf. A suspect is being sought by police for allegedly loading his cart with lobster tails and steak, then he simply walked out of a Pa. Wegmans store.
  
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• Many sign up, few chosen: How organ donation works, from death to transplant

  08-12-2016 13:11
  
  Only a small portion of registered organ donors wind up in the situation needed to donate.
  
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• Pa. couple in heroin treatment charged after infant ODs on methadone

  08-12-2016 13:10
  
  A two-month-old boy wasn't breathing and had to be revived using the heroin-antidote Narcan. Now, the boy's parents who were in methadone treatment for heroin addiction at the time have been charged.
  
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• Heroin addicts more likely to be organ donors - and lots of people want their organs

  08-12-2016 13:01
  
  The surge of heroin overdoses is putting a dent in the organ shortage.
  
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