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• Confederate flag-themed clothing sparks backlash, student ejections at Pa. high school

  09-12-2016 23:57
  
  "This attire is beginning to cause a disruption to the normal school routine," the superintendent said, adding, "We have already received in excess of 50 negative reactions to the wearing of the Confederate Flag."
  
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• Trucker exposes self, pays for his purchases and goes on his way

  09-12-2016 23:42
  A trucker exposed himself to an employee of a Lebanon County truck stop and then proceeded to pay for his purchases, police say.
  
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• Lebanon County District Attorney announces slew of drug arrests

  09-12-2016 23:18
  The Lebanon County District Attorney's office has announced numerous recent drug arrests.
  
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• Police-involved shooting reported in Cumberland County

  09-12-2016 23:02
  The incident occurred at McCune Lumber Co. in Shippensburg.
  
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• Man gets prison term for downloading child porn when he was 18

  09-12-2016 23:00
  Assistant Public Defender Ingrid S. Cronin described her client as a foolish, immature young man who did not understand the consequences.
  
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• Harrisburg man convicted of killing 83-year-old girlfriend, hiding her body in basement

  09-12-2016 22:48
  
  David Barksdale was immediately sentenced to life in prison. He complained he didn't get a fair trial.
  
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• Cumberland County holds line on taxes, except for 'modest' library increase

  09-12-2016 22:30
  
  The library tax increase-- from 0.143 to 0.166 mills -- is necessary, the county said, because of declining state funding and was approved by the commissioners unanimously.
  
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• Constable gets probation for crashing into fleeing motorcyclist

  09-12-2016 21:59
  
  Constable Keegan Jones said he regrets the September 2015 incident in Harrisburg.
  
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• 3 Megan's Law offenders arrested in York

  09-12-2016 21:53
  The three men were charged with failing to comply with Megan's Law requirements.
  
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• Rain, snow likely on Monday in the midstate; parts of Pa. could see as much as 2 feet of snow

  09-12-2016 21:51
  
  A cold, windy Friday evening is likely followed by a cold weekend as temperatures are expected to drop in Harrisburg area, according to the National Weather Service in State College.
  
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• 'You have to get yourself sorted out,' federal judge tells former honors student sentenced in drug case

  09-12-2016 21:16
  
  Love, 21, before being sentenced Friday by Judge Matthew W. Brann, described himself as a "smart, ambitious young man old enough to understand what I did was wrong."
  
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• 'I'm asking God to forgive him,' victim's mom says as 16-year-old goes to prison for Harrisburg murder

  09-12-2016 21:14
  
  Jasuan Johnson was sentenced to 35 to 70 years in prison for killing 25-year-old Rashaad Gallmon-Queen.
  
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• Runaway mules crash buggy, injuring driver

  09-12-2016 20:57
  
  The driver was traveling south on Wheatland School Road about 10:06 a.m.when he lost control of his two-mule team and they started running down the road.
  
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• A ‘Political Horror Show’ of Recounts, 16 Years After Hanging Chads

  09-12-2016 20:40
  In Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, recounts of the presidential election result have been messy, politicized and subject to the peculiar rules in each state.
  
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• A police station planned for Allison Hill in Harrisburg hasn't opened yet. Here's why

  09-12-2016 20:03
  
  Police Chief Thomas Carter said he wanted to open the 24-hour police substation before the school year began in the fall. Now, it appears the earliest it could open is mid-2018.
  
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• Walmart layaways paid off by 'Secret Santa'

  09-12-2016 19:59
  
  The anonymous $46,000 check paid off 176 accounts at a Bedford County store.
  
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• Ex-Pittsburgh Penguin pleads guilty to drug charge after storied battle with addiction

  09-12-2016 19:51
  
  Prosecutors alleged Kevin Stevens and his co-defendant worked to distribute the painkillers throughout the Boston-area between August of 2015 and March of this year.
  
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• Hanover vacuum cleaner salesman pleads guilty to bank fraud, money laundering

  09-12-2016 19:45
  
  Matthew S. Norris, 34, admitted to executing a scheme in 2011 that defrauded GE Bank out of $157,785. He was the owner and operator of Norris Enterprises, doing business as Aerus Electrolux in Hanover.
  
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• Drunk man convicted of shooting cop wasn't denied a fair trial, Pa. court says

  09-12-2016 19:25
  
  The officer's bullet-proof vest stopped a round fired by Tiant Mitchell. The cop shot Mitchell in the ankle and buttocks.
  
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• Shooting victim charged in earlier Harrisburg shooting after police respond to hospital

  09-12-2016 17:54
  
  The 20-year-old victim of the October shooting was wounded in the back and rushed to surgery, police said, but he now is paralyzed in the right leg.
  
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• High drug addiction rates correlate with Trump votes: Penn State study

  09-12-2016 17:45
  
  The addiction, as well as higher rates of alcoholism, equates to economic despair.
  
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• 'It broke me,' says friend who watched Pa. teens' fatal, fiery crash on Facebook

  09-12-2016 17:41
  
  About 3 a.m. Tuesday, Samantha Piasecki, 17, of Scranton, watched the Facebook Live video in which her two friends die in a fiery crash. She had been driving with the two teens hours before.
  
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• 'Unprecedented levels of surveillance': Are your kids' toys spying on you?

  09-12-2016 17:36
  
  Before buying the hot, new toy this holiday season, you might want to see if it connects to the Internet. Because advocates are saying it could pose significant privacy, security and other risks to children.
  
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• 'Secret Santa' pays off school lunch debt for Pennsylvania students

  09-12-2016 17:13
  
  It wasn't immediately clear how much the donor paid to settle those accounts. As for the donor's identity, Larcinese said she's been sworn to secrecy.
  
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• Harrisburg murder defendant is on trial only because he's odd, lawyer says

  09-12-2016 17:10
  
  The prosecutor insisted there is plenty of circumstantial evidence to convict David Barksdale of killing 83-year-old Peggy Swann.
  
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• Safe Harbour group seeks donations to help Cumberland County residents in need

  09-12-2016 16:52
  Cumberland County's Safe Harbour has teamed up with F&M Trust in its annual campaign to raise money and collect donations of linens and blankets for the community's homeless and those in need.
  
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• Driver tried to scare children before hitting, killing 2-year-old niece: police

  09-12-2016 16:26
  
  Andrea Zimmerman died Sept. 20 after being hit by a Dodge Caravan driven by her aunt, Grace N. Martin, 23, of Terre Hill.
  
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• Township will 'take control' regarding big Vartan development

  09-12-2016 16:21
  
  PennDOT also will have a say.
  
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• Big Vartan development, with houses and shops, needs 'controls,' township says

  09-12-2016 16:21
  
  PennDOT also will have a say.
  
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• Already hate flying? Well, in-flight phone calls may soon be allowed

  09-12-2016 16:00
  
  As if outrageous baggage fees, crying babies and cramped seats weren't enough to make flying unbearable, federal regulators are proposing allowing passengers to make in-flight calls.
  
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• Woman charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of 2-year-old

  09-12-2016 15:59
  Andrea Zimmerman died after being hit by a Dodge Caravan driven by her aunt. The 2-year-old reportedly was pinned between the minivan and the barn.
  
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• E-cigs pose 'significant' risk to teens: Surgeon General

  09-12-2016 15:03
  
  Use is higher among young people than adults, the report says.
  
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• Pa. 'caregivers' charged in death of man weighing just 76 lbs.

  09-12-2016 14:06
  
  Police found the 54-year-old man dead his bed, weighing just 76 pounds and riddled with bedsores. It took a full year, but now the man and woman who were allegedly caring for the victim face criminal homicide and other charges.
  
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• Pa. man accused of trying to strangle infant bolts from cops

  09-12-2016 13:35
  
  After a Pa. man allegedly tried to strangle and infant, only to be fought off by the baby's mother, the suspect bolted from cops and remains on the run.
  
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• 2 Pa. teens die in fiery crash while broadcasting on Facebook Live

  09-12-2016 13:11
  
  In its short run, Facebook's live broadcasting platform in which any user can begin streaming live video from his or her cellphone has already seen its share of tragedies. Now two teens in Pa. are on that tragic list.
  
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• Isolated snow showers possible for the midstate on Friday

  09-12-2016 11:45
  
  Cold temperatures will stick around the area throughout the weekend, with high temperatures expected to be only in the 30s on Saturday and Sunday, forecasters said.
  
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• DA warns of Readers Digest sweepstakes scam

  09-12-2016 04:01
  Scammers are telling residents they could be the winners of a $1.5 million sweepstakes.
  
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• Carlisle approves anti-discrimination ordinance: Video

  09-12-2016 03:52
  
  Carlisle Borough Council voted 5 to 2 in favor of the Human Relations Ordinance.
  
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• Snowy conditions cause 13-vehicle pileup outside Erie; 15 injured

  09-12-2016 03:31
  
  The 13-vehicle crash occurred Thursday afternoon, with snow accumulating on the roadway in Girard, some 20 miles south of Erie.
  
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• Harrisburg eyes hiring lobbyist to press city's interests at capitol

  09-12-2016 03:26
  
  Meeting in council chambers for the second of two budget hearings Thursday night, council members questioned Mayor Eric Papenfuse on a $60,000 line item for lobbying. He is proposing a $65 million balanced budget for 2017.
  
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• Carlisle votes on anti-discrimination ordinance

  09-12-2016 02:42
  
  Carlisle borough council voted on the Human Relations Ordinance, which has been the source of some heated debate in recent months.
  
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• Snow showers, wind expected in midstate Friday

  09-12-2016 02:33
  
  Friday, expect snow showers between 1-4 p.m., wind gusts as high as 29 mph and a high of 37.
  
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• Man convicted of home-improvement fraud

  09-12-2016 01:51
  
  Kolovich stole $22,000 from a Swatara Township couple.
  
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• Federal grand jury indicts convicted felon on drug, firearms charges

  09-12-2016 01:51
  An arrest affidavit states 80 bags of heroin, five grams of loose heroin, two grams of cocaine, three weapons and $2,340 were found in Lassiter's apartment.
  
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• Jury convicts man whose blood trail led to drug charges

  09-12-2016 01:27
  
  Police said Rice's blood trail led them to an apartment where they found 137 grams of PCP.
  
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• Pa. infant ODs; Wegmans 'surf 'n turf' stolen; child in live sex video: Daily Buzz

  09-12-2016 01:01
  
  A quick rundown of all the latest top-trending stories from across Pennsylvania.
  
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• Violence, harassment, exclusion: Studies find troubling climate for LGBT, transgender youth

  09-12-2016 00:54
  
  Two reports out this week find that the LGBT community and in particular, transgender youth, face a hostile and dangerous landscape across the nation. Pennsylvania was part of a survey.
  
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