Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania girl accidentally mistaken for skunk, shot wearing halloween costume
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Police say a costumed 9-year-old girl was accidentally shot outside a western Pennsylvania home during a Halloween party by a relative who thought she was a skunk.
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Pennsylvania voter ID requirement delayed by court
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A judge is postponing Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification requirement, ordering that it not be enforced in the presidential election.
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Pennsylvania couple sells neighbor's lost dog instead of returning it
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Police say a Pennsylvania couple sold a neighbor's lost puppy for $50 rather than return it to its owner.
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Pennsylvania ice cream bank asked to shut down
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State regulators are cool on a Pittsburgh businessman's idea for a bank that pays interest in ice cream shop gift cards.
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Arlen Specter cancer returns: Senator faces another bout with illness
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Former Sen. Arlen Specter is battling through another bout with cancer, calling it "another battle he intends to win." Specter has twice overcome bouts with Hodgkin's disease.
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Penn State sanctions: $60 million fine, 4-year bowl ban
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Penn State will pay a $60 million fine that will be used to endow sports programs for victims of sexual abuse and be banned from the postseason for 4 years as part of their punishment in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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Joe Paterno statue to be removed, report says, Trustees deny vote
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The iconic statue of Joe Paterno that stands outside Beaver Stadium on the campus of Penn State University will be taken down this weekend, multiple reports say, but officials with the school are refuting that report.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Lawyers give reasons for appealing his conviction
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Jerry Sandusky's lawyers say they were denied adequate time to prepare and denied a mistrial over the playing of NBC's Bob Costas' interview with Sandusky.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Jury finds Sandusky guilty on 45 out of 48 charges of sexual abuse
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The end to one of the most notorious child sexual abuse cases in recent memory came Friday night, as former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty on 45 out of 48 charges of sexual abuse.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Sandusky won't testify, defense rests
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Jerry Sandusky did not take the stand on his sex abuse trial and the defense rested its case Wednesday.
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123 Year Anniversary of the Infamous Johnstown Flood
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This is the time of year when weather systems can bring copious rainfall and when runoff of melting snow is added, spring flooding occurs. A combination of all these factors and a major dam burst resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history on this day 123 years ago in a small steel producing town in Pennsylvania.
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The Second Mile shutting down, transfering assets
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The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky more than three decades ago said Friday it is seeking court approval to shut down and transfer its programs to a Texas-based youth ministry
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Mitt Romney: I'll win Pennsylvania in November
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While barely acknowledging Rick Santorum's campaign, Mitt Romney told reporters Thursday that he'll take his campaign rival's home state, Pennsylvania, in November's general election against President Obama.
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Pa. ski resorts open 20 days later than last year
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It's been a rocky start for the region's ski resorts. The resorts won't say how much money they've lost, but opening day came 20 days later this year than last.
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Oscar Banda, Diego Aguilar, Anthony Campos, Chasey Sheridan, Chelsea McFalls killed in Penn crash
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Five New Oxford High School students died in a fiery crash Monday in Adams County, Penn.
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Mentally disabled adults rescued from Philly basement
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Four mentally disabled adults have been locked in a squalid basement in Philadelphia.
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Francisco Torres charged after son pulls out own teeth
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A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment after his teenage son tried to pull out his own teeth because he hadn't been taken to a dentist.
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Plane evacuated at Philadelphia International Airport given all clear
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Police and Philadelphia International Airport officials say a plane that was the target of a threatening note has been cleared.
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