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		<title>Gunman walks quietly into Pittsburgh-area health club, starts shooting, leaves 4 dead, 9 hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genaro C. Armas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — A gunman who fired dozens of shots into a fitness center exercise class was a 48-year-old man from suburban Pittsburgh.

A person close to the Allegheny County coroner&#8217;s office says the gunman was George Sodini who lived in Carnegie, just a few miles from the health club. The person wasn&#8217;t authorized to comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police say gunman in Pa. health club shooting fired 52 shots, all victims were women</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Mandak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Authorities say an armed man who strolled to the back of an exercise class at a health club in suburban Pittsburgh pulled out multiple guns and fired 52 shots, killing three women and himself, and injuring at least nine other women.

Allegheny County police Superintendent Charles Moffatt said the gunman in the Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunman walks quietly into Pittsburgh-area health club, starts shooting, leaves 4 dead, 10 hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Mandak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Investigators were trying to determine why a gunman walked into a fitness center near Pittsburgh, firing up to 52 shots only at women gathered in a dance exercise class, killing three, and wounding nine before shooting himself.

Two women and the man believed to be the shooter died at the LA Fitnes center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunman walks quietly into Pittsburgh-area health club, starts shooting, leaves 5 dead, 10 hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Mandak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — A gunman strolled to the back of an exercise class at a health club in suburban Pittsburgh and started spraying bullets, leaving at least four people dead, including himself, and injuring at least 10 others.

A law enforcement official says two women and a man believed to be the shooter died at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 dead in Pittsburgh-area health club shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Mandak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — A gunman strolled into an exercise class at a health club in suburban Pittsburgh on Tuesday night and started spraying bullets, leaving five people dead, including himself, and injuring at least 10 others, police and a hospital said.

&#8220;He did not say anything,&#8221; Allegheny County police Superintendent Charles Moffatt said. &#8220;He walked right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Up to 5 dead in Pittsburgh-area health club shooting; witness says shooter went in back door</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — A gunman burst into an exercise class at a health club in suburban Pittsburgh on Tuesday night and started spraying bullets. A television station reported at least four people were dead, including the shooter, and a hospital reported another death later.

Area hospitals were treating at least six other victims, including two in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep., ex-vice admiral Sestak hopes to unseat Republican-turned-Democrat Sen. Specter in Pa.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryclaire Dale</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FOLSOM, Pa. — Three years after he knocked off a veteran House incumbent, Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak will seek a bigger prize and challenge Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter for his long-held U.S. Senate seat.

Sestak, a former Navy vice admiral, announced his Senate candidacy Tuesday at a crowded VFW hall in his suburban Philadelphia district, near his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep., ex-vice admiral Sestak to challenge Republican-turned-Democrat Sen. Specter in Pa.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryclaire Dale</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FOLSOM, Pa. — Rep. Joe Sestak on Tuesday announced he would challenge Republican-turned-Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter, setting the stage for a Pennsylvania primary race likely to center on Specter&#8217;s Democratic credentials.

Sestak, a former Navy vice admiral, made the announcement at a crowded VFW hall in Folsom in his suburban Philadelphia district, near where he grew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sestak challenging Republican-turned-Democrat Sen. Specter in Pa.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryclaire Dale</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FOLSOM, Pa. — Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak is challenging Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter for his Senate seat.

Sestak declared his candidacy Tuesday morning at a VFW hall in Folsom, part of his suburban Philadelphia district.
The move sets the stage in Pennsylvania for a primary race likely to center on Specter&#8217;s Democratic credentials.
Sestak, a 57-year-old former Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. Supreme Court reverses itself, now wants to save records of judicial scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The state Supreme Court bowed to pressure and abandoned its plan to destroy the records of thousands of juveniles who appeared before a corrupt judge between 2003 and 2008.

In a letter made public Monday, the high court said it now supports the preservation of as many as 6,500 juvenile court records that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Points leader Tony Stewart wrecks in Pocono practice; loses pole, will start at back</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gelston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONG POND, Pa. — Tony Stewart lost his pole position and will start from the back of the pack after wrecking his car during practice for the Pennsylvania 500 on Saturday.

Stewart lost control of his No. 14 Chevrolet on a turn on the second lap of Saturday&#8217;s first practice and spun into the wall. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. bank robbery suspect nabbed while counting loot after handing smiley-face note to teller</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GREENSBURG, Pa. — Police said they caught a bank robbery suspect who was counting the loot as he walked away from a western Pennsylvania heist in which he had handed a teller a polite demand note, complete with a smiley face.

Greensburg police said 35-year-old David Morgan robbed the city&#8217;s First Commonwealth Bank branch Tuesday morning. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. mom praised by foreign exchange students, condemned by industry for whistleblowing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SCRANTON, Pa. — In a few weeks, thousands of foreign exchange students will arrive in the United States for what they hope will be a rewarding time of study and cultural enrichment. Shortly after that, Danielle Grijalva&#8217;s phone will start ringing, and her e-mail inbox will begin filling up. It happens every year.

While most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Commonwealth slashes dividend after recording second-quarter loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INDIANA, Pa. — First Commonwealth Financial Corp. on Monday said it cut its quarterly dividend to 3 cents per share, down from a payout of 12 cents per share the previous quarter.

The reduced dividend is payable on Aug. 14 to shareholders of record at the close of business Aug. 6.
David S. Dahlmann, chairman of First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triumph Group names new president, COO, appoints CEO as chairman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WAYNE, Pa. — Aircraft parts maker Triumph Group Inc. said Monday the head of its aerospace business has been appointed president and chief operating officer.

Jeffry D. Frisby was group president of Triumph Aerospace Systems Group since 2003. He joined the company as president of Frisby Aerospace Inc. upon its acquisition by Triumph in 1998.
Richard C. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Party time: Penn State takes top &#8216;party school&#8217; title from Florida in Princeton Review survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State University is now the nation&#8217;s No. 1 party school.

The school known partly for its football tailgate weekends and fraternity and sorority scene snatched the title away from the University of Florida in the 2009 Princeton Review survey of 122,000 students nationwide. Florida, last year&#8217;s winner, finished second in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US judge asked to save records of judicial scandal that Pa. high court has ordered destroyed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SCRANTON, Pa. — A federal judge was asked Monday to preserve thousands of juvenile court records in a Pennsylvania judicial scandal — evidence of wrongdoing that the state Supreme Court has declared should be destroyed.

The high court&#8217;s plan to delete more than 6,000 records will prevent youths in northeastern Pennsylvania from pursuing federal civil rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. woman charged in exchange student neglect turns self in, plans to fight charges</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-woman-charged-in-exchange-student-neglect-turns-self-in-plans-to-fight-charges-119141/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARBONDALE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman charged with placing foreign exchange students in filthy homes with little food has turned herself in to authorities.

Edna Burgette of Scranton said through her lawyer that she intends to fight the criminal negligence charges that she placed teenagers from Norway, Colombia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Vietnam in deplorable housing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. woman accused of neglecting foreign exchange students surrenders, plans to fight charges</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-woman-accused-of-neglecting-foreign-exchange-students-surrenders-plans-to-fight-charges-119096/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARBONDALE, Pa. — The woman accused of placing foreign exchange students in filthy homes in northeastern Pennsylvania has turned herself in.

Edna Burgette&#8217;s lawyer, Chris Osborne, says his client intends to fight the charges after she surrendered Thursday. He says the 69-year-old woman has been a pillar of the community for many years in her hometown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Husband of Pa. woman charged in abduction hoax files for divorce</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/husband-of-pa-woman-charged-in-abduction-hoax-files-for-divorce-119062/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — The husband of the suburban Philadephia woman accused of faking her own abduction in May has filed for divorce.

Larry Sweeten filed court papers late Wednesday calling his marriage to Bonnie Sweeten &#8220;irretrievably broken.&#8221; He is seeking custody of their 11-month-old daughter.
Bonnie Sweeten is awaiting trial on charges related to the May 26 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hershey reports 72 percent jump in profits, beats estimates, raises sales expectations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hershey-reports-72-percent-jump-in-profits-beats-estimates-raises-sales-expectations-118361/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Levy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hershey, the nation&#8217;s second-largest candymaker, said Thursday that higher prices and a new advertising effort helped its second-quarter profit leap by 72 percent.

The results easily beat Wall Street&#8217;s expectations, and prompted The Hershey Co. to raise its sales and earnings expectations for the year. The company&#8217;s shares climbed sharply in morning trading.
However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. fire chief reunited with dog at shelter after firefighters rescue 2 others from cliff</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-fire-chief-reunited-with-dog-at-shelter-after-firefighters-rescue-2-others-from-cliff-117905/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DERRY, Pa. — A volunteer fire chief from Pennsylvania has been reunited with a dog he gave up five years ago, after he discovered the animal was at a shelter where firefighters had taken two other dogs rescued from a cliff.

Eastern Derry Fire Chief Derrick Bollinger was one of a handful of firefighters who rescued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. woman charged with placing 5 foreign exchange students in filthy homes, short on food</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-woman-charged-with-placing-5-foreign-exchange-students-in-filthy-homes-short-on-food-117829/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman who worked for a student exchange agency has been charged with criminal neglect for allegedly placing foreign students in filthy homes, littered with animal waste and also occupied by ex-convicts.

Edna Burgette, 69, of Scranton was charged Wednesday with the neglect of five teenagers from Norway, Colombia, Nigeria, Tanzania and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. high court: Juveniles suing crooked judge who took money can keep their records</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-high-court-juveniles-suing-crooked-judge-who-took-money-can-keep-their-records-117775/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered the preservation of court records of juveniles who are suing a corrupt judge.

The court had previously said the records should be destroyed, prompting complaints from attorneys for the juveniles.
The attorneys said loss of the records could imperil the youths&#8217; ability to recover damages from the judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll shows Toomey gaining ground, running even with Specter in Pa. Senate race</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican conservative Pat Toomey is virtually tied with Sen. Arlen Specter in the long run-up to Pennsylvania&#8217;s 2010 Senate race, according to a poll released Wednesday.

The statewide survey by Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University showed Democrat Specter favored by 45 percent of the respondents and Toomey with 44 percent.
Specter&#8217;s support appeared to have stabilized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earnings Preview: Tougher comparisons to 2008, rising costs seen for Hershey Co. in 2Q</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/earnings-preview-tougher-comparisons-to-2008-rising-costs-seen-for-hershey-co-in-2q-116450/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Levy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Hershey Co., the nation&#8217;s second-leading candy maker, reports earnings for the third quarter on Thursday morning. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

OVERVIEW: Five strong quarters in a row at Hershey put an end to a two-year slide. The company was closely watched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Pa. court&#8217;s refusal to preserve records jeopardizes claims against corrupt judge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/apnewsbreak-pa-courts-refusal-to-preserve-records-jeopardizes-claims-against-corrupt-judge-116447/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Thousands of youth offenders could lose the ability to recover damages from a corrupt judge because the state Supreme Court has refused to preserve key juvenile records, attorneys for victims of the scandal say.

In an extraordinary legal filing, lawyers for the juveniles accused the high court of sabotaging the federal claims of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steelton man arrested as a fugitive in Israel returned to Pennsylvania, being held in jail</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/steelton-man-arrested-as-a-fugitive-in-israel-returned-to-pennsylvania-being-held-in-jail-115061/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man wanted for questioning about a fire that damaged a judge&#8217;s car is in a county jail after spending 20 months as a fugitive in Israel.

Micky Mayon (MAY&#8217;-ahn) of Steelton was apprehended by Israeli officials last week in Tel Aviv.
Steelton police Patrolman Troy Elhajj (EL&#8217;-haj) says Mayon was arraigned Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weis Markets 2nd-quarter profit climbs on improved sales of perishables, private label items</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/weis-markets-2nd-quarter-profit-climbs-on-improved-sales-of-perishables-private-label-items-115034/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets Inc., which runs supermarkets in five mid-Atlantic states, said Monday that its second-quarter profit climbed 19 percent on improved sales of perishables and private label items.

Net income grew to $15.2 million, or 56 cents per share, compared with $12.8 million, or 48 cents per share, a year earlier.
Sales for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All sweetness and light for 7 young suburban Philly lemonade sellers after sour brush with law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVERFORD, Pa. — Seven suburban Philadelphia children had a brush with the law for selling without a permit — selling lemonade, that is. But police say it was all a misunderstanding. A neighbor called Haverford Township police July 10 about the sales. He says the youngsters were going door-to-door and he didn&#8217;t think they were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. braces for economic impact as first big wave of jobless exhausts their benefits checks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-braces-for-economic-impact-as-first-big-wave-of-jobless-exhausts-their-benefits-checks-113787/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Levy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG, Pa. — Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians are joining the growing ranks of people around the country who are exhausting unemployment benefits, as some experts worry about another blow to a stumbling economy.

Gov. Ed Rendell said 17,800 Pennsylvanians exhausted their jobless benefits in the week that ended Saturday, the first big wave of Pennsylvanians to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth offenders victimized by corrupt Pa. judge want convictions tossed, retrials barred</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/youth-offenders-victimized-by-corrupt-pa-judge-want-convictions-tossed-retrials-barred-112846/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — For years, prosecutors in northeastern Pennsylvania stood by and did nothing as a corrupt judge systematically violated the rights of more than 6,000 youth offenders who appeared in his courtroom, lawyers for some of the children asserted in court Friday.

Prosecutors in the Luzerne County district attorney&#8217;s office had an obligation to report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. plumber saves 7 ducklings trapped in drain, Momma scampers off with brood after rescue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GLENSHAW, Pa. — Even plumbers sometimes encounter unfathomable clogs. This is what happened to 49-year-old George Jessup on Saturday when he saw a duck near a storm drain in a suburban Pittsburgh neighborhood. The plumber tried to approach the duck but she &#8220;charged at me like a lion.&#8221;

So Jessup, on call for Mr. Rooter, looked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Woman warned not to disturb &#8216;alligator&#8217; instead finds marijuana lab in Pa. home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-woman-warned-not-to-disturb-alligator-instead-finds-marijuana-lab-in-pa-home-111942/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DARBY, Pa. — Police said a woman defied a warning not to venture onto the second floor of a Philadelphia-area house because an alligator was kept there, and uncovered an operating marijuana lab. She tipped police, who searched the house in Darby, just west of Philadelphia.

Police Chief Robert Smythe said Wednesday the officers found heat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge dismisses former GOP House candidate&#8217;s lawsuit against DA in Penn.</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-dismisses-former-gop-house-candidates-lawsuit-against-da-in-penn-111725/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLEARFIELD, Pa. — A federal judge has dismissed a former congressional candidate&#8217;s lawsuit against a central Pennsylvania prosecutor.

Derek Walker said in a lawsuit filed in March that Clearfield County District Attorney William Shaw wrongly approved criminal charges against Walker days before the 2008 Republican primary election to replace retiring Rep. John Peterson.
The charges stemmed from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports of exchange students in US underfed, living in filth lead to calls for federal reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SCRANTON, Pa. — During his year as a foreign exchange student in the United States, 18-year-old Carlos Villarreal lived not with a welcoming family, but with two ex-convicts in a seedy house that smelled of dog feces and where the food was labeled &#8220;DO NOT TOUCH.&#8221; He left 14 pounds lighter.

Villarreal, a Colombian, had signed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US embarrassment: Exchange students in Pa. underfed, lived in filth; federal reforms demanded</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-embarrassment-exchange-students-in-pa-underfed-lived-in-filth-federal-reforms-demanded-111177/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SCRANTON, Pa. — Federal regulators say they share the blame for failing to prevent the mistreatment of as many as a dozen foreign exchange students in northeastern Pennsylvania this past school year.

Students from Colombia, Norway, Nigeria and elsewhere were placed in deplorable homes by a California nonprofit that brings about 1,000 exchange students to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge OKs Pa. man&#8217;s extradition to Peru to stand trial on charges he killed his wife</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man is being extradited to Peru to stand trial for the murder of a 21-year-old woman he married there.

U.S. Magistrate J. Andrew Smyser on Tuesday found sufficient evidence to extradite William Trickett Smith II to face charges that he killed Jana (JAHN&#8217;-ah) Claudia Gomez Menendez.
Her body was found in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyeth says regulators in Chile grant 1st marketing approval to new type of Prevnar vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — Wyeth on Tuesday reported the first marketing approval for a new version of its vaccine Prevnar, as the drug was cleared by regulators in Chile.

Prevnar is the world&#8217;s best selling vaccine, with sales of about $2.7 billion in 2008. The original version of the vaccine blocks seven strains of pneumococcal bacteria, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A baby cut from the womb turns 1, and a grandfather grieves while planning a party</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-baby-cut-from-the-womb-turns-1-and-a-grandfather-grieves-while-planning-a-party-108280/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Nephin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[McKEESPORT, Pa. — Planning a birthday party is bittersweet for the grandfather of a 1-year-old who was cut from his mother&#8217;s womb.

Eighteen-year-old Kia Johnson died after she was kidnapped last year, bound with duct tape and her baby cut from her womb.
Forty-year-old Andrea Curry-Demis (DEE&#8217;-mus) is being held in a mental hospital until a judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. swim club accused of racism to try to work out arrangement for minority children to return</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — A private suburban swim club accused of racism after it canceled the memberships of dozens of minority children says it will seek a meeting with the kids&#8217; camps to work out an agreement for them to return.

Amy Goldman, a member of The Valley Club, said those able to attend a hastily called meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. man who blared porno soundtrack to chase away kids agrees to take anger management classes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-man-who-blared-porno-soundtrack-to-chase-away-kids-agrees-to-take-anger-management-classes-106367/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia man has agreed to take anger management classes for blaring a pornographic soundtrack to chase away kids playing outside his home. Michael Buck was arrested May 31 at his upscale Phoenixville cul-de-sac after irate neighbors told police they could hear the sexually explicit audio a block-and-a-half away.

The 27-year-old man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. swim club head says safety, not racism, was reason minority children not allowed back</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — The head of a private suburban Philadelphia swim club on Friday defended its cancellation of the memberships of dozens of minority children, saying safety, not racism, was the reason.

&#8220;We deeply regret this whole situation,&#8221; John Duesler, president of the board of directors of The Valley Club, told reporters Friday afternoon at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia-area man jailed 14 years for contempt of court to be freed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man jailed for contempt of court for 14 years has been ordered released.

H. Beatty Chadwick has been jailed in suburban Philadelphia since 1995 in what&#8217;s believed to be a record in a U.S. civil contempt case. He was ordered released Friday.
Chadwick is accused of hiding $2.5 million from his ex-wife [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another day camp says Pa. swim club accused of racism treated it well</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — A second day camp whose children were turned away by a Philadelphia-area swim club later accused of racism says its group was treated well.

Joanne Rosenthal of the Storybook Children&#8217;s Center in northeast Philadelphia said Friday she believed The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley when it says her group was turned away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Pa. prosecutor says charges warranted in &#8216;criminal neglect&#8217; of exchange students</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A California nonprofit placed foreign exchange students in deplorable conditions in Pennsylvania, with some becoming malnourished or living in homes strewn with dog feces, and a prosecutor said the neglect merits criminal charges.

Lackawanna County Deputy District Attorney Michelle Olshefski said an investigation has confirmed that foreign exchange students were placed in unsuitable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. agency to investigate allegations of racial discrimination at suburban Philadelphia pool</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-agency-to-investigate-allegations-of-racial-discrimination-at-suburban-philadelphia-pool-105288/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-agency-to-investigate-allegations-of-racial-discrimination-at-suburban-philadelphia-pool-105288/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Todt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — State officials will investigate accusations of racial discrimination against a suburban Philadelphia swim club that allegedly reacted to a visiting group of minority children by asking them not to return.

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will immediately open an investigation into the actions of The Valley Club in the leafy suburb of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suburban Philly swim club accused of kicking out black kids denies racial discrimination</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suburban-philly-swim-club-accused-of-kicking-out-black-kids-denies-racial-discrimination-104972/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Todt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia swim club accused of kicking out a group of minority children visiting from the city denies any racial discrimination.

The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley says accusations of racism toward the Creative Steps day camp are untrue. It says it was overcrowded and returned funds to more than one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania agency looking into allegations of discrimination at Philly-area swim club</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Todt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will investigate allegations of racial discrimination against a Philadelphia-area swim club accused of kicking out black and Hispanic children.

Commission Chairman Stephen A. Glassman says his agency will launch an immediate probe Thursday into allegations that The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley discriminated against the Creative Steps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camp director says Philly-area pool turned away minority children; legal action considered</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Todt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — Members and officials of a private swimming pool in a predominantly white Philadelphia suburb reacted to a visiting group of minority children by asking them not to return and pulling other kids out of the water, a day camp director said, and the state is investigating.

The Creative Steps camp in northeast [...]]]></description>
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