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Posted on: Monday, January 6, 2014 - 3:54am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, January 4, 2014 - 1:07pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Jeremiah Thomas watched the final minutes of Sunday's Eagles-Cowboys game with two thoughts only a Herr's sales manager could have: Go Birds! and I gotta bring more... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, January 4, 2014 - 4:01am
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A Virginia man convicted in the murder of a rival in the gay porn business in northeastern Pennsylvania is seeking a new trial, arguing that his attorneys weren't... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, January 4, 2014 - 3:53am
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- The driver of a car has died after witnesses tell police it spun into the path of a school bus in western Pennsylvania. New Kensington police Chief Thomas... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, January 3, 2014 - 1:16pm
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is experimenting with beet juice as a way to treat icy roads in especially cold weather. PennDOT officials tell KDKA-TV... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, January 3, 2014 - 9:27am
TYRONE, Pa. (AP) -- State police say a central Pennsylvania man claimed his mother was badly beaten by a burglar, but that her texts and phone calls to relatives -- and blood found on her... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 4:10am
A sophisticated, real-world study confirms that dialing, texting or reaching for a cellphone while driving raises the risk of a crash or near-miss, especially for younger drivers. But the... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 3:30am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A spectator who was hit by a baseball at a youth tournament can't sue the groups that sponsored the event, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled. Tracy DeBrigida... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 - 5:53pm
WEYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- Massachusetts police are searching for a strong-armed thief who carried a 250-pound safe out of a restaurant. Kevin Hynes says a man walked out of his Stockholders... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 - 10:36am
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Bill O'Brien is leaving Penn State's reclamation project in his successor's hands. Less than two years after replacing Joe Paterno as coach of the Nittany Lions... READ MORE »

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