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Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years....
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Japan approves joining int'l child abduction pact
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse....
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7 Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
CAIRO (AP) -- Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said....
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Irishman charged with 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing
LONDON (AP) -- A 61-year-old Irishman has been charged with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's ceremonial cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982 that killed four soldiers and seven horses....
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5 victims of Ill. van crash were from Baltimore
VANDALIA, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities have identified the five men killed when their Pennsylvania-bound van veered off a southern Illinois freeway....
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Man sues manufacturer, Philly shop over sex gel
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A competitive martial artist is suing a Philadelphia sex shop and the makers of a gel he says burned and scarred his genitals....
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Lancaster police question, release 2 in abduction
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Police in Lancaster say two men brought in for questioning in the abduction of a woman who called 911 from the trunk of her car have been released....
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Family of girl abducted from Philly school to sue
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A lawyer for the family of a 5-year-old girl abducted from her Philadelphia elementary school says the family is planning to sue the district....
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Sisters ejected from Pa. mall over cancer hats
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) -- Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer....
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Dems nominate new mayors in Pa. primary
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Democrats nominated new mayors in Pittsburgh, Scranton and Harrisburg in the Pennsylvania primary election....
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McVay wins Dem nom for Superior Court seat race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Allegheny County Judge Jack McVay has beaten Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Joseph Waters Jr. for the Democratic nomination for a vacant seat on the state Superior Court....
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Papenfuse wins Harrisburg mayoral nom over Thomas
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Democratic voters in financially troubled Harrisburg have denied Mayor Linda Thompson a second term, choosing bookstore owner Eric Papenfuse to help the financially-strapped capital city....
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Lewis, Courtright to face off for Scranton mayor
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Republican Garett Lewis and Democrat Bill Courtright have won their respective party primaries to face each other in the general election in November....
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Peduto bests Wagner, Wheatley for mayor nomination
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Longtime City Councilman William Peduto has won the Democratic nomination for mayor, defeating former state auditor general Jack Wagner and state Rep. Jake Wheatley....
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