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Activists say 28 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- Fierce street fighting in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town....
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Wave of attacks kills at least 86 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 230 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years....
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Activists say 28 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- Fierce street fighting in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town....
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Explosions kill 4 in Russia's restive Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials said....
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Primary hopefuls put in final day of campaigning
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Candidates for elected posts including a seat on a state appellate court and mayor's offices in several cities are making their final pitches on the last full day before the Pennsylvania primary....
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Pa. justice's bid for new 10-term gets opposition
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A campaign by Pennsylvania's chief justice for another 10-year term on the high court is drawing criticism by two men who were active in the successful effort to repeal the 2005 government pay-raise law....
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Police search for wandering bear in Philly suburbs
BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) -- Police and wildlife officers are trying to track down a black bear that's been spotted wandering around several residential areas in suburban Philadelphia for days....
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Banned Pa. teen cited after trying to attend prom
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A central Pennsylvania teenager has been cited for disorderly conduct after authorities say he swore at school officials who wouldn't let him into his school prom, from which he'd been banned for failing to serve detention....
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Southern NJ country club to be auctioned off
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) -- A country club that fell on hard times has become one of New Jersey's most desirable properties....
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Jamie Moyer addresses Immaculata graduates in Pa.
IMMACULATA, Pa. (AP) -- Former Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Jamie Moyer wants to see Immaculata College graduates persevere in their lives and remember to give back to others....
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Illinois man jailed on charges he carjacked Pa. ex
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- An Illinois man has been jailed on charges that he threatened to kill his ex-wife and stole her car as she was driving him to Pittsburgh International Airport after visiting their son....
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Ex-caseworker gets prison for shooting at Pa. cops
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A former Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare caseworker will spend five to 10 years in state prison for firing 17 shots at state troopers who surrounded his house after he allegedly refused to come out when they responded to a drunken domestic dispute last fall....
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Pa. duo charged with supplying heroin in overdose
DONORA, Pa. (AP) -- A southwestern Pennsylvania duo has been jailed on charges they sold the heroin that led to the overdose death of a 55-year-old man....
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Pa. man charged with 4th DUI hits police cruiser
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a western Pennsylvania man charged with his fourth drunken driving offense was fleeing police when he smashed into a police cruiser belong to a township where another officer was killed in a similar crash earlier this month....
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