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Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror....
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Friend of alleged soldier killer arrested at BBC
LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier, a savage attack that has horrified Britain....
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'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU
KUMROVEC, Croatia (AP) -- Forget the European Union, many in this Croatian village are saying. The group of nations being celebrated this weekend is one that died more than 20 years ago when Yugoslavia - now fervently remembered as a haven of peace, prosperity and equality - fell apart in a cascade of ethnic wars....
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Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign....
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Teenage girl slain at Pittsburgh-area complex
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Police in western Pennsylvania say a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed in a Pittsburgh-area housing complex....
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3 cited for bringing alcohol from Del. into Pa.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) -- Liquor control authorities in southeastern Pennsylvania have cracked down on those trying to buy tax-free alcohol across the state line in Delaware....
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Company investigates explosion at Pa. steel plant
COATESVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Officials have begun investigating an apparent explosion at an eastern Pennsylvania steel plant that hurt three people....
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Man will be tried for crash that killed Pa. chief
YORK, Pa. (AP) -- A 32-year-old motorist will stand trial on charges that he killed a central Pennsylvania fire chief while driving drunk....
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Dead Pa. baby's dad believes in 'divine healing'
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care....
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Devin Hamilton named associate publisher in DuBois
DUBOIS, Pa. (AP) -- An Ohio newspaper executive has returned to his home state of Pennsylvania to become associate publisher of The Courier-Express in DuBois....
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Papenfuse may face rematch for Harrisburg mayor
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The runner-up in Harrisburg's Democratic mayoral primary could get another shot at Democratic nominee Eric Papenfuse - this time as a Republican....
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Website plans columns by Corbett, Schwartz
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philly.com, a website affiliated with Philadelphia's two major newspapers, is drawing criticism from politicians and journalists for its decision to publish columns by Gov. Tom Corbett and one of his prospective re-election challengers, U.S Rep. Allyson Schwartz....
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Court upholds most Pa. 'kids for cash' convictions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- All but one of the convictions of a former county judge in the "kids for cash" juvenile justice scandal in northeastern Pennsylvania were upheld Friday by a federal appeals court....
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Game agency reports 2nd Pa. eagle shot this month
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A second bald eagle's death in Pennsylvania in the past month has been blamed on a bullet wound, the Game Commission said Friday....
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