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Posted on: Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 4:26am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 4:26am
ASTON, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia school board has expelled a teen actor who got into an altercation with his director while playing Daddy Warbucks in the musical "Annie." WTXF-TV... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 4:14am
PATTON, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania county coroner says a man blew himself up inside a truck outside a home, injuring two other people, one critically. WTAJ-TV says the Cambria... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 4:12am
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- Former NBA star Adrian Dantley spent years guarding opponents on the court. Now he's guarding schoolchildren as they cross the street. Radio station WTOP reports... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 2:15am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An assault weapons ban won't be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban's chances of survival... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 3:10pm
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say a man shot and killed his elderly wife in the hospice unit at an eastern Pennsylvania hospital, then turned the gun on himself. District Attorney Jim... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 3:08pm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A woman and her 4-year-old daughter who were reported missing last week have been found safe in central Missouri, and the mother faces charges of faking their... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 4:29am
HASTINGS, Mich. (AP) -- A burglar expressing guilt about stealing $800 from a western Michigan store three decades ago has repaid the money, plus some interest. The anonymous thief sent a... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 4:22am
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday, igniting complaints... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 4:06am
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa man who was pulled over for speeding as he rushed his pregnant wife to the hospital said he was determined to keep going despite the police lights flashing... READ MORE »

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