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The PE Sneak Peek: Sept. 27

Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy Friday: * Screams from a house draw neighbors as police arrive to stop a battle between husband and wife. * A stray kitten bites a local teen and runs away, and now the girl is getting rabies shots. * Memories are on the menu at one Bloomsburg Fair stand, run by a family that's been in business for decades. * A farmer wants his money for hundreds of pumpkins stolen from his fields. Look for these stories and more in tomorrow's edition of the Press Enterprise.

Pa. haunted house alters plan for 'naked event'

READING -- Naked and scared has turned into semi-clothed and kind of spooked. A Halloween attraction's heavily publicized plan to allow guests to go through one of its haunted houses in the buff was revised Thursday amid opposition from local officials in southeastern Pennsylvania. Shocktoberfest, a popular seasonal attraction outside Reading, promoted the "Naked and Scared Challenge" as a way for thrill-seekers 18 and over to, um, expose their fears and phobias by wandering through a haunted house completely nude.

Farmers arrested in fatal listeria outbreak

DENVER (AP) -- The owners of a Colorado cantaloupe farm were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from a 2011 listeria epidemic that killed 33 people in one of the nation's deadliest outbreaks of foodborne illness. Federal prosecutors said brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen were arrested on misdemeanor charges of introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce. Each man faces six counts. Prosecutors said the federal Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined the Jensens didn't adequately clean the cantaloupe.

Ex-teacher freed after 30-day term for rape

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A former Montana high school teacher was released from prison Thursday after completing a 30-day sentence for raping a 14-year-old student, a term that is under review by the state's high court and has critics calling for a judge's removal. Stacey Rambold, 54, left the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge after serving the sentence handed down by District Judge G. Todd Baugh of Billings for the 2007 rape of Cherice Moralez. The judge drew outrage last month over the sentence's leniency and comments he made that appeared to pin some of the blame on Moralez.

Camera takes dramatic shots of eagle attack on deer

LONDON (AP) -- Remote cameras set up to track Siberian tigers in Russia have caught a golden eagle attack on a sika deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird digs its talons into the distressed animal's back. Golden eagles typically eat small birds or mammals, but they've also been known to target deer. It's rare for a camera to catch such an attack in progress. The Zoological Society of London's Linda Kerley said in a statement Thursday that she couldn't believe the pictures when she saw them.

What we're working on: Sept. 25

Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy: * Last year, the Geisinger Health System made $154 million. See what profit this year brought. * A suspect tries to intimidate guards who are witnesses against him in an attempted prison break, police charge. * How about some deep-fried sushi? Our reporters throw everything into the vat at the Bloomsburg Fair. * A man shot a family's dog to death from a range of about 15 feet, State Police say. Look for these stories and more in tomorrow's edition of the Press Enterprise.

Mom selling Kurt Cobain's childhood home in Wash.

ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) -- This month marks the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's final studio album, and fans aren't just able to buy a new "super deluxe" box set to celebrate the occasion. They can also buy the childhood home of late frontman Kurt Cobain, complete with his mattress. Cobain's mother, Wendy O'Connor, is putting the tired, 1.5-story bungalow two hours southwest of Seattle on the market this week.

Pittsburgh airport to award archery permits

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A few lucky hunters will soon get to draw their bows near the Pittsburgh International Airport. The Allegheny County Airport Authority says Tuesday that it will conduct a random drawing at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 to select 157 winners of an archery-only hunting permit. About 2,900 people applied for the permits, which are designed to thin the deer population. The hunting will only be allowed on about 2,300 acres of airport property that are far from the terminal. Hunting will be limited to archery only from Oct. 5 through Jan. 11.

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