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Former prison guard is sentenced to jail

DANVILLE -- Janette Ruth Aikey had guarded inmates at a state prison in Muncy and at Columbia County's lockup before that. But it was her third drunken driving arrest that has put Aikey, 35, behind bars herself. Aikey, 25 Mooresburg Road, rural Danville, was ordered to serve seven days in the Columbia County Prison for a traffic stop in Mahoning Township Oct. 14. An officer had seen her car swerving all over the road and stopped her. She tested twice the legal limit of blood-alcohol for driving.

Woman arrested after fetus found in Pa. school

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in central Pennsylvania say a woman has been arrested following the discovery of a deceased seven-month-old fetus at a local high school. Lancaster County Coroner Steve Diamantoni said the discovery was made Tuesday night at McCaskey East high school in the city. The (Lancaster) Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era says a 19-year-old student believed to be the mother is being charged with concealing the death of a child. An autopsy was done Wednesday, but the coroner said the cause and manner of death are pending.

Scholars find cannibalism at Jamestown settlement

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by turning to cannibalism. For years, there have been tales of people in the first permanent English settlement in America eating dogs, cats, rats, mice, snakes and shoe leather to stave off starvation. There were also written accounts of settlers eating their own dead, but archaeologists had been skeptical of those stories.

Study: Food, skin allergies increasing in children

NEW YORK (AP) -- Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a big government survey found. Experts aren't sure what's behind the increase. Could it be that children are growing up in households so clean that it leaves them more sensitive to things that can trigger allergies? Or are mom and dad paying closer attention to rashes and reactions, and more likely to call it an allergy? "We don't really have the answer," said Dr. Lara Akinbami of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the senior author of the new report released Thursday.

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