iPhone found unscathed after plunge from airplane

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- Some phones are made of sterner stuff. Angela Dalton and her 10-year-old son were riding as passengers in a three-seat plane on Friday for an aerial tour of Dothan, courtesy of a family friend who happens to be a pilot. When the plane neared Dalton's Dothan neighborhood, she lifted her iPhone to snap a photo. "I was trying to zoom it on my phone, and the wind just caught it and ripped it out of my hand," Dalton said. A panicked Dalton watched as the phone spiraled away, soaring down an estimated 1,400 feet toward the city.

Man jailed for harassing newspaper editor

BLOOMSBURG -- A judge sentenced a 79-year-old Berwick man to jail Wednesday for persistently harassing the editor of the Press Enterprise with bitter personal jabs even after police told him to stop. Joseph F. Pecorelli of 417 S. Arch St. admitted he harassed Editor Jim Sachetti, but tried to defend himself. "(Sachetti has) been harassing me for 20 years," he told President Judge Thomas A. James Jr. At one point, Pecorelli made a reference to Sachetti's two adult daughters. "Don't you mention my daughters again!" Sachetti shot back.

What we're working on: Oct. 2

Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy: * A police officer who was fired after a woman made allegations is getting his job back. * Arriving in court, a suspect's mouth is covered by a mask after he allegedly spat on prison guards. * A man is shocked when the judge jails him for harassing a newspaper editor. * A pregnant woman won't pursue the most serious charges against the boyfriend who allegedly hurt her. * What is that powder covering cars in one local town? Get the latest report.

Best-selling author Tom Clancy dead at 66

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tom Clancy, whose high-tech, Cold War thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games" made him the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time, has died. He was 66. Penguin Group (USA) announced that Clancy had died Tuesday in Baltimore. The publisher did not provide a cause of death. Tall and thin, with round, sunken eyes that were often hidden by sunglasses, Clancy had said his dream had been simply to publish a book, hopefully a good one, so that he would be in the Library of Congress catalog. His dreams were answered many times over.

No new trial for Jerry Sandusky

HARRISBURG (AP) -- Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky should not get a new trial after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Wednesday. The unanimous decision by a three-judge Superior Court panel came barely two weeks after they heard oral arguments by Sandusky's lawyer and a state prosecutor. Read the full decision here.

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