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February 19, 2015

Smithsonian TV documentary, box set celebrate Lead Belly

NEW YORK (AP) — Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter never had a hit record before he died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 1949. But the folksinging legend, who is being celebrated

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A megabucks bailout is brewing for Big Ag as the farm economy struggles

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Just getting started at Second Harvest Food Bank of NW Pa.

By GREGORY D. HALL

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