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    Small plane crashes into Alaska building, killing at least 1
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    Small plane crashes into Alaska building, killing at least 1
    RACHEL D'ORO 
    Dec 29, 2015
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A small plane clipped a downtown Anchorage office building and then slammed into a nearby commercial building early Tuesday, ...
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    Guinea declared free of Ebola, step to end spread of disease
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    Guinea declared free of Ebola, step to end spread of disease
    BOUBACAR DIALLO and CARLEY PETESCH 
    Dec 29, 2015
    CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea was declared Ebola-free on Tuesday, a huge step in the fight against the world's largest Ebola epidemic. The West Africa...
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    Relatives of drowned Syrian boy land in Canada
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    Relatives of drowned Syrian boy land in Canada
    Dec 28, 2015
    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Relatives of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide concern for the refu...
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    Large storm brings twisters, floods, now snow and ice
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    Large storm brings twisters, floods, now snow and ice
    DAVID WARREN and REESE DUNKLIN 
    Dec 28, 2015
    GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Residents surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes in North Texas as the same storm system brought winter woes to the Midw...
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    Wildfire contained, authorities worry about landslides
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    Wildfire contained, authorities worry about landslides
    Dec 28, 2015
    VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — As firefighters mopped up the remains of a wildfire on the Southern California coast, authorities turned their focus to a new c...
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    At least 11 die from Texas tornadoes, 5 in Illinois flooding
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    At least 11 die from Texas tornadoes, 5 in Illinois flooding
    DAVID WARREN and REESE DUNKLIN 
    Dec 27, 2015
    GARLAND, Texas (AP) — At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in apparently strong tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused sub...
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    UK military helps combat flooding as it spreads to cities
    World
    UK military helps combat flooding as it spreads to cities
    GREGORY KATZ 
    Dec 27, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron sent hundreds more troops into northern England on Sunday to help exhausted residents and emergency...
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    Damage from sinking land costing California billions
    Nation, Top Stories
    Damage from sinking land costing California billions
    SCOTT SMITH 
    Dec 27, 2015
    DOS PALOS, Calif. (AP) — A canal that delivers vital water supplies from Northern California to Southern California is sinking in places. So are stret...
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    Syrian army kills 17 Islamic militants in country’s south
    World
    Syrian army kills 17 Islamic militants in country’s south
    BASSEM MROUE 
    Dec 27, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces booby trapped a cluster of farm buildings in the southern Daraa province and detonated the explosives as severa...
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    Chinese mine boss drowns himself after deadly collapse
    World
    Chinese mine boss drowns himself after deadly collapse
    Dec 27, 2015
    BEIJING (AP) — The owner of a Chinese gypsum mine drowned Sunday after jumping into a well in an apparent suicide during rescue efforts for 17 workers...
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    California wildfire 60 percent contained, evacuations lifted
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    California wildfire 60 percent contained, evacuations lifted
    Dec 27, 2015
    VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews have stopped the spread of a wind-whipped wildfire along the Southern California coast, reopened a scenic highway an...
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    Utah firefighters help man dressed as Santa after car fire
    Nation, News
    Utah firefighters help man dressed as Santa after car fire
    MICHELLE L. PRICE 
    Dec 26, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A stranded Santa Claus whose car caught fire Christmas morning is sure to put one northern Utah fire department on his nice list...
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    Survivors of Southern storms thankful to see Christmas
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    Survivors of Southern storms thankful to see Christmas
    BILL BARROW 
    Dec 26, 2015
    Dozens of people lost their homes, yet they say they are thankful to see another Christmas. Tony Goodwin ducked into a storm shelter with seven others...
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    Mixed reaction on pedestrian safety efforts on Vegas Strip
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    Mixed reaction on pedestrian safety efforts on Vegas Strip
    KIMBERLY PIERCEALL 
    Dec 25, 2015
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Strip, flanked by towering casinos-hotels, is a 4-mile stretch of near-constant movement, jammed with cars, buses, taxi...
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    2 dead, 12 injured as 200 migrants try to enter Spain by sea
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    2 dead, 12 injured as 200 migrants try to enter Spain by sea
    HAROLD HECKLE 
    Dec 25, 2015
    MADRID (AP) — Two people drowned and at least 12 others were injured when they tried to get to a small patch of Spanish territory in North Africa by s...
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    The latest: 2 dead as 200 Africans try to swim to Spain
    News, World
    The latest: 2 dead as 200 Africans try to swim to Spain
    Dec 25, 2015
    MADRID (AP) — The latest developments as tens of thousands of people flee to Europe in search of asylum. All times local. 4:40 p.m. Spain's Red Cross ...
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    Tornadoes ravage the South, killing 7; dozens injured
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    Tornadoes ravage the South, killing 7; dozens injured
    PHILLIP LUCAS 
    Dec 24, 2015
    HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Mulester Johnson was with relatives when a fierce storm roared through this small town and tore the back of his house from...
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    Overnight hospital fire in Saudi kills 31, injures over 100
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    Overnight hospital fire in Saudi kills 31, injures over 100
    ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and NOUR YOUSSEF 
    Dec 24, 2015
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A fire that broke out overnight at a hospital in a southwestern province of Saudi Arabia killed at least 31 people and inj...
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    Young fire survivor to share Christmas cheer in shelters
    Nation, News
    Young fire survivor to share Christmas cheer in shelters
    MARY ESCH 
    Dec 24, 2015
    ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — An 8-year-old girl who lost her father and younger siblings in an arson fire that left her severely scarred is sharing the good...
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    Investigation ongoing in case of woman removed from hospital
    Nation, News
    Investigation ongoing in case of woman removed from hospital
    JOE REEDY 
    Dec 24, 2015
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The type of blood clot revealed in the autopsy of a woman who died after being forcibly removed from a hospital is often "dif...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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