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    The Latest: Migrants quit rocks on the Italian-French border
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    The Latest: Migrants quit rocks on the Italian-French border
    Sep 30, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — The latest developments as European nations struggle to cope with tens of thousands of people trekking across the continent to find safet...
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    Google’s driverless car drivers ride a career less traveled
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    Google’s driverless car drivers ride a career less traveled
    MICHAEL LIEDTKE 
    Sep 29, 2015
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Fresh out of college, Brian Torcellini dreamed about getting a job writing about surfing. Instead, he wound up in a dusty...
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    Extreme sports star dies in California skydiving accident
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    Extreme sports star dies in California skydiving accident
    PAUL ELIAS 
    Sep 29, 2015
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A skier and BASE jumper who regularly appeared on an MTV show about extreme sports was killed after crashing into a tree during a...
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    Judge grants Jenner’s request to legally change name, gender
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    Judge grants Jenner’s request to legally change name, gender
    ANTHONY McCARTNEY 
    Sep 25, 2015
    SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — She proclaimed her new name on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, but Caitlyn Jenner's transition from her old identity as...
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    Seattle college mourns deaths of 4 international students
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    Seattle college mourns deaths of 4 international students
    Sep 25, 2015
    SEATTLE (AP) — Students and faculty, some arm and arm, filed into a private memorial service in a lecture hall at a Seattle college to honor four inte...
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    The Latest: At 9/11 museum, pope calls for building unity
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    The Latest: At 9/11 museum, pope calls for building unity
    Sep 25, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local: 12:20 p.m. Speaking at the site of the worst terrori...
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    Officer who fatally hit man with cruiser smelled of alcohol
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    Officer who fatally hit man with cruiser smelled of alcohol
    Sep 25, 2015
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An off-duty Indianapolis police officer fatally struck a pedestrian with his cruiser, and an investigator reported smelling alcoho...
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    Saudi Arabia: Stampede at hajj kills 717 pilgrims
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    Saudi Arabia: Stampede at hajj kills 717 pilgrims
    AYA BATRAWY and ADAM SCHRECK 
    Sep 24, 2015
    MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mec...
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    British siblings survive Saudi crane collapse, perform hajj
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    British siblings survive Saudi crane collapse, perform hajj
    AYA BATRAWY 
    Sep 23, 2015
    MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For two Muslim siblings from the city of Bradford in Britain, it was a lifelong dream that their father take them on...
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    Coastal Louisiana community struggling 10 years after Rita
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    Coastal Louisiana community struggling 10 years after Rita
    MELINDA DESLATTE 
    Sep 23, 2015
    CAMERON, La. (AP) — Vacant slabs, weed-choked lots and solitary stairs to nowhere permeate this tiny town in southwest Louisiana. All that remains of ...
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    Death toll rises to 183 in South Sudan fuel tanker explosion
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    Death toll rises to 183 in South Sudan fuel tanker explosion
    JASON PATINKIN 
    Sep 19, 2015
    MARIDI, South Sudan (AP) — The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a rural South Sudanese state reached 183 on Friday, a regional official said...
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    Death toll from Utah-Arizona border flooding rises to 20
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    Death toll from Utah-Arizona border flooding rises to 20
    Sep 18, 2015
    ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Some in the group of seven hikers were new to climbing and swimming through narrow canyons when fast-moving floodwater...
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    The Latest: Town hit by Utah flooding warned to boil water
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    The Latest: Town hit by Utah flooding warned to boil water
    ASSOCIATED PRESS 
    Sep 17, 2015
    HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 10:31 a.m. Authorities have warn...
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    2 more bodies found bringing death toll in wildfires to 5
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    2 more bodies found bringing death toll in wildfires to 5
    BRIAN SKOLOFF and KRISTIN J. BENDER 
    Sep 17, 2015
    MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two more bodies have been found in homes burned by a California wildfire, bringing the death toll from the b...
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    8.3-magnitude quake rattles north Chile, 1 million evacuate
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    8.3-magnitude quake rattles north Chile, 1 million evacuate
    LUIS ANDRES HENAO 
    Sep 17, 2015
    ILLAPEL, Chile (AP) — Thousands of residents of this small city in northern Chile slept outside Thursday after a powerful earthquake destroyed their h...
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    Russian who ‘saved the world’ recalls his decision as 50/50
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    Russian who ‘saved the world’ recalls his decision as 50/50
    LYNN BERRY 
    Sep 17, 2015
    FRYAZINO, Russia (AP) — The elderly former Soviet military officer who answers the door is known in the West as "The man who saved the world." A movie...
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    Man missing in Northern California fire; burned car found
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    Man missing in Northern California fire; burned car found
    BRIAN SKOLOFF and KRISTIN J. BENDER 
    Sep 16, 2015
    MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A 69-year-old man whose home in a small Northern California town was destroyed by a raging wildfire has been reported missin...
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    Floodwaters trap hikers, carry away cars in Utah, killing 16
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    Floodwaters trap hikers, carry away cars in Utah, killing 16
    KIMBERLY PIERCEALL and BRADY McCOMBS 
    Sep 16, 2015
    HILDALE, Utah (AP) — A van and SUV carrying three women and 13 children sat near the widening stream, waiting for the water to recede so they could cr...
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    The Latest: Austria to slam controls on Hungarian border
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    The Latest: Austria to slam controls on Hungarian border
    Sep 15, 2015
    BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times l...
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    Controllers reveal risk that could cause plane collisions
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    Controllers reveal risk that could cause plane collisions
    JOAN LOWY 
    Sep 15, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Five air traffic controllers have exposed a problem that is putting planes at risk of colliding or causing accidents due to wake tur...
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    Local organizations receive grants for America 250PA
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    Local organizations receive grants for America 250PA
    June 17, 2025
    America250PA has announced recipients of the second round of its Semiquincentennial Grants, which include funds for the Bradford Area Alliance and Lum...
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    Vote on a name for the Pitt-Bradford panther
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    Vote on a name for the Pitt-Bradford panther
    June 17, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh has announced the six finalist names for its panther mascot in honor of National Mascot Day. Voting is open to anyone who...
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    Audit shows no findings for Clermont VFRA
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    Audit shows no findings for Clermont VFRA
    June 17, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Auditor General Timothy DeFoor released an audit of the Clermont Volunteer Fire Department Relief Association in McKean County, showing n...
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    Events planned for Kinzua Bridge, other parks
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    Events planned for Kinzua Bridge, other parks
    June 17, 2025
    MOUNT JEWETT — Events have been planned for this weekend at Kinzua Bridge, Bendigo and Elk state parks. On Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. will be Tick Talk a...
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    Events planned at Sinnemahoning
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    Events planned at Sinnemahoning
    June 17, 2025
    AUSTIN — The campground movie on Saturday at Sinnemahoning State Park will be Charlie and the Curious Otters, shown from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the camp...
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    Summer fun with SPARK Arts
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    Summer fun with SPARK Arts
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 17, 2025
    SPARK Arts classes are back and better than ever. A full lineup of summertime classes are planned that are sure to keep participants engaged and enter...
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