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    Peggy Say, who advocated for release of Terry Anderson, dies
    Nation, News
    Peggy Say, who advocated for release of Terry Anderson, dies
    ERIK SCHELZIG 
    Dec 24, 2015
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Peggy Say, who spent nearly seven years on a tireless quest for the release of her brother, journalist Terry Anderson, and fel...
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    Syria’s al-Qaida branch releases captive Lebanese soldiers
    News, World
    Syria’s al-Qaida branch releases captive Lebanese soldiers
    ZEINA KARAM 
    Dec 01, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria released more than a dozen Lebanese soldiers and police it has held for more than a year on Tuesday as par...
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    Police: At least 26 dead in Paris, hostage-taking in theater
    News, World
    Police: At least 26 dead in Paris, hostage-taking in theater
    ANGELA CHARLTON and LORI HINNANT 
    Nov 13, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — Two police officials said at least 26 people have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris Friday, in the deadliest violence ...
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    Nigerian military: 338 captives rescued from Boko Haram
    News, World
    Nigerian military: 338 captives rescued from Boko Haram
    MICHELLE FAUL 
    Oct 28, 2015
    ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops have rescued 338 captives, almost all children and women, from Boko Haram camps in a northeastern forest, the mi...
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    IS militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up
    News, World
    IS militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up
    SARAH El DEEB and SUZAN FRASER 
    Oct 27, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group killed three of its captives in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by tying them to Roman-era columns at the site, ...
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    Coalition identifies US commando killed in Iraqi raid
    Nation, News
    Coalition identifies US commando killed in Iraqi raid
    VIVIAN SALAMA 
    Oct 23, 2015
    BAGHDAD (AP) — The first American soldier to die in combat against the Islamic State group in Iraq has been identified as Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheele...
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    A grandmother’s ordeal in the hands of Mexican kidnappers
    News, World
    A grandmother’s ordeal in the hands of Mexican kidnappers
    E. EDUARDO CASTILLO 
    Sep 30, 2015
    AHUEHUEPAN, Mexico (AP) — The kidnappers promised Yolanda Alvarez Antunez they would free her husband after she paid the ransom. The mother of five, g...
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    Authorities: Teacher calmed teen who held classmates hostage
    Nation, News
    Authorities: Teacher calmed teen who held classmates hostage
    JONATHAN MATTISE 
    Aug 26, 2015
    PHILIPPI, W.Va. (AP) — With 29 terrified students looking on, a West Virginia high school teacher managed to calm a 14-year-old student who pointed a ...
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    Croatia says 2 groups were involved in hostage’s abduction
    News, World
    Croatia says 2 groups were involved in hostage’s abduction
    AIDA CERKEZ 
    Aug 13, 2015
    SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A Croatian hostage reportedly slain in Egypt was kidnapped by an unidentified group that demanded a ransom from hi...
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    The Latest on Croatian hostage killed by Islamic State
    News, World
    The Latest on Croatian hostage killed by Islamic State
    The Associated Press 
    Aug 12, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — The latest in the events surrounding the purported slaying by Egypt's Islamic State affiliate of Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek, after...
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    Spain to seek Syrian government help to find journalists
    News, World
    Spain to seek Syrian government help to find journalists
    CIARAN GILES and ZEINA KARAM 
    Jul 22, 2015
    MADRID (AP) — Spain said Wednesday that it is trying to establish what happened to three Spanish freelance journalists who went missing around the emb...
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    Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped girls for detainees
    News, World
    Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped girls for detainees
    MICHELLE FAUL 
    Jul 08, 2015
    LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists are offering to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    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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