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    AP News Guide: A look at the University of Missouri’s issues
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    AP News Guide: A look at the University of Missouri’s issues
    The Associated Press 
    Nov 14, 2015
    COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Efforts are underway at the University of Missouri to address the racial tensions that led to demonstrations by students, a strik...
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    UN condemns Burundi killings, threatens possible sanctions
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    UN condemns Burundi killings, threatens possible sanctions
    EDITH M. LEDERER 
    Nov 12, 2015
    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday condemning killings in Burundi and threatening sanctions, w...
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    Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful
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    Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 12, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Mormon church rules targeting gay members and their children have triggered a firestorm of backlash from church members of a...
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    Hospital raid video gives rare look at murky Israeli unit
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    Hospital raid video gives rare look at murky Israeli unit
    JOSEF FEDERMAN 
    Nov 12, 2015
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Security camera footage of a deadly Israeli arrest raid in a West Bank hospital on Thursday gave a rare glimpse into the murky underc...
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    Online threats heighten tensions at University of Missouri
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    Online threats heighten tensions at University of Missouri
    SUMMER BALLENTINE 
    Nov 11, 2015
    COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A 19-year-old man suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty was arrested Wednesday, authorities sai...
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    Georgia man acquitted after 29 years files civil rights suit
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    Georgia man acquitted after 29 years files civil rights suit
    KATE BRUMBACK 
    Nov 11, 2015
    ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man says he was frightened into pleading guilty for a murder he didn't commit after police dangled him off a bridge three dec...
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    Ferguson protests influence actions at U. of Missouri
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    Ferguson protests influence actions at U. of Missouri
    JIM SUHR and SUMMER BALLENTINE 
    Nov 10, 2015
    COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — When cotton balls were scattered outside the black culture center at the University of Missouri's flagship campus in 2010 in a cl...
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    University of Missouri president leaves over race complaints
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    University of Missouri president leaves over race complaints
    SUMMER BALLENTINE and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER 
    Nov 09, 2015
    COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt ove...
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    AP News Guide: A look the University of Missouri’s issues
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    AP News Guide: A look the University of Missouri’s issues
    Nov 09, 2015
    COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri have led to numerous protests, a hunger strike by a graduate student and...
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    Egyptian journalist faces accusations by military
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    Egyptian journalist faces accusations by military
    Nov 08, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — A leading investigative journalist and human rights advocate is facing accusations from Egypt's military prosecutor, his colleague said S...
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    Mormon church issues rules aimed at gay members, their kids
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    Mormon church issues rules aimed at gay members, their kids
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 07, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church officials have issued a rule change that says members in same-sex marriages can be kicked out and their children m...
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    Police union threatens ‘surprise’ for Quentin Tarantino
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Police union threatens ‘surprise’ for Quentin Tarantino
    Nov 07, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — The executive director of the largest police union in the country is threatening a "surprise" for Quentin Tarantino after the director...
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    Gay Mormon church members say new rules are devastating
    Nation, News
    Gay Mormon church members say new rules are devastating
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 07, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In the past two years, Nathan Kitchen has revealed to his five children that he's gay, gone through a divorce with his wife and ...
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    Union push gains steam among Yale, Harvard grad students
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    Union push gains steam among Yale, Harvard grad students
    MICHAEL MELIA 
    Nov 05, 2015
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Efforts to unionize graduate students at private universities are gaining momentum as the National Labor Relations Board shows...
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    Leader of civil rights movement’s lobbying arm to step
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    Leader of civil rights movement’s lobbying arm to step
    JESSE J. HOLLAND 
    Nov 04, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The longtime head of an organization considered the lobbying arm of the civil rights movement announced Wednesday that he will step ...
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    Kerry makes rare visit to rich, odd Turkmenistan
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    Kerry makes rare visit to rich, odd Turkmenistan
    BRADLEY KLAPPER 
    Nov 03, 2015
    ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan's rituals range from the bizarre to the brutal. The Central Asian nation has more marble buildings than any...
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    Freedom still eludes Moroccan held 13 years in Guantanamo
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    Freedom still eludes Moroccan held 13 years in Guantanamo
    SAMIA ERRAZZOUKI 
    Nov 03, 2015
    RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay has been held for more than six weeks without formal charges in Morocco despite what his law...
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    Supreme Court troubled by DA’s rejection of black jurors
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    Supreme Court troubled by DA’s rejection of black jurors
    MARK SHERMAN 
    Nov 02, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared troubled Monday by the actions of a Georgia prosecutor in disqualifying all the black prospective jurors ...
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    Azerbaijan holds parliamentary vote amid free speech limits
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    Azerbaijan holds parliamentary vote amid free speech limits
    AIDA SULTANOVA 
    Nov 01, 2015
    BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Voters in the oil-rich Caspian Sea nation of Azerbaijan cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to se...
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    Egypt refers writer, editor to trial for sexual content
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    Egypt refers writer, editor to trial for sexual content
    MARAM MAZEN 
    Nov 01, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's prosecution referred to trial a writer and the editor-in-chief of Egypt's top literary magazine on Saturday for publishing sexual...
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    Man hopes statement of affection isn’t taken the wrong way
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    Man hopes statement of affection isn’t taken the wrong way
    August 3, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I recently reconnected with a woman I dated briefly in the 1980s and haven't seen since. She's around my age. We both were married one year...
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
    August 2, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...
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    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
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    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
    By CHARLES THOMPSON pennlive.com 
    August 2, 2025
    (TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
    By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
    August 2, 2025
    Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
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    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    August 2, 2025
    EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
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    Drilling pilot holes
    Lifestyles
    Drilling pilot holes
    August 2, 2025
    Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
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