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    Sheriff maintains support for gun rights after mass shooting
    Nation, News
    Sheriff maintains support for gun rights after mass shooting
    JEFF BARNARD 
    Oct 02, 2015
    ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — This small town in southern Oregon's timber country strongly supports gun rights, and that hasn't changed for the county's top l...
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    Obama decries ‘routine’ response of country to shootings
    Nation, News
    Obama decries ‘routine’ response of country to shootings
    Oct 02, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A grim President Barack Obama says the U.S. has "become numb" to mass shootings like Thursday's incident in Oregon, where 20-year-ol...
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    Gunman opens fire at Oregon college; at least 9 killed
    Nation, News
    Gunman opens fire at Oregon college; at least 9 killed
    JEFF BARNARD and GOSIA WOZNIACKA 
    Oct 02, 2015
    ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a rural Oregon community college Thursday, killing at least nine people before dying in a shootout with ...
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    Wyoming man pleads guilty in killing at detox center
    Nation, News
    Wyoming man pleads guilty in killing at detox center
    BEN NEARY 
    Oct 01, 2015
    LANDER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming man pleaded guilty Thursday in the shooting two American Indian men that exposed racial tensions in a reservation border...
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    Arizona sheriff faces 2nd day of testimony in contempt case
    Nation, News
    Arizona sheriff faces 2nd day of testimony in contempt case
    JACQUES BILLEAUD 
    Oct 01, 2015
    PHOENIX (AP) — The sheriff for metro Phoenix repeatedly shifted blame to his subordinates Thursday as he was subjected to questioning in federal court...
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    Amid unexplained killings, Burundi descending into anarchy
    News, World
    Amid unexplained killings, Burundi descending into anarchy
    ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and RODNEY MUHUMUZA 
    Oct 01, 2015
    BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Bodies keep turning up in Burundi, dumped at roadsides and in streams. Mass arrests are being carried out. The killings and ...
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    Clerk jailed over gay marriage says pope encouraged her
    Nation, News
    Clerk jailed over gay marriage says pope encouraged her
    CLAIRE GALOFARO 
    Sep 30, 2015
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky clerk Kim Davis met briefly with Pope Francis during his historic U.S. visit, an encounter she said validates her crus...
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    Arizona sheriff to testify at contempt-of-court hearing
    Nation, News
    Arizona sheriff to testify at contempt-of-court hearing
    JACQUES BILLEAUD 
    Sep 30, 2015
    PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona sheriff whose immigration crackdowns have drawn wide attention is expected to testify Wednesday about his acknowledged disob...
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    In search for Mexico’s 43, killings of 6 others go ignored
    News, World
    In search for Mexico’s 43, killings of 6 others go ignored
    MARIA VERZA 
    Sep 26, 2015
    SAN MIGUEL TECOMATLAN, Mexico (AP) — Unlike the families of the 43 students who disappeared a year ago, Julio Cesar Mondragon's loved ones were left w...
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    Clerk Kim Davis switching parties to become a Republican
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    Clerk Kim Davis switching parties to become a Republican
    ADAM BEAM and CLAIRE GALOFARO 
    Sep 26, 2015
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a longtime Democrat, says she is switching to the Republican Party because she feels abandoned by Dem...
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    The Latest: Pope leaves blessing in UN guest book
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    The Latest: Pope leaves blessing in UN guest book
    The Associated Press 
    Sep 26, 2015
    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Latest developments at the United Nations summit to adopt an ambitious blueprint to eradicate extreme poverty and other global g...
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    The Latest: Xi strikes mild tone on cyberespionage concerns
    News, World
    The Latest: Xi strikes mild tone on cyberespionage concerns
    Sep 25, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest developments from the state visit that President Barack Obama is hosting for Chinese President Xi Jinping. All times loca...
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    NAACP wants special prosecutor in death of man in wheelchair
    Nation, News
    NAACP wants special prosecutor in death of man in wheelchair
    RANDALL CHASE 
    Sep 25, 2015
    WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a man in a wheelchair by Wilmington police is being investigated by a new unit within the Delaware attor...
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    Judge: Maryland prison mistreated transgender inmate
    Nation, News
    Judge: Maryland prison mistreated transgender inmate
    JULIET LINDERMAN 
    Sep 24, 2015
    BALTIMORE (AP) — A transgender inmate who says she was called "it" and "some kind of animal" by guards who watched her shower has won a legal victory ...
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    US-trained Syrian rebels investigating alleged defection
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    US-trained Syrian rebels investigating alleged defection
    SARAH EL DEEB 
    Sep 23, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-trained rebels who recently returned to Syria said Wednesday they have lost contact with one of their officers and that they are in...
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    Obama pick for Army would be first openly gay service chief
    Nation, News
    Obama pick for Army would be first openly gay service chief
    Sep 19, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that he will nominate longtime Pentagon official Eric Fanning to be the Army's new secretary. If ...
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    Human rights group demands Hungary stop harassing reporters
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    Human rights group demands Hungary stop harassing reporters
    VANESSA GERA 
    Sep 17, 2015
    BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A leading international human rights monitor demanded Thursday that Hungary stop "threatening and obstructing the work of jou...
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    The Latest: Migrants try to slip into Hungary, get detained
    News, World
    The Latest: Migrants try to slip into Hungary, get detained
    Sep 17, 2015
    TOVARNIK, Croatia (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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    Transgender student’s battle divides rural Virginia town
    Nation, News
    Transgender student’s battle divides rural Virginia town
    LARRY O'DELL 
    Sep 17, 2015
    GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) — Amid the cornfields and marinas dotting this conservative tidewater Virginia enclave between the York River and Mobjack Bay, pe...
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    Did Putin call Elton John? Singer says yes, Kremlin says no
    News, World
    Did Putin call Elton John? Singer says yes, Kremlin says no
    Sep 15, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — Elton John said Tuesday that Vladimir Putin phoned him after the musician requested a meeting to discuss Russia's anti-gay environment —...
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    Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge
    August 3, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK  — A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke...
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    Emergency alerts sounded during deadly West Virginia flooding
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Emergency alerts sounded during deadly West Virginia flooding
    Here's how they work — and when they're used
    By KING JEMISON  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 3, 2025
    (TNS) — Kaysi Ricker's phone buzzed with a flash flood warning. She scrambled down to the creek behind her house to clean up the toys her niece and ne...
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    Man hopes statement of affection isn’t taken the wrong way
    Lifestyles
    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
    PA State News
    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
    Business, Nation & World, PA State News
    ‘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
    Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
    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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