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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
    July 31, 2025
    The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
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    House set to strengthen government records law
    Politics
    House set to strengthen government records law
    MATTHEW DALY 
    Jan 11, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved forward on legislation that would make it easier to obtain government records, as a new congressional report conclud...
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    Clinton campaign says Sanders at odds with Obama on guns
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    Clinton campaign says Sanders at odds with Obama on guns
    LISA LERER and JOSH LEDERMAN 
    Jan 09, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign jumped at a chance Friday to portray rival Sen. Bernie Sanders as being at odds with Preside...
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    State faulted for ‘incomplete’ record searches under Clinton
    Politics
    State faulted for ‘incomplete’ record searches under Clinton
    JACK GILLUM 
    Jan 08, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department produced "inaccurate and incomplete" responses to public records requests while Democratic presidential hopeful...
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    Washington governor takes action on guns after Obama move
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    Washington governor takes action on guns after Obama move
    DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP 
    Jan 07, 2016
    BURIEN, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order aimed at curbing gun violence by improving data-sharing among government age...
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    The Latest: Experts seek ‘smoking gun’ for NKorea explosion
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    The Latest: Experts seek ‘smoking gun’ for NKorea explosion
    Jan 06, 2016
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The latest on North Korea's announcement that it conducted a hydrogen bomb test Wednesday (all times Seoul): 5:31 a.m. Thurs...
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    Christie under attack as rivals sense him rising in NH
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    Christie under attack as rivals sense him rising in NH
    JILL COLVIN and JULIE BYKOWICZ 
    Jan 06, 2016
    CLAREMONT, New Hampshire (AP) — Chris Christie is the Republican presidential candidate to beat in second-to-vote New Hampshire — so say the super PAC...
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    Cruz’s birth in Canada unlikely to cloud run for president
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    Cruz’s birth in Canada unlikely to cloud run for president
    MARK SHERMAN 
    Jan 06, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — It seems like only yesterday that skeptics of Barack Obama's birth in Hawaii rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the son of ...
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    US sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017
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    US sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017
    MATTHEW LEE and BRADLEY KLAPPER 
    Jan 06, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has a vision for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's departure. Even if it works, the president won't be around to...
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    North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism
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    North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism
    FOSTER KLUG 
    Jan 06, 2016
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self...
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    Obama’s move may deter some weapon sales over the Internet
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    Obama’s move may deter some weapon sales over the Internet
    RYAN J. FOLEY and ERIC TUCKER 
    Jan 05, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's move to tighten controls on gun sales could discourage some unlicensed private sellers from doing business ...
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    Sanders vowing to break up banks during first year in office
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    Sanders vowing to break up banks during first year in office
    LISA LERER 
    Jan 05, 2016
    NEW YORK (AP) — Characterizing Wall Street as an industry run on "greed, fraud, dishonesty and arrogance," Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sa...
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    Truck blocks entrance to US land as armed standoff persists
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    Truck blocks entrance to US land as armed standoff persists
    REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON 
    Jan 05, 2016
    BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A pickup truck blocked the entrance Tuesday to a national wildlife preserve where a small armed group upset over federal land polic...
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    Obama thrusts gun control debate into forefront of 2016 race
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    Obama thrusts gun control debate into forefront of 2016 race
    JULIE PACE 
    Jan 05, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — With his emotional plea for America to embrace some gun control, President Barack Obama on Thursday thrust the contentious issue to ...
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    Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties
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    Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties
    ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JON GAMBRELL 
    Jan 05, 2016
    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot "cover up" its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing di...
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    Bill Clinton kicks off tour for wife’s presidential campaign
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    Bill Clinton kicks off tour for wife’s presidential campaign
    LISA LERER 
    Jan 04, 2016
    NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A subdued Bill Clinton offered a deeply personal endorsement of his wife's presidential campaign Monday, telling voters that Hilla...
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    Mexico mayor slain a day after taking office
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    Mexico mayor slain a day after taking office
    CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARIA VERZA 
    Jan 03, 2016
    MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three people, including a minor, were being held Sunday in the slaying of a newly inaugurated mayor in a gang-troubled central Mexi...
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    Israel charges 2 Jewish extremists in deadly arson
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    Israel charges 2 Jewish extremists in deadly arson
    JOSEF FEDERMAN 
    Jan 03, 2016
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday charged two Jewish extremists in an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents last July — culmi...
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    Obama explores unilateral steps on guns
    Politics
    Obama explores unilateral steps on guns
    KEVIN FREKING 
    Jan 01, 2016
    HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is looking for ways to keep guns out of the hands of "a dangerous few" without depending on Congress to pass a ...
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    New Year revelers unfazed by attack worries _ in most places
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    New Year revelers unfazed by attack worries _ in most places
    SYLVIE CORBET and KRISTEN GELINEAU 
    Dec 31, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers rang in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, res...
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    House Intelligence chair seeks answers on NSA spying report
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    House Intelligence chair seeks answers on NSA spying report
    ERICA WERNER 
    Dec 31, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday his committee will look into a report the U.S. spied on the Israeli ...
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    Use the Russian sanctions bill
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    Use the Russian sanctions bill
    July 31, 2025
    President Donald Trump’s tariff negotiations have been largely successful. Not so for his efforts to end the Ukraine war. Trump has expressed increasi...
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    The August garden’s gentle retreat
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    The August garden’s gentle retreat
    By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
    July 31, 2025
    August is a special month. The pressure is off and it’s time to enjoy the late-season garden. We still have to weed, trim, and water but we can also p...
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    July 31, 2025
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    Rotary garden blooms with unity
    By DANIELLA LANGIANESE  news@bradfordera.com 
    July 31, 2025
    On Wednesday evening members of Bradford’s Rotary Club were honored to install a set of Peace Poles within their garden, located at the corner of Mech...
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    The Trump Texas gerrymandering apocalypse won’t kill our democracy | Opinion
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    By DAVID MASTIO The Kansas City Star 
    July 31, 2025
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    Pa. faces a crisis of accepting mediocrity
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    Pa. faces a crisis of accepting mediocrity
    By GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
    July 31, 2025
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