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    Israel’s Olmert to become first leader to go to prison
    News, World
    Israel’s Olmert to become first leader to go to prison
    JOSEF FEDERMAN 
    Dec 29, 2015
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who claimed to be on the cusp of a historic peace deal with the Palestinians just a few years ago,...
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    Syrian army kills 17 Islamic militants in country’s south
    World
    Syrian army kills 17 Islamic militants in country’s south
    BASSEM MROUE 
    Dec 27, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces booby trapped a cluster of farm buildings in the southern Daraa province and detonated the explosives as severa...
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    Carson’s many faces: Doctor, author, speaker – and candidate
    Nation, News
    Carson’s many faces: Doctor, author, speaker – and candidate
    EILEEN SULLIVAN 
    Dec 25, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson's name and face adorn the walls of dozens of schools in the U.S. and a medical school in Nigeria. Mayors have handed him ...
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    Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings
    News, World
    Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings
    ZEINA KARAM 
    Dec 23, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — The three missiles fired on a public market in the northern Syrian town of Ariha took the morning shoppers by surprise. In a few moments...
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    Rwandans vote to lift term limits; partial poll results
    News, World
    Rwandans vote to lift term limits; partial poll results
    IGNATIUS SSUUNA 
    Dec 19, 2015
    KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The head of Rwanda's electoral commission said late Friday partial results show Rwandans have voted to lift term limits in order...
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    Congress OKs year-end budget deal, sends to Obama
    Politics
    Congress OKs year-end budget deal, sends to Obama
    ANDREW TAYLOR 
    Dec 18, 2015
    Congress Oks budget deal worth $1T in new spending and $680B in tax cuts, sends bill to ObamaKey countries meet in latest push to launch Syrian peace ...
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    Calls for investigation after “massacre” in Nigeria
    News, World
    Calls for investigation after “massacre” in Nigeria
    MICHELLE FAUL 
    Dec 16, 2015
    LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Human rights advocates and the United States called for an investigation following the Nigerian army's raid on a Shiite sect in ...
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    Disgraced ex-New Mexico official weighs making apologies
    Nation, News
    Disgraced ex-New Mexico official weighs making apologies
    MORGAN LEE 
    Dec 15, 2015
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's disgraced former secretary of state has until Wednesday to accept a sentence that combines a month in jail with a f...
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    States expanded gun rights after Sandy Hook school massacre
    Nation, News
    States expanded gun rights after Sandy Hook school massacre
    RYAN J. FOLEY 
    Dec 13, 2015
    IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in which a mentally troubled young man killed 26 children and educators, ser...
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    Search for shooters’ hard drive concludes in California lake
    Nation, News
    Search for shooters’ hard drive concludes in California lake
    AMANDA LEE MYERS 
    Dec 13, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — An underwater search for a computer hard drive and anything else linked to the husband-and-wife shooters who killed 14 in the Calif...
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    FBI continues probe of lake in California shootings
    Nation, News
    FBI continues probe of lake in California shootings
    AMANDA LEE MYERS 
    Dec 12, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Specialized divers with the FBI searched a San Bernardino lake for a second day Friday, looking for a computer hard drive and any o...
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    Former DC mayor poised for comeback with federal probe over
    Nation, News
    Former DC mayor poised for comeback with federal probe over
    BEN NUCKOLS 
    Dec 10, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vincent Gray spent his only term as Washington's mayor dogged by allegations of corruption. Then, three weeks before the 2014 Democr...
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    Jamaica activist brings legal challenge to anti-sodomy laws
    News, World
    Jamaica activist brings legal challenge to anti-sodomy laws
    Dec 09, 2015
    KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Jamaican gay rights activist has brought a rare legal challenge to the Caribbean island's anti-sodomy laws that criminalize...
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    Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program
    Nation, News
    Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program
    MARK SHERMAN 
    Dec 09, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears torn over the use of race in college admissions and may not be ready to make a decision without more infor...
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    American Indian activist, poet John Trudell dies at 69
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    American Indian activist, poet John Trudell dies at 69
    ROBERT JABLON 
    Dec 09, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Trudell, who was a spokesman for American Indian protesters during their 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island and later headed t...
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    California shooting doesn’t fit Washington’s gun debate
    Nation, News
    California shooting doesn’t fit Washington’s gun debate
    KATHLEEN HENNESSEY 
    Dec 04, 2015
    As investigators search for a motive behind the deadly rampage in San Bernardino, politicians are searching for a way to talk about it. The details of...
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    New Yorker who aided Peruvian rebels returns home
    News, World
    New Yorker who aided Peruvian rebels returns home
    FRANK BAJAK 
    Dec 03, 2015
    LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians still largely resent Lori Berenson for conspiring with the nation's No. 2 leftist rebel group in the 1990s, and she and he...
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    Senate GOP health law repeal delivers wins to party’s wings
    Nation, News
    Senate GOP health law repeal delivers wins to party’s wings
    ALAN FRAM 
    Dec 02, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans ignored a White House promise of a veto Wednesday and pushed toward Senate passage of legislation demolishing President ...
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    Spike Lee rips Rahm Emanuel on ‘Chi-Raq’ orange carpet
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Spike Lee rips Rahm Emanuel on ‘Chi-Raq’ orange carpet
    RACHELLE BLIDNER and JOHN CARUCCI 
    Dec 02, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Kind words were in short supply for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the premiere of Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" on Tuesday night. Emanuel fire...
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    Conviction of ex-speaker sends NY politics into turmoil
    Nation, News
    Conviction of ex-speaker sends NY politics into turmoil
    DAVID KLEPPER and LARRY NEUMEISTER 
    Dec 01, 2015
    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has shaken New York politics down to the granite foundations of the state...
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    Pirates’ trade deadline defined by rigid thinking and poor processes. What else is new?
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    Pirates’ trade deadline defined by rigid thinking and poor processes. What else is new?
    JASON MACKEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 1, 2025
    (TNS) — Four years ago, the Pirates eschewed a traditional draft strategy and instead took Henry Davis No. 1 overall, using the savings to sign other ...
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    PA defense synced and ready for Saturday
    Football, Local Sports
    PA defense synced and ready for Saturday
    By JO WANKEL - Era Sports Writer 
    August 1, 2025
    Pennsylvania’s defensive unit is ready for Saturday, relying on speed and aggressiveness to achieve its goals. The Defensive Line consists of Landon F...
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    Bold strokes for a big milestone
    Local News
    Bold strokes for a big milestone
    August 1, 2025
    Local artists Rick Minard and, not pictured, Greg Souchik, work on the patriotic Union Square mural celebrating America’s impending 250th anniversary....
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    Social Security Matters: Why hasn’t benefit changed because I’m still working?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Why hasn’t benefit changed because I’m still working?
    By RUSSELL GLOOR 
    August 1, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am receiving Social Security benefits while continuing to work full time. There are no restrictions on my wage earnings because I waited...
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    Delve deeper into benefits of BBB
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Delve deeper into benefits of BBB
    August 1, 2025
    History predicts that Republicans will suffer losses in next year’s midterm elections, and Democrats have made clear they will try to use President Do...
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    Small town, big impact
    Local News
    Small town, big impact
    Screw Cancer Festival returns today 
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    August 1, 2025
    KANE – For the third year in a row, Flickerwood Wine Cellars will be filled with music, laughter and a community united for a good cause during the Sc...
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