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    Sean Penn: Nothing to hide over drug lord interview
    News, World
    Sean Penn: Nothing to hide over drug lord interview
    MARIA VERZA and FRANK BAJAK 
    Jan 12, 2016
    MEXICO CITY (AP) — Actor Sean Penn said he has "nothin' to hide," after images published Monday indicated he was under surveillance when he met with t...
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    Escaped suspect in sheriff’s death captured hiding in woods
    Nation, News
    Escaped suspect in sheriff’s death captured hiding in woods
    RUSS BYNUM 
    Nov 04, 2015
    SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Charged with murder in the car-chase death of a Georgia sheriff, Jim Edward Lowery used a jail transfer to stage a dramatic escap...
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    AP: Federal inmates escape while traveling to halfway houses
    Nation, News
    AP: Federal inmates escape while traveling to halfway houses
    ERIC TUCKER 
    Oct 05, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 240 inmates have slipped away from federal custody in the past three years while traveling to halfway houses, including se...
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    Sentencing for NY prison worker who helped 2 killers escape
    Nation, News
    Sentencing for NY prison worker who helped 2 killers escape
    MICHAEL HILL 
    Sep 28, 2015
    PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York prison worker who claims she was in "way over my head" when she helped two murderers escape faces a sentenc...
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    New York prison worker: I got ‘caught up’ in escape plot
    Nation, News
    New York prison worker: I got ‘caught up’ in escape plot
    MICHAEL HILL 
    Jul 29, 2015
    PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A prison worker who got "caught up in the fantasy" of a breakout planned by two killers told investigators she performed sex ...
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    NY prison worker pleads guilty in escape of 2 killers
    Nation, News
    NY prison worker pleads guilty in escape of 2 killers
    MICHAEL HILL 
    Jul 28, 2015
    PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A prison worker admitted Tuesday to smuggling hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat to two killers who later broke out and ...
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    For escapee, prison now will mean 23 hours a day in a cell
    Nation
    For escapee, prison now will mean 23 hours a day in a cell
    Jul 05, 2015
    ROMULUS, N.Y. (AP) — The surviving escapee from a prison break and three-week manhunt will spend 23 hours a day in a maximum-security cell, much more ...
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    Body of prison escapee released to New York funeral home
    Nation, News
    Body of prison escapee released to New York funeral home
    MICHAEL VIRTANEN 
    Jul 02, 2015
    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The body of a convicted murderer who was fatally shot three weeks after he broke out of prison was released to a funeral home Thur...
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    2 convicted murderers practiced night before prison breakout
    Nation, News
    2 convicted murderers practiced night before prison breakout
    Jul 01, 2015
    DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — One of two convicted murderers who broke out of a maximum-security prison in June told police that they conducted a practice ru...
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    Source: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escapes
    Nation, News
    Source: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escapes
    MICHAEL VIRTANEN 
    Jun 30, 2015
    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The superintendent at the northern New York prison where two killers escaped three weeks ago and his deputy in charge of security ...
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    Gov. Cuomo: Inmates had sights on Mexico but ride backed out
    Nation, News
    Gov. Cuomo: Inmates had sights on Mexico but ride backed out
    MICHAEL BALSAMO 
    Jun 29, 2015
    MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — Two convicted murderers who escaped from prison and eluded a massive manhunt for three weeks had initially planned to drive to Mex...
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    Officers use floodlights, checkpoints in hunt for escapee
    Nation, News
    Officers use floodlights, checkpoints in hunt for escapee
    MICHAEL BALSAMO and JOHN KEKIS 
    Jun 28, 2015
    MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — Officers scouring dense and boggy woods for a surviving escaped killer took floodlights into the search area overnight, and others...
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    The Latest: Officers man checkpoints in hunt for escapee
    Nation, News
    The Latest: Officers man checkpoints in hunt for escapee
    The Associated Press 
    Jun 28, 2015
    MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — The latest on the manhunt following the escape of two convicted murderers from a maximum-security prison (all times local): ___ 12...
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    The Latest: Escapee ‘shot when he didn’t comply’; 1 sought
    Nation, News
    The Latest: Escapee ‘shot when he didn’t comply’; 1 sought
    The Associated Press 
    Jun 27, 2015
    MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — The latest on the hunt for two inmates who escaped from a maximum-security prison (all times local): ___ 9:10 p.m. Authorities say...
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    Searchers edge north on Day 21 of hunt for prison escapees
    Nation, News
    Searchers edge north on Day 21 of hunt for prison escapees
    JOHN KEKIS 
    Jun 26, 2015
    MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — A search for two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison three weeks ago edged slightly north Friday to a t...
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    Guard provided convicts tools, denies knowing of escape plan
    Nation, News
    Guard provided convicts tools, denies knowing of escape plan
    BONNY GHOSH 
    Jun 25, 2015
    PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A New York prison guard charged in connection with the maximum-security prison escape of two killers admitted to providing th...
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    Governor: DNA miles from prison is linked to escaped inmates
    Nation, News
    Governor: DNA miles from prison is linked to escaped inmates
    MIKE GROLL 
    Jun 23, 2015
    BELMONT, N.Y. (AP) — DNA found just miles from a maximum-security prison is linked to the convicted murderers who escaped more than two weeks ago, Gov...
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    Lawyer: Man shocked by wife’s role in prison escape plot
    Nation, News
    Lawyer: Man shocked by wife’s role in prison escape plot
    MICHAEL HILL 
    Jun 20, 2015
    A woman charged with helping two convicted murderers escape from prison told her husband that when she backed out of a plan to be the getaway driver t...
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    Across US, over 220 prison escapees listed as on the loose
    Nation, News
    Across US, over 220 prison escapees listed as on the loose
    JENNIFER PELTZ 
    Jun 19, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Somewhere out there are an admitted killer who crawled through a Texas prison's ventilation ducts, a murderer who apparently escaped f...
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    Egypt court confirms ousted President Morsi’s death sentence
    News, World
    Egypt court confirms ousted President Morsi’s death sentence
    SARAH EL DEEB 
    Jun 16, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi over a mass prison break during 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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