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    Ongoing fighting in Yemen undermines cease-fire, peace talks
    News, World
    Ongoing fighting in Yemen undermines cease-fire, peace talks
    AHMED AL-HAJ 
    Dec 16, 2015
    SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Clashes were underway Wednesday along several front lines in Yemen, claiming at least 42 lives and undermining a day-old cease-fir...
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    Testimony phase ends in trial of ex-Chad dictator in Senegal
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    Testimony phase ends in trial of ex-Chad dictator in Senegal
    CARLEY PETESCH 
    Dec 16, 2015
    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Prison survivors said corpses were sometimes left to rot in jail until there were enough bodies to be taken away. Several women ...
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    South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues, 2 years on
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    South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues, 2 years on
    JASON PATINKIN 
    Dec 16, 2015
    LEER, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's civil war took away everything that had been precious to Mary Nyak Chot. "All my children were killed. The youn...
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    Calls for investigation after “massacre” in Nigeria
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    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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    ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Shawshank’ added to National Film Registry
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Shawshank’ added to National Film Registry
    BEN NUCKOLS 
    Dec 16, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a bro-centric year for movies added to the prestigious National Film Registry. Two of the most popular male-bonding movies of a...
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    Study: Smaller counties driving US jail population growth
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    Study: Smaller counties driving US jail population growth
    JAKE PEARSON 
    Dec 15, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — While big-city jails get most of the attention, lockups in small and medium-sized counties have actually driven the overall explosion ...
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    Anonymous email threat closes all Los Angeles schools
    Nation, News
    Anonymous email threat closes all Los Angeles schools
    CHRISTOPHER WEBER and TAMI ABDOLLAH 
    Dec 15, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation's second-largest school district shut down Tuesday after a school board member received an emailed threat that raised fe...
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    Leading Thai seafood boss: AP shrimp probe ‘wake-up call’
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    Leading Thai seafood boss: AP shrimp probe ‘wake-up call’
    ROBIN McDOWELL and MARTHA MENDOZA 
    Dec 15, 2015
    BANGKOK (AP) — The president of one of the world's biggest seafood exporters expressed frustration and promised change Wednesday after saying an Assoc...
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    WHO hopes Yemen cease-fire opens way for medical supplies
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    WHO hopes Yemen cease-fire opens way for medical supplies
    JAMEY KEATEN and AHMED AL-HAJ 
    Dec 15, 2015
    GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it hopes a cease-fire in Yemen will allow for deliveries of needed medical aid into the war-torn coun...
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    Merriam-Webster declares ‘ism’ as word of the year for 2015
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    Merriam-Webster declares ‘ism’ as word of the year for 2015
    LEANNE ITALIE 
    Dec 15, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster has picked a small but powerful suffix as word of the year: ism. But not just any ism. The top isms to earn high traff...
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    James Patterson announces gifts to booksellers, libraries
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    James Patterson announces gifts to booksellers, libraries
    HILLEL ITALIE 
    Dec 15, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — The beneficiaries include a manager at the Brazos Bookstore in Houston with a passion for works in translation and a community school ...
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    2 killed in clashes in Turkey as Kurds denounce curfew
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    2 killed in clashes in Turkey as Kurds denounce curfew
    SUZAN FRASER 
    Dec 14, 2015
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police on Monday clashed with a group of Kurds following a protest by some 5,000 people denouncing a dayslong curfew imposed by ...
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    Prosecutor: French teacher lied about IS attack claim
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    Prosecutor: French teacher lied about IS attack claim
    LORI HINNANT 
    Dec 14, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — A preschool teacher who claimed to have been attacked by a masked assailant invoking Islamic State made up the story, French prosecutors ...
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    Initial results show 19 Saudi women elected for first time
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    Initial results show 19 Saudi women elected for first time
    AYA BATRAWY 
    Dec 13, 2015
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — At least 19 Saudi women have won seats on local municipal councils a day after women voted and ran in elections for the fi...
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    Sikhs feel vulnerable, join with Muslims to combat backlash
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    Sikhs feel vulnerable, join with Muslims to combat backlash
    TAMMY WEBBER 
    Dec 13, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — Pardeep Kaleka spent several days after 9/11 at his father's South Milwaukee gas station, fearing that his family would be targeted by ...
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    Jehovah’s Witnesses could get $1 billion for NYC properties
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    Jehovah’s Witnesses could get $1 billion for NYC properties
    KAREN MATTHEWS 
    Dec 13, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — The Jehovah's Witnesses, the door-knocking religious group that's been based in Brooklyn for a century, is selling its headquarters an...
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    States expanded gun rights after Sandy Hook school massacre
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    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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    Burundi: US urges citizens to leave after Friday violence
    News, World
    Burundi: US urges citizens to leave after Friday violence
    ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and TOM ODULA 
    Dec 13, 2015
    BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — The U.S. government asked its citizens to leave Burundi as soon as possible Sunday after 87 people were killed Friday in an ...
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    Who’s too old for major treatment? Age not always a barrier
    Nation, News
    Who’s too old for major treatment? Age not always a barrier
    LINDSEY TANNER 
    Dec 13, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home fro...
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    Man accused of hate crime, arson in California mosque fire
    Nation, News
    Man accused of hate crime, arson in California mosque fire
    Dec 13, 2015
    COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) — A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of committing a hate crime and arson in connection with a Southern Californi...
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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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