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Police: Pa. woman had baby with underage boy
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman is facing statutory sexual assault charges after allegedly having a child with an underage boy....
Diesel leaking from derailed train near Pittsburgh
BRADDOCK, Pa. (AP) -- Diesel fuel has been leaking into a creek from a derailed train at or near U.S. Steel's Edgar Thompson Works near Pittsburgh....
N.W. Pa. man sentenced for trying to kill deputies
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A northwestern Pennsylvania man will spend at least a decade in prison for trying to kill two sheriff's deputies in 2008....
Jurors hear tapped confession in toddler's death
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jurors have heard the taped confession of a Pittsburgh-area man accused of leaving his 23-month-old daughter outside to freeze to death....
Former officer pleads guilty to soliciting teen
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A former Philadelphia police officer has pleaded guilty to trying to solicit a 15-year-old boy....
Pa. school bus driver charged in 2nd fatal crash
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- On-board surveillance video shows a school bus driver was sleep-deprived and didn't stop before turning into a suburban Philadelphia middle school, causing an accident that killed the passenger of an oncoming car, authorities said Monday....
Ex-Pa. turnpike head to be spared prison in deal
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A former head of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission would serve six months of house arrest and pay $150,000 but would be spared prison time under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors who alleged he got a no-work contract from a former state senator....
Stubborn storm darkens, floods much of Northeast
BOUND BROOK, N.J. (AP) -- Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging out from the last of several major winter storms....
Acquittal in 2008 crash that killed Pa. lawmaker
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A jury on Monday acquitted a man of vehicular homicide while driving drunk in a 2008 crash that killed a state lawmaker....
Veon case jury deliberates all day with no verdict
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Jurors in the public corruption trial of a former top Pennsylvania House Democrat and three of his former aides deliberated all day Monday without reaching a verdict....
Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo flood
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Marc Shannon says the prospect of using a sandbag wall to protect his Fargo home from the rising Red River doesn't seem so alarming. Not after last year, when the city dealt with record flooding and Shannon had to maneuver around a 10-foot-high clay dike that cut his house off from the outside world....
Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) -- At 5 a.m. on the Army's largest training base, soldiers grunt through the kinds of stretches, body twists and bent-leg raises that might be seen in an "ab blaster" class at a suburban gym....
Plane hits, kills man along Hilton Head, SC, beach
HILTON HEAD, S.C. (AP) -- A single-engine plane with oil on its windshield hit and killed a man on a Hilton Head beach as the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing....
Toyota dismisses Calif. man's runaway Prius report
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. was quiet last week when James Sikes told reporters how the gas pedal got stuck on his 2008 Prius, leading him on a wild ride on a Southern California freeway....
Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern Calif.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A pre-dawn earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, startling residents from their sleep....
Calif. man sentenced for bilking $7M from casinos
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A San Diego man who led a card-cheating ring that bilked dozens of casinos out of $7 million was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in federal prison....
New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals
NEW YORK (AP) -- New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday....
Edwards mistress: Still in love, living 'truth'
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics....
Stubborn storm darkens, floods much of Northeast
BOUND BROOK, N.J. (AP) -- Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging out from the last of several major winter storms....
Plucky whooping crane gives wildlife experts hope
ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Texas (AP) -- After the poisonous snake slithered into the whooping crane family's marshy grounds and sank its fangs into the chick's neck, death seemed certain....
Thai protesters pour own blood on gate of govt HQ
BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai protesters poured several jugs of their own blood on the front gate of the government headquarters Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections....
US envoy cancels Mideast trip, Israel feud deepens
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A U.S. envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of curtailing the contentious construction at the heart of the row....
Pakistani officials: Suspected US missile kills 9
MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials said....
China without Google: 'a lose-lose scenario'
BEIJING (AP) -- China without Google - a prospect that looks increasingly likely - could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web outfits would face less pressure to improve, eroding their ability to one day compete abroad....
Markets cautious about EU aid pledge to Greece
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European countries' pledge to help Greece with loans received a lukewarm welcome from markets on Tuesday as investors remained worried that the form and timing of the aid remains unclear....
Sharks threatened by Asian consumers, says group
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Surging demand for shark fin soup among Asia's booming middle classes is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of extinction, a marine conservation group said Tuesday....
CAPITAL CULTURE: Indonesia remembers young Obama
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Somewhat bluntly, Barack Obama's former teacher sums up the neighborhood thinking when the future American president turned up with his family in Indonesia's capital more than 40 years ago....
Sri Lankan opposition leader faces court-martial
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- The former Sri Lankan army chief who lost his opposition bid for the presidency objected Tuesday to his court-martial hearing, saying the panel formed to decide his fate was biased against him, an ally said....
Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest
KABUL (AP) -- The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers....
Fiji declares state of emergency for cyclone aid
SUVA, Fiji (AP) -- Fiji declared a state of emergency Tuesday and ordered troops to launch relief operations in northern regions battered by a powerful cyclone that knocked out power and forced thousands of people to flee into shelters....
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