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  • State police County judge stole coke from cases

    The Pennsylvania State Police have charged a former Washington County judge with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases he presided over, before he abruptly resigned from the bench last ...

  • U.S. unemployment aid applications fall to 340K

    o The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.The less volatile four-week average ticked down just 500 to 339,500, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's close to the five-year low of 338,000 reached during the first week of May. The four-week average is 9 percent lower than ...

  • Steelers Sign Two Draft Picks

    overall pick, played collegiately at Oregon State University. He appeared in 49 games, starting the final 30, and recorded a school-record 227 receptions. Wheaton ranks third on the school's all-time receiving yards list (2,994) and sixth on the school's all-time receiving touchdowns list (16). Wheaton earned numerous accolades his senior season, as he was named first-team All-Pac 12 ...

  • Police Jewels stolen in Cap dAntibes near Cannes

    PARIS -- Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival.A police official said Thursday that the necklace was of "high value" but couldn't put a price on it. She would only speak on condition of anonymity because an investigation is under ...

  • Rain strong winds batter recovering Okla. area

    Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ...

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M*A*S*H [DVD]

M*A*S*H [DVD]

One of director Robert Altman's favorite ways of describing how M*A*S*H got into theaters is, "It wasn't released from 20th Century Fox ... it escaped." ...

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  • US rate on 30-year mortgages rises to 3.59 pct.

    By MARCY GORDONAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend that should help sustain the housing recovery. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for the 30-year loan increased to 3.59 percent this week. ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 23

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Chicago Cubs: 1. ...

  • Publisher releasing newly found Pearl S. Buck book

    New York-based Open Road Integrated Media says Buck wrote the novel, titled "The Eternal Wonder," shortly before she died in 1973. The publisher says someone found the manuscript in storage in January. It will be published Oct. 22 in paperback and digital ...

  • Cent. Pa. students try to hopscotch to record

    WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- Students at a central Pennsylvania elementary school slated to close hope they can hopscotch their way into the Guinness Book of World Records before the school's doors are shut for ...

  • Pa. teacher cleared in fondling faces second case

    ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A suspended northwestern Pennsylvania high school teacher has been acquitted on charges that he fondled a then-12-year-old boy during a Christmas visit which the teacher, and several defense witnesses, testified never ...

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