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  • 9 still hospitalized after trains crash

    Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured, some of them critically, authorities ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 19

    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: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers

    CAIRO (AP) -- Seven members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants have appeared in a video posted on the Internet, urging the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' ...

  • Rocky Gap Casino offers new deal in western Md.

    FLINTSTONE, Md. (AP) -- The flashy jangle of slot machines is a far cry from the stillness of Rocky Gap State Park in western Maryland, but state and local leaders are betting that this week's planned casino opening will transform a struggling lakeside lodge into the economic engine its planners envisioned 15 years ...

  • Damaged trains being removed from wreck site

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North ...

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Lions for Lambs

Lions for Lambs

You shouldn't blame yourself if you mistakenly think that Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford's didactic excursion into contemporary politics and U.S. foreign policy, is based on a stageplay. While screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan had previously served up the war on terror ... ...

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  • Criticism flares around new Pennsylvania graduation tests

    By MARC LEVY,Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - It seemed to hit the Capitol like a brick: a sudden groundswell of criticism over a move by Gov. Tom Corbett and the Pennsylvania State Board of Education to toughen academic achievement standards and tie them to graduation tests for the state's roughly 1.7 million public and charter school students.After hours of legislative hearings on ...

  • Philly flower show ends with million-dollar loss

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- This year's Philadelphia Flower Show ended with a loss of about $1.2 million, and officials are blaming fears of a winter snowstorm during the week of the show that they say were whipped up by television and radio ...

  • Local ‘drummer boys’ plan march from Pittsburgh to Gettysburg

    Guibert entered the Civil War at 17, serving with the 74th Pennsylvania, a German speaking regiment, and the 77th Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served on the front line in several battles, including the first Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. He became known as "The Wizard of the ...

  • 1 killed in crash on Route 28

    Emergency dispatchers said crash involved a tractor-trailer and a motorcycle between the 16th and 31st Street Bridges in the northbound lanes of Route ...

  • White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

    WASHINGTON -; A top White House adviser insisted President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers on ...

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