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Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
BERLIN (AP) -- Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats....
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5 Somalis, 7 militants die in attack on UN office
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and breached the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, sparking gun battles with security forces that killed at least 12 people. U.N. personnel who reached the compound's secure bunker all survived, though officials hinted not all reached that bunker....
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Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans....
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Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
BERLIN (AP) -- Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats....
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W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to train
JULIAN, W.Va. (AP) -- Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out, the smoke dissipates and the lights come on. The roar of fire is replaced by the trickle of nearby water....
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Pa. doc faces trial in former partner's shooting
LIMA, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia pediatrician has been held for trial on charges she fatally shot her former domestic partner and narrowly missed their 11-year-old son....
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Giant bee swarm removed from eastern Pa. building
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A beekeeper had to be called in to remove a giant swarm of honey bees from around a building in downtown Pottsville....
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US Steel gets delay on Pa. coke emission goals
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) -- United States Steel Corp. has gotten more time to meet county air pollution standards following a $500 million revamp of its Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh....
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5 things to know for Wednesday in Pa. news
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Wednesday....
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Pa. school can exclude morning-after pill coverage
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A federal judge says a Christian college in western Pennsylvania can exclude coverage for birth control like the morning-after pill and the week-after pill when it offers a health insurance plan to its students....
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Suspended Pa. teacher jailed pending porn trial
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A suspended northwestern Pennsylvania high school teacher must remain jailed until trial on federal charges that he possessed and created child pornography, including images of one boy he's accused of molesting and other yet-to-be identified children....
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NY man arrested in shelter faces Pa. sex sentence
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A New York man is scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge in Erie on charges he crossed state lines hoping to have sex with underage girls in northwestern Pennsylvania....
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Western Pa. couple found fatally shot in bathroom
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A 25-year-old woman was found fatally shot in a running shower and her ex-boyfriend has died of a gunshot wound in what police are calling a murder suicide in a Pittsburgh suburb....
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Allentown council to vote on clean air ordinance
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The city council in Allentown is set to vote on a clean air ordinance that would include round-the-clock monitoring of any new waste-to-energy plants built there....
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