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Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said....
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UK PM: London attack terror could be terror
LONDON (AP) -- A brutal attack in broad daylight near a military barracks in London left one man dead and two suspects hospitalized Wednesday after a shootout with police. British Prime Minister David Cameron said the attack appeared to be terror related....
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Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant....
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Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- The U.S. and several key allies sought Wednesday a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid....
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Pa. Constitution Center to display Bill of Rights
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- One of the 12 surviving copies of the Bill of Rights that may have been pilfered from Pennsylvania in the late 1800s will be on display in Philadelphia for three years, beginning with the 225th anniversary next year of the drafting of the country's highest ideals....
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Corbett says distribution center will bring jobs
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) -- Gov. Tom Corbett says American Eagle Outfitters Inc. is planning a $160 million-plus distribution center near Hazleton that is projected to generate nearly 400 jobs....
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Faith healers charged with murder after 2nd death
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and who were on probation in their son's 2009 pneumonia death have been charged with murder after a second child died....
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Pa. control may limit Harrisburg election's impact
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania's debt-laden capital city will have a new mayor next year, but he could have little role in sorting out the pressing financial problems that dragged Harrisburg to the brink of bankruptcy after an unprecedented takeover by the state....
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Man fatally struck by commuter train near Philly
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. (AP) -- Transit officials say a commuter train has struck and killed a man on the tracks outside Philadelphia....
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Skateboarders might find new love at Philly park
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Brokenhearted skateboarders long banned from Philadelphia's internationally renowned shredding paradise of Love Park may have a new object of affection: Paine's Park....
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5 dead in Ill. van crash part of Christian group
VANDALIA, Ill. (AP) -- Five Baltimore men killed when their van careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times were members of a Christian ministry returning from a weeklong international conference in California....
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Man sues manufacturer, Philly shop over sex gel
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A competitive martial artist is suing a Philadelphia sex shop and the makers of a gel he says burned and scarred his genitals....
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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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UPMC transcriptionists offered work with vendor
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is cutting costs by laying off more than 100 transcriptionists, all of whom are being offered jobs by a Massachusetts company which has worked with the hospital network to develop voice recognition software....
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