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Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security....
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UK soldier slaying suspects had been investigated
LONDON (AP) -- Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been investigated previously by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London....
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Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders
BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) -- An American man is suspected of killing a family of four and is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday....
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Restaurant torched in 4th night of Sweden riots
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting....
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Newly found Pearl S. Buck book is to be published
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A publisher is planning to release a newly discovered novel by the late Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck later this year, describing it as a coming-of-age novel about a young man who travels the world....
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State police: Ex-Pa. judge stole coke from cases
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania judge who abruptly resigned last year was charged Thursday with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases before him....
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US mayors group holds technology summit in Philly
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors is holding a summit in Philadelphia on technology and innovation....
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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 good....
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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 occurred....
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Allentown fire crews find body in burned apartment
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Firefighters responding to an apartment blaze in Allentown have discovered a man's body in a top-floor unit....
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Cops probe link between Pa. heist, school threats
BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Police and the FBI are investigating whether two high school bomb threats were phoned in to divert authorities from a southwestern Pennsylvania bank robbery that occurred about the same time....
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5 things to know for Thursday in Pa. news
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Thursday....
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Fla. Man killed in NJ crash
PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A Florida man died and his wife was critically injured after their vehicle was struck by a dump truck in New Jersey....
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Pa. couple face charges in stabbings over 'Idol'
YORK, Pa. (AP) -- A couple face charges after police in York County say they stabbed each other during an argument over which contestant should win `American Idol.'...
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