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November 2007
- Bigfoot Sighting Revealed to be Big Mistake
  
  LiveScience | Nov 8, 07 6:36 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Pennsylvania hunter's footage of a "juvenile Sasquatch" has been discredited after officials said the star of the show was actually an unhealthy bear. Same deal for a Texas rancher who claimed to have captured a chupacabra, the legendary Mexican goat-killer, but had in fact only bagged a coyote. Why the mix-up? A skin infection, mange, is the culprit. More »
  
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  Texas • Pennsylvania • bigfoot • Sasquatch • parasites • coyote • chupacabra
- Cargill Recalls 1M Pounds of Ground Beef
  
  Reuters | Nov 3, 07 2:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - E. coli fears led to a recall today of more than 1 million pounds of ground beef from Cargill Inc., Reuters reports. The USDA found the potentially deadly bacteria after testing meat produced October 8 in Pennsylvania and sold in 10 states at stores including Giant, Shop Rite, Stop & Shop, Wegmans, and Weis, the AP says. The recall is Cargill's second in a month. More »
  
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  Pennsylvania • USDA • E. coli • beef recall • ground beef • Cargill
October 2007
- Senator Has Hots for Anti-Sex Ed
  
  Politico | Oct 31, 07 3:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Arlen Specter has won over $8 million in earmarks for abstinence education in Pennsylvania, sparking jibes from critics and accusations of political pandering. The moderate Republican senator supports abortion rights and sex education, Politico reports, leading some to cry hypocrisy when he directs money to no-sex-until-marriage projects like Coolvirginity.com. More »
  
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  Pennsylvania • earmarks • Arlen Specter • abstinence • abstinence education
- Bar Association Seeks to Halt Executions
  
  Chicago Tribune | Oct 29, 07 5:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a three-year study of the death penalty in eight states, the American Bar Association is calling for a nationwide moratorium on executions until prevalent problems in the system are rectified. Defense attorneys nationwide are under-qualified and underfunded, cases are plagued by sloppy evidence gathering, and race influences sentencing, the organization concluded. More »
  
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  Florida • Georgia • Ohio • death penalty • Pennsylvania • Arizona • Tennessee • Alabama • legal defense • American Bar Association • National District Attorneys Association
- 14-Year-Old's Mom Arrested on Gun Charges
  
  CNN | Oct 12, 07 1:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman faces multiple criminal charges after buying guns and bomb-making materials for her emotionally disturbed 14-year old son. Michele Cossey is accused of purchasing a 9mm semiautomatic rifle, a .22 rifle and handgun, and black powder for use in making grenades, CNN reports. Her son, home-schooled after withdrawing in 2006, is being charged with solicitation to commit terror. More »
  
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  Pennsylvania • Columbine school massacre
September 2007
- Amish Community Heals, Slowly
  
  Lancaster (Pa.) New Era | Sep 13, 07 12:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It's been almost a year since the shooting spree at an Amish schoolhouse in rural Pennsylvania in which five girls were killed and five wounded. In the Lancaster New Era, the families talk with stunning directness about the particular pain of losing a child and making peace with the "new normal." "You can wake up one day and think, 'You know what? I'm starting to heal," says one mother . More »
  
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  school shooting • Pennsylvania • family • Amish
- Six Years Later
  
  New York Daily News | Sep 11, 07 5:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Relatives gathered at a park near Ground Zero to remember the victims of the World Trade Center attacks today—the first anniversary without a clear blue sky, notes the New York Daily News. It was also the first time the memorial was moved away from the footprints of the towers. "Just so long as we continue to do something special every year," said one victim's aunt. More »
  
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  New York City • Pentagon • September 11 • Pennsylvania • World Trade Center • Ground Zero • Peter Pace • Shanksville
- In Pa. Field, 9/11 Memorial Takes Shape
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Sep 11, 07 9:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - New York isn't the only city with a stalled, controversial 9/11 memorial. In Shanksville, Pa., site of the crash of Flight 93, the new memorial park's architect has proposed an arc of red maple trees around the crater formed by the plane. But, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, some conservative columnists and even one presidential candidate have bewailed the design: a red crescent, they say, signifies Islam. More »
  
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  September 11 • Pennsylvania • Tom Tancredo • memorial • United Flight 93 • Shanksville
August 2007
- Congress' Only Iraq War Vet Backs Obama
  
  New York Daily News | Aug 22, 07 11:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The only Iraq War combat vet in Congress endorsed Barack Obama yesterday, saying, "I'm inspired by his call to action to change how business is done in Washington." Pennsylvania's Patrick Murphy, who served as a paratrooper in Baghdad in 2003 and 2004, has worked with Hillary Clinton on legislation; the move is seen as a snub, the Daily News reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Hillary Clinton • Iraq war • presidential election • Pennsylvania • veterans • Patrick Murphy
- E-Z Pass Steers Cheaters to Divorce court
  
  Associated Press | Aug 12, 07 12:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Spouses suspecting an unfaithful partner have an unlikely ally: automatic toll-booth passes with detailed electronic records that divorce attorneys are using to prove infidelity. "It's an easy way to show who took the off-ramp to adultery," one lawyer quipped. The E-Z Pass devices, which are usually found on a driver’s dashboard, have also helped in criminal cases. More »
  
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  New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • adultery • American Civil Liberties Union
- Gay Support Turns Off Swing Voters
  
  Politico | Aug 8, 07 7:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The backing of gay rights groups could turn swing-state voters against a candidate, new polls show. Politico reports that Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania voters, by a large margin, consider the support of such groups reason to vote against rather than for a candidate; no one since JFK has been elected president without winning two of those states. More »
  
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  Election 2008 • Florida • business • poll • gay rights • Ohio • Pennsylvania • labor • voters • swing voters
July 2007
- Lightning Strikes Same Man Twice
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jul 30, 07 4:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A man celebrated the 27th anniversary of being struck by lightning with a second electrocution from above—and once again lived to tell the tale, the Guardian reports. The 68 year old was hiding from a Pennsylvania storm in a shed when he and four others were shocked by lightning; he had been hit at the age of 41 while driving a tractor-trailer. More »
  
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  storm • Pennsylvania • injury • lightning • electrocution
- Judge Tosses Anti-immigrant Town Law
  
  BusinessWeek | Jul 27, 07 12:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A set of city ordinances intended to check illegal immigration was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge yesterday, the AP reports. The measures had imposed fines on businesses that hired illegal workers and required rental tenants to register with the city and buy permits. More »
  
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  immigration • Pennsylvania • illegal immigrant • immigration reform • ACLU • Hazleton
- Pa. Reopens for Business
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Jul 10, 07 11:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nearly a week and a half into the fiscal year, Pennsylvania lawmakers agreed on a new budget late last night, ending a partial government shutdown. More than 24,000 state employees idled for a day by the impasse between the governor and legislature will return to work, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, reopening state parks and motor-vehicle bureaus shuttered by the furloughs. More »
  
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  Pennsylvania • Ed Rendell
June 2007
- America's Top Ten Diners
  
  Gourmet | Jun 17, 07 7:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - AVALON DINER, Houston, TX BECKY'S DINER, Portland, ME BLUE BENN DINER, Bennington, VT CONNELLY'S GOODY GOODY DINER, St. Louis, MO DUTCH KITCHEN, Frackville, PA More »
  
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  list • Texas • food • travel • Pennsylvania • America • Missouri • Vermont • Maine • diner