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Pa. schools re-enact 'All the Right Moves' game
It took almost three decades, but the "Ampipe Bulldogs" football team finally evened the score — even without Tom Cruise on the field. Two western ...
Tip nabs alleged 'Bucket List Bandit' in Okla.
Authorities knew they would need a lucky break to catch a middle-aged bank robber who pulled off a dizzying number of heists in a three-month crime ...
NHL lockout: What you need to know
The word "lockout" is looming over another major pro sport, this time the National Hockey League. In question-and-answer form, this is a look at the ...
PSU trustees promise close look at Freeh changes
Penn State trustees on Friday promised to move forward with a detailed evaluation of changes recommended by former FBI director Louis Freeh in ...
For Muhammad Ali, a Liberty Medal in Philly
Retired boxing champ Muhammad Ali was known as "The Greatest" inside the ring. But some say the moniker has been even more fitting in the years since ...
Muhammad Ali receives Liberty Medal in Philly
Boxing great Muhammad Ali was honored Thursday with the Liberty Medal for his longtime role outside the ring as a fighter for humanitarian causes, ...
Claimants: Penn St. slow on Sandusky settlements
Nearly three months after Penn State said it wanted to settle "privately, expeditiously and fairly" with the boys Jerry Sandusky sexually abused, ...
NJ pharmacist fires on holdup man, foils robbery
A New Jersey pharmacist who is also an Army reservist pulled out a handgun and fired several shots at a would-be robber as he chased him from his ...
Pa. high court takes hard look at voter ID law
Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court justices on Thursday aggressively questioned whether a politically charged law requiring photo identification from ...
Pittsburgh ice cream 'bank' draws regulator's ire
State regulators are cool on a Pittsburgh businessman's idea for a bank that pays interest in ice cream shop gift cards. The Pennsylvania Department ...
Antietam battle so big, there are 2 re-enactments
The Civil War Battle of Antietam was so big, they're re-enacting it twice. And nearly 8,000 re-enactors had to make a choice: strictly regimented ...
Lee, Rollins lead surging Phils to 7th win in row
Jimmy Rollins swigged champagne after winning a division title, went wild when the Phillies won the National League pennant, and took a ride on that ...
NHL, NHLPA back at negotiating table in New York
The NHL and the players' association have resumed negotiations in an effort to avoid a lockout this weekend. After not meeting face to face since last ...
Police: Pa. woman offered roadside stripteases
A southwestern Pennsylvania woman has been jailed on charges she was flagging down motorists and offering to take off her clothes for cash.
Sense of moving on emerges on 9/11 anniversary
Wanda Ortiz understands why fewer people turned out at memorial services honoring the victims of 9/11 on the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
NJ woman denies causing penis injection death
A New Jersey woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to causing a man's death with an injection of silicone he hoped would enlarge his penis — a procedure ...
Biden: Country hasn't forgotten 9/11 families
Ceremonies in New York City, Washington, D.C., and a western Pennsylvania field are a reminder that the nation hasn't forgotten the 9/11 attacks and ...
At ground zero, can there be a politics-free 9/11?
The Sept. 11 anniversary ceremony at ground zero has been stripped of politicians this year. But can it ever be stripped of politics? For the first ...
Philly love triangle leads to plane scare, arrests
A bizarre love triangle is to blame for a midair explosives scare that led to an aborted flight and a man being taken into custody twice in two states ...
Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threat
A man angry about a compromising Facebook photo of his girlfriend took revenge against the ex-boyfriend who posted it, making a hoax call to police ...
Before 'Anything Goes' hits road, a history lesson
There was no Labor Day holiday for the cast and crew of the national touring company of "Anything Goes." While most of Broadway was snoozing this past ...
Police: Man broke into deli, stole cash and meat
A bag of stolen cold cuts has landed a northeastern Pennsylvania man in the cooler. Police say Leonard Taylor broke into a Dickson City deli, made ...
Subject of jet explosives hoax arrested in Texas
A man on a Dallas-bound flight was deemed the unassuming victim of a midair explosives hoax that forced the plane to return to Philadelphia, where he ...
What a birthday: Hoax removes man from Philly jet
A man flying home to Texas to celebrate his 29th birthday instead spent Thursday as the unwitting victim of a midair explosives hoax that forced the ...