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  • Pa. man charged with 4th DUI hits police cruiser

    NEW CASTLE, Pa. - Police say a western Pennsylvania man charged with his fourth drunken driving offense was fleeing police when he smashed into a police cruiser belong to a township where another officer was killed in a similar crash earlier this month. Online court records don't list an attorney for 40-year-old Eric Jones, of Scott Township, Lawrence County, who faces a preliminary ...

  • What Pa. N.J. won in Powerball Mega Millions

    Sheila Sutton updates the Powerball prize money sign at the Super C convenience store in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, May 17, 2013. The final jackpot, won in Florida, was actually $590.5 million, million, still making it the largest prize in the game's history and the second largest lottery prize in U.S. history. Sutton sold a million dollar Powerball ticket on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nati ...

  • Jamie Moyer addresses Immaculata graduates in Pa.

    IMMACULATA, Pa. - Former Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Jamie Moyer wants to see Immaculata College graduates persevere in their lives and remember to give back to others. Moyer, a member of the Phillies team that won the World Series in 2008, spoke Sunday to the graduating class at the private Catholic university outside Philadelphia. He says it's a great feeling to overcome adversity ...

  • A glitch getting out the word

    0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:51 AM, 05/20/2013 All these Billions being talked about, being thrown around the country and yet....Obama said his "Offordable Health Care Act" WILL NOT cost the American Taxpapers any tax MONEY!!! Is he Dreaming or just so interested in getting the Health care bill passed that he didn't realize the total cost to the ...

  • Eagles sign tight end Will Shaw release Miquel Maysonet

    The Eagles signed undrafted rookie tight end Will Shaw and officially released running back Miquel Maysonet on Monday. Shaw took part in Eagles rookie minicamp two weeks ago as a tryout. The 6-foot-2, 242-pound Shaw caught 35 passes for 429 yards and five touchdowns at Youngstown State last year. He recently also tried out for the Steelers. The Eagles now have seven tight ends on their roster ...


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My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) [DVD]

My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) [DVD]

The protagonist in My Night at Mauds (Ma nuit chez Maud), the third of Eric Rohmers six Moral Tales, is never given a name. And, while the use of the first-person possessive My in the title suggests that we are meant to view the story through his eyes, Rohmer keeps ... ...

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  • NHL Wrap Senators top Pens in double OT

    "We were just calm," Anderson said of the Senators' mood heading into overtime. "We had tied it up. We had momentum. We felt like the fans really rallied behind ...

  • Another Center City building topped out

    Topping out at the new Karabots Pavilion The $41.5 million, 53,000-square-foot Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion at the Franklin Institute was topped out, marking the third building under construction in Center City to reach that milestone this month. The new $160 million family court building and the $100 million expansion at the Wistar Institute were also topped out. The Karabots Pavilion ...

  • Banned Pa. teen cited after trying to attend prom

    SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - A central Pennsylvania teenager has been cited for disorderly conduct after authorities say he swore at school officials who wouldn't let him into his school prom, from which he'd been banned for failing to serve detention. State police say 18-year-old Colin Mitchell Ocker tried to go Saturday's prom despite being told by Shippensburg Area High School ...

  • Boy 15 dies in ATV drag racing crash in W. Pa.

    NEW ENTERPRISE, Pa. - Grief counselors and local ministers were at a western Pennsylvania high school after a popular student was killed while drag racing an all-terrain vehicle at a nearby dirt track. State police say Northern Bedford High School sophomore Kaleb Rightenour, of Martinsburg, was killed Saturday night when his ATV hit a tire barrier on a 500-foot dirt drag strip, causing the ...

  • Does using a church facility for graduation ceremony violate the Constitution

    The Supreme Court has yet to decide if it will consider widely watched cases about public schools using a church facility to host graduation ceremonies, and the use of prayers to open township board meetings. But an answer could come as soon as ...

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