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Posted on: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 3:54am
Here are five things to know about the deep freeze that's swept across most of the U.S. over the past few days: 1. COLD OUTSIDE? YOU'RE NOT ALONE Nearly 187 million people, more than half... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, January 6, 2014 - 3:51pm
ATLANTA (AP) -- A man slapped a crying toddler during a flight will serve eight months in federal prison. Joe Rickey Hundley was accused of using a racial slur to refer to the 19-month-old... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, January 6, 2014 - 4:10am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A holiday traveler killed in an apparent road-rage shooting in Pennsylvania had reported some sort of road dispute with the pickup chasing him, state police said Sunday... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, January 6, 2014 - 4:01am
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has made another one of his cold calls to wish a group of nuns in a Spanish convent Happy New Year. Only he got their answering machine, instead. "What... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, January 6, 2014 - 3:54am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, January 4, 2014 - 1:07pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Jeremiah Thomas watched the final minutes of Sunday's Eagles-Cowboys game with two thoughts only a Herr's sales manager could have: Go Birds! and I gotta bring more... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, January 4, 2014 - 4:01am
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A Virginia man convicted in the murder of a rival in the gay porn business in northeastern Pennsylvania is seeking a new trial, arguing that his attorneys weren't... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, January 4, 2014 - 3:53am
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- The driver of a car has died after witnesses tell police it spun into the path of a school bus in western Pennsylvania. New Kensington police Chief Thomas... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, January 3, 2014 - 1:16pm
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is experimenting with beet juice as a way to treat icy roads in especially cold weather. PennDOT officials tell KDKA-TV... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, January 3, 2014 - 9:27am
TYRONE, Pa. (AP) -- State police say a central Pennsylvania man claimed his mother was badly beaten by a burglar, but that her texts and phone calls to relatives -- and blood found on her... READ MORE »

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