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Pa. man has close encounter with wayward emu

WALNUTPORT, Pa. (AP) -- An eastern Pennsylvania man says when he looked out his kitchen window earlier this week, he saw what he first thought was a huge wild turkey. Robert Leseberg says he went outside his home in Walnutport, near Allentown, on Tuesday night to get a closer look. He says the bird lifted its head and was suddenly towering over the 6-foot-3 man. This was no wild turkey. It was an emu. The flightless birds are originally from Australia.

Philly to pay $75,000 to settle woman's police assault claim

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A city official says Philadelphia will pay $75,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a woman who accused a former police lieutenant of assaulting her during a party held on the day of the 2012 Puerto Rican Day parade. The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/YAPoYA ) says the settlement was confirmed Friday by city spokesman Mark McDonald.

Nine will attend W. Pa. prom despite chickenpox concern

IRWIN, Pa. (AP) -- Nine students in a western Pennsylvania school district who were told they couldn't attend their prom because they hadn't been vaccinated for chickenpox were able to attend after all. The Pennsylvania Department of Health notified the Norwin School District that a student had the highly contagious virus, prompting school officials to pull student immunization records. They said 33 students hadn't had the vaccine and nine had registered for the prom.

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