Fire consumes block building. cause undetermined
Firefighters fought a major blaze at a block building once a gas station and workshop with an apartment above. Four residents lost nearly everything. no interiors damaged in nearby homes. Fire crews from multiple counties battled heat, with hydrant shortages, portable reservoirs, and tanker shuttles. No injuries reported as remnant embers smoldered after late afternoon turnout.
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White
Elizabeth McKee
Eastbrook Road
County 911 Center
Fred Rowan
American Red Cross
Hickory
Scott
Neshannock
Wilmington
Mahoning
Shenango
Princeton
Volant
South New Castle Borough
Lawrence County
Slippery Rock Borough
Portersville
Butler County
Springfield
Pine Township
Mercer County
Naga Ambulance
Hickory Township
Moffatt Road
District repays state for seven nonresident students
A state audit found seven district students enrolled as residents across 2008-09 to 2011-12 while living outside the district. The district must refund $110,664 in state subsidies and is pursuing tuition collection, with policy reviews and possible enforcement steps including an appeal process and potential legal action.
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State Auditor General
George J. Gabriel
David DiGiammarino
Board Policy Committee
Barbara Razzano
Auditor General’s Office
DiGiammarino
Witness recaps last phone call before Trayvon Martin slaying
Rachel Jeantel testified she talked with 17 year old Trayvon Martin minutes before the fatal confrontation withGeorge Zimmerman. She recalled Martin saying he was being followed and calling the pursuer a creepy observer before the line went dead.
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Sanford, Fla
Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman
Miami
Martin
Zimmerman
Mystery of Snowden's Whereabouts Deepens
Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport buzzed with global journalists yet Edward Snowden remained unseen. Putin claimed Snowden was in the transit area raising questions about his air port limbo since fleeing Hong Kong. Ecuadoran Foreign Minister warned asylum decision could take up to two months and weighed ties with the United States.
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Moscow
National Security Agency
Edward Snowden
Vladimir Putin
Snowden
Sheremetyevo
America
Putin
Hong Kong
U.S
Ecuador
Ricardo Patino
Julian Assange
WikiLeaks
London
Hawaii man convicted in Pa. professor's death
Honolulu AP report says Jason Lee McCormick was found guilty of second degree murder in the 1996 death of Robert Henderson, a visiting University of Pittsburgh professor and guest lecturer at the University of Hawaii. Henderson's body was found nude and decomposed in his Waikiki condo five days after last being seen. The trial used stipulations based on police reports and McCormick's statements. McCormick's attorney expressed disappointment but noted closure for a crime long unsolved until his 2008 confession during psychiatric treatment.
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Rachel Jeantel
Zimmerman
Martin
Twin Lakes
Honolulu
Hawaii
University of Pittsburgh
Richard Perkins
Jason Lee McCormick
Robert Henderson
University of Hawaii
Henderson
Waikiki
Perkins
McCormick
Michael Green
Green
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Jeantel
New Castle
Mercer Street
Sharon Sorg
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ncnewsonline.com
Lonanese
New Castle News
P.O
New Scote
Pine Hill Greenhouse
Andy
Anna Byler
Old Mercer Rd
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North Mercer Street
West Penn
Shoukry Matta
Madeline
Mark
Sarah
Andrew
Jill
Stephen
John
Lori
Christian
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