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Philly-area basketball legend fatally struck
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An elderly man fatally struck while crossing a Philadelphia street has been identified as a longtime high school basketball coach who won a pair of state championships.... 02/23/2012 06:29:04am

APNewsBreak: Feds spend $50 million on carp fight
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- The Obama administration will spend about $50 million this year to shield the Great Lakes from greedy Asian carp, including first-time water sampling to determine whether the destructive fish have established a foothold in Lakes Michigan and Erie, officials said Thursday.... 02/23/2012 06:12:14am

Police: Pa. man gave girls piercings for pictures
BALDWIN, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man is behind bars charged with giving young girls cash, piercings and drugs in return for lewd pictures of themselves.... 02/23/2012 05:51:50am

Dog that fatally bit newborn in Pa. gets new home
MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) -- The dog police say fatally bit a newborn baby in western Pennsylvania last week has a new home.... 02/23/2012 05:33:17am

After bitter debate, Romney and Santorum eye Mich.
MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- A bitter and often personal debate behind them, Republicans Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are shoring up their campaigns in different ways ahead of a series of crucial presidential primaries.... 02/23/2012 02:56:58am

FACT CHECK: Errant claims on auto bailout, taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twenty Republican presidential debates later, the head-scratching claims kept coming.... 02/23/2012 02:56:17am

Analysis: Social issue focus may haunt GOP in fall
MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- The longer GOP presidential candidates compete for conservative activists' favor, the more they risk alienating centrist voters who might feel that arguments over birth control are crowding out talk about how to create jobs.... 02/23/2012 02:55:02am

PA Lottery
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Wednesday:... 02/23/2012 12:47:19am

La Salle loses 80-79 in OT to No. 22 Temple
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Earl Pettis held the ball and let the seconds tick away, waiting until just the right moment to take the big shot to pull off the upset.... 02/23/2012 12:29:06am

Villanova head talks about workshop cancellation
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) -- The president of a suburban Philadelphia university says a workshop on personal narrative by a gay performance artist was canceled because of the nature of the artist's work, not his sexual orientation.... 02/23/2012 12:06:45am

Notable moments from GOP debate in Arizona
Notable moments from the GOP presidential debate Wednesday night in Mesa, Ariz.... 02/23/2012 12:03:22am

Scola, Lowry lead Rockets past Sixers 93-87
HOUSTON (AP) -- Kyle Lowry had a scraped right forearm, a sore right ankle and a smile on his face after the Houston Rockets pulled out a grinding victory over his hometown team on Wednesday night.... 02/22/2012 11:43:32pm

Givens helps Drexel rally past James Madison 78-61
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Samme Givens scored 18 points and grabbed his 1,000th career rebound as Drexel rallied to defeat James Madison 78-61 Wednesday night and set the Dragons' Division I record with 16 straight wins.... 02/22/2012 11:05:56pm

Nicholson, St. Bonaventure beat Fordham 89-63
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andrew Nicholson scored 30 points to lead St. Bonaventure over Fordham 89-63 on Wednesday night.... 02/22/2012 11:01:03pm

Former Pa. school chief pleads not guilty to fraud
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A retired school administrator from northeastern Pennsylvania has pleaded not guilty to misuse of public funds.... 02/22/2012 10:49:01pm

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