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Guv joins protest of prison band
Gov. Mark Schweiker participated in a candlelight vigil last night to protest the VH1 premiere of a show that features prison musical groups, including a musician who is serving time for the murder of two teen-age girls at Lehigh University in 1995.
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Associated Press,
10/19/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
False tips in sniper case forces cops to scramble
Virginia authorities yesterday arrested a man accused of misleading investigators in the Washington-area sniper shootings by falsely describing an olive-skinned man and a cream-colored Chevrolet Astro van with a burned-out taillight at the scene of one killing.
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Associated Press,
10/19/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
Contaminated meat went to some U.S. schools
Schools participating in the federal lunch program received some of the 27 million pounds of recalled chicken and turkey meat linked to a listeria outbreak that sickened 39 people and killed seven, the Agriculture Department said yesterday.
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Associated Press,
10/18/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
Pa. board rips district justice
A district justice repeatedly tried to force himself on a woman who spurned his advances at a bar in 1999, according a complaint filed by the state Judicial Conduct Board.
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10/18/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
WWII pilot repays Navy for training
The National Museum of Naval Aviation got a $10 million donation yesterday from Jack Taylor, founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, a World War II fighter pilot who says he owes his success - and his company's name - to the Navy.
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10/18/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
Wife accused of biting hubby to death
A California woman who allegedly flew into a rage and bit her husband repeatedly after he refused to have sex with her is being held on charges that police say may eventually include murder.
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10/18/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
Briefly... NATION/WORLD
As members of her family's political dynasty fanned across Florida yesterday, Noelle Bush got handcuffed and sent to jail for 10 days.
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10/18/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
Hershey kisses off $17.3M on sale try
Hershey Foods Corp. said yesterday that third-quarter earnings rose 1.9 percent, but were hurt by the $17.3 million it cost to explore the aborted sale of the company.
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10/18/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
U.S. to use tact dealing with N. Korea nukes
The United States said yesterday it wanted a diplomatic solution to end North Korea's nuclear-weapons program, rather than threatening military action as it has against Iraq for its alleged arms programs.
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Daily News wire services,
10/18/2002 03:01 AM EDT)
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