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Arrest in slaying of man pulled off Pa. party bus

Federal authorities say a suspect wanted in the shooting death of a man pulled of a western Pennsylvania party bus has been taken into custody. Authorities said federal marshals and police arrested 22-year-old Michael Lyons without incident at a Pittsburgh home at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Lyons was being sought ...

An aerial view shows the Monday tornado's path through a residential area Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery

Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma. The government has more than $11 billion in its main disaster relief fund. Recovery costs in the Oklahoma City ...

Police detain 2 after Pa. woman calls 911 from car

Police in Lancaster say they've detained two men in an investigation prompted by a woman's call to 911 from the trunk of a car to report that she had been abducted by strangers. The Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era reported (http://bit.ly/119rcJj ) the men were captured after running from police who ...

US: Prison can't contain Pa. drug kingpin's rage

No prison can contain the fury of a Philadelphia boxer-turned-drug kingpin who killed a dozen people, including two women and four children trapped in a retaliatory house fire, prosecutors told a federal jury Tuesday. Kaboni Savage, 38, was convicted earlier this month of killing witnesses, rivals and strangers alike during ...

Pa. gov seeks to clarify proposed school standards

Gov. Tom Corbett has asked state education officials to clarify that a set of proposed academic achievement standards for Pennsylvania public school students are not uniform national standards, a step a spokesman said Tuesday is designed to respond to criticism of the proposal. However, Corbett's request apparently would not alter ...

WV Lottery

These West Virginia lotteries were drawn Tuesday: Cash 25 06-07-08-09-11-15 (six, seven, eight, nine, eleven, fifteen) Daily 3 1-3-1 (one, three, one) Daily 4 4-0-3-1 (four, zero, three, one) Mega Millions 02-15-17-48-55, Mega Ball: 11 (two, fifteen, seventeen, forty-eight, fifty-five; Mega Ball: eleven) Megaplier 4 (four) Powerball Estimated jackpot: $40 ...

Pa. couple charged in theft of $854K from township

A former municipal employee and her husband, a former police officer, have been charged with embezzling more than $850,000 from an eastern Pennsylvania township. Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin announced charges Tuesday against the couple, 66-year-old Nancy Tonkin and 69-year-old William Tonkin IV of Emmaus. Martin says the couple ...

Pa. man accused of taking diapers, shoe inserts

A central Pennsylvania man is in jail, facing charges he stole two packages of adult diapers and shoe inserts from a Carlisle pharmacy. Pennlive.com reports ((http://bit.ly/18frogw ) police say 47-year-old David Voigt of York took the merchandise on Monday night from a CVS Pharmacy. The news outlet says Voigt is ...

Man charged in second robbery at Pa. bank in week

Police have arrested a man with robbing a Pittsburgh-area bank at knifepoint, but not a heist there five days earlier despite several similarities between the two crimes. Online court records don't list an attorney for 24-year-old Jesse Lumberger, of McKeesport, who is jailed on charges he robbed the Huntingdon Bank ...

People walk along the newly rebuilt boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., Saturday, May 18, 2013. Visitors to the Jersey shore this weekend will find many of their favorite beaches and boardwalks ready for summer, thanks to a massive rebuilding effort after Superstorm Sandy. While several neighborhoods remain damaged, all but one of the storm-wrecked boardwalks should be ready for Memorial Day weekend, and amusement rides will still be available from Keansburg to Wildwood. Most beaches will be open, despite losing sand during the storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Jersey shore readies for 1st post-Sandy summer

The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year. The smell of funnel cakes, french fries and pizza will mingle with the salt air, and the screech of seagulls will be heard, but so will the thwack of hammers ...

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