Guns, drugs seized in city; man arrested
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Reading Eagle, Pa.
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May 23--A convicted burglar was arrested after probation officers found two revolvers, cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his Reading apartment, police said Wednesday. Jesse Miller, 26, was detained by police while probation officers searched his apartment in the 200 block of West Douglass Street Tuesday about 7 p.m. He was charged with possessing firearms as a felon and possessing cocaine and ...

May/23/2013 06:51 AM

A record-setting smooch for Penske's VP
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Reading Eagle, Pa.
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May 23--Paul Rosa said he was on the fence about participating in Olivet Boys & Girls Clubs' Kiss A Pig fundraiser until club officials brought out the big guns. They introduced Rosa, vice president of Penske Truck Leasing, to a little girl who had drawn a series of pictures showing the opportunities the club had given her: playing basketball, using a computer for homework, having a fun place ...

May/23/2013 06:51 AM

Cops: 3 used checkbook belonging to dead man's fiancee
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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May 23--Two days after an Atlanta man was gunned down inside his own home, the checkbook belonging to his fiancee was used at a bank and store, police said Wednesday. Atlanta police released pictures of the three people who allegedly used the checkbook stolen when Jerrick Jackson, 47, was killed May 7. Two people seen in surveillance images using stolen checks turned themselves in and were ...

May/23/2013 06:45 AM

Portable restrooms set for Gettysburg 150th
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York Daily Record, Pa.
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May 23--Millions of people are expected to visit Gettysburg for the 150th events this summer. But where do they go when they get there? In March, the Convention & Visitors Bureau agreed to pay $21,000 for 59 portable toilets after some Gettysburg Borough Council members expressed concern over the borough paying for the toilets. The bureau might be reimbursed if grant money from the state comes ...

May/23/2013 06:38 AM

Connecticut's new gun control law challenged in court
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New Haven Register, Conn.
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May 23--BRIDGEPORT -- A constitutional challenge to the state's new tough gun control law has been filed in U.S. District Court. The Connecticut Citizens Defense League suit seeks immediate injunctive relief and a ruling declaring the new law unconstitutional under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It charges that the law makes citizens and law enforcement less safe because it ...

May/23/2013 06:36 AM

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Doug Clark column
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The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
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May 23--Whoever came up with the supermarket "impulse buy" had a sucker like me in mind. I can't stand in a checkout line without grabbing a candy bar or a tube of lip balm or another box of mints from the goodies that have been put there to tempt the weak and simple-minded. That's how I wound up owning a copy of "Red Dawn," the documentary about Spokane being invaded by North Korea. It was in ...

May/23/2013 06:06 AM

No consensus yet in speakers race
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Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.
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May 23--CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A week after Rick Thompson announced he would resign as speaker of the House of Delegates, Democrats have yet to settle on a replacement. Delegates of both parties have met and discussed options for new House leadership. Six Democrats have publicly announced their interest in the spot, leading to rampant speculation, rumors and political posturing. Five of those ...

May/23/2013 06:04 AM

Two arrested in million-dollar Eagle heist
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The Idaho Statesman
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May 23--The Ada County Sheriff's Office say they've arrested a Boise couple who allegedly stole nearly $1 million worth of items from an Eagle home. The pair allegedly stole guns, furniture, appliances, precious metals and a 2002 Mercedes while the homeowners were out of town between March 17 and April 4. Gilberto Garza Jr., 32, and Jessica Lynn Engelhardt, 24, were arrested Thursday ...

May/23/2013 06:02 AM

Afghan linguist risks life working with U.S. troops
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Tampa Tribune, Fla.
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May 23--CHARKUSA, KANDAHAR PROVINCE After a slow trip down a deeply rutted dirt road, the convoy of four huge armored vehicles stops outside a mud-walled compound. Sweeping the area for improvised explosive devices and keeping a watch for Taliban, the troops walk single-file along the sun-baked mud path leading to the home of police official Haji Rahmatullah. Most of the men and women wearing ...

May/23/2013 05:39 AM

EDITORIAL: Keep guns out of Perry Square
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Erie Times-News, Pa.
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May 23--Abide by a city of Erie ordinance and keep your guns out of Perry Square. That's our advice to Justin Dillon, organizer of a June 22 gun rally at the Perry Square gazebo. Dillon asked Erie City Council members to support his plan to allow rally participants to carry loaded weapons. "It's an unenforceable ordinance," Dillon said at the May 15 council meeting. Dillon was referring to ...

May/23/2013 05:23 AM