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UPDATE: The McKinley Mile raised more than $3,600 for the Youth Opportunity Center, nearly doubling the amount raised at the philanthropic event last year.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — NBC plans to air excerpts of jailhouse interviews with former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky next week, which his lawyer said were given to a documentary filmmaker working on a defense of Joe Paterno.
A 61-year-old French man was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport and charged with impersonating a pilot after airline officials found him in the cockpit of a plane scheduled for takeoff, police said Friday.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A decision by Comcast Corp. to ban commercials touting firearms and ammunition has left some Indiana gun stores searching for new ways to advertise their products.
DENVER — Marijuana tourism is one of the biggest questions facing pot regulators in Colorado. A special legislative panel looking at marijuana regulations plans to discuss the question Friday.
A Marine killed a male and female colleague in a shooting at a base in northern Virginia before killing himself, officials said.
Mayor Dennis Tyler talked about programs and bettering Muncie at Thursday’s discussion with students.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A large following of "nameless bloggers" alleging a cover-up of a rape investigation spurred an eastern Ohio judge to ask that someone from outside the community oversee a grand jury looking into new charges related to the assault.
MUNCIE, Ind. — A subcontractor that worked on Ball State University's geothermal heating and cooling system is suing the project's general contractor, alleging breach of contract.
INDIANAPOLIS — School Superintendent Glenda Ritz and a small group of Indiana mayors are making their case for more funding from the state.
DENVER — Civil unions for gay couples in Colorado will be signed into law Thursday, a dramatic turnaround for a state where voters banned same-sex marriage in 2006.
CHICAGO — Chicago teachers, students and parents began learning Thursday whether their schools are among those the city plans to close as part of a cost-cutting plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority children.
CLEVELAND — An Ohio man has been sentenced to six months in prison for bringing a loaded gun, ammunition and knives to a showing of the latest Batman movie.
Campus draws students and community members with live music, free food, a street fair and the annual main event — the McKinley Mile bike race this Saturday.
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in broad federal spending cuts and simultaneously avoid a government shutdown next week — and pointedly rejected a call to even reopen White House tours that the Obama administration says had to be canceled because of the cuts.
