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Lawyer certain Sandusky will speak at sentencing

BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Jerry Sandusky's lawyer says "it's as certain as certain can be" that the former Penn State assistant football coach will assert his innocence when he's sentenced on 45 counts of child sexual abuse.



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Freeze, drought take bite out of fall tourism

INDIANAPOLIS  - Devastating spring freezes and a historic drought have stripped some charm from rustic fall destinations, leaving some corn too short to create mazes, orchards virtually devoid of apples and fall colors muted.


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Jerry Sandusky sentenced to at least 30 years

BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison - effectively a life sentence - in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall.


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Acquaintances say University of South Alabama student shot Saturday appeared to be intoxicated

MOBILE, Ala. - A University of South Alabama police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old early Saturday morning. School officials said the nude, slightly built freshman took a "fighting stance" and chased the officer. Acquaintances said Gil Collar appeared to be intoxicated, because of alcohol or something else, as he took his clothes off, ran through the streets, screamed obscenities and claimed he was on a "spiritual quest" in the moments before he was killed.



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Zimmerman asks for delay, information on Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman will ask a Florida judge to delay his murder trial and request that Trayvon Martin's school records and information from the teen's social media accounts be released.


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Gunman opens fire in NJ car; 2 killed, 3 wounded

CAMDEN, N.J. - A masked man carrying a gun and a machete entered a parked car and opened fire on five young adults inside, killing the driver and a passenger and wounding the others, then pushed aside the driver's body and drove off with four of the victims inside, authorities said, in a startling burst of violence even for a city consistently ranked as one of the nation's most dangerous.


Teachers picket outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters.
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Chicago Teachers Strike

Parents in Chicago on Monday scrambled to find accomodations for their after 26,000 teachers and support staff walked out in the nation's third-largest school district.



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Ind. clinic reports 2 meningitis cases

INDIANAPOLIS — The CEO of a northern Indiana health clinic says two of its patients have tested positive for fungal meningitis after receiving a recalled back pain medication that's been linked to a deadly nationwide outbreak.


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Ind. clinic reports 2 meningitis cases

INDIANAPOLIS - The CEO of a northern Indiana health clinic says two of its patients have tested positive for fungal meningitis after receiving a recalled back pain medication that's been linked to a deadly nationwide outbreak.


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Christy Woods to host guided tours Saturday

As the leaves change to oranges, reds and browns for the beginning of fall, Christy Woods will be hosting tours to learn about the trees and the history of the laboratory on the 17-acre property.


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Ind. house GOP makes no guarantee on tax cuts

INDIANAPOLIS - Tax cuts being pushed by gubernatorial candidates are hardly guaranteed a rubber stamp from lawmakers, and a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage could win quick approval next year, Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma said Thursday as he rolled out his caucus's 2013 agenda.







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