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Victim identified in Cecil Twp. fatal accident

From stage 4 diagnosis to cancer-free for Mascara

Ex-officer nabbed in sex case

Cow deaths have couple questioning water quality

Three gas stations robbed

Hearing set on appeal by woman who starved daughter

Woman stabbed with steak knife

Shots fired at quad riders

Drillers: Fracturing rock poses no danger

Agency facing $58M loss to monitor gas drilling

Gates Foundation gives $335M for teacher quality
Associated Press SEATTLE - Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality - from paying new teachers to spend another year practicing before getting their own class to letting student test scores affect teacher pay. In exchange, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is handing them the biggest pile of cash it has spent on education reform in about a decade.
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Gov. Rendell vows to be an advocate for change during last year in office
HARRISBURG - Gov. Ed Rendell vowed Wednesday to be a low-key but resolute advocate for government reform during his last year in office, saying special interests hold too much sway in Harrisburg. Rendell renewed his pitch for imposing the first-ever limits on state campaign contributions, ending the election of appellate judges and giving citizens control over the redrawing of legislative districts every 10 years.
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Emergency landing in Kansas
Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. - An airline passenger suffered a slight injury while coming down an escape slide when a charter plane made an emergency landing in Kansas after losing an engine. Allegiant Air spokeswoman Sabrina LoPiccolo says the MD-80 was carrying 125 passengers from Pittsburgh to Laughlin, Nev., on Wednesday night and had stopped at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita to refuel.
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