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G-20 opponents, police clash

March turns chaotic at just about same time president arrives
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke and rubber bullets at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins, throwing rocks and breaking win More...

Twin siblings celebrating 90th birthdays today

There’s a big party this weekend in Seneca. And while the attendance may be limited to family, it’s the number of years being celebrated that account for the size. More...

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Community News

Report: Company ignored dangers before blast

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Imperial Sugar Co. More...

Keystone leads the way in Clarion PSSA testing

The district reports the most progress and top scores in the county.
By TOM DISTEFANO Clarion News writer

HARRISBURG — Every year, students take a series of standardized tests, and every year schools report attendance and graduation rates. More...

Washington Township presses customers on sewer repairs

A $100 assessment .. will be levied on non-compliant lateral lines.
By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor

Washington Township supervisors in Clarion County are trying to keep the costs down for township sewerage service customers, but a substantial number of those customers aren’t cooperating. More...

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Sports

Defending champs invade Oil Field

Oil City, looking to rebound from last Friday’s disappointing 34-21 loss to Sharon, will face the unenviable task of trying to do so against the defending PIAA Class AA state champions today when Wilmington visits the Oil Field for a 7 p.m. More...

Fires top Warriors for first win

MARIENVILLE — Forest Area rolled to its first win of the season Thursday with a sweep of visiting Moniteau, 25-18, 29-27, 25-20 in Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference volleyball play. Scholastic volleyball .. More...

Wetzel, Eaton spark Falcons

CHICORA — Logan Wetzel fired a 37 to capture medalist honors Thursday and Allan Eaton added a 39 as Allegheny-Clarion Valley rolled to a 205-253 victory over Karns City in a Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference golf match at St. Jude. More...

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Entertainment

STAR GAZING

Dunst serves as star witness in burglary trial NEW YORK (AP) — “Spider-Man” actress Kirsten Dunst has served as a star witness against a man charged in the theft of her designer purse from a New York City hotel suite while she w More...

Fame’ entertains audience in a chaste way

The film is a .. “reinvention” of the 1980 high school musical “Fame.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The “reinvention” of the 1980 high school musical “Fame” — please, people, don’t call it a remake — stays faithful to the spirit and structure of Alan Parker’s original while s More...

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Leaders close on banker-pay limits

PITTSBURGH (AP) — As police clashed with protesters in the streets, world leaders on Thursday closed ranks on pay limits for bankers whose risky behavior contributed to the global financial meltdown. More...

Center Street to close for work; Route 8 bypass detour established

Construction work in the area around Oil City’s Center Street took longer than expected this week and that has postponed a street closure until Monday. More...

Valley Grove gets tax bill for vacant properties

But, of course, the .. district will be paying itself and thus avoid the real pain of paying taxes.
By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

By a strange turn of events the Valley Grove School District — which is generally tax-exempt and is the recipient of real estate tax revenues — has received a real estate tax bill for its vacant properties in Cooperstown and Sugarcreek b More...

Police & Fire

POLICE & FIRE CALLS

Motorcycle hits bear A Leeper man was injured when his motorcycle struck a bear around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday on Route 36 in Clarion County. More...

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Letters/Columns

March was all about taking the country back

Editor: Washington, D.C., was the place to be for hundreds of thousands of conservatives on Sept. 12. More...

Numbers were off the mark

Editor: In reference to the newspaper article of Sept. 15, the attendance numbers for the 9/12 rally in Washington, D.C., were far greater than the thousands the AP reported. More...

Do you believe all of it?

Editor: Wake up, America. Do you believe all these fear tactics of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, William Strong and Randy Lemmon? More...

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Summit’s a big deal — but does it help the locals?

Many are confident that after the event ends the good effects will remain.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The images seem contradictory, somehow: A town with a vibrant, textured story to tell welcomes the world — and the once-in-a-generation opportunity to raise its profile — by turning itself into a phantom-zone fort More...

Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

BANGKOK (AP) — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. More...

Here are some notable dates in the AIDS epidemic

Key dates in the AIDS epidemic: .. June 5, 1981: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports five gay men in Los Angeles are suffering from a rare pneumonia found in patients with failing immune systems. .. More...

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Features

Great Recession transforms workplace

WASHINGTON (AP) — Going to work may never be the same again. The Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer. More...

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Home sales fall after 4 months of increases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four steps forward, one step back. Home resales dipped unexpectedly last month, falling 2.7 percent from a month earlier, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday, reversing steady monthly gains since April. More...

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