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Homeowner: OC failed to help
‘Forced to buy house next door’
All Dave Reid wanted to happen was for the dogs next door to quit barking and the dog and cat feces to be picked up on the lawn of his home in Oil City. Now, half a dozen years later and some $8,000 poorer, Reid has fixed the problem. More...
Former Franklin Club back in business
Doors will open to public in ‘five or six...weeks’
By MATT CARROLL Staff writer

The former Franklin Club building received a new liquor license and was open for business during Applefest. Franklin City Council said Monday the liquor license transfer was approved by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board following a hearing last month in Erie. More...

Venango prepares for H1N1 inoculations
The county hopes to provide public clinics when large quantities of the vaccine become available.
By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

With the campaign to inoculate Americans against the H1N1 virus under way, Venango County officials are gearing up to provide public vaccination clinics when the vaccine becomes available in large quantities. More...

Oil City groups push for cleaner town
Council is asked to embrace the state’s Scattering Rubbish Act.
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

Neighborhood and business groups in Oil City are banding together to push for a cleaner community. More...

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• article has image U.S. has no good system to track medical implants
NEW YORK (AP) — Three years ago, the maker of a surgical clip called the Hem-o-lok issued an urgent recall notice warning doctors to stop using the fasteners on living kidney donors. It said the clips could dislodge in their bodies, with “serious, even life-threatening consequences.” Not everyone got the message. More...
• Sotomayor makes her presence felt on first day of Supreme Court’s term
• Grad says Edinboro professor harassed him
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 Community News
• article has image FIRST BIRTHDAYS
Marking her first birthday on Sept. 21 was Lily Gabriella Sachs, daughter of Dr. Greg and Jill Sachs of Reynoldsville, and the granddaughter of Bob and Carol Siegel of Lucinda, Darlene Sachs of Pittsburgh and the late James Sachs. First birthday photos are taken free from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays. More...
• article has image Woman, family to shave heads for ovarian cancer
• article has image McCullough/ 25 years
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 Police & Fire
• Attempted Robbery
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY — A 20-year-old Bethel Park man was charged with attempting to rob a vehicle around 11:30 a.m. Saturday on Route 68 in Clarion County. State police said Baron Eichenlaub was reportedly walking in and out of traffic on Route 68 in Clarion Township when he jumped on the hood of a car driven by a 27-year-old Knox woman. More...
• ASSAULT PROBE
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 AP News
• Rendell: Budget close; urges cooling off
HARRISBURG (AP) — Fresh efforts to resolve Pennsylvania’s budget impasse generated a flurry of activity in the state Capitol Monday but a deal continued to elude the state’s policy makers, nearly 100 days into the current fiscal year. More...
• House continues press for table games bill
• Woman accused of cat neglect back in jail
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 Letters/Columns
• Words should inform not mislead readers
Editor: An article on Sept. 25 highlights the power of words. It bore the headline, “Netanyahu delivers tirade against Iran.” More...
• Health reform? No, it’s government control
• article has image Cartoon
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 Sports
• article has image Keystone’s Love wins District 9 tournament
CLARION — Keystone's Jillian Love bested 35 other competitors and shot a 95 to win the District 9 girls golf championship Monday at Clarion Oaks Golf Club. Love, who competed with the Panthers' boys team this season, improved on her second place finish from last season to win her first district title. More...
• article has image Fires burn Bulldogs
• article has image Schmader wins Vulcan Invitational
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 AP Sports
• article has image Pittsburgh still city of champions... and the Pirates
The Bucs complete their 17th straight losing season with 99 losses.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — They said the losing had to stop, and it didn't. They said the familiar pattern of a player getting good and then getting gone would stop, and it didn't. Instead, the losing didn't slow down for the Pittsburgh Pirates, it increased. The players kept leaving en masse. Attendance dipped yet again. More...
• article has image Mendenhall proves worth
• article has image Favre leads Vikings past Packers
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 Entertainment
• article has image Can Letterman turn embarrassment into TV triumph?
Host’s act of self-disclosure may have put him in best spot possible to weather situation
NEW YORK (AP) — David Letterman had his Hugh Grant moment. The question is whether his personal embarrassment will help fuel further professional triumph. How he deals with the situation at hand could prove to be a defining chapter in his long TV career. With any luck, it could clinch his recent ratings victory in latenight TV. More...
• Star apologizes to wife, staff on show
• article has image Politician-comedian feud’ mixes old media with new technology
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 Features
• Chrysler splits Dodge brand into trucks, cars
Automaker announces surprise shake-up of executive team
DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler’s new Italian management on Monday announced a surprise shake-up of the automaker’s executive team, saying two recently appointed brand CEOs have left and that it was splitting Dodge into two groups, one focusing on trucks and the other on cars. More...
• article has image Advertising slump leads Gourmet, three other magazines to close
• Government report questions rescue claims
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