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Boo Bash

Dominic Schubert, 5, peers around the bushes Wednesday in search of more candy at the annual Boo Bash at the Cranberry Mall. More...

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Clarion County planners OK Union, Trinity Point projects

By TOM DISTEFANO Clarion News writer

CLARION — All the projects up for approval by the Clarion County Planning commission were approved before, at least in some form, and they were all approved again. More...

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Community News

Trick-or-treat hours slated

The following is a list of area Halloween trick-or-treat hours: Chapmanville — 2 p.m. Saturday Chapmanville Volunteer fire hall Cooperstown Borough — 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday Cornplanter Township — 2 to 4 p.m. More...

Titusville’s new cardiac rehabilitation center opens

TITUSVILLE — Dedication ceremonies for a new cardiac rehabilitation center were held this week at the Titusville Area Hospital. More...

Sugarcreek building wins reprieve from wrecking ball

Council gives the owners .. more time to repair the original home of the Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department.
By MATT CARROLL Staff writer

The original home of the Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department has won a reprieve from the wrecking ball. The owners, two New York City men, were given additional time to complete necessary repairs to the building, which was condemned in June. More...

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Court Reporter

VENANGO COUNTY COURT REPORTER

Venango County Central Court District Judges Douglas Dinberg and Andrew Fish presiding Jon Thomas Fedorek, 20, 849 Grandview Road, Oil City; four counts of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property were withdrawn. More...

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Letters/Columns

Health care bill fails on mandate

The health care reform bill about to hit the floor of the U.S. Senate promises to cover millions more Americans by subsidizing their purchase of insurance. The bill would force every American to be covered. More...

Court was wrong not to review ruling

Suppose you’re out for the evening and you see someone stagger out of a tavern, get in his car and pull away. More...

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AP Sports

Utley, Lee power Phillies

Chase Utley homers .. twice and Cliff Lee goes the distance in the 6-1 win in Game 1.

NEW YORK (AP) — Look out for Cliff Lee, Chase Utley and this New Red Machine. More...

Pens’ Crosby gets hat trick

Penguins roll to 6-1 win over visiting Canadiens

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Superstitious Sindey Crosby didn’t want to jinx his shot at a hat trick after his first two goals. Perhaps for the same reason, he isn’t willing to acknowledge he’s morphing into a top pure goal-scorer. More...

Struggling Cavs fall to Raptors

TORONTO (AP) — Andrea Bargnani scored 28 points, Chris Bosh had 21 points and 16 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors overcame LeBron James’ 25th career triple-double to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 101-91 on Wednesday night. More...

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Entertainment

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PBS SCHEDULE

The following are today’s television listings for the local PBS stations: WPSU 7 p.m. — NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 8 p.m. — This Old House Hour 9 p.m. — Making the Blue Band 10 p.m. — Sherlock Holmes 11 p.m. More...

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Clarion student stabbed on campus

Police say LeVaughn Robinson was injured during an argument with another student.

A Clarion University student was stabbed Wednesday evening during an argument with another student on campus. University police chief Glenn Reid said freshman LeVaughn Robinson, of Penn Hills, was stabbed twice in the leg around 6:20 p.m. More...

School absenteeism up, but slightly

Districts are all following guidelines from CDC
By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

Despite the growing number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Venango County, absenteeism at local school districts is up only slightly. More...

The key facts about the flu

Here is some information from the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) about the H1N1 flu: An infected person can spread the virus up to a week. .. More...

Water company in Emlenton to begin $2.6 million project

The money will be used to build a new water treatment plant and pump station.
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

EMLENTON — Less than a year into owning and operating Emlenton Borough’s water system, Aqua Pennsylvania is about to plug $2.6 million into building a new water treatment plant and pump station. More...

Police & Fire

INDECENT ASSAULT INVESTIGATION

INDECENT ASSAULT INVESTIGATION — Clarion state police are investigating an indecent assault after a 58-year-old man allegedly touched and threatened a 20- year-old Clarion woman. More...

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AP News

Family files lawsuit over woman’s bathrobe fire death

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The family of an elderly woman who died after her chenille bathrobe caught on fire has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the retailer for wrongful death and product liability. More...

Family welcomes home remains of WWII airman

Sgt. Robert Stinson .. died in combat on Sept. 1, 1944.

HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — For two decades after her son’s bomber went down in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, Vella Stinson faithfully wrote the U.S. More...

Storm dumps snow on Rockies, plains, with more on the way

DENVER (AP) — A storm bringing the first heavy snows of autumn to a large swath of the Rockies and western plains crippled parts of Colorado and Wyoming Wednesday, forcing road closures and sending students home early as the region battled up More...

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Sports

Blue Blazes cap unbeaten season

Jesse Rice ran for two touchdowns Wednesday night as the Blue Blazes downed the Green Hornets, 26-6, to complete their second straight undefeated season in the Oil City-Cranberry Youth Football League. More...

Knight booters fall to Ikes in finale

Garrett Fiscus scored two goals and added two assists Wednesday as visiting Eisenhower defeated Franklin, 11-0, in a Region 2 boys soccer match. Shane Gerbec added two goals and one assist as Eisenhower held a 31-2 advantage in shots. More...

High stickin’: Less drag, more fish

BOB & LINDA STEINER

The steelhead angler approached the stream with all the stealth of a hungry blue heron. Once in position, he cast with a precision born of decades of practice. More...

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More and more warehouse clubs accept food stamps

Wholesale clubs were skeptical lower-income people would pay yearly membership fees

PORTLAND, Ore. More...

Food stamps at a glance

By The Associated Press

Some 36 million Americans are on food stamps, an increase of nearly 10 million over the past two years. The program at a glance: .. Food stamps were established by Congress in 1964. .. The program pays for most foods. More...

Report: Government overstated stimulus jobs

Some jobs credited .. to the program were counted two, three, four or more times.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000. More...

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Features

‘Bioidenticals’ not FDA-approved, have estrogen

Anything I can put into my body that’s natural has to be better’
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. More...

Yum or yuck? It’s a question of taste

By JAMES A. FUSELL McClatchy Newspapers

Everybody talks about the taste of great food. But hardly anyone talks about the tongue and the nose that make the tasting possible. That’s a shame. More...

Fight the flu: Drop treats into open bags this Halloween

By MEGHA SATYANARAYANA Detroit Free Press

Traditional fall events like football games, trick-or-treating and bobbing for apples are good ways to spread flu, say some experts. How to avoid it? Never share drinks, says Dr. More...

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