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November 4, 2009 / Front Page

Foy easily wins sheriff battle

Eric Foy, a near shoo-in for Venango County sheriff after he defeated longtime incumbent Gene Price last spring and then wound up with both the Republican and Democratic nods, continued his winning ways Tuesday. More...

Baker uncontested winner in Franklin

Doug Baker, a retired Franklin policeman and incumbent Franklin City Council member, won election without ballot opposition Tuesday to the city mayor’s post. More...

Rowe building demolition begins

A crew from Bert Klapec Inc. of Oil City began tearing down the walls of the former Oil City hospital’s Rowe building Monday morning, and by late Tuesday afternoon only about half the building remained standing. More...

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Snyder unopposed for district judge

Michael D. Snyder of Franklin was unopposed Tuesday for the district judge job in District 3-3. Snyder, an attorney, won both the Republican and Democratic nods last spring in defeating Pamela Logsdon and Matthew Parson for the nominations. More...

Voters pick school directors

Voters in Cranberry Area School District wrapped up a reorganization of the school board Tuesday, electing four new directors to four-year terms. Five candidates were on the ballot. More...

Forest sheriff Wolfgang elected to third term

Incumbent Forest County Sheriff Robert Wolfgang was re-elected without opposition Tuesday to a third four-year term. Wolfgang, a Democrat, defeated a Republican challenger last spring and took both party nominations into Tuesday’s election. More...

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AP News

Melvin elected to state high court

The Republican tops Jack Panella in a race that will change the balance of the court.

HARRISBURG (AP) — Republican Joan Orie Melvin has been elected to Pennsylvania’s highest court. More...

Democrats score big in local races across state

HARRISBURG (AP) — Democrats ruled Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s major municipal election races. More...

California hospice dog kept working even when old age came for him

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a therapy dog, Baxter comforted hundreds of hospice patients in their final hours. This year, old age caught up with Baxter. More...

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Sports

Remembering his roots

Kentucky coach Calipari to play his alma mater

By MATT JACKSON Staff writer

New Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari has a lot on his plate these days. He ended his highly successful nine-year tenure at Memphis at the end of last season to take over one of the most prestigious programs in the nation. More...

Franklin Knights

Members of the Franklin Knights eighth-grade girls basketball team, which finished 20-0 this season, are (from left): Dia Beggs, Taylor Shingledecker, Cynthia Hoover and Paige Deal. More...

Bulldogs hike mark to 19-0

NEW BETHLEHEM — Redbank Valley remained undefeated at 19-0 on Tuesday and advanced to the quarterfinals of the District 9 Class A tournament with a sweep of visiting Port Allegany, 25-13, 25-12, 25-9. D-9 volleyball More...

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Are rankings unfair to U.S. higher ed?

By JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer

The United States spends more money than any other country, and its elite institutions are the world’s best. But overall the system is wasteful, fails too many — and is falling behind other countries. More...

Climate debate off to rocky start

GOP senators shun .. the planned startup of voting on amendments to a Democratic bill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — European leaders pressed Congress and the White House on Tuesday to unite on a plan to combat global warming, even as a Republican boycott forced a delay of votes in a key Senate committee, demonstrating the deep partisan rif More...

Poll: Almost half of Americans reject H1N1 vaccine

Just 52 percent of Americans say they’re likely to get the vaccine.

WASHINGTON (MCT) — Despite a rising nationwide toll of sickness caused by the H1N1 flu virus and an intensive push by the government to have people vaccinated for it, almost half of Americans say they aren’t likely to get the vaccine, ac More...

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Features

Auto sales show industry beginning to stabilize

Results signal some consumers are starting to spend again

DETROIT (AP) — After months of roller-coaster results, the U.S. auto industry showed signs of stability in October. More...

On Wall Street

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Q&A on how House finance bills would fix big problems

WASHINGTON (MCT) — The largest rewrite of financial regulation since the Great Depression will clear the House of Representatives during the first week of December, the influential lawmaker shepherding the legislation promised Tuesday. More...

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Lewis, Moon capture OC Council posts

Venice Lewis and William P. Moon Jr., both Republicans, won election Tuesday to four-year terms on Oil City Council. More...

Oil City no longer bastion of Republican dominance

The city has a near-even split among registered Republicans and Demcorats.

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

Who would have ever guessed that in the realm of political loyalties, Oil City would find itself near parity as to Republicans and Democrats? More...

Shaffer re-elected Clarion coroner

By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

Incumbent Terry L. Shaffer outpaced opponent Adam Faller on Tuesday to win another term as Clarion County coroner. Final unofficial tallies show that Shaffer received more than 65 percent of the votes cast Tuesday. More...

Obituaries

Lisa Ann Tincher Dittman
Joseph Thomas Brown
Donald R. Blair
Mildred L. Pears
Wilda R. Levine
Alice A. Dunn
Persing memorial set
Hause memorial is set
OTHER DEATHS