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‘A horrific outburst of violence’
Soldier kills 12, wounds 31 at Texas base
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States. More...
H1N1 flu cases more than double in Venango
Venango is now listed 17th among the state’s 67 counties in the number of confirmed H1N1 cases.
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

The number of confirmed swine (H1N1) flu cases in Venango County has more than doubled in a week, according to new figures released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. There are 95 confirmed H1N1 flu cases in the county, up from 46 last week. The number reflects only those H1N1 flu cases that have been confirmed by testing and recorded by the Department of Health. More...

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Dave Barrett of Collins Plumbing and Heating of Oil City works Thursday afternoon on the new plumbing inside the former Salvation Army offices next to the main Salvation Army building along Sycamore S More...

Seitz says companies are still targeting area as place to locate
He says the Oil Region Alliance staff is working on six viable projects.”
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

While the economy struggles, the suit-and-tie fellow whose job it is to ramp up Venango County’s fortunes is thumbing through a stack of folder files on his desk. Those papers, said Randy Seitz, president of the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, hold promise for a struggling rural county. More...

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• article has image Ohio woman: I got away from serial killing suspect
CLEVELAND (AP) — Suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell seemed like a “civilized person” on the April evening that Tanja Doss went up to his third-floor bedroom for a beer — until, she said, he leapt up and began choking her and threatening to kill her. More...
• article has image College students could use a few lessons in failure
• article has image Medical marijuana shop surge leaves towns scrambling to regulate
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 Community News
• article has image More contributions arrive for charity
Another $1,055 was collected Thursday in the Friends for Food campaign, bringing the total to $26,085. The fund-raising effort provides Thanksgiving dinners to families in Venango, Clarion and Forest counties who need them. More...
• article has image Knox lands loan for sewage project
• Autumn Leaf Festival theme contest begins
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 AP News
• Top aides Feese, Bowman leave GOP jobs
HARRISBURG (AP) — Two high-ranking Pennsylvania House Republican aides who have been active in running political campaigns have announced they are leaving their state jobs, a caucus spokesman said Thursday. More...
• Gubernatorial candidate advocates reforms
• article has image Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect
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 Court Reporter
• VENANGO COUNTY COURT REPORTER
Venango County Central Court District Judges Andrew Fish and Douglas Gerwick presiding More...
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 Letters/Columns
• The West Unit deal still has a foul smell
Editor: Hooray for Jan Beichner! Now it’s up to the rest of Venango County to speak up loud and clear about this “deal” going down between the county and the Oil Region Alliance (ORA). This thing smelled to high heaven at the time, and the aroma hasn’t improved. More...
• Taxpayers get stuck once again
• The efforts will go on, despite the vandalism
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 Sports
• article has image Knights to host Rockets in finale
For several area high school football teams, tonight marks the end to another season. For others, tonight’s games will be used as tuneups for next week’s first round of the playoffs. More...
• article has image Rockets will edge Knights
• article has image Bulldogs, Falcons and Bobcats advance in D-9 play
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 AP Sports
• article has image No-huddle suits Big Ben
Broncos are expecting to see no-huddle attack
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians hears Ben Roethlisberger’s campaign speech so often, he probably can recite it. It goes something like this: “You know, I think this would be a good week for the no-huddle.” Of course, Roethlisberger believes every week is a good week to run the offense he likes best. More...
• article has image THE DAILY SCOREBOARD
• article has image Bulls stun Cavaliers
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 Entertainment
• article has image Is Big Bird flying the coop on ‘Sesame Street’?
Show will mark its 40th anniversary on Tuesday
NEW YORK (AP) — Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street! That’s what he decides on the “Sesame Street” season opener. A rapping real-estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat (“habitat,” the episode’s “Word on the Street”). After sizing up a beach and a swamp for his new habitat, Big Bird chooses a rain forest. More...
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• article has image STAR GAZING
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 Features
• article has image Productivity gains may be bad news for jobless
Economists say employers will eventually have to ramp up hiring
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies across the economy are finding ways to do more with fewer workers, dimming hopes that hiring will take off anytime soon. Employers became leaner and more efficient in the third quarter. Wages, meantime, remain flat or falling. The result is that productivity — output per hour of work — jumped at the fastest pace in six years. More...
• article has image On Wall Street
• Fannie Mae offers borrowers option to foreclosure
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