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June 30, 2010 / Front Page

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Retired educators clean up playground

Former Linclon School faculty members (from left) Darrell Smith, Joanne Taylor, Dolly McMahon and Jeannette Thompson, weed and clean trash from the landscaping at the front of the Lincoln Land of Laughter playground on Harriott Avenue in Oil City on More...

Clarion University students critically injured

By MATT CARROLL
Staff writer

Two Clarion University students are in critical condition and a third person is in serious condition after a crash Monday night in Clarion County. More...

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Community News

Seneca Street post office to close

Oil City is losing one of its two post offices. The U.S. Postal Service has notified customers who use the Oil Creek Station on Seneca Street that the office will close Monday, July 12. More...

Garbage collection times scheduled in Oil City

Garbage collection regularly scheduled for Monday in Oil City will be moved to Tuesday because of the July 4 holiday. The rest of the week’s schedule will be shifted one day later. More...

Benn/ 50 years

Cy and Sarah Benn of 280 Lawsonham St., Rimersburg, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Friday. Cy Benn and the former Sarah Wingard were married July 2, 1960, at the Turkey City Church of God by the Rev. A. Roy Aaron. Mr. More...

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AP News

Pittsburgh hospital consolidation cuts 1,500 jobs

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two hospitals in western Pennsylvania’s second-largest health care system will consolidate to save money and prepare for federal changes in a move that could cost 1,500 jobs. More...

Stock, job woes take toll on Americans’ mood as consumer confidence plummets

NEW YORK (AP) — Stung by falling stocks and sick of waiting for jobs to come back, Americans are in a sour mood about the economy. And it’s getting worse fast. More...

Dow falls 268 points, drops below 10,000

Investors are also anxious about Friday’s monthly employment report.

NEW YORK (AP) — No matter where they look, investors are seeing economic trouble. More...

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Sports

Oil City stars top Franklin

Joel Wright and Shane Ruby combined on a two-hitter Tuesday night as Oil City’s 9-10 year-old all-star squad rolled to a 14-1 victory over Franklin in a losers’ bracket game of the District 25 Little League tournament. More...

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AP Sports

NASCAR This Week

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Soriano, Lilly propel Cubs

Alfonso Soriano belts a pair of home runs as the Cubs knock off the Pirates, 3-1.

CHICAGO (AP) — Alfonso Soriano hit two solo home runs and Ted Lilly pitched seven strong innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. More...

Upset day at Wimbledon

Venus Williams, Clijsters bounced in quarterfinals

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Venus Williams would shank a shot — and she shanked many on this day — then turn toward the Court 1 player guest box where her parents were seated and put her palms up or shrug her shoulders, as if to indi More...

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Entertainment

TV Grids

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PBS SCHEDULE

The following are today’s television listings for the local PBS stations: WPSU 7 p.m. — PBS NewsHour 8 p.m. — Great Old Amusement Parks 9 p.m. — Baseball 11:30 p.m. — Charlie Rose 12:30 a.m. More...

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Budget pieces appear to be in place

Rendell, legislative leaders finish handshake deal

HARRISBURG (AP) — The final pieces of a Pennsylvania state budget deal appeared to be in place Tuesday in a plan that would balance higher spending on public schools, prisons, pensions and health care against cuts and layoffs in many other are More...

Electralloy project triggers lawsuit

Jerome and Deborah Dowling contend that the value of their property has been cut dramatically.
By JUDITH O. ETZEL
Staff writer

A Cherrytree Township couple has filed a civil lawsuit against township officials and two Oil City businesses for what they claim were building and operating practices that violate numerous building and zoning codes. More...

Franklin board gives final approval to land donation

By SHEILA BOUGHNER
Staff writer

The Franklin school board on Monday gave the final OK for the donation of a piece of school district land to Sandycreek Township for a stormwater retention basin. More...

Authorities investigate gun scare in Clarion

By RODNEY L. SHERMAN
Clarion News editor

CLARION — Clarion Borough Police, state police and Clarion County sheriff’s deputies scrambled Tuesday afternoon when a report came in of an armed man inside CVS Drug Store in Clarion. More...

Police & Fire

Goosebumpz break-in

Two area residents have been charged with breaking into a Seneca ice cream shop early Tuesday. Franklin state police said Justin Lee Huey, 20, of Emlenton, and Tristen James Brown, 19, of Franklin, broke into Goosebumpz around 1:45 a.m. More...

Liquor law violation

A Franklin restaurant has been cited by state police for a liquor law violation. More...

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Court Reporter

CLARION COUNTY DEEDS

The following deeds have been filed at the Clarion County Courthouse. Sale prices are listed except in the case of nominal amounts such as $1. Steven W. and Dara V. Legg to Troy L. and Erin M. Owen, Highland Township, parcel, $167,000. More...

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Letters/Columns

Two Mile park offers a great spot for riding

Editor: We went to the ride at Two Mile Run County Park for horseback riders to promote the park. For any of you riders who want a couple of days of great riding, you need to visit this park. More...

Many aided evacuation effort at Y

Editor: On Wednesday, June 2, it became necessary to evacuate the Franklin YMCA because of a gas leak from nearby construction. More...

Jobs should be priority, not avant-garde shops

Editor: I applaud Robert Fry for the letter he sent your publication (“Let’s put emphasis on economy,” published June 25), and I applaud you for publishing it. More...

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House rejects benefits extension

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Republicans citing concerns about the growing national debt, the House rejected a bill Tuesday to extend unemployment benefits for people who have been out of work for long stretches. More...

Democrats drop fee from bank bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democratic House and Senate negotiators who worked out a deal on a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations regrouped Tuesday to eliminate a $19 billion fee on banks that had threatened to derail the legislation. More...

Russia denounces U.S. ‘spy’ arrests

NEW YORK (AP) — A shadowy money man for a Russian spy ring whose members were assigned a decade or more ago to infiltrate American society was captured overseas, authorities said Tuesday, becoming the last of 11 arrests made over three days in More...

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Features

HOROSCOPES

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ADVICE

Autoimmune hepatitis is not an infection
Dr. PAUL G. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am very worried about my 50-year-old daughter. She’s hospitalized with hepatitis, which I thought always came from an infection. My daughter’s hepatitis didn’t come from an infection. More...

SAVVY SENIORS

What to do once you hit the ‘donut hole’
JIM MILLER

Dear Savvy Senior, In one of your recent columns (What Healthcare Reform Means for Seniors) you wrote that seniors with a Medicare prescription drug plan could get a $250 rebate check when they hit the donut hole. I’ve just hit it! More...

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