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January 31, 2013

VIDEO: Giant sinkhole gobbles up building

Two buildings in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou vanished into a sinkhole on Monday. China's state television reports no one was hurt in the collapse, but 300 local residents had to be evacuated.

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  • transplant.jpg Transplant vote seeks medical and legal balance

    Faced with a federal judge's order in the heart-wrenching cases of two terminally ill children seeking lung transplants, a national review board sought a balance that will keep such decisions in the hands of doctors, not lawyers or judges.

    June 11, 2013 1 Photo

  • Screen shot 2013-06-05 at 5.32.11 PM.png When nature invades: Deer where they don't belong

    Bambi's relatives don't wait for an invitation before crashing the party. Video cameras have captured deer wandering through stores, crashing into buses and jumping into zoo exhibits. Here's a collection of some of the best videos of deer where they don't belong.

    June 6, 2013 1 Photo

  • mccort_exterior Bishop McCort: It’s time to move on

    Until January 2013, the Bishop McCort Catholic High School Board of Trustees guided the school’s leadership team on many positive ventures, with our goal being to ensure that Bishop McCort is one of the area’s best educational facilities and spiritual institutions.
    But in January, this board was placed in a totally different situation – making choices none of us ever imagined, with the ultimate goal of saving Bishop McCort.

    June 5, 2013 1 Photo

  • Ken Salem Salem says he's stepping away from Bishop McCort

    Former Bishop McCort Catholic HIgh School Principal Ken Salem, who has been on administrative leave from the school since March 1, announced Wednesday that he has ended his affiliation with the Johnstown school.

    June 5, 2013 1 Photo

  • Building Collapse.jpg Pa. building collapses, people believed trapped

    A building collapsed Wednesday on the edge of downtown, and the fire commissioner said as many as eight to 10 people were believed trapped in the rubble.

    June 5, 2013 1 Photo

  • Severe Weather_Dept.jpg Storm chasing critical, profitable and dangerous

    While most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public from a twister's fury or amateurs armed with little more than a smartphone, a digital camera and a desire to sell 15 seconds of video to the nightly news.

    June 4, 2013 1 Photo

  • PBS_Coal PBS Coals lays off 134 workers

    PBS Coals, a Friedens-based mining company providing metallurgical and steam coals, has laid off 134 employees, effective today.

    May 31, 2013 1 Photo

  • weather 21.JPG Huge tornado hits Oklahoma

    A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

    May 20, 2013 1 Photo

  • scifi19.JPG VIDEO | Sci-Fi expo connects with fans

    The Force is strong with Casey Bassett.
    In two years of feverish planning and laborious love, the 24-year-old has roughly tripled the size of his homegrown geek convention, Sci-Fi Valley Con, being held this year at the Jaffa Shrine in Altoona. Today is the 2013 convention’s final day.

    May 18, 2013 1 Photo

  • deer 17.JPG The story behind Johnstown’s viral video

    The way John Porter tells it, some of his co-workers now call him “John Deer.”

    May 17, 2013 1 Photo

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