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Pa. school asks students to cut back on body spray
Freedom High School in Bethlehem says one of its students was recently hospitalized for exposure to Axe Body Spray. Now, officials are asking students to stop using it as a cologne or fragrance while attending the school.
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Speeding Iowa dad ignores police with baby coming
An Iowa man who was pulled over for speeding as he rushed his pregnant wife to the hospital said he was determined to keep going despite the police lights flashing behind him.
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1972 story inspired 4 Diamonds Fund
The teacher saw it as a way to challenge the members of her accelerated English class. But one of her brightest students, Chris Millard, didn't want to write about his own life. The boy, who had been struggling with cancer, hesitated to rehash the experience.
So, instead of an autobiography, in the spring of 1972, Chris penned an allegorical tale of a knight, Sir Millard, who completes difficult tasks to earn the diamonds of courage, wisdom, honesty and strength. And the rest, including the inauguration of The Four Diamonds Fund and its dramatic growth through the annual THON at Penn State University, is history.
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Ey yo! Rocky's house in South Philly is for sale
Want to live like Rocky Balboa? The Italian Stallion's house is on the market.
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How TV show turned fast-food joint into tourist attraction
A fast-food burrito chain in Albuquerque has become an international tourist attraction as people come from all over the world to see the spot where a fictional drug trafficker runs his organization. A pastry shop sells doughnuts topped with blue candy designed to resemble crystal meth. A beauty store has a similar product — crystal blue bathing salts.
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For dog, a circuitous journey, plenty of admirers
The big, elusive dog lay sedated in a ball on the floor of an Armstrong County family's basement.
Nearly a dozen people who share a love of the 8-year-old Anatolian shepherd-Great Pyrenees mix gathered around, crying and marveling how a dog so leery of humans attracted such a devoted following.
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Student aims to end use of the 'R' word
Hannah Cunningham stood in front of Lauren Piersol's fourth-grade classroom Tuesday morning to deliver a message.
It's a message the 11-year-old from Manchester Township had already shared with her fifth-grade classmates at Sinking Springs Elementary School, and one she hopes to share with all the school's students, one classroom at a time. -
School revisits ban on parents eating lunch
A school district in central Pennsylvania is reconsidering a new policy change that prevents parents from having lunch with elementary students.
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SHOW BITS: Oscar is a trip for Jennifer Lawrence
Show Bits brings you the 85th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists.
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Affleck’s ’Argo’ wins best-picture Oscar
Ben Affleck’s “Argo,” a film about a fake movie, has earned a very real prize: best picture at the Academy Awards.
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