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The president of a suburban Philadelphia university says a workshop on personal narrative by a gay performance artist was canceled because of the nature of the artist's work, not his sexual orientation.
The Rev. Peter Donohue, Villanova University president, said in a st...

Notable moments from the GOP presidential debate Wednesday night in Mesa, Ariz.
SANTORUM UNDER FIRE
Rick Santorum's first debate since surging to the top of polls might be one he'd like to forget. The former Pennsylvania senator took fire fro...

Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded fiery accusations about health care, spending earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Santorum, sur...

A retired school administrator from northeastern Pennsylvania has pleaded not guilty to misuse of public funds.
The (Scranton) Times-Tribune (http://bit.ly/xFvWZz ) says 63-year-old Fred Rosetti of Archbald was arraigned Wednesday on charges of fraud, theft and money lau...

A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with criminal homicide in the stabbing death of a woman in her apartment last summer.
Erie police say 31-one-year-old James Lamont Duncan was taken into custody Wednesday in the June 21 death of 27-year-old Nikkia Sawyer.
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Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say they are searching for six men in the smash-and-grab robbery of a Main Line jewelry store.
Police in Delaware County say the robbery occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bernie Robbins at the Radnor Hotel in Wayne.
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The Republican presidential candidates are trying to avoid a debate on contraception and instead are looking to keep the focus of their criticism on President Barack Obama.
CNN anchor John King asked the candidates to address their views of contraception, a subject that ...

A woman has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of conspiracy to commit criminal homicide in the stabbing death of an elderly western Pennsylvania neighbor.
Forty-nine-year-old Diane McClelland of Coal Center was originally charged with conspiracy to commit burglary,...

All of the GOP presidential candidates say they oppose President Barack Obama's decision to bail out failing automakers.
With the Michigan primary just days away Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul all say they'd have refused giving government money to...

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are clashing on spending requests during a sharp confrontation that fellow Republican Newt Gingrich calls "silly" as the Republican presidential contenders' debate.
Romney on Wednesday criticized Santorum's tenure in the House and ...