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Going for a spin

Going for a spin

Brothers Ronnie Munro (left), 7, and Braizyn Munro, 3, both of Portage, take a spin on one of the rides at the annual Williamsburg Community Farm Show on Monday evening. Logan Dick, 5, of Roaring…

Dolly Parton dies at 80

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her…

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Under pressure

Under pressure

Rick Sample of Smith Masonry, Hollidaysburg, pressure washes the west gym entrance at Hollidaysburg…

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Falling oil prices help calm both stock, bond markets

NEW YORK — Oil prices fell again on Tuesday, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and edged a bit closer to its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 160 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed…

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PSU must reconsider fraternities

If found guilty of some or all of the serious charges filed against them, leaders of an alleged Penn State University drug ring should be shown no mercy by the judicial system unless … Unless they divulge identities of those in New York and Philadelphia who supplied the drugs that the ring peddled, apparently…

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Marriage licenses

Editor’s note: the following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Blair County Jeremiah S. Clark and Cassie L. M. Pierce, both of Hollidaysburg. Zachary L. Colyer, Altoona, and Alexis S. Dodson, Duncansville. Weston T. Cooper and Noelle R. Kerr, both of Altoona. Blake E. Counselman and Samantha B. Fink,…

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