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DA alleges wrongdoing in missing prosecutor case - July 2, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - The district attorney in Montour County on Tuesday accused his counterpart in Centre County of "doing nothing" to get to the bottom of the 2005 disappearance of Ray Gricar, the former Centre County district attorney.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557362.html

Temple names Cardoza new women's basketball coach - July 2, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Tonya Cardoza, introduced Tuesday as Temple's new women's basketball coach, says it is odd that the team she is inheriting from her friend and ex-teammate Dawn Staley was so good defensively.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557287.html

Flyers send veteran D Gauthier to Kings - July 2, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - The Los Angeles Kings acquired veteran defenseman Denis Gauthier and a second-round pick in the 2010 draft from the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday for defenseman Patrik Hersley and forward Ned Lukacevic.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557210.html

Penguins re-sign Pascal Dupuis to three-year deal - July 1, 2008

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward Pascal Dupuis (DOO'-pwee) to a three-year contract.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557176.html

William Bennett, pioneering laser researcher, dies - July 1, 2008

HAVERFORD, Pa. - William R. Bennett Jr., a physicist who helped develop one of the first lasers nearly 50 years ago, has died. He was 78.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557305.html

Police probe apparent Beaver Falls double homicide - July 1, 2008

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. - Beaver Falls police are investigating a double homicide after finding the bodies of a man and his wife.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557296.html

Historic Pa. barn to be dismantled, moved, rebuilt - July 1, 2008

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - A historic barn in dire need of structural help will be dismantled, moved and then rebuilt using construction methods typical of 1872 _ including the use of oxen, mules, draft horses and early period tools.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557294.html

Hollywood Slots opens to public in Bangor, Maine - July 1, 2008

BANGOR, Maine - Dozens of people lined up early to get a crack at the slot machines at the new Hollywood Slots complex, which opens to the public Tuesday.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557087.html

Erie teen gets probation for campus massacre prank - July 1, 2008

ERIE, Pa. - A woman who left a phone message warning of a "massacre" at Erie's Gannon University nine days after the Virginia Tech killings has been sentenced to probation for one year.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557235.html

Pa. man guilty of stealing from church group - July 1, 2008

LANCASTER, Pa. - A Lancaster County man who used to work for a church organization has pleaded guilty to mail fraud for embezzling $1.1 million from the group over 20 years.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557160.html