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Philadelphia city workers to vote on strike - July 1, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - A labor union representing about 3,000 white-collar employees of the city of Philadelphia is to vote on whether to authorize a strike.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557135.html

2 dead from apparent murder-suicide in NE Pa. - July 1, 2008

MONTROSE, Pa. - State police say a father and daughter are dead from an apparent murder-suicide in their Susquehanna County home.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557071.html

Westmoreland panel OKs tall bamboo in yard - July 1, 2008

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. - A local government board says a Westmoreland County woman can keep bamboo stalks as high as 35 feet in her yard because the plants can be eaten, exempting them from rules that govern grass and other plants.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557060.html

Girl, 4, says Erie man offered candy before rape - July 1, 2008

ERIE, Pa. - Police say an Erie man has acknowledged raping a 4-year-old girl who told investigators the man offered her candy before climbing in bed and assaulting her.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557024.html

Jury weighing death penalty in Bedford Co. murder - July 1, 2008

BEDFORD, Pa. - A jury selected in Dauphin County will continue hearing evidence in the death-penalty phase of a trial into the death of a Bedford County woman in April 2000.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557023.html

Williamsport's only airline says service will end - July 1, 2008

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Officials at Williamsport Regional Airport are working to keep scheduled passenger service.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557005.html

Pittsburgh Catholic bishop votes to convict - July 1, 2008

PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh's Roman Catholic bishop says it was painful seeing people shackled, but he's confident he and his fellow jurors did the right thing in convicting two men in a 2006 home invasion.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1557003.html

Witnesses called at Pa. grand jury secrecy hearing - July 1, 2008

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge in Harrisburg has begun trying to determine whether a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate violations of grand jury secrecy.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1556660.html

Mine-safety bill gets OK from union, mine owners - July 1, 2008

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Legislation to improve safety in the state's approximately 200 bituminous coal mines is poised to pass both the state House and Senate after years of negotiations.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1556722.html

Scramble starts to flesh out, vote Pa. budget deal - July 1, 2008

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The details of a $28.2 billion state budget deal reached overnight remained vague Monday, as aides scrambled on the last day of the fiscal year to distill the handshake agreement into understandable facts and figures.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07012008-1556810.html