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PITTSBURGH Authorities say a Pittsburgh-area woman responsible for fostering a service dog for special-needs children reported the animal missing and kept it for herself instead.

FRANKFURT, Germany Their country's misery was never far from their hearts.

PITTSBURGH A western Pennsylvania church will be the site of next Saturday's wedding of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

PITTSBURGH Two state lawmakers are proposing to change a section of Pennsylvania law that bars public school teachers from wearing religious symbols in the classroom.

HARRISBURG, Pa. Affordable rural farmland and proximity to traditional population centers are driving a recent boomlet in new Amish colonies in New York state, according to a study by Elizabethtown College researchers.

ORLANDO, Fla. This is what freedom looks like for Casey Anthony: $537.68 from her jail account, no job, estranged parents, a criminal record, lawsuits pending against her and the scorn of multitudes who think she got away with murder.

A Blair County woman died after a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Porter Township, Huntingdon County.

Vendors at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts reported four separate thefts from their booths overnight Thursday into Friday morning.

Socks heating in a pan on a stove caused a small fire in a College Township mobile home Friday morning.

Centre County was home to some of the state’s first charter schools. Today, it has four brick-and-mortar charters. Only three counties — Philadelphia, Allegheny and Chester — have more.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The natural gas industry is launching a six- to 12-month public relations blitz to tell its side of the story about the importance of exploiting the Marcellus shale reserves, launching a paid half-hour talk show and one-minute promotional ads on 49 West Virginia radio stations.

HARRISBURG, Pa. A measure that could expose a mountain of spending data about state government to greater public scrutiny went into law with little fanfare late last month, but implementing it has already raised significant logistical issues.

Someone robbed a Juniata County gas station Friday night, state police in Lewistown report.

FRANKFURT, Germany Ali Krieger might have a future as a tour guide after this.

WASHINGTON Mitt Romney leads all Republicans in the contest for campaign cash, cementing his front-runner status among contenders hoping to go up against President Barack Obama in 2012.