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Dad gets prison for oil tank spill in Pa. forest

BRADFORD, Pa. (AP) — A northwestern Pennsylvania man will spend two to 10 years in state prison for conspiring with his son to cause an oil spill in the Allegheny National Forest because he was upset with his former employer.



Forty-three-year-old Andrew Horton, of Bradford, was sentenced Wednesday. He had pleaded guilty in April to charges that he dropped off his son, 22-year-old Christopher Horton, to vandalize the company's oil storage tanks in August.



McKean County prosecutors say Horton's son opened tank valves spilling 46,000 gallons of oil, fouling a nearby stream and killing fish and other wildlife.



Christopher Horton is serving three to six years in prison for state and federal convictions in the spill.



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Information from: The Bradford Era, http://www.bradfordera.

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Pa. man waives hearing on rape in abandoned home

July 2, 2009

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 46-year-old Pittsburgh man has waived his right to a preliminary hearing on charges he raped an 11-year-old girl in an abandoned house that is still standing despite complaints b...

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Proposed Philadelphia parking meter hike canceled

July 2, 2009

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Another proposed hike in parking meter rates in downtown Philadelphia has been canceled because the first increase worked better than expected.

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Pittsburgh cemetery reports 'worst-ever' vandalism

July 2, 2009

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Officials at Pittsburgh's largest Catholic cemetery are reporting the worst vandalism in its 123-year history.

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Safety commission recalls 400,000 Simplicity cribs

July 2, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that Simplicity Inc. is recalling about 400,000 cribs that put babies at risk of death by suffocation.

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Pittsburgh official says Hilton work to resume

July 2, 2009

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Some renovation work will resume soon on the Pittsburgh Hilton, but it doesn't appear it will be finished by the time world leaders gather in the city for the G-20 economic summit...

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