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Pa. museum automaton has link to Scorcese’s ‘Hugo’

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

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Pa. charities receive gifts in Paterno’s memory

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — In a Feb. 17 story about a Penn State dance marathon, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age of the annual event and the amount it had raised for charity from its inception through 2011. The marathons had raised more than $78 million in 40 years, not more than $45 million in 35 years.

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No. 4 Connecticut handles Pittsburgh 86-37

Pittsburgh's Marquel Davis (13) collides with Connecticut's Tiffany Hayes as Hayes shoots in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Following its stunning home loss to St. John’s, No. 4 Connecticut was ready to move on and focus on getting back to winning.

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Woman jailed in Pa. has trail of fake pregnancies

This undated file photo provided by the Armstrong County Jail shows Amy Slanina.  Richard Vest and his wife Rebecca, say Slanina pretended to be pregnant and persuaded them to fly from Idaho to Pennsylvania five days after Christmas to “adopt” a baby that didn't exist. Several others say Slanina has done similar scams on them.  (AP Photo/Armstrong County Jail, File)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Barry and Rebecca Vest can’t conceive children — or of why a woman pretended to be pregnant and persuaded them to travel from Idaho to Pennsylvania five days after Christmas to adopt a baby that didn’t exist.

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Sorvino to debut film funded by Pa. taxpayers

This Nov. 17, 2010 photo shows actor Paul Sorvino at the the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights 2010 Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner at Pier Sixty in New York. Sorvino might finally be over his trouble with "The Trouble with Cali." Armed with $500,000 in taxpayer funding, the first-time director and "Goodfellas" star shot the independent film in northeastern Pennsylvania six years ago. But the project ran short of cash, and politicians in Scranton demanded to know what he did with their investment. Sorvino, in turn, was stunned and hurt that anyone would question his integrity. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Paul Sorvino might finally be over his trouble with “The Trouble with Cali.”

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