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Mitchell report: Good start on Penn State reforms

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.  — A former U.S. senator brought in to monitor reforms being made at Penn State in response to the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal said Friday the university is "off to a very good start" in making changes under a deal with the NCAA.




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Palestinians euphoric over UN recognition

RAMALLAH, West Bank  — Euphoric Palestinians erupted in cheers, honked car horns and chanted "God is great" after the United Nations endorsed an independent state of Palestine, giving sweeping international backing to their demands for sovereignty over lands Israel occupied in 1967.



Senior dance major Rachel Brown joins fellow students at Christmas Zumba on Wednesday evening at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. The Zumba event was organized to raise money for Timmy Global Health. DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK
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Group to offer Christmas Zumba

The lower floor of the L.A. Pittenger Student Center flooded with music Wednesday night with students dancing to songs like “Gangnam Style.”


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Family learns of student's death on Facebook

ATLANTA  — The parents of a south Georgia college student first learned from Facebook that their daughter had been found dead in a dormitory study room shortly before Thanksgiving. Now, they hope that Facebook and other social media sites can help solve the death of 17-year-old Jasmine Benjamin, which police are investigating as a homicide.


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2 Ind. tickets just missed giant Powerball prize

INDIANAPOLIS  — Hoosier Lottery officials say Indiana retailers sold two tickets that just missed on winning a share of the giant Powerball jackpot. While the two winning tickets for the estimated $587.5 million jackpot were sold in Arizona and Missouri, two tickets sold in Indiana are worth $1 million each. Lottery officials say those tickets were sold at convenience stores in Vincennes and Highland. Those tickets matched the first five numbers, but not the Powerball number. The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.







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