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• Class-action suits could clobber Toyota March 10, 2010
  Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with experts. […]
• US woman accused of recruiting jihadists online March 10, 2010
  An American woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday. […]
• Pa. to Offer Rebates for Efficient Home Heating March 10, 2010
  Federal economic stimulus money soon will start providing rebates to Pennsylvanians on the purchase of new, Energy Star-rated hot-water heaters, furnaces and boilers. […]
• APNewsBreak: Pa. coal town claims 'massive fraud' March 10, 2010
  The few remaining residents of a Pennsylvania coal town decimated by a 48-year-old underground mine fire claim in court papers that a "massive fraud" is being perpetrated by parties seeking to grab the mineral rights to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of anthracite coal. […]
• Fairfield Township man sentenced in Pennsylvania for sex assault March 10, 2010
  A Fairfield Township man was sentenced last week to four to eight years in state prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a teenage girl in Pennsylvania, according to The Tribune-Democrat. The Western Pennsylvania newspaper reported Friday that 29-year-old Andrew Luko is currently in a four-year program for sex offenders at a treatment ... […]
• W. Pa. mine firm buys museum with Quecreek history March 10, 2010
  A coal mining company is buying a small museum where artifacts are displayed from the 2002 rescue of nine western Pennsylvania miners who were trapped underground for more than 78 hours. […]
• Mayors Seek more Taxing Power March 10, 2010
  Mayors of small and medium-sized Pennsylvania cities say the Legislature must allow them to raise new tax revenue to prevent more of them from falling into financial crisis. […]
• Hoosier Park owner Centaur files for bankruptcy March 10, 2010
  Centaur LLC, owner of Hoosier Park Racing & Casino, announced Sunday, March 7 that the company has filed for bankruptcy in an effort to restructure and emerge with less debt. […]
• Pennsylvania's Heavyweight Clout Growing Thin March 10, 2010
  Pennsylvania soon may scrape the bottom of the federal pork barrel. The Feb. 8 death of U.S. Rep. […]