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Good evening! Here's a look at AP's general news coverage today in Pennsylvania. For questions about the state report, contact the Philadelphia bureau at 215-561-1133. Ron Todt is on the desk. Editor Larry Rosenthal can be reached at 215-446-6631 or lrosenthal@ap.org. A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date. Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with updates. UPCOMING TOMORROW: CAMPAIGN 2016-PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG — Voters are switching their affiliation in Pennsylvania at a rate not seen in years or perhaps ever, amid a contested presidential primary election and the ability for the first time ever to make the switch online. One pollster believes the party switching activity is a modern state record. By Marc Levy. UPCOMING: About 500 words by 5 p.m. EDT. PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKER-GAMBLING CHARGES GIBSONIA — Preliminary hearing for state Rep. Marc Gergely, charged by a grand jury with using his political influence to help an illegal video gambling machine operation. Developing from 11 a.m. EDT hearing. AP Photo. OTHER TOP STORIES: PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's embattled attorney general is creating a new second-in-command position at her agency for a former county prosecutor who has become a central figure in Bill Cosby's criminal defense. By Mark Scolforo. SENT: About 750 words. BILL COSBY LOS ANGELES — Janice Dickinson's defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby should move forward, a judge ruled Tuesday, saying a trial can determine the truthfulness of the model's claims that the comedian raped her in 1982. By Anthony McCartney. SENT: About 550 words. WOLF-CARE WORKERS HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is preventing Republican state senators from joining a lawsuit over an order by the Democratic governor giving home health care aides new tools to improve their wages and working conditions. By Mark Scolforo. SENT: About 480 words. PILOT DETAINED DETROIT — A 50-year-old American Airlines co-pilot had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit and was having trouble with his cockpit seat just before an aborted takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport over the weekend, according to police reports. By Jeff Karoub. SENT: About 220 words. SUPREME COURT-EXONERATED INMATE BATON ROUGE, La. — Prosecutors are rarely held accountable for misconduct and mistakes that have left innocent people imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit, according to report Tuesday by a nonprofit group that investigates possible wrongful convictions. By Michael Kunzelman. SENT: About 370 words. UKRAINIAN MUSEUM-HNIZDOVSKY EXHIBITION NEW YORK — A new exhibition explores the prolific career of Ukrainian-American artist Jacques Hnizdovsky, a master of intricate woodcuts and paintings depicting an array of stylized flora and fauna. By Ula Ilnytzky. SENT: About 540 words, AP Photos. SUPREME COURT-EXONERATED INMATE BATON ROUGE, La. — Prosecutors are rarely held accountable for misconduct and mistakes that have left innocent people imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit, according to report Tuesday by a nonprofit group that investigates possible wrongful convictions. By Michael Kunzelman. SENT: 357 words. EXCHANGE: EXCHANGE-FLYING PHOTOGRAPHER WILKES-BARRE — Randy Palmer once crafted lenses to boost vision, but now he focuses them from the sky to add insight. A trained optician, Mr. Palmer, of Wilkes-Barre, shoots pictures from planes for a living for businesses, people and other customers who want aerial views of their buildings, homes or whatever. He started out as an optician and set up stores for a company in England, then spent a decade in the corporate world and decided to do something he always wanted to do: learn how to fly. Then, people came to him saying "Can you take pictures for me?" His idea turned into NEPA Aerial Photography, an almost entirely word-of-mouth business that attracts more work than he can handle. Borys Krawczeniuk, The (Scranton) Times-Tribune. SENT: About 910 words. IN BRIEF: CAMPAIGN 2016-PENNSYLVANIA — Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are organizing in Pennsylvania as some Republican Party leaders are shifting their support in the contested primary. GIRLFRIEND BURIED IN YARD — A western Pennsylvania man waited until ten jurors had been chosen for his murder trial before deciding to plead no contest to homicide and related offenses. MISSING WOMAN SOUGHT — A man has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the death of his wife, who was found dead in the woods in western Pennsylvania almost three years ago. BODY FOUND-RECYCLING BIN — A man has been ordered to stand trial in the death of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a recycling bin last month. UPMC-STARTING WAGE — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has announced plans to increase the minimum starting wage for entry-level jobs at most facilities to $15 per hour by 2021. OPERATING ROOM NURSE-BEERS — A prosecutors has withdrawn charges against a registered nurse who acknowledged drinking four or five beers in the hours before assisting an operation at a veterans' hospital in Pennsylvania, saying she expected the case to continue on the federal level. TOLL PLAZA SHOOTINGS — Authorities say they found a camouflage mask and a state police ID and badge in the vehicle of the retired state trooper who police say shot and killed two people before he himself was killed during a robbery at a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza. ABORTION-PROTESTS — Three opponents of abortion are asking a federal judge to throw out a Harrisburg ordinance that keeps protesters at least 20 feet from any health care facility, including two clinics that perform abortions in the central Pennsylvania city. SCRANTON SEWER AUTHORITY-SOLD — The mayor of Scranton says a preliminary deal has been reached to sell the Scranton Sewer Authority for $195 million. TOLL BOOTH-TRUCK FIRE — Authorities say a tractor-trailer burst into flames at a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll booth at the bridge to New Jersey, but no injuries were reported. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BROADSIDE-AUCTION — A rare 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence is coming to a New York City auction next week. PHILADELPHIA CASINO — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is ordering state gambling regulators to take another look at the ownership of a lucrative Philadelphia-area casino license it awarded in late 2014. NEW PURSE-OLD JEWELRY — Police are trying to figure out who owns some jewelry found inside a brand-new purse a woman purchased from a central Pennsylvania department store. BANK FRAUD-GUILTY PLEAS — An upstate New York man and two Pennsylvania men have admitted to conspiring to bilk banks out of $2.5 million. STATEN ISLAND SHOOTING — Authorities say a man wanted in a triple shooting that left two people dead in Staten Island was wounded by police as they tried to arrest him in Pennsylvania. NO GAY THURSDAY-HAZING — Parents and community members have met to discuss alleged hazing that has prompted a suburban Philadelphia high school football coach to resign. ROAMING ROOSTERS — Police say a woman killed two roosters who kept coal miners company in central Pennsylvania because their crowing woke her up. UBER-FEWER DRUNKEN DRIVERS — The number of drunken driving arrests dropped 18 percent in the Pittsburgh-area last year, the first that ride-sharing service Uber was allowed to operate in and arond the city. BIDEN-UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — Vice President Joe Biden will be in Pittsburgh next week to address the issue of campus sexual assault. DRUG DEALING ABOVE DAYCARE — A prosecutor says a man sold marijuana from an apartment above a day care center that his wife owns in central Pennsylvania. GUNFIRE FROM VEHICLE — Pittsburgh police are looking for three people who ran from a car that crashed after one person inside fired shots at another car being chased. PHILADELPHIA SHOOTING-UNCOOPERATIVE VICTIM — Philadelphia police say a man who was shot in both of his legs isn't cooperating with investigators. COURT ESCAPE-ROOFTOP STANDOFF — Police say a 19-year-old man escaped custody during a court hearing, leading to a two-hour standoff with police as he threatened to jump from a rooftop in central Pennsylvania. TEMPLE-FOOTBALL STADIUM — Temple University has selected an architect for a proposed football stadium on its north Philadelphia campus. RIDE-SHARING CONVENTION — Taxi, limo and Uber Black drivers are threatening to boycott the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this summer unless lawmakers address Lyft and UberX services that have been operating illegally in the city since 2014. MONTROSE AREA-TEACHERS — Teachers are striking at a school district in northeastern Pennsylvania. GIRL-KIDNAP RAPE CHARGES — Police say a 20-year-old man kidnapped a 12-year-old western Pennsylvania girl and raped her five times before police located him by tracking the man's cellphone signal. BOY STARTS HOUSE FIRES — Police say a boy playing with matches set a fire that damaged two houses and left nine people homeless in central Pennsylvania. SPORTS: HKN--SABRES-PENGUINS PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins try to close in on a playoff spot on Tuesday night when they host Buffalo. The Penguins have won seven of their last eight. Game begins at 7 p.m. EDT. By Will Graves. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. BBO--YANKEES-PHILLIES CLEARWATER, Fla. — Masahiro Tanaka pitched four innings, allowing seven hits but just one run, and a split squad of New York Yankees led the Philadelphia Phillies 7-1 Tuesday when the game was rained out. BBO--PIRATES-YANKEES (ss) TAMPA, Fla. — Fifth starter front-runner CC Sabathia allowed two runs and three hits over four innings as a New York Yankees split squad beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Tuesday in a game shortened to five innings because of rain. Also moving: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS-TEAM STREAMS. ___ If you have stories of regional or statewide interest, please email them to phillyap@ap.org. If you have photos of regional or statewide interest, please send them to the AP state photo center in New York, 888-273-6867. For access to AP Exchange and other technical issues, contact AP Customer Support at apcustomersupport@ap.org or 877-836-9477. MARKETPLACE: Calling your attention to the Marketplace in AP Exchange, where you can find member-contributed content from Pennsylvania and other states. The Marketplace is accessible on the left navigational pane of the AP Exchange home page, near the bottom. 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