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Good morning! 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. Joe Mandak 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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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. TOP STORIES: BILL COSBY PHILADELPHIA — The accuser in Bill Cosby's criminal sexual assault case in Pennsylvania wants a judge to void the secrecy clause surrounding their 2006 settlement since each side accuses the other of violating the pact. A hearing Friday is set to weigh that issue and the lawsuit Cosby filed against accuser Andrea Constand, her mother and her lawyer the night before the lawyer testified against him in court. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: Updating from 2 p.m. hearing, 500 words by 6 p.m., AP Photos. ELSEWHERE: ONLINE CHATS-NUDE IMAGES CAMDEN, N.J. — A New Jersey man has admitted using online messaging to solicit nude photos from minors. SENT: 117 words. IN BRIEF: —GANG ARRESTS-PHILADELPHIA — More than a dozen gang members in north Philadelphia have been arrested after authorities say they were involved in nine shootings, including one killing, in 2014. —83-YEAR-OLD WOMAN SHOT — Philadelphia police are trying to figure out who fatally shot an 83-year-old woman in her home in the city's Germantown section. —SQUIRT GUN ASSASSINS — A western Pennsylvania school district say a game known as Squirt Gun Assassin is getting out of hand. —BREASTFEEDING-TRAMPOLINE PARK — A western Pennsylvania trampoline park says it has fired a worker who told a woman to stop breastfeeding her son. —BODY FOUND NEAR PARK — An autopsy is set on the body of a young man found near a central Pennsylvania park. —FATAL TRIPLE SHOOTING — Two people have surrendered in a triple shooting at a Pennsylvania park that left one man dead. —HIGHLANDS TEACHERS — Teachers in one western Pennsylvania school district must return to school a few days earlier than anticipated. —PITTSBURGH-BAR SHOOTING — One of two people wounded in a shooting at a Pittsburgh bar has died. —PIG-ZONING CITATION — A northeastern Pennsylvania family who was cited for having a pot-bellied pig is getting to keep the animal — for now. —DETECTIVE'S HOUSE-ARSON — A suburban Philadelphia woman is heading to prison for burning down her neighbor's home because she blamed the detective who lived there for her son's legal troubles. —SLEEPING TEEN-MOLESTATION — Jurors have found an Upper Darby man guilty of molesting a 17-year-old girl while she slept in her home. SPORTS: HKN-FLYERS-CAPITALS WASHINGTON — Going into the locker room at the first intermission, the Washington Capitals had no goals but all the momentum. By Stephen Whyno. SENT: 766 words, AP Photos. ___ 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. For both national and state, you can click "All" or search for content by topics such as education, politics and business.

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