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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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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: POOPER SCOOPER-FAKE BADGE PITTSBURGH — A man who runs a dog poop cleanup service is set to plead guilty to posing on at least two occasions as a Secret Service agent, flashing a fake ID and badge during a traffic stop and another time to get the "government rate" for a hotel room. WEDNESDAY'S TOP STORIES: PENNSYLVANIA OFFICERS SHOT WASHINGTON, Pa. — The wife of a police officer slain the line of duty says he was "the best friend anyone could ever ask for," was adored by their four children and was always chasing "bigger dreams."SENT: About 330 words. AP Photos. BILL COSBY PHILADELPHIA — A judge on Wednesday denied Bill Cosby's latest attempt to end his sexual assault case and rejected his request for competency testing of the 13 women who want to testify that they were drugged and violated by the comedian. By Michael R. Sisak and Maryclaire Dale. SENT: About 730 words. TODDLER KILLED-TEXTING VIDEO PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania woman will stand trial on charges she killed her toddler son and sent a video of the boy's lifeless body to his father during a jealous, vengeful argument over more than two hours of text messages. By Joe Mandak. SENT: About 430 words. CASINO ASSAULT-DRINKIKNG LAWSUIT EASTON — A judge has thrown out a man's lawsuit accusing an eastern Pennsylvania casino of serving him too many free drinks before an assault for which he was sentenced to two to four years in prison. SENT: About 330 words. PIZZA SHOP SHOOTING LEVITTOWN — A pizza shop customer who shot and killed one robber and injured another as they tried to hold up the suburban Philadelphia restaurant will not face any charges, a prosecutor said Wednesday. AP Photo. SENT: About 220 words. EXCHANGE: EXCHANGE-CHURCH ORGAN SALVAGED JOHNSTOWN — Today, the church building at Vine and Levergood streets in downtown Johnstown is little more than an empty shell. Most of its stained-glass windows have been removed and boarded up, and one of the few that remains has been shattered. Its garden is overgrown and tangled with weeds. Still, at least one remnant of the former home of Johnstown's First Christian Church has been saved from destruction. The leaders of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in downtown Johnstown salvaged the church's pipe organ earlier this summer, planning to install it in their own church building. The Rev. Nancy Threadgill of St. Mark's says the organ will soon sound for the first time in its new home. Mark Pesto, The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat. SENT: About 1060 words. IN BRIEF: PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET — The deficit-strapped Pennsylvania state government is going deeper into debt to the state treasury. TROOPER-INTERSTATE SHOOTING — Authorities have released the name of a driver who was fatally shot by a state trooper on a Pennsylvania interstate after he dragged the trooper during a traffic stop. BALLOON-EMERGENCY LANDING — Police say a hot air balloon made an emergency landing in northeast Philadelphia, but no one was injured. HUNTING CITATION-PENN STATE EX-COACH — A former Penn State football assistant coach who just won a multimillion-dollar verdict over his treatment after Jerry Sandusky was arrested has pleaded guilty to a hunting violation. SCHOOL DRIVER-SEX CHARGES — A former central Pennsylvania school bus driver has been jailed on charges of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student. DAILY-POLLUTION RULES — A western Pennsylvania dairy says new federal water pollution rules are threatening to shut down the 350-worker operation. RACIST TEXTS-PENN — The University of Pennsylvania says a former University of Oklahoma student who sent racist text messages to black Penn freshmen had been offered admission to the Ivy League school in May. TROOPER-INTERSTATE SHOOTING — Authorities have released the name of a driver shot and killed by a state trooper on a central Pennsylvania interstate after police say he dragged the trooper on Interstate 83 during a traffic stop. MOTHER-CAR EXHAUST — A prosecutor says a towing company has destroyed a key piece of evidence against a Pennsylvania woman trying to kill herself and her two young children with vehicle exhaust: The car itself. STOLEN POLICE BODY ARMOR — Police say a central Pennsylvania police chief's stolen body armor has been found in the home of a former high school basketball star. NIGERIAN NANNY —An eastern Pennsylvania couple will plead guilty to sneaking a Nigerian woman into the country so she could work as their nanny. CHILD ABUSE-CRACK — Police have charged a Pittsburgh woman after they say she physically abused her 5-year-old son, left him alone for extended periods of time and forced him to smoke crack cocaine. ODD-DETERGENT THEFTS — The Pennsylvania State Police are hoping to prevent a detergent thief from making a clean getaway. HOME INVASION SHOOTING — A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to serve life in prison for the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend's father during a home invasion in Lower Moreland Township last year. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWSUIT-MOSQUE DENIAL — A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department against a Bucks County township for refusing to allow the construction of a mosque can move forward. NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES — More than 3,000 representatives from cities across the country are gathering in Pittsburgh through Saturday for the National League of Cities summit. GREENSBURG TEACHERS — A western Pennsylvania school district has averted a teachers' strike after an overnight bargaining session resulted in a tentative contract. SPORTS: FBC--ACC-LATE BLOOMERS Ejuan Price arrived at Pittsburgh in the fall of 2011 confident he could make a difference. The defensive end just didn't think he'd have to wait so long. Now in his sixth year, Price in the top 15 in the country in sacks and one of several late bloomers in the ACC. By Will Graves. UPCOMING: 750 words by 6 p.m. FBN--STEELERS-MISSING CAM PITTSBURGH — Replacing Cam Heyward the football player may be the easy part for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Finding someone to do all the things their injured defensive end — out for the season with a torn pectoral muscle — does on the field that don't show up on tape will be considerably more difficult. By Will Graves. SENT: About 810 words. HKN--PENGUINS-CAPITALS WASHINGTON — Sidney Crosby Evgeni Malkin and the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins meet Alex Ovechkin and the recently-struggling Washington Capitals for the second time this season. By Stephen Whyno. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos. Game starts at 7:30 p.m. EST. Also moving: —LAKE PLACID-LACROSSE — Lake Placid is becoming the lacrosse capital of the north. SENT: 131 words ___ 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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