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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. 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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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. MONDAY'S TOP STORIES: ELECTORAL COLLEGE-PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG — Donald Trump scooped up Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes on Monday, as the Republican's hand-picked electors cast their ballots in the ornate state House of Representatives within earshot of demonstrators outside and angry hecklers inside. By Marc Levy. SENT: NewsNow. UPCOMING: About 500 words by 4 p.m. EST, AP photos, AP Video. LABOR DEPARTMENT-LAYOFFS HARRISBURG — Hundreds of state workers are expected to be laid off from the Labor and Industry Department on Monday, as the Legislature and governor have not sorted out a dispute over funding. By Mark Scolforo. SENT: About 520 words. PREGNANT INMATES-SOLITARY PITTSBURGH — The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the state's second-largest county for putting pregnant inmates in solitary confinement in its jail. The federal lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of five pregnant women. Four of the women are or recently were in the Pittsburgh jail, and the fifth is at risk of being jailed if she violates terms of her house arrest. By Joe Mandak. SENT: About 400 words. PHILADELPHIA SODA TAX PHILADELPHIA — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit aimed at blocking a tax on sodas set to take effect in Philadelphia next month and intended to benefit educational and neighborhood initiatives. SENT: About 310 words. FATAL BEATING-BODY IN TRUNK BETHLEHEM — A man has been ordered to trial on a homicide charge in the death of a man found in the trunk of a car in eastern Pennsylvania. SENT: About 290 words. COAL MINING-STREAMS WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has finalized rules designed to reduce the environmental impact of coal mining on the nation's streams, a long-anticipated move that met quick resistance from Republicans who vowed to overturn it under President-elect Donald Trump. By Matthew Daly. SENT: About 600 words. EXCHANGE; EXCHANGE-LASTING COMPANIES PITTSBURGH — Here's how hard it is for a business to survive 50 years: only about 36 percent of them make it to their 10th birthday, and about 21 percent make it to their 20th anniversary, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are many reasons why so few companies last. They expand too quickly or invest in the wrong things. Customers do not provide the needed cash flow. Investors refuse to fund them. They fail to anticipate changes in markets and technology. A visionary founder retires or dies and no one has been groomed to take his or her place. Many of today's most-talked-about companies have a long way to go before they will mark that achievement, but Pittsburgh has several prominent companies that passed the 50-year marker long before many of today's hot companies were launched. They survived only because they transformed themselves along the way. Len Boselovic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. SENT: About 1010 words. IN BRIEF: OFFICER-SHOOTING DEATH — Prosecutors are asking a judge to bar a former part-time northeastern Pennsylvania police officer from arguing self-defense in the off-duty shooting death of a man outside his apartment. FATAL BUS-CAR CRASH — Police have released the names of a driver and passenger killed when their vehicle rear-ended a school bus in northeast Philadelphia over the weekend. PEDESTRIAN KILLED — Authorities in western Pennsylvania say it's unlikely that any charges will be filed in the death of a man hit by a vehicle in the Pittsburgh suburbs over the weekend. PITTSBURGH-AREA TRANSIT — The union representing 2,200 bus and light-rail drivers and other employees of the Pittsburgh area's transit agency has approved a new tentative contract. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION-SCHOOL DISTRICT DONATION — The host committee that organized Philadelphia's 2016 Democratic National Convention is closing up shop with a donation to city schools. CONSTABLE-CRYSTAL METH — A northeastern Pennsylvania prosecutor wants to remove from office a constable charged with selling crystal methamphetamine to an undercover informant. PITTSBURGH BIKE SHARE — Pittsburgh's Health Ride bike-sharing program has received a $200,000 grant to expand. INMATE DEATH LAWSUIT — The daughter of a mentally ill man who died after 10 days in the county jail in Pittsburgh has sued claiming officials at the jail and its medical provider should have done more to help him. SCHOOL THREAT-INCREASED SECURITY — A western Pennsylvania school is telling students to leave their backpacks at home as security is increased in the wake of an unspecified threat. BURGLARY-STANDOFF — Police arrested three people following a standoff that began as a burglary in progress in Butler. GUNSHOT REPORT-STANDOFF — Emergency dispatchers say a reported police standoff in western Pennsylvania has ended without arrests. SPORTS: FBN--EAGLES-WHAT IFS PHILADELPHIA — Every NFL team can play the "what if" game and come up with more wins, but the Eagles could point to one play that would've changed the outcome in five losses. None are more obvious than a 2-point try with 4 seconds left in Sunday's loss to Baltimore. By Rob Maaddi. SENT: About 540 words. FBN--RESILIENT STEELERS PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers did something in Cincinnati they haven't done all season: win a close one. Pittsburgh's 24-20 rally by the Bengals gave the surging Steelers (9-5) another shot of adrenaline heading into the de facto AFC North title game on Christmas against Baltimore. By Will Graves. SENT: About 680 words. FBN--RAVENS-NEXT STEP OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens got the win they needed — barely — against Philadelphia. Next up: A Christmas Day matchup with the Steelers that should go a long way toward deciding the AFC North title. UPCOMING: 600 words, AP Photos by 6 p.m. EST. FBC--PITTSBURGH-CONNOR PITTSBURGH — James Conner is well aware every running back only has so many carries in his body. And for all he's given to Pittsburgh over the last four years, coming back for one more go around couldn't outweigh the chance to see if he can make it as a pro. By Will Graves. SENT: About 520 words. BKC--T25--COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL Villanova held onto its impressive lead as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press' college basketball poll. SENT: About 220 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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