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Good afternoon! 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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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. BILL COSBY NORRISTOWN — The judge in Bill Cosby's criminal case expects the trial to last about two weeks and hopes to have a jury in place before the proceeding opens June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. By Maryclaire Dale. SENT: About 440 words. POLICE BARRACKS SHOOTING MILFORD, Pa. — A judge has heard testimony on whether he should throw out the videotaped confession of a man charged in the 2014 ambush slaying of a Pennsylvania trooper. Eric Frein led police on a 48-day manhunt before his capture. By Michael Rubinkam. SENT: About 380 words. SEPTA-BODY CAMERAS PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia-area transit system said an audit of the body camera program for transit officers indicates there has been a reduction in both injuries and complaints stemming from officers' interactions with the public over the first six months of the program. EXCHANGE: EXCHANGE-STUDENTS PREDICTIONS RETURNED KENNETT SQUARE — When Fred Stauffer was an environmental teacher at Unionville High School back in the 1990s, he came up with an original idea to give his students an assignment to write a letter to themselves, and predict what their future would be like. That future, 24 years later, is here. Last month, Stauffer, with the help of Megan Plunkett-Cromer, delivered letters from students in Stauffer's 1993 and 1994 classes. Stauffer didn't read them all, but some he read were doom and gloom, others eerily prophetic. Fran Maye, Daily Local News of West Chester. SENT: About 500 words. IN BRIEF: TEENAGER SHOT — Authorities say two men have been charged in the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy last month at a takeout restaurant in north Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA STABBINGS — Police say a man has been charged in the stabbing death of his wife in their northeast Philadelphia home last week. TRIPLE KILLING-RESENTENCING — A Pittsburgh man who killed three elderly neighbors in 1986, when he was just 14, has been resentenced to 75 years to life in prison. SANOFI-OVERCHARGE FINE — The vaccines unit of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi SA will pay a $19.9 million fine for overcharging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for two products between 2002 and 2011. RURAL HOUSE FIRE-FATALITY — A Pittsburgh man who killed three elderly neighbors in 1986, when he was just 14, has been resentenced to 75 years to life in prison. KILLED BY OWN VEHICLE — A single mother of four has been killed by her own vehicle following a minor fender-bender in the parking lot of a coin-operated laundry in Pennsylvania. HALF-MARATHON DEATH —A married mother of three has died at the end of a half marathon in Pennsylvania, and now authorities are trying to figure out why. GROVE CITY COMMENCEMENT-PENCE — Grove City College in western Pennsylvania says Vice President Mike Pence will be its commencement speaker on May 20. PHILADELPHIA COURTS-CELLPHONE POUCHES —Visitors to Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center will have to keep their cellphones in magnetically locked bags. TEEN BEATEN-HOME INVASION — A coroner say a 19-year-old woman has died from head injuries that police say happen when she was beaten after returning to her Pennsylvania home. TEEN-SEX ASSAUL T— Police are searching for three boys who they say snatched a 13-year-old off the street and sexually assaulted her in an abandoned home in Philadelphia. LIBERTY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION — Motorists are facing lane restrictions as construction work continues on Pittsburgh's Liberty Bridge. INFANT DEATH — Pittsburgh police and the Allegheny County medical examiner are investigating the death of a 7-month-old infant. FATAL APARTMENT FIRE — Authorities have been trying to figure out what caused an apartment fire that left one person dead in Philadelphia. ODD-LONG LETTER PRANK — A Pennsylvania couple pranked their mail man on April Fool's Day by leaving an extra-long letter sticking out of the mail slot on their front door SPORTS: BBN--PHILLIES-REDS CINCINNATI — The rebuilding Phillies and Reds open the season with hopes of modest improvement. Jeremy Hellickson faces Cinicinnati newcomer Scott Feldman in a game that's only part of day-long festivities which face a threat of rain. By Joe Kay. UPCOMING: 600 words, AP Photos developing from 4:10 p.m. EDT start. BBO--PIRATES-RED SOX BOSTON — AL Cy Young winner Rick Porcello takes the mound in the opener for the Boston Red Sox when they face Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates in a rematch of the first World Series in 1903. By Kyle Hightower. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos developing from 2:05 p.m. EDT start. ___ 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. 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