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HEALTH OVERHAUL-PENNSYLVANIA
HARRISBURG — Billions of dollars, better health care for Pennsylvania's poor and election-year politics are riding on Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's bid to bring Medicaid expansion money to the state under the 2010 federal health care law. But Pennsylvania's application is asking the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to break new ground on Medicaid policy, people who analyze and consult on states' Medicaid plans say, and it is not clear yet whether federal officials are ready to allow that. By Marc Levy. SENT: 920 words.
CONVICTION QUALITY CONTROL
Some legal thinkers say it's time for a criminal-justice version of quality control: frank scrutiny of cases gone wrong to identify potential weaknesses in the justice system and keep errors from happening again. "Every time you've got a mistake, you've got all those phases in the system that failed to pick it up," says John Hollway, the executive director of the University of Pennsylvania Law School's Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice. By JENNIFER PELTZ. SENT: 800 words.
AROUND THE STATE
PENN STATE-STABBING
STATE COLLEGE — Three Penn State University students were facing charges in a stabbing incident over the weekend that injured two students from another school as they were trying to visit a woman's apartment, police said. SENT: 180 words.
EDUCATION
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCRANTON — School officials in Pennsylvania are warning that they are under extreme financial pressure because of delinquent construction reimbursements from the state government at a time pension costs are spiraling. SENT: 400 words.
GOVERNOR'S RACE
PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR-WHERE THEY STAND
A look at where the four Democratic gubernatorial candidates — state Treasurer Rob McCord, former Clinton White House environmental adviser Katie McGinty, U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz and businessman Tom Wolf — stand on some key issues abortion rights to taxes. SENT: 1170 words.
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MEMBER EXCHANGE-BOSTON MARATHON-PENN STUDENT
PHILADELPHIA — Gillian Reny arrived for freshman orientation at the University of Pennsylvania in August, just days after she had started to walk again. Months earlier, on a sunny spring day, Gillian stood with her parents near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. They were cheering on her older sister when the first bomb exploded. Less than an hour later, she lay on an operating table at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where doctors having first saved her life, began the daunting battle to save her leg, much of the lower right calf blown away and the bone shattered. The Renys try not to dwell on what happened at the race, one year ago Tuesday. Yet they are determined to help victims of similar injuries and support the hospital and its staff. So they speak of that day in hopes of raising awareness for their "Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Fund." On April 21, Reny's mother; father, Steven; and sister, Danielle, will run this year's marathon to raise money and honor Gillian. Sue Snyder, The Philadelphia Inquirer. SENT: 1,400 words.
IN BRIEF:
— HIGH SCHOOL STABBINGS-VICTIMS — Doctors say a 17-year-old student who was among the most critically injured in a high school stabbing rampage outside Pittsburgh continues to improve after undergoing another surgery.
— CAFETERIA LEFTOVERS-CHARITY — Shippensburg University students are finding a way to get the cafeteria's leftovers onto the plates of hungry people.
— COLLEGE STUDENT-KILLED —Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a college student in northwestern Pennsylvania.
— KILLED ON I-76 — Police are investigating after a Philadelphia Streets Department vehicle struck and killed 26-year-old man who they say was getting out of his rental truck on Interstate 76.
— I-81 ENFORCEMENT — State police in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are planning to step up enforcement on Interstate 81 following three double-fatality wrecks in the past month.
SPORTS
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HOCKEY
HKN--SENATORS-PENGUINS
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators wrap up the NHL regular season on Sunday night. The Penguins are heading to the playoffs as Metropolitan Division champions. The Senators will miss the postseason. Game begins at 7:05 p.m. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.
HKN--HURRICANES-FLYERS
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers wrap up their season and get ready for the playoffs when they play Carolina. Game starts at 3 p.m. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos.
BASEBALL
BBN--PIRATES-BREWERS
MILWAUKEE —The Milwaukee Brewers won their ninth in a row, with Kyle Lohse coming within one out of a complete game Sunday in a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. SENT: 400 words, photos. With hometown lead on losing team.
BBN--MARLINS-PHILLIES
PHILADELPHIA — Chase Utley extended his hot start with the tiebreaking homer among three hits, sparking the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday for a three-game sweep. SENT: 650 words, photos. With hometown lead on losing team.
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