PHILADELPHIA - A former Boeing employee will spend five months in prison and five months on home confinement for vandalizing a $24 million military helicopter during his last shift on a suburban Philadelphia assembling line.

SHIRLEYSBURG, Pa. - State police say they have no suspects in the shootings of an aunt and her niece in a housing complex in central Pennsylvania.

PITTSBURGH - A religious discrimination lawsuit against discount grocery chain Aldi Inc. is set for trial in U.S. District Court Pittsburgh.

ERIE, Pa. - A man who strangled a 68-year-old Pennsylvania woman in 1994 will get off death row and spend life in prison instead.

SHIRLEYSBURG, Pa. - A coroner says two women found shot to death in a central Pennsylvania housing complex were half sisters.

ERIE, Pa. - A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit filed by two former foster parents in northwestern Pennsylvania who say they weren't told a teenager placed in their home by child welfare agencies had a history of sexually

PITTSBURGH - Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato (ahn-oh-RAH'-toh) plans to meet with legal advisers about possibly appealing a ruling restricting how drink tax money can be spent.

LEHMAN, Pa. - Teachers in a northeastern Pennsylvania school district are ending their short strike and returning to class _ even without a new contract.

MARIANNA, Pa. - Consol Energy plans to close its 84 Mine in southwestern Pennsylvania in about two months, citing dropping coal prices in the sluggish economy.

PHILADELPHIA - The funeral service for the head of the trauma unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania who was killed in Iraq is set for Philadelphia's Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.

INDIANA, Pa. - Airport officials say a small plane with three people aboard has crashed about a mile north of Jimmy Stewart Airport in western Pennsylvania.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The mysterious decline in honeybees has generated renewed interest into finding new ways to boost bee numbers.

MINNEAPOLIS - All but forgotten as a postseason contender just one month earlier, Andy Reid, Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles have a playoff win.

NEW YORK - James Harrison slams down the current version of the Steel Curtain better than any Pittsburgh Steeler, earning him The Associated Press 2008 Defensive Player of the Year award.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - An Arkansas man who allegedly squatted in the attic of a Pennsylvania family's home over Christmas and helped himself to their belongings says he's "sorry and upset" it happened.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge says a constable in the Philadelphia suburbs can no longer serve in the position.

NEW YORK - James Harrison, the best player on the NFL's best defense, has won The Associated Press 2008 Defensive Player of the Year award.

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BOSTON - A Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company will pay the Massachusetts Medicaid program $7 million to settle allegations that the company inflated the prices of drugs.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the midday Pennsylvania State Lottery drawing: