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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break

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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break

By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

August 18, 2026

OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...

Zuckerberg speaks Chinese, Beijing students cheer

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Zuckerberg speaks Chinese, Beijing students cheer

DIDI TANG, Associated Press

Oct 23, 2014

BEIJING (AP) — China may ban Facebook, but not its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. The young billionaire delighted an audience of students at a prestigiou...

2 dead in shooting attack at Canada’s Parliament

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2 dead in shooting attack at Canada’s Parliament

JEREMY HAINSWORTH, Associated Press ROB GILLIES, Associated Press

Oct 22, 2014

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A gunman with a scarf over his face shot to death a Canadian soldier standing guard at the nation's war memorial Wednesday, the...

Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent

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Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent

STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press

Oct 22, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of older Americans who rely on federal benefits will get a 1.7 percent increase in their monthly payments next year, the go...

The Clintons, the Democrats’ 2014 super surrogates

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The Clintons, the Democrats’ 2014 super surrogates

KEN THOMAS, Associated Press NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press

Oct 22, 2014

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Defending their allies, Bill and Hillary Clinton are barnstorming the country for Democrats struggling through a bleak campaign s...

US journalist recovers; Ebola ‘czar’ gets to work

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US journalist recovers; Ebola ‘czar’ gets to work

CONNIE CASS, Associated Press ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press

Oct 22, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — A TV news cameraman treated for Ebola was ready to go home Wednesday, the fifth patient transported from West Africa to recover at a...

Bedouin Israeli doctor mysteriously turns jihadi

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Bedouin Israeli doctor mysteriously turns jihadi

ARON HELLER, Associated Press

Oct 22, 2014

HURA, Israel (AP) — He was a quiet whiz kid at the top of his class in Israel, who overcame tough odds in this minority Arab village to become a star ...

Colorado girls make possible bid to join militants

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Colorado girls make possible bid to join militants

SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press

Oct 22, 2014

DENVER (AP) — Three teenage girls from suburban Denver flew to Europe in a possible bid to join Islamic State militants in Syria, and now authorities ...

Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee dies

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Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee dies

NANCY BENAC, Associated Press

Oct 22, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a charmed life of newspapering, Ben Bradlee seemed always to be in just the right place. The raspy-voiced, hard-charging editor w...

If no checks, more Ebola cases might leave Africa

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If no checks, more Ebola cases might leave Africa

MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer

Oct 21, 2014

LONDON (AP) — A new study underscores the potential danger of airplane passengers infected with Ebola leaving West Africa: If there were no exit scree...

CDC releases revised Ebola gear guidelines

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CDC releases revised Ebola gear guidelines

MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press

Oct 21, 2014

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal officials are going on the road with new guidelines to promote head-to-toe protection for health workers treating Ebola patient...

Ebola: Why virus kills some, other people survive

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Ebola: Why virus kills some, other people survive

LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer

Oct 21, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — People who shared an apartment with the country's first Ebola patient are emerging from quarantine healthy. And while Thomas Eric Du...

Finding victims in Indiana case a lengthy process

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Finding victims in Indiana case a lengthy process

TOM COYNE, Associated Press MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press

Oct 21, 2014

GARY, Ind. (AP) — Investigators in two states are reviewing unsolved murders and missing person reports after the arrest of an Indiana man who police ...

Reports: Televangelist urged vasectomies, abortion

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Reports: Televangelist urged vasectomies, abortion

Oct 21, 2014

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Televangelist Ernest Angley has long controlled members of his Akron-area congregation by advising them not to have children, shunn...

Democrats love seeing minimum wage on the ballot

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Democrats love seeing minimum wage on the ballot

SARA BURNETT Associated Press

Oct 21, 2014

CHICAGO (AP) — As Democrats across the country make an election-year push to raise the minimum wage, they often point to fast food workers, baristas a...

Total CEO dead in runway crash; plow driver drunk

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Total CEO dead in runway crash; plow driver drunk

LYNN BERRY, Associated Press LORI HINNANT, Associated Press

Oct 21, 2014

MOSCOW (AP) — Christophe de Margerie, the charismatic CEO of Total SA who dedicated his career to the multinational oil company, was killed at a Mosco...

Terrorist ideology blamed in Canada car attack

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Terrorist ideology blamed in Canada car attack

BENJAMIN SHINGLER, Associated Press ROB GILLIES, Associated Press

Oct 21, 2014

SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Quebec (AP) — A man who was shot and killed by police after he struck two members of the Canadian military with his car was ...

Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 5 years in prison

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Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 5 years in prison

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press GERALD IMRAY, Associated Press

Oct 21, 2014

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was taken away in a police van with barred windows Tuesday to start serving a five-year prison sentence ...

US agency warns car owners to get air bags fixed

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US agency warns car owners to get air bags fixed

TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer

Oct 21, 2014

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government issued an urgent plea to more than 4.7 million people to get the air bags in their cars fixed, amid concern that a ...

Facebook sues law firms in Ceglia case, claims fraud

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Facebook sues law firms in Ceglia case, claims fraud

Barbara Ortuatay, AP Technology Writer

Oct 20, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is suing several law firms that represented a man who claimed he owned half of the social network and was entitled to billion...

Ebola fear, monitoring eases for some in Dallas

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Ebola fear, monitoring eases for some in Dallas

MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Associated Press MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press

Oct 20, 2014

DALLAS (AP) — About 120 people are now being monitored for possible infection with Ebola because they may have had contact with one of the three peopl...