State News

	Pa. murder suspect gets control of police car Two suspects in a stray-bullet killing near Philadelphia are in custody — but one of them managed to get control of a Delaware County detective's car and drive several miles before being caught again.
	Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells More than a dozen families have filed suit against one of the nation's largest natural gas drillers after the company polluted their water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania.
	Pa. man 'stunned' by police suffers cardiac arrest Police in a southwestern Pennsylvania city say a man is recovering after he went into cardiac arrest after officers used a stun device on him when he allegedly attacked officers who tried to help him during a seizure.
	Plea deal reached in Coatesville, Pa., arson case A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from jail.
	Police: Woman's kiss smuggled drugs to Pa. inmate A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him.
	Penalty phase to begin for admitted Pa. cop killer A Philadelphia jury will begin weighing whether a man who murdered a police officer should be put to death or spend his life in prison.
	Volunteers: Washington to keep crossing Delaware Volunteers say history will repeat itself despite budget cuts that threaten the annual re-enactment of George Washington crossing the Delaware River.
	200,000 expected for Pittsburgh's Light Up Night About 200,000 people are expected in downtown Pittsburgh for Light Up Night, which marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season.
	2 get prison in Pa. mistaken-identity gang murder A pair of eastern Pennsylvania gang members who acknowledged taking part in the mistaken-identity slaying of a man at an Allentown graduation party last year have been sentenced to prison terms.
	3 charged with redirecting Comcast site traffic Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia have charged three men with diverting traffic from the Web site of telecom giant Comcast last year.