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Latest news and views from Central Pennsylvania

• State offers to help schools give shots free
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday urged school districts to work with it to ensure swine flu vaccinations are provided to as many students as possible -- without any cost to parents.

• First adult H1N1 death reported in the midstate
A Lebanon County resident is the first midstate adult to die from swine flu, the state Department of Health confirmed Friday.

• Will Kraft take a bite of the global candy market?
In the high-stakes corporate poker game for British chocolate giant Cadbury PLC, it's time for Kraft Foods to show its cards.

• Children's Hospital project to take root
STATE COLLEGE - Groundbreaking is set for Friday on the construction of a freestanding Penn State Children's Hospital that some have envisioned for decades.

• Borders plans to close books on 2 area shops
Bookstores aren't dying in the midstate, but the type found in area malls appears to be endangered.

• Interception seals Rams' share of title
Jordan Fletcher is one of the quiet football players on the Central Dauphin defense.

• Middletown vaults Palmyra
PALMYRA - Palmyra sure could have used more efforts like this during its mid- to late-season downward spiral.

• Pirates shut out Hershey
PORTLAND, Maine - With goalie Jhonas Enroth on recall to the Buffalo Sabres, the Portland Pirates turned to AHL rookie J.P. Lamoureux Friday night at Cumberland County Civic Center.

• Reopened hardware store for sale
A little more than a month ago, Murphy's Home Center owner Suzy Murphy celebrated the reopening of her family business after a June 30 fire forced it to temporarily close.

• Bus drivers seek injunction over contract
The Central Dauphin Bus Drivers Association filed a complaint in Dauphin County court Monday asking for an injunction to prevent Central Dauphin School District from outsourcing transportation services starting Monday.

• $350 million makeover
Three Mile Island nuclear pow er plant shut down Monday in order to install its massive new steam generators, replace one-third of its fuel rods and perform more than 25,000 other maintenance, operational and testing activities.

• At the movies
New this week "The Box"

• 'Gregory' reveals tap dance as true art
An all-star cast performs in "Thank You, Gregory! A Tribute to the Legends of Tap," written and choreographed by "tapmeister" Tony Waag, the American Tap Dance Foundation's executive and artistic director.

• Camp Hill man puts hopes in 'Roomer'
It's pretty gutsy to quit your job and segue into something as risky as making movies.

• 'Gossip Girl' 3SOME episode draws protests
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• Jewish role in comics to be illustrated
Although Jews created the first comic book, the first graphic novel and such popular heroes as Superman, Spiderman, X-Men and Batman, JP Waldman said you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy comics.

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