Normally, the heated rhetoric of Harrisburg's budget battles lasts through the spring and into early July when the sides trade horses behind closed doors and emerge to declare victory.

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Officials reopened City Island Beach in Harrisburg this morning after water samples indicated levels of E. coli bacteria had fallen back to safe levels.

Jim's idea for a flatulent doll gets support from Andy, who builds a prototype, and Dana, who finds investors.

Harrisburg Mayor Stephen R. Reed said Billy Grier, 39, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with robbery after allegedly stealing from another man yesterday morning in a business near North Second and Calder streets in the city.

Harrisburg Police have arrested two men accused in an armed robbery and carjacking on Wednesday.

Police say the gun violence in Pennsylvania's capital city appears to have subsided.

Jamell Holton, 22, of the 500 block of Ridge Street in Steelton, and Latasha Scales, 23, of the 1800 block of Holly Street, Harrisburg, were arrested and charged with robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery after an incident just before 11 last night in the area of South 13th and Market streets, according to the Harrisburg mayor's office.

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The 2008 murder of Travis Alexander in Mesa, Ariz., is investigated. The victim was stabbed 27 times and shot in the face.