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WASHINGTON — An extra cup or two of coffee may be OK after all. More eggs, too. But you definitely need to drink less sugary soda. And, as always, don’t forget your vegetables. Recommendations Thurs-
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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Caleb Martin, Tyler Oliver, Erica Hirsch, Brian Henninger, Amber McAdoo.
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day from a government advisory committee call for an environmentally friendly diet lower in red and processed meats. But the panel would reverse previous guidance on limiting dietary cholesterol. And it says the caffeine in a few cups of coffee could actually be good for you.
The committee also is backing off stricter limits on salt, though it says Americans still get much too much. It’s recommending the first real limits on added sugar, saying that’s especially a problem for young people. The Agriculture and Health and Human Services Departments will take those recom-
mendations into account in writing final 2015 dietary guidelines by the end of the year. The guidelines affect nutritional patterns throughout the country — from federally subsidized school lunches to food package labels to your doctor’s advice. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said “it is by no
Charges filed in bayonet assault
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Inside ROAD RAGE ARREST: Police arrested a teenager Thursday in the road rage killing of a Las Vegas mother./Page 3 STANDING FIRM: Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Thursday defended his assertion that President Barack Obama does not love America./Page 7
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PAY RAISE: Walmart, the largest private employer in the country, said that it will increase wages for a half-million employees./Page 7 BOWING OUT: The HomerCenter girls’ basketball team was ousted from the playoffs Thursday when the Wildcats lost to Bishop Guilfoyle, 68-45./Page 13 EXPERIENCED HOST: Actor Neil Patrick Harris is poised to add the Oscars to his list of hosting gigs when the show airs Sunday./Page 21
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WARM UP with the Gazette’s Leisure section this Sunday and read about budget beaches, such as Bottom Bay on the Caribbean island of Barbados, where winter-weary travelers can find respite from the deep freeze using a minimum of cold cash.
Session gathers public input for university district plan By SEAN YODER
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A bit of snow tonight. Snow, 1-3” tomorrow. See Page 2.
For young readers SCHOOL NEWS: Penns Manor celebrates National Future Farmers of America Week; and ICTC holds its first dance in more than 10 years./Pages 18-19
Deaths Obituaries on Page 4 CONRAD, Helen D., 87, Smicksburg COON, Barbara L., 73, Punxsutawney RANKIN, Emily A., 89, Indiana PATTERSON, Carol E., 75, Indiana SIBO, Madelyn E., 97, Indiana WIGGINS, Beulah M., 98, Indiana WINDOWS, Dorothy J. (Rocco), 67, Indiana
Index Classifieds ...............22-24 Comics/TV....................20 Dear Abby .....................21 Entertainment ..............21 Family .............................8 Lottery.............................2 School News ...........18, 19 Sports.......................13-17 Today in History...........21 Viewpoint .......................6
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means over” with the release of the report. The government will take comments on the advice before distilling it — and possibly changing it — into final guidelines for consumers. Even with the changes, the report sticks to the basic message of the previous Continued on Page 10
Residents were asked to choose which community projects are a top priority for them at Thursday night’s final Indiana Community University District Workshop. The community university district is composed of Indiana Borough, White Township, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana County. It focuses on how the three areas of borough, campus and township interact and what can be done to improve the experiences of residents while retaining the qualities that make Indiana unique. While there were some projects that received more votes than others, the larger trends stayed the same as during previous workshops in September and October. More than 100 people signed in to the event during the open Continued on Page 12
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A WORKSHOP at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex on Thursday highlighted plans for the Indiana Multimodal Corridor study, Indiana Community-University District plan and other related projects. David and Jennifer Rairigh, owners of Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home in Indiana, looked at preliminary designs.
Mission to retake Mosul detailed By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The operation to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from Islamic State militants will likely begin in April or May and will involve about 12 Iraqi brigades, or between 20,000 and 25,000 troops, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday. Laying out details of the expected Mosul operation for the first time, the official from U.S. Central Command said five Iraqi Army brigades will soon go through coalition training in Iraq to prepare for the
mission. Those five would make up the core fighting force that would launch the attack, but they would be supplemented by three smaller brigades serving as reserve forces, along with three Peshmerga brigades who would contain the Islamic State fighters from the north and west. The Peshmerga are Kurdish forces from northern Iraq. The official said there also would be a Mosul fighting force, largely made up of former Mosul police and tribal forces, who would have to be ready to go back into the city once the army
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units clear out the Islamic State fighters. Included in the force would be a brigade of Iraqi counterterrorism forces who have been trained by U.S. special operations forces. The brigades include roughly 2,000 troops each. The official was not authorized to discuss the operation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The official said the U.S. will provide military support for the operation, including training, air support, intelligence and surveillance. The official said there has been no decision Continued on Page 12 Home Made Restaurant: Friday, Lenten Specials. Saturday, Stuffed Flank Steak. Sunday, Beef Brisket
State police have charged a Blairsville man in connection with a stabbing incident involving a bayonet on Feb. 7 in White Township. Larry A. DiBiase, 64, faces felony charges of aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and misdemeanor charges of simple assault, conspiracy to commit simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and conspiracy to recklessly endangering another person, according to court documents filed on Tuesday. DiBiase suffered serious injuries in the attack after police said Kenneth Pierce Jr., 19, turned the bayonet on his attacker during a dispute over a drug deal at an apartment at Poets Village. Investigators said DiBiase entered the apartment between 7 and 7:30 p.m., grabbed Pierce’s throat, shoved him against a refrigerator and hit him in the face. The fight continued into Pierce’s dining room, where he was thrown against the wall and DiBiase drew the bayonet, police said. Pierce told state troopers that he then grabbed the bayonet, gained control of the weapon and stabbed DiBiase in the abdomen. DiBiase left the scene and collapsed at an apartment belonging to Christopher Cook, 45, according to police. He was later taken to Allegheny General Hospital by medical helicopter. A representative from AGH said DiBiase was no longer a patient as of this morning but could not say when he was discharged. Cook, who police said traveled with DiBiase to the Poet’s Village apartment, was charged with a felony count of conspiracy to aggravated assault, and misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. A preliminary hearing is set for Monday. DiBiase was arraigned on Wednesday. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday at 3:15 p.m. in front of Magisterial District Judge Susanne Steffee.
Snowden: U.S., U.K. stole code to listen in By KEN DILANIAN
AP Intelligence Writer
WASHINGTON — Britain’s electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden. A story about the documents posted Thursday on the website The Intercept offered no details on how the Quality Furniture, Lamps, Accessories, Carpet. Executive House Furniture. (724) 465-2695
intelligence agencies employed the eavesdropping capability — providing no evidence, for example, that they misused it to spy on people who weren’t valid intelligence targets. But the surreptitious operation against the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phone data chips is bound to stoke anger around the world. It fuels an impression that the NSA and its British counterpart will do whatever they deem necessary to further their surveillance prowess, even if it means stealing information Continued on Page 12 Nap’s Weekend Special: Whole Roasted Trout. Indiana’s Cookin’ April 14!
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