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Leftovers: Oh, Pennsylvania

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• Thank you, KYW 1060, for this lead: “At a county fair you can usually buy hot dogs, funnel cakes, and maybe a t-shirt or stuffed animal. ¶ But at Pennsylvania’s Clearfield County Fair, three vendors have some very different items on sale. They’re hawking Nazi and Ku Klux Klan merchandise. ” Bonus: A lawyer was hospitalized for dehydration after he chained himself to the courthouse in protest. [KYW 1060]

• It’s not just humans who don’t like the heat wave. Plants — yes, plants — don’t like it, either. Bonus points for the Petunia/Rose/Daisy line. [Bucks County Courier Times]

• Some kids broke into the headquarters of Alex’s Lemonade Stand and stole a bunch of money. Then they scattered Alex’s Lemonade wristbands on the roof. (Gasp!) This is just like when Bart chopped off Jebediah Springfield’s head. [NBC 10]

• Hey, did you see what happened in Wilkes-Barre? The guy who bought the Times Leader went and became publisher and editor. Hmm. I wonder where else that could happen… [Times Leader]