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If John Persinger wins the mayoral race in Erie, Pa., next month, it just might be the greatest local political upset in America this century. A Republican candidate has not been elected mayor here since 1961, when JFK was president.

Excerpt President Bush had just finished a 32-minute speech to the faithful at Veterans Stadium, and Earl Corbin felt it. "I've got tears yet,'' said Corbin .... Corbin was one of an estimated 19,000 ticket-holders who filled the stadium Saturday to hear a red, white and blue-tinged campaign speech from Bush. The president used the template from his Thursday night nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention to outline his domestic policy themes and vow to keep America safe from terrorists.

Four misdemeanor charges have been filed against William Rothstein, the man who police say helped Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong move the body of a murder victim into a freezer. Rothstein is free on Bond. He faces charges stemming from transporting a corpse, and moving the body into a chest freezer with a pulley system. He has been specifically charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and two other conspiracy charges. In Pennsylvania, those charges are only misdemeanors. Each carries a maximum sentence of two years. Rothstein’s lawyer, Gene Placidi also says his client was served with a search warrant Thursday...