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Teen Girls Charged After Fight Video Is Posted on Facebook

Three teenagers in southwestern Pennsylvania have been arrested on charges that they assaulted three other teens, which was discovered after another teen posted a video of the incident on Facebook. "This is the first case like this my department has handled," Chief Randy Cox, of the Somerset Borough Police Department,...

'Singing Patient' Creates Some 'Sick Music'

In order to have a successful music career, you sometimes have to be patient. In the case of Carla Ulbrich, she had to become a patient -- a medical patient. In the 1990s, Ulbrich was a singer-songwriter who toured all over the eastern seaboard despite coming down with Lupus in 1992. "It took two years before I was...

Brit Finds $5M in Roman Coins With Metal Detector

(July 8) -- A British treasure hunter has stumbled upon the country's biggest-ever find of Roman coins buried in a field in southwest England. Using a metal detector, Dave Crisp found a hoard of more than 52,000 coins buried in an enormous pot in county Somerset. The bronze and silver coins date from the third century...

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Elizabeth Thorp: 5 Reasons Why Turks & Caicos Might Be The Best Beach Vacation Ever

The Turks and Caicos Islands consist of 40 islands and cays, eight of which are inhabited.

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05/31/12 Fixtures: The week ahead Source: West Sussex County Times - Horsham - West Sussex - UK Check out what's on when with our cricket fixtures guide.
05/31/12 Drop in crashes caused by speed Source: BBC Somerset Accidents caused by speeding on Somerset roads have dropped by 31 per cent in the last year despite fixed speed cameras being turned off.
05/31/12 Traffic wardens set to return Source: BBC Somerset The job of fining motorists for illegal parking falls on council shoulders in two weeks.
05/31/12 Farming employment 'jumps by 60%' Source: BBC Somerset Employment in agriculture and fishing in Somerset has increased by almost 60% in three years, according to a county council report.
05/31/12 Central Somerset Gazette published Glastonbury's Rural... Source: This is Somerset - Somerset - UK But this week the council warned that if the bid is successful, the museum will have to close for two years to allow the work to take place.

Background on Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset ( or ) in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west.

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