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PHILADELPHIA – A wealthy Russian-born entrepreneur can await trial on international child-sex charges while under house arrest and electronic monitoring, a federal magistrate ruled Wednesday. Prosecutors had sought detention for Andrew Mogilyansky, 38, and immediately appealed the decision. Mogilyansky, a dual citizen who lives in suburban Philadelphia, was charged last …

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia school district officials say a high school football player has died of a drug-resistant staph infection. The officials say tests on Friday confirmed that 17-year-old Saalen Jones had the contagious germ known as methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. District spokesman Fernando Gallard says two other players …

DARMSTADT, Germany – The European deep space probe Rosetta successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth, but its high resolution camera stopped shortly before the closest pass, space officials said Saturday. Rosetta caught up with the Steins asteroid, also known as Asteroid 2867, Friday evening …