Saturday's sting operation by Penn State Police Services that netted a suspect lifting a backpack from the Intramural Building was in response to a rash of thefts police said is "more than just typical."

Daniel J. Opdenhoff, the State College man accused of murdering his parents last fall, was ordered to stand trial at his preliminary hearing yesterday in Centre County Courthouse, Bellefonte.

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Passover, the Jewish holiday that celebrates the Jews' freedom from slavery in Egypt, will have special meaning this year because of the war in Iraq, said Tuvia Abramson, executive director of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.

Though there is much focus on the war in Iraq, U.S. soldiers, including two Penn State graduates fighting in the war against terrorism, are put into harm's way every day in Afghanistan.

A Penn State student will face a preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. today in Centre County Courthouse, Bellefonte, on charges of burglary, criminal trespass, institutional vandalism, criminal mischief, theft by unlawful taking of disposition, theft by receiving stolen property, resisting arrest, purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages, public drunkenness, and disorderly conduct.