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JEDDO — State police say a man lost control of his car and slammed head-on into a school bus in northeastern Pennsylvania, injuring two people in the car and at least two students on the bus.

More than 20 other students were taken to the hospital as a precaution following Friday morning's crash in Jeddo, Luzerne County.

Police say 25-year-old Jason Barker of Freeland lost control of his Mitsubishi Lancer about 8:30 a.m. and hit a Hazleton School District bus heading to Freeland Elementary/Middle School.

Hospital closes after filing for bankruptcyALIQUIPPA — A Western Pennsylvania hospital is closed just four days after filing for bankruptcy protection.The state Department of Health says it revoked the license of the Commonwealth Medical Center on Friday after receiving notice that the hospital was closing effective immediately. The hospital is in Aliquippa.The facility had been operating under a state order not to receive new patients due to licensing and financial problems.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's public school pension fund says school districts should try to start saving for an expected increase in costs starting in 2012.The Public School Employees Retirement System announced Friday the amount of payroll that school districts and the state will have to contribute that year is now expected to be more than 16 percent, up from earlier projections of about 11 percent.The system's board of trustees says next year's employer contribution rate will be just under 5 percent, fractionally higher than the current year's.Pension system officials say planning could lessen the impact of the dramatic increase expected to hit in four years.

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