Friday, May 24, 2013


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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

3:41am

(AP) After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions...

Storm took classmates, parents as it swept through

3:41am

(AP) One loved unicorns. Another, nicknamed "ladybug," sang country songs. Another dreamed of one day owning a pontoon boat.

Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand

2:36am

(AP) The price of oil was knocked lower Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand.
(AP) Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better...

Japan's PM Abe defends policies as markets settle

2:36am

(AP) Asian stocks continued to retreat Friday after being routed the day before by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start...

Asia stocks extend losses after big sell-off

2:36am

(AP) Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in his seventh career playoff shutout, and the Los Angeles Kings moved to the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference...

Quick's LA Kings put Sharks on brink with 3-0 win

1:36am

WRGN's once-a-year ”More Than a Yard Sale” event will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 at the Saxe Farm, 211 Bethel Hill Road, Sweet Valley, near Ricketts Glen State Park.

WRGN Annual Yard Sale is June 1

4:24pm

Hazleton gets past Paupack

12:21am

HANOVER TWP. — They gathered around each other before and after the final inning. Mid Valley players broke the huddle with the same chant.“1-2-3, PNC!”That,...

Hanover thwarted again in semis

12:21am

Three's still pretty sweet for Redeemer

12:21am

MOOSIC – Leave it up to Mother Nature to halt a RailRiders rally.

RailRiders rally falls to rain

12:21am

There's not much time to let this one sink in.

Pens

12:21am

H.S. Baseball

12:21am

Valley View outfielder makes spectacular catch of Razvillas shot to advance to title game.


WEST PITTSTON — Those five runs were supposed to be the turning point. The opportunity for Wyoming Area to seize control in Thursday's District 2 Class 3A baseball semifinal game. The chance to slam the door or, at the very least, leave it barely...

Wyoming Area eliminated by Abington Heights

12:21am

Rangers stave off elimination

12:21am

Coughlin drops five-set heartbreaker

12:21am

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Comments continue to overshadow play

12:21am

Grizzlies coach focused on Spurs, not his contract

12:21am

MWR cars, others bring awareness to storm victims

12:21am

Forty-nine local athletes begin their final push for state gold today at the PIAA Track and Field championships in Shippensburg, with six participating in multiple individual events at Seth Grove Stadium.

WVC stars shoot for state gold

12:21am

/PITTSBURGH — It was hard to tell whether the Pittsburgh Pirates were heading on a road trip or getting ready for a Stanley Cup playoff game after beating the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Thursday for their fourth straight win.

Pirates stretch streak to 4 games

12:16am

M's send Montero to minors

12:16am

Utley back on Phillies DL.


Dallas downed again in district title game

12:16am

Despite better effort, Mountaineers fall to Delaware Valley for third straight season.


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no “cure-all” and...

Obama details drone, Guantanamo positions

12:01am

President seeks to redefine nature, scope of terror threats facing U.S.


BEIRUTLebanese fight in Syrian warLebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years.

NW briefs

12:01am

MOORE, Okla. — A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week.

Tornado cleanup interrupted

12:01am

Recovery efforts pause for twister victim’s funeral, new band of storms


LONDON — British authorities began combing through their intelligence files and evidence from the attack site Thursday to determine whether the apparently terror-related killing of a young soldier on a London street could have been prevented.

New arrests in London attack

12:01am

House OKs variable rate student loans; Obama threatens veto

12:01am

Move would stop doubling of rates in July. Dems say it would burden students more later.


TRENTON, N.J. — At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water at that.

N.J.: Rubbing alcohol sold as scotch

12:01am

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

12:01am

In Brief

12:01am

Higher rates would point to recovery

12:01am

SCRANTON — A Diocese of Scranton priest serving parishes in Tunkhannock and Lake Winola has been charged with open lewdness by police and barred from public ministry by Bishop Joseph Bambera.

Area priest charged with public lewdness

12:01am

I-5 bridge collapses in Washington state

12:01am

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Guest speaker Tommy McFly, a Washington, D.C., radio personality and Luzerne County Community College alumnus, addressed the Class of 2013 at the college's 45th annual commencement Thursday, saying, “Today's the day you decide...

Radio host urges LCCC grads to excel

12:01am

College’s 45th annual

commencement Thursday includes lots of inspiration.


Pittston Area's budget draft has shortfall

12:01am

District considering tax increase, school closure to meet upcoming expenses.


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