Some of Tony Soprano's memorable lines

(AP) Sophia Loren wore green silk and sunglasses for her date with the taxman, Luciano Pavarotti a suit and sneakers. Diego Maradona gave up his diamond stud earring to pay...

PHILADELPHIA - When The Rolling Stones first got together in 1962, rock 'n' roll bands weren't expected to last five years let alone 50, and people have been saying the next time you see the Stones could be the last time - at least since the disastrous Altamont free...

(AP) President Barack Obama should have felt right at home in his overnight visit to Germany, with summer weather that felt more like Washington than Berlin.

(AP) She doesn't boil a pet bunny. But Jodi Arias displays wicked knife technique in a new Lifetime movie that could have just as well been titled, "Fatal Attraction for...

(AP) Danielle Bradbery has "The Voice" and the microphone-holding trophy to match.

(AP) Milan court convicts fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion .

(AP) "Dancing with the Stars" duo Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy have shimmied aboard the Broadway-bound "Forever Tango."

(AP) Country singer Slim Whitman has died at the age of 90 in Florida.

(AP) Valerie Harper has agreed to give a first-person account of her battle with terminal cancer to NBC News.

(AP) Paris has given back a stretch of its riverbank to pedestrians and just in time for summer.

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POETICFriends of the Scranton Public Library (520 Vine St., Scranton, 570.348.3000)• Used Book Sale: June 11-16, Library Express (Mall at Steamtown, Scranton)

16TH ANNUAL BRIGGS FARM BLUESFEST(88 Old Berwick Hwy., Nescopeck)570.379.3342, briggsfarm.com• Featuring Lurrie Bell, more: July 12-13, $28-$90F.M. KIRBY CENTER

Actors Circle at Providence Playhouse (1256 Providence Rd, Scranton, reservations: 570.342.9707, actorscircle.org)

27th annual Pocono State Craft Festival(www.poconocrafts.com or call 570-476-4460.)• Aug. 24-25, Quiet Valley (347 Quiet Valley Road, Stroudsburg). $6, adults; Free, children 12 and under.

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The Wilkes-Barre Farmers Market opens for the season tomorrow, and the fresh, tender, just-picked produce is likely to include …“Strawberries, for sure,” said Jen Broyan from Broyan's Farm in Nescopeck.

Thanks to farmers who are growing under polytunnels — also known as hoophouses — fresh, local beets are available practically year round.That's a reason to rejoice, especially for beet lovers.

IN SEASON: EAT MORE GREENS! Specifically, beet greens. Did you even know they were edible? Well they are, stems and all. (Simply chop the stems into small segments). And the best part? Sometimes you can get beet greens for free. A little bird...

(AP) Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj will take the stage at the BET Awards.

(AP) The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters.

SCRANTON- Saturday and Sunday the Lake Ariel-based PocoNotes will return to the Tripp House for their fourth time to present “The Faces and Voices of the Blues … Too”.

(AP) Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms,...

“Punkleavy Fest” was held June 15 at the Clarks Summit Borough Building as a continuation of the Downtown Go Around event which began with the Second Friday Art walk the day before. According to Mari Walker, owner, Duffy's Coffee House, the festival was...

“Rock Around the Town” was the theme of the June “Downtown-Go-Around” June 14, organized by the Clarks Summit Arts Committee. The Second Friday Art Walk and Downtown Go Round unite monthlyto give artists a chance to display their creations as well...

The Featured Artist at B& B Gallery, South Abington Township, for June, in a twist, is the collective youths of the United Neighborhood Centers Photography Club, led by UNC Youth Arts Program Coordinator April Holgate. Unlike other Featured Artists who individually...

The opening week of the Abington Community Library's Summer Reading Club for children, “Dig Into Reading,” was a busy one, with parents and children registering to take part in the annual program. Parents may want to “clip and save” the...

(AP) A tornado warning for Denver International Airport is over and no damage has been reported.

(AP) In the decades after the Civil War, the nation's first black Army regiments guarded Yosemite and Sequoia national parks against poaching and timber thefts, a role that...

(AP) Israeli and global leaders, local celebrities and Hollywood superstars celebrated under one roof to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres for his upcoming 90th...

(AP) A chef who worked for Michael Jackson has described the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's life, including what she said was his...

(AP) Miss Utah USA is taking another stab at the pageant question that brought her Internet infamy.

A local businesswoman has shared her story of overcoming adversity and change over the past few years in hopes of empowering and inspiring readers.

Local celebrities will put their dance moves to the test when the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple's Dancing with the NEPA Stars returns June 27 at 5:30 p.m., with its first of three rounds. The fundraiser will feature Erin Malloy – Professional...

Tonight (Wednesday, June 19) at 7 p.m. we hope you can join us for our first of four Civil War sesquicentennial events at the Dietrich Theater. Historian, actor and friend of the Dietrich, Ed McMullen will present “An Overview of the Civil War 150 Years...

(AP) British luxury brand Burberry has showcased its latest menswear designs in London after a decade in Milan.