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WILKES-BARRE — A city man was ordered by a Luzerne County judge Thursday to pay nearly $50,000 in restitution for the theft of telecommunication equipment from a downtown business.

Tuesday's primary election pales in comparison to the boisterous contests Tom Pizano remembers.

FOSTER TWP. — At times Anthony Buonaiuto wanted to give up pursuing an Agent Orange disability claim connected to the year he spent in Vietnam as a U.S. Navy Seabee.

Is this déjà vu? Are we looking at a Watergate-type scandal again as stories break about the IRS targeting of conservative nonprofit groups and the government's seizure of The Associated Press' phone records?

DALLAS TWP. — It was so hectic in Atlanta, the Dallas High School LifeSmarts team had trouble remembering how many rounds they went through on the way to third place in the national competition.

WASHINGTON — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even...

CAIRO — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, “All except the Prophet...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing...

DES MOINES, Iowa — It's all about the odds.

WILKES-BARRE — Dressed in vibrant Gaelic attire, a burly drum major towered over the rest of the Wilkes University commencement procession marching through downtown Wilkes-Barre.

DALLAS TWP. — To the sounds of bagpipes, 378 undergraduate and graduate students took their places at Misericordia University's 87th annual commencement ceremony on Saturday.

(AP) A Hofstra University student being held at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an...

NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an “anti-gay” hate...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

(AP) U.N. nuclear agency officials on Wednesday again failed to reach a deal with Iranian counterparts that would allow the agency to relaunch its probe of suspicions that...

(AP) A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines...

(AP) Bronson Arroyo pitched five-hit ball over 7 2-3 innings, Joey Votto was 4 for 4 with a homer, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-0...

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(AP) An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town.

(AP) Police have identified the alleged home invader involved in the death of a New York college student early Friday morning.

(AP) Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando.

(AP) When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and...

(AP) A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape...

(AP) In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more...

(AP) The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the...

(AP) A lot changes in 100 years, but the key to Hellmann's success may be that not much has changed for the mayonnaise.

(AP) There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

(AP) The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing...

(AP) The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist...

(AP) There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

(AP) Even before the first drops flow, Uganda's oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the government millions in...

(AP) Rescuers searching for 23 trapped workers at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia spotted six bodies Saturday but weren't able to immediately retrieve...