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Multitude of hits from 1950s and 1960s please crowd
WILKES-BARRE — Poodle skirts, beehive hairdos, pompadours and ducktails were back in style Saturday as the golden oldies of the 1950s and early 1960s filled the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts.
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KINGSTON — Police arrested a man Wednesday night after he allegedly burglarized a house on North Gates Avenue and tried to break...
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The following real estate transactions have been recorded in the Luzerne County Office of the Recorder of Deeds for the week of May...
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Races seem more like cakewalks
May 18
County ballots bare for many township
supervisor, borough and city council seats.
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Court briefs
May 18
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.
Races seem more like cakewalks
May 18
County ballots bare for many township supervisor, borough and city council seats.
Tuesday's primary election pales in comparison to the boisterous contests Tom Pizano remembers.
Vet's long mission: Win benefits
May 18
After a 15-year struggle, Navy man receives his first check
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.
New scandals not like Watergate, Bernstein says
May 18
Reporter who covered Nixon scandal wascommencement speaker.
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?
LifeSmarts team ends in 3rd spot nationally
May 18
Dallas High squad competed in Atlanta in “the ultimate consumer challenge.”
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.
IRS probe ignored the most influential, tax-exempt groups
May 18
Big-budget organizations on left and right are able under tax code to hide their donors.
WASHINGTON — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.
Will Scouts accept gay youth? Vote imminent
May 18
Some conservatives denounce proposal, saying tradition would be undermined.
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.
'Amazing' no one died in wreck
May 18
Commuter train collision injures scores, closes tracks in Northeast indefinitely
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...
Egyptian blasphemy cases rise
May 18
The trend is seen as a reflection of the growing power of Islamists., especially ultraconservative Salafis.
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...
Marines failed to safeguard base's water supply, victims say
May 18
Marine Corps maintains a test would not have uncovered the carcinogens.
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...
Are you the 1 in 175.2 million?
May 18
Powerball mania stretches from California to the East Coast
DES MOINES, Iowa — It's all about the odds.
Wilkes graduation traditions return
May 18
Commencement returns to campus and reintroduces the use of bagpipers.
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.
378 earn degrees from Misericordia
May 18
'Don't leave this place playing safe,' university's grads told.
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.
Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police
May 18
(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...
Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
May 18
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...
Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police
May 18
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.
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
May 18
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.
UN fails again to reach nuke probe deal with Iran
May 18
(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...
Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply
May 18
(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...
Votto, Arroyo lead Reds over Phillies
May 18
(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...
Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
May 18
(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.
Suspect identified in fatal Hofstra home invasion
May 18
(AP) Police have identified the alleged home invader involved in the death of a New York college student early Friday morning.
Paul McCartney kicks off "Out There" tour in US
May 18
(AP) Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando.
Obama's Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs
May 18
(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...
Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges
May 18
(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...
Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
May 18
(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...
Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders
May 18
(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...
Hellmann's whips up campaign for centennial
May 18
(AP) A lot changes in 100 years, but the key to Hellmann's success may be that not much has changed for the mayonnaise.
IRS probe ignored most influential groups
May 18
(AP) There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.
Kansas City museum raising cash to fly 'Connie'
May 18
(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...
S Korea says N Korea fires 3 short-range missiles
May 18
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...
Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
May 18
(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...
IRS probe ignored most influential groups
May 18
(AP) There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.
Politics, bribery charges swirl around Ugandan oil
May 18
(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...
Rescuers spot bodies at collapsed Indonesian mine
May 18
(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...


























