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Priest Thanks Parishioners After Fire Destroys Rectory

Priest Thanks Parishioners After Fire Destroys Rectory

A special service was held at a church in Nanticoke where on Sunday, a fire destroyed the priest's home just next door.

SWB Yankees Now Empire State Yankees

SWB Yankees Now Empire State Yankees

The Triple-A baseball franchise in Lackawanna County has been called the Scranton/Wilkes-...

Pocono Mountain Regional May Get Reality Show

Pocono Mountain Regional May Get Reality Show

A production company out of New York City followed police officers all day Wednesday...

Neighborhood Nuisances in Wilkes-Barre

Neighborhood Nuisances in Wilkes-Barre

The deadly fire on Pine Street in Wilkes-Barre and another big fire in Wilkes-Barre...

Parking Lot Plans vs History

Parking Lot Plans vs History

Fourteen new townhouses will be built in Columbia County, but a family who lives next to...

Top US News

Cash-poor schools raid rivals in bid to boost student rosters

(Reuters) - As American public school administrators look to bring in more money by recruiting students overseas, they are also hunting...

Insight: Public schools sell empty classroom seats abroad

REVILLO, South Dakota (Reuters) - There are just seven pairs of boots lined up outside the kindergarten classroom in this fading farm town....

New Hampshire House passes birth control exemption

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire's Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to exempt religious...

Virginia lawmakers drop home invasion self-defense bill for now

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia lawmakers abandoned efforts on Wednesday to expand the right of homeowners to use deadly force...

Utah lawmakers pass bill to curb sex education in schools

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Utah would become the first state to ban public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing...

Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The family of a 17-year-old African-American boy shot to death last month in his gated Florida community by a...

 

Top World News

China parliament unveils dissident detention powers

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's parliament unveiled legislation on Thursday solidifying police powers to hold dissidents in secret criminal...

China cyber capability puts U.S. forces at risk: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese cyberwarfare would pose a "genuine risk" to the U.S. military in a conflict, for instance over Taiwan or...

Berlin berates Athens for bureaucracy stopping investment: paper

BERLIN (Reuters) - Athens' failure to accept Germany's help on reducing bureaucracy and boosting private investment is disappointing, German...

Australian man pleads guilty over collar-bomb hoax

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man arrested in the United States and accused of clamping a fake bomb around the neck of a Sydney...

Syria's deputy oil minister defects from Assad

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian Deputy Oil Minister Abdo Hussameldin has announced his defection on YouTube, becoming the first high-ranking...

Timeline: Crackdown on protests in Syria

(Reuters) - Following is a timeline of events in Syria since protests began.

 

Political News

Senate to tackle highway bill amendments, House struggles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate leaders struck a deal on Wednesday to move forward on stalled transportation legislation that now will include...

Conservative Republicans seek deeper spending cuts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives are not satisfied with spending caps mandated by last year's...

Oklahoma House approves pistol-packing in public

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Law abiding citizens of Oklahoma who want to publicly carry a pistol on their hip or in a shoulder holster may...

Romney camp tells rivals: You can't catch him

BOSTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's campaign told his Republican presidential rivals on Wednesday they could not catch him and pushed them to...

House speaker gives Republicans highway bill ultimatum

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner implored fellow Republicans on Wednesday to pass a $260 billion...

Florida Republican lawmakers scoff at $2 billion pension ruling

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida's Republican budget leaders said on Wednesday they were not panicked by a court ruling that could...