Saturday, May 18, 2013


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S Korea says N Korea fires 3 short-range missiles

12:06pm

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said.

Watchdog under fire

7:24am

County controller's attorney finds it 'curious' state AG filed charges four days before primary election
WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith is leaving his re-election to the fate of voters, hoping they will see past charges...

Race rolls on despite case

12:34am

Karen Ceppa-Hirko expects to gain some votes Tuesday in the race for the Luzerne County controller Republican nomination due to the wiretap...

Griffith's situation elicits little empathy in courthouse

12:34am

Some say the headline-grabbing

controller is getting a taste of his own medicine.


Union: Bus drivers not to blame for miscounts

12:34am

Transit workers pin trouble on inadequate training from LCTA officials.


Degree in hand, so now what?

12:32am

College seniors enroll in graduate or volunteer programs to delay job hunt.


Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella and his wife, Cindy, held hands when they walked into the federal courthouse in Scranton during his...

Ciavarella's wife files for divorce

12:32am

The couple, married for 35 years, separated before ex-judge’s corruption trial.


12 in the running for Plymouth Borough Council

12:32am

Two factions are vying for control on Democratic ballot in Tuesday race.


Report: NEPA economy is turning around

12:26am

Annual assessment of region will be released and discussed at a forum Thursday.


LAS VEGAS — The lawyer who defended O.J. Simpson on armed robbery charges delivered a potentially heavy blow to the former football...

Lawyer slams Simpson's story

12:26am

Yale Galanter takes stand Friday, contradicts much of his former

client’s testimony.



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MILAN — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire...

Woman describes Italian premier's 'bunga bunga' parties

May 18

Ex-aides to Silvio Berlusconi on trial for allegedly

procuring prostitutes.

Military to review sex-abuse prevention

May 18

Defense Secretary balks at terminations, instead stresses education of tens of thousands.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. Police say that 20 or more people were injured, but that there were no fatalities.

20 to 25 injured as Conn. commuter trains collide

May 17

Earthquake in Canada felt in NEPA

May 17

The state Attorney General's Office filed felony wiretapping charges Thursday against Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith, ending months of speculation about the status of accusations he recorded people without their knowledge or...

Griffith facing charges

May 16

Luzerne County controller will be arraigned today in illegal wiretap case.
Electrical power has been restored to more than 2,000 customers in the Hazleton area.

UPDATE: Power restored to 2,000+ in Hazleton area

May 16

Suspect in custody after stabbing at Kraft Foods in Hanover Township

May 16

PITTSTON — Shovels moved the first dirt Thursday for a 30-unit residential project along the Susquehanna River bank that most people agreed has been a decade-long labor of love.

Condo project intended to give lift to Pittston

May 16

Ground broken for 30-unit building
HANOVER TWP. — A Dallas man was arrested Thursday after police say he stabbed a female co-worker at their workplace and then fled, triggering a lockdown of the nearby Hanover Area Junior-Senior High School and a manhunt for the...

Man allegedly stabs co-worker

May 16

Fred Koptcho charged in Hanover Twp.

incident that led to lockdown of 2 buildings.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, calling on lawmakers to approve his request to...

Congress pressed for security funding

May 16

President tries to deflect

Benghazi furor with new

request, release of emails.

, notes.

Obama picks interim IRS chief

May 16

White House budget official chosen to lead scandal-tainted agency through September.

Selenski's lawyers: Disqualify DA

May 16

Defense argues prosecutors illegally obtained medical, psychiatric reports.

Residents give W-B council an earful

May 16

Speeding cars, broken sewer lines and rental inspections top talk at meeting.
PITTSTON — With no Republican candidates running, the outcome of Pittston's Democratic primary on Tuesday could decide who will fill the roles of mayor and city controller next year, as well as who will fill the two City...

Pittston mayoral contenders talk neighborhoods

May 16

Challenger Gene Rooney contends incumbent Jason Klush too focused on downtown.


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