http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=960&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews News from Go Lackawanna en-us 2009 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:43 GMT Christopher J. Hughes 2012-02-09T23:42:43Z en-us 2009 http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138989794&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FNo_charges_for_alarms_in_homes_02-09-2012.html WILKES-BARRE – The state attorney general has determined no criminal charges will be filed against Mayor Tom Leighton or former city administrator J.J. Murphy regarding the installation of alarm systems at their homes that were paid for with city funds. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:43 GMT 97a537fe144da9728b8303a48fbea2f9 2012-02-09T23:42:43Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138988529&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FAPNewsBreak__GOP_report_questions_detainee_release_02-08-2012.html (AP) Facing domestic political pressures, the Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror suspects deemed an acceptable threat from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to face the challenge that 27 percent re-engaged in terrorist or insurgent activities, according to a report by Republicans on a House Armed Services subcommittee. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:37:33 GMT 28ab02622fdec645c174a80e7801a30f 2012-02-09T19:37:33Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138989559&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FWaddling_and_learning_02-09-2012.html FORTY FORT -- Maybe Tahbo should have been escorted in on foot; an African black-footed penguin waddling into a class of pre-kindergarten students certainly would have been cute. But Wyoming Seminary student Billy Bartolomei provided plenty of that, waddling toward the table Tahbo stood on once released from his pet taxi. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:28 GMT f076f0e512e883f82bf672ba7a0a62cc 2012-02-09T19:36:28Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138989424&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FFire_chief_given_probation_02-09-2012.html PLAINS TWP. – Wilkes-Barre Township Fire Chief John Paul Yuknavich must randomly submit to drug and alcohol testing as part of his one-year probation sentence imposed Wednesday after pleading guilty to assaulting a man. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:35:49 GMT 3b4486dc8857efa09e9c434c6814e902 2012-02-09T19:35:49Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138989469&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FState_universities_face_deeper_cuts_02-09-2012.html Penn State and 16 other state colleges and universities, already struggling with deep cuts to allocations this fiscal year, now are facing even further reductions under Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed 2012-13 budget. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:35:13 GMT 375fb43cf2562afa0fdcce82d70460fe 2012-02-09T19:35:13Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138996469&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FSources__Pentagon_rules_shift_on_women_in_combat_02-09-2012.html (AP) Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:34:51 GMT b7ab7056d292506fc5e36f606f6e7ba2 2012-02-09T19:34:51Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138997814&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FLA_school_in_sex_abuse_case_gets_entire_new_staff_02-09-2012.html (AP) An entirely new staff of teachers will greet students Thursday at an elementary school rocked last week by the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:34:07 GMT 201cdafd0120283dd350f5d0f95ab235 2012-02-09T19:34:07Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=139013189&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FHold_the_mystery_meat__Military_food_gets_upgrade_02-09-2012.html (AP) Hold the mystery meat: Military bases will soon be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:33:43 GMT 29891cb06c50685c8664dd14fa90530e 2012-02-09T19:33:43Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=139013194&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FKodak_to_stop_making_cameras__digital_frames_02-09-2012.html (AP) Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought photography to the masses more than a century ago. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:33:26 GMT dbe465998e2cd5487528fe0a82714b12 2012-02-09T19:33:26Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138996459&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FGender-bending_model_pushes_limits_of_the_runway_02-09-2012.html (AP) On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:32:59 GMT 247f224204ca0d23897ec9891b9af61f 2012-02-09T19:32:59Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138989779&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FSandusky_requests_jury_from_State_College_area_02-09-2012.html HARRISBURG — Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer filed court paperwork Wednesday arguing that jurors in his child sex abuse trial should be chosen from the community where he lives and suggesting that a trial delay might be the best way to address the intense publicity generated by the case. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:32:14 GMT 0912d0f51bd349816a853522e688e2bb 2012-02-09T19:32:14Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138962364&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FFather-daughter-killed-in-Wyoming-County-crash-.html NICHOLSON TWP. - State police at Tunkhannock said a father and his 3-year-old daughter were killed in a two vehicle crash on West Nicholson Road, Wyoming County, Wednesday morning. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:31:44 GMT 9c95170cdbdba810ef85470d942949ae Joe Healey 2012-02-09T19:31:44Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=139004664&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FMan-charged-in-2010-shooting-outside-nightclub-.html PLAINS TWP. - A man charged in a gang related shooting outside a nightclub in 2010 was captured in New Jersey. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:31:08 GMT d4e8b0326774bbb8a1c8e37a33c320da Joe Healey 2012-02-09T19:31:08Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=139021084&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FDEP-Fines-Chesapeake-Appalachia-565000-for-Multiple-Violations.html The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Chesapeake Appalachia LLC a total of $565,000 in civil penalties and reimbursement costs for erosion and sediment control violations, wetland encroachment violations and an April 2011 well control incident. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:30:25 GMT 7b8a69fbed4ced72b139f624a96c5af7 Joe Healey 2012-02-09T19:30:25Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138989789&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FPa__rsquo_s__rsquo_01_district_maps__OK__federal_judge_says_02-09-2012.html PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge has ruled that Pennsylvania’s 2001 legislative district maps should be used in this year’s elections, a setback for Republicans who had tried to get the court to block their use. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:27:34 GMT f811d92035f333e690aa6504bc249872 2012-02-09T19:27:34Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=139030219&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FDoctors_telling_more_adults__Get_out_and_exercise_02-09-2012.html (AP) More and more U.S. adults are being told by their doctor to get out and exercise, according to government survey released Thursday. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:27:14 GMT 95811b14996956fe3f584a5f9fcd1e03 2012-02-09T19:27:14Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138989784&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FGOP_vows_policy_change_02-09-2012.html WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner accused the Obama administration Wednesday of an “unambiguous attack on religious freedom,” promising that Congress will reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with free birth control if the president doesn’t. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:26:57 GMT 78ba73d06750e470e518935abc439889 2012-02-09T19:26:57Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=139030224&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FMarines_posed_with_Nazi_SS_symbol_in_Afghanistan_02-09-2012.html (AP) The Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that one of its scout sniper teams in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:26:39 GMT 2817695baa67fd8de78d723dcd827801 2012-02-09T19:26:39Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=139030234&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FTribe_sues_beer_companies_for_alcohol_problems_02-09-2012.html (AP) An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:26:17 GMT 0114cf651bdead4963a8e14d7b766221 2012-02-09T19:26:17Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=406159&44=138989799&32=3991&7=482662&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fgolackawanna%2Fnews%2FBarletta__criticizes__insurance_mandate_02-09-2012.html WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta took to the House floor Wednesday to rail against the Obama administration’s plan to require that employers include birth control, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs in health insurance plans. There is no mandate to cover abortions. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:25:19 GMT 2e483090d24226162b9400204d085446 2012-02-09T19:25:19Z