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On-target fraternity

STATE COLLEGE — Pictures of former fraternity brothers line a wall, and empty soda and beer cartons are stacked near the back door. It’s just like any other college fraternity house — except for the deer carcass hanging in the front hall.

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Parents don’t despair when your children say it’s ‘not fair!’

Trying to find a good rejoinder to “It’s not fair!”— your kid’s favorite complaint of late?

Family is its middle name

When Bill Finkelstein and his wife moved to Swoyersville nine years ago, they needed help raising their granddaughter, Miriam.

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Sarah Brylinsky, daughter of Cynthia and Stephen Brylinsky of Berwick, received the Student Sustainability Leadership Award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) at Ithaca College. This honor is presented to an undergraduate who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in promoting campus sustainability. Brylinsky is a senior communication management and desig...

Times Leader Health News

Everyday use of earbuds may cause hearing loss

CHICAGO — Justin Roberts has wildly curious young fans, the type who might lean into a live monitor during one of his concerts just to see what it sounds like.

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Health and Medical News

Study suggests good cheer may spread itself

When you're smiling, the whole world really does smile with you. A paper being published Friday in a British medical journal concludes that happiness is contagious _ and that pe ...

Let the heart, wallet walk hand in hand SANDRA SNYDER WALL TO WALL

So … what’d you buy?

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Tom Mooney

Channeling TV shows of the ’50s Tom Mooney Remember When

Digital TV is coming in just a couple of months. And that’s a wonderful thing.

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Father Bob Timchak

Be on the watch for God this Advent PERSPECTIVE FATHER BOB TIMCHAK

MANY CHRISTIANS BEGIN the Advent season this weekend as we mark the time leading to the celebration of Christmas, the birth of our savior. Advent is not just about, or even primari ...

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Karen Mason

Community colleges ease economic woes COLLEGE COUNTDOWN KAREN MASON

AS COLLEGE TUITION soars and savings plunge with the daily fluctuations of the stock market, how to pay for school becomes a major concern for all families, except the truly afflue ...

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Consumer News

Column: Banks using government money for deals

Critics are outraged that the nation's banks are using billions of dollars of federal bailout money to buy other banks instead of boosting their lending. But is that really such ...