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- Dallas School Board names assistant principals.
- Biggest earthquake in China in decades kills nearly 9,000
- More drug charges send pair from Kingston to jail
- Foreign spouses doom many rebates
- Horseplay at work
- FISCAL FUEL?
- Teen drinking is too common these days EDWARD LEWIS OPINION
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- 22 die in storms in several states
- Newport Twp. goal: Helping out park
Clinton wins W.Va., Obama still nomination leader
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.Redeemer's Richardson wins 1600
Hanover's Kuhl back in winning form
GAR's Phillips takes 100-meter dash
Redeemer's Gawlas takes 110 hurdles
Dallas' Arnaud takes javelin
Redeemer's Wignot wins high jump, long jump
Downs would add table games quickly
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs could have table games up and running within months if legislation authorizing blackjack, roulette, craps and other table games passes.Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12K
MIANYANG, China (AP) _ The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.Scranton man to face charges he threatened children with loaded gun
WILKES-BARRE - A Scranton man will face charges in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in connection to threatening two children with a gun.Dallas AD investigated over checks
KINGSTON TWP. – Two search warrants and affidavits filed in March reveal that Dallas High School guidance counselor and athletic director John “Jack” Wolensky cashed checks totaling $22,219.50 from the school’s student activity fund and two sports fundraising organizations.Core issue
ROCKVILLE, Md. – A major decision that will have consequences in Luzerne County and beyond will be made here at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission headquarters.Court papers: Kerekes talked of Kocis killing
WILKES-BARRE – Once he was in jail, homicide suspect Joseph Kerekes talked – a lot – according to court papers filed recently by Luzerne County prosecutors.Jail adds staff, but still runs up OT
Luzerne County prison officials argued for years that adding more staff would reduce overtime, but they still haven’t delivered on the promise.Oprah helps make NEPA safer place
WILKES-BARRE – More than 1,000 smoke detectors were delivered to the city Monday afternoon as part of Oprah Winfrey’s Big Give.Proposed dress code brings public comment at W-B Area work session
WILKES-BARRE -- A proposed dress code for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District prompted a handful of parents and a student to attend a board work session Monday to voice their opinions.Dallas schools pick Joyce insurance
DALLAS TWP. – Despite a last-minute appeal from Guthrie Mitchell of Eastern Insurance Group to pick his company because of a large presence in the Dallas area, the Dallas School Board voted to appoint Joyce Insurance Group as the insurance broker of record for the 2008-09 school year.Area leader Conyngham always gave best effort
Visitors to Guthrie Conyngham’s office could learn a good deal about him before even stepping inside. They had just to read the framed copy of President Theodore Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena” speech hanging near the door.State files brief to contest juvie cases
WILKES-BARRE – The state Department of Public Welfare on Monday followed through on plans to file a legal brief in support of a juvenile advocacy group’s request to have the state Supreme Court intervene in Luzerne County juvenile court cases.Plant accidents, water pollution just 2 of many safety issues
SALEM TWP. – Nuclear fuel isn’t much to look at. The half-inch-long ceramic cylinders of uranium dioxide resemble bullets.Listen for a lifetime
WILKES-BARRE – Hearing loss is like shaking uncooked spaghetti with a marshmallow stuck to the end. No, really, this isn’t some cryptic Zen phrase to make you think abstractly (example: what’s the sound of one hand clapping?). Hearing loss is like marshmallows and spaghetti.Elections official will speak
WILKES-BARRE – The League of Women Voters Wilkes-Barre Area will hold its annual dinner June 5 at the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center on the King’s College campus. A reception beginning at 6 p.m. will be held in the Regina Courtyard followed by dinner at 7 in the Fitzgerald Room.China quake kills 10,000
CHENGDU, China — A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing about 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country’s worst quake in three decades.Building Trust
• A report published on Page 1A Sunday regarding a juvenile who appeared before Judge Mark Ciavarella requires clarification. Tracy Stair, the child’s mother, said the boy was previously on probation for a prior offense, but was not under supervision at the time of the incident that led to his incarceration. Also, Stair said her son did not push against a teacher; he only touched the teacher’s hand.TIMESLEADER.COM VIDEO MORE VIDEO>>
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Werth, Kendrick lead Phillies over Braves
Jayson Werth drove in four runs, Kyle Kendrick pitched six effective innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Tuesday night.
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