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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Santorum: I won and raised about $250K Tues night
Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt Romney's turf.Pa. House sends major gas-drilling bill to Corbett
ISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A major bill to impose a fee on natural-gas drilling in Pennsylvania and toughen regulations over the booming industry is on its way to Gov. Tom Corbett's desk.DeWeese will resign House seat once sentenced
HARRISBURG — A Democratic state lawmaker who has been convicted on corruption charges said Wednesday he will follow tradition and step down from the House of Representatives when he is sentenced, but that he hopes to delay the proceeding so he can run for re-election. Nanticoke police search for burglar
NANTICOKE - City police said they are searching for Joseph A. Klesmer, 25, who is wanted for a home burglary on Perry Street, Nanticoke, on Jan. 10.
Man charged with stabbing
KINGSTON TWP. - A man was arraigned Wednesday afternoon on charges he stabbed another man.Father, daughter killed in Wyoming County crash
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.Sandusky argues for local jurors, suggests delay
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ISBURG (AP) — Jerry Sandusky wants jurors in his child sex-abuse trial to be chosen from the community where he lives and is suggesting a trial delay may be the best way to address the intense publicity generated by the case.
Dems say drilling oversight lax
HINGTON (AP) — Federal policing of oil and natural gas on public lands is lax and inconsistent, with only 6 percent of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years, House Democrats said in a report Wednesday.Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI
Researchers from the U.S. Navy and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are looking for clues to the identity of a 200-year-old shipwreck lying just off the Rhode Island coast.Rescued dog bites TV anchor during broadcast
A veteran Denver television anchor was injured Wednesday after she was bitten in the face by a dog while doing a live broadcast about a dog rescued by a firefighter.Report: LA teacher's aide sent love letters to boy
Officials at an elementary school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims are investigating yet another allegation of misconduct, this one involving a teacher's aide accused of sending love letters to an 11-year-old boy.Boehner: Congress to overturn birth control policy
INGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says if President Barack Obama doesn't reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control, the Congress will.Council set to OK hotel demolition
A majority of Luzerne County Council is ready to support the Hotel Sterling demolition, but a few council members are still pushing for more information.West Nicholson Road closed
NICHOLSON – State Route 1011 (West Nicholson Road) is closed between state Route 92 and state Route 1013 in Nicholson due to a crash.Local social services officials unclear on impact of changes
A proposal in Gov. Tom Corbett’s 2012-13 state spending plan to dramatically overhaul the public welfare budget includes funneling seven line items into block grants.Report: US teacher's aide sent love letters to boy
Officials at a Los Angeles school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims are investigating yet another allegation of misconduct, this one involving a teacher's aide in her 50s accused of sending love letters to an 11-year-old boy.Man who tainted co-workers’ yogurt gets 2 years in prison
SCRANTON – A Larksville man who admitted to injecting his semen into yogurt of two former co-workers was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison.AG: Keep Sandusky inside home
HARRISBURG — Prosecutors asked Tuesday to have Jerry Sandusky kept indoors as part of his bail conditions, citing complaints that the former Penn State football assistant was seen outside and watching children in a schoolyard from the back porch of his home, where he remains under house arrest while awaiting trial on child molestation charges.Wilkes-Barre Township fire chief pleads guilty to assault
Wilkes Barre Township Fire Chief John Paul Yuknavich pleaded guilty this morning to assaulting a friend of his former girlfriend.
Artists invited to enter state competition
HARRISBURG – First Lady Susan Corbett today invited artists across Pennsylvania to apply by Feb. 29 for an opportunity to showcase their work in Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012, a juried art exhibition.Boehner: Congress to overturn birth control policy
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.Actor Gary Busey files for bankruptcy in US
Court records show actor Gary Busey has filed for bankruptcy and is listing more than $500,000 in estimated personal debts.Williams to replace local piece of Transco
DALLAS TWP. - The supervisors told residents Tuesday the Williams Gas Co. will be replacing part of the Transco interstate natural gas pipeline this spring.In 911 call, worker fears for Josh Powell's sons
TLE (AP) — A 911 call recording reveals a social worker's attempts over a more than six-minute call to get a dispatcher to send authorities quickly to the home of Josh Powell after he locked himself and his two sons in the home he then set ablaze.Congress tries to give president line-item veto
The Republican-led House is trying Wednesday to give President Barack Obama the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that has been sought by both Republican and Democratic presidents.Mo. teen gets life with possible parole in killing
A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an "ahmazing" thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl's family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison.In 911 call, worker fears for Josh Powell's sons
A 911 call recording reveals a social worker's attempts over a more than six-minute call to get a dispatcher to send authorities quickly to the home of Josh Powell after he locked himself and his two sons in the home he then set ablaze.Jubilant Santorum sweeps Minnesota and Colorado
A resurgent Rick Santorum won Republican presidential caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday night, a stunning sweep that raised fresh questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's appeal among the ardent conservatives at the core of the party's political base.US, Japan closer to moving many Okinawa Marines
Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to proceed with plans to transfer thousands of U.S. troops out of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, leaving behind the stalled discussion about closing a major U.S. Marine base there.Mark Plaza Redner’s won’t reopen
EDWARDSVILLE – Redner’s Warehouse Market will not reopen in the Mark Plaza shopping center off Route 11, a company spokesman said Tuesday.Russian scientists reach lake under Antarctica
After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years a lake that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets.Area schools comb through spending plan
Gov. Tom Corbett’s education budget proposal offered a mixed bag for Luzerne County: School districts would see the main piece of state money increase by anywhere from 0.9 to 3.5 percent, but the switch comes with a change in how the money is doled out – a move that could reward the most efficient districts, particularly when it comes to transportation of students.Analysis: Romney losses show conservative woes
Mitt Romney just can't shake his difficulty attracting conservatives. And that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and prolonging a race that each day exposes deep divisions within the party.US searches for strategy to halt Syria violence
The United States appears to be out of answers on what to do with Syria.Authorities have been probing missing mom’s case as murder
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Authorities have been investigating the disappearance of Susan Powell as a murder for at least several months, while they publicly left open the possibility that the Utah mother might be found alive.Mrs. Obama beats Fallon in fitness challenge
Michelle Obama and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!" fitness campaign.Mo. teen described as thrill killer by prosecutors
A Missouri teenager who confessed to murdering a young neighbor girl faces the possibility of life in prison when she's sentenced Wednesday morning.Getting caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath
Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.Experts: Marriage ban's path to high court unclear
Conservative critics like to point out that the federal appeals court that just declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional has its decisions overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court more often than other judicial circuits, a record that could prove predictive if the high court agrees to review the gay marriage case on appeal.AP Interview: Homecoming inspires wounded Marine
Shot through the upper back on a rooftop in Afghanistan and gasping for breath after a bullet ripped through his chest, Marine Sgt. Ben Tomlinson had a fear worse than death.Scores killed in shelling of Syrian city of Homs
Activists say Syrian troops have continued shelling residential neighborhoods in the central city of Homs for the fifth straight day, killing scores of people.No charges against NYPD boss' son after rape claim
The police commissioner's TV host son won't face criminal charges of sexually assaulting a woman who said he attacked her after a date last fall, prosecutors said Tuesday.Dem legislators criticize budget, partisan process 
HARRISBURG – Local Democratic state legislators are critical of Gov. Tom Corbett’s state budget because of the proposed cuts – and what they consider a partisan process.Veterans, DEP, DCNR among dozens of other groups affected
While education and social services are getting much of the attention directed at Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed $23.14 billion spending plan, dozens of other agencies, departments and programs would be affected.Santorum wins in Minnesota
WASHINGTON — A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota’s Republican caucuses with ease Tuesday night, relegating front-runner Mitt Romney to a distant third-place finish that raised fresh questions about his ability to attract ardent conservatives at the core of the GOP political base.$500 business-related tax is adopted
EXETER – Borough council Tuesday night adopted a $500 business privilege and mercantile tax to be assessed on all businesses within the borough that gross more than $500,000 each year.Man faces hearing in taxi robbery
WILKES-BARRE – A preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday for a man accused by city police of robbing a taxi driver with a knife, his second robbery offense in Wilkes-Barre in 16 months, court records say.3 area state senators skeptical
Pennsylvania moved a step closer to imposing a fee on drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale on Tuesday when the state Senate voted in favor of establishing local impact fees on drilling. But state senators from both parties representing Luzerne County indicated Tuesday the measure may be a step in the wrong direction.Man arrested in 2011 slashing
A Shickshinny man was arrested Tuesday on charges he slashed a man’s throat at a scrap yard more than a year ago. Berwick police and the state Office of Attorney General’s office charged Kim Neil Roquet Jr., 39, of Indian Cave Road, with criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault and robbery.Woman is assigned to day reporting until trial
WILKES-BARRE – A Kingston woman charged in a deadly hit-and-run in June will participate in the county’s Day Reporting Center until the time of her July trial, a county judge said Tuesday.Councilman wants piece of Old River Road Bakery property sold separately
WILKES-BARRE – Councilman Tony George wants to have a piece of the Old River Road property sold separately to allow a neighboring property owner to submit a bid.Click - Tuesday, February, 7, 2012
Shelby Foster reads her Voice of Democracy-winning essay, ‘I Am Proud of My Country,’ at the VFW Post 283 in Kingston on Tuesday night. Behind her are Thomas Hobbs and C. Roberts Tilghman. Foster is a high school senior. VOD winners get to compete for scholarships. The post gave out awards for the Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen program. Lily Drak, a sixth-grader, won for her Patriot’s Pen essay. The Patriot’s Pen program is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to express their opinions on democracy based on an annual theme, according to a VFW website.
Abortion, birth control in spotlight
DAYTON, Ohio — A political firestorm over abortion and birth control spread suddenly to multiple fronts on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.Experts advise Vatican on pedophiles
Priests who rape and molest children lie when confronted with an accusation but victims usually tell the truth, psychologists told Catholic bishops at a symposium Tuesday, advising them to listen first to the victims.Russia urges reforms with Syria boss
BEIRUT — Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian officials pushed for reforms Tuesday during an emergency meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, promoting a settlement to end the uprising without removing him from power.Click - Tuesday, February, 7, 2012
Supporters of gay marriage react outside the James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse after a federal appeals court declared California’s ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8, unconstitutional on Tuesday in San Francisco. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave gay marriage opponents time to appeal the 2-1 decision before ordering the state to allow same-sex weddings to resume. The decision puts the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cool demonstration
BUTLER TWP. – The unseasonably warm weather did not deter the opening of the annual Ice Bar and carving demonstration at Damenti’s Restaurant.Resident reports flooding problem
FAIRVIEW TWP. – Resident Attilio Panzitta on Monday night told township supervisors about a drainage problem that has been flooding his property since last spring.Part of road closing for bridge repair
DORRANCE TWP. – It was announced at Monday night’s meeting of the board of supervisors that a section of Blue Ridge Trail, state Route 3007, will be closed for bridge repair work that is scheduled to commence on Feb. 15.Citing high cost, supervisors vote against sewage treatment plan
BEAR CREEK TWP. -- Saying that they don’t intend to ignore the court order but won’t saddle residents with what could be the highest sewage rates in the state, township supervisors voted Monday against adopting an Act 537 sewage treatment plan.Salaries for 8 division head positions not in budget
Salaries for eight new home rule division head positions weren’t added to Luzerne County’s amended 2012 budget, which means new Manager Robert Lawton must get rid of managers if he doesn’t promote from within.Click - Tuesday, February, 7, 2012
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CNN suspends Martin for 'offensive' comments
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Actor Gary Busey files for bankruptcy in US
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