Wilkes-Barre and Northeastern PA News from the Associated Press

Dodgers beat Phillies, fight way back into NLCS

Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers were tired of getting brushed back in the NL championship series, so they came out ready to fight back against Philadelphia.

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Fire burns 2,000 acres northeast of Los Angeles

Fire officials prepared late Sunday for rapid growth of a wildfire blazing 20 miles north of downtown with the expected arrival of strong, dry wind gusts overnight.

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Eating champ delivers top pizza performance in NY

Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again _ this time proving he's a pizza powerhouse.

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Leisure Living: Prices holding up in ski areas

Ski season's coming, and with it the traditional flurry of sales in second-home markets in mountain resort towns in the West.

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1 in 4 US teen girls got cervical cancer shot

One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday.

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Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future

On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every oth ...

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Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations

The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help ...

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Religion today

In a suburban landscape dotted with evangelical megachurches and auto malls, followers of an Indian religion thousands of years old spent days decorating marble idols and lighti ...

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Gov't eyes plan to take ownership stakes in banks

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new trading week da ...

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Washington weighs lethal meds for terminally ill

The emotionally charged battle over end-of-life decisions has taken to the airwaves as Washington state voters decide whether to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to ...

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Biden decries 'unbecoming personal attacks'

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday accused the McCain campaign of trying to distract Americans from their economic woes by launching "unbecoming per ...

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`Chihuahua' fetches $17.5M to win another weekend

An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news.

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Schieffer set to moderate last debate

The debate season that has chewed up its moderators comes to a close Wednesday when John McCain and Barack Obama meet for the third time, with CBS News' Bob Schieffer directing ...

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T.I. has dual No. 1s but claims underdog status

Although T.I. owns both the No. 1 album and single in the country, the platinum-selling rapper says he still feels like the underdog.

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Music photographer William Claxton dies at 80

William Claxton, a celebrated photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the Grammy Awards ...

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Photos show Edwards had Harvick by the neck

Photographs of the scuffle between Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick show a more physical confrontation than witnesses described, with Edwards at one point grabbing Harvick by the ...

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Benches clear in Game 3 of NLCS after high pitch

Both benches and bullpens cleared Sunday night in Game 3 of the NL championship series, moments after Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda threw a pitch over Shane Victorin ...

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NBA in joint venture to build arenas in China

The NBA has formed a joint venture with Anschutz Entertainment Group to design and develop about 12 multipurpose arenas in major Chinese cities.

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Texas knocks off Oklahoma for top spot in AP poll

Texas rode its resounding Red River Rivalry upset right to No. 1. The Longhorns leapfrogged No. 2 Alabama on Sunday and sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 in the regular seaso ...

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Taylor returns in third quarter after blow to head

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Fred Taylor returned midway through the third quarter after sitting out most of the first half following a blow to the head Sunday against the ...

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Ballesteros determined to fight brain tumor

After a career full of miraculous shots _ including one from a parking lot during his first British Open win _ Seve Ballesteros was preparing for the "hardest challenge&quo ...

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Palin drops puck at Philadelphia Flyers' game

To a mixture of boos and cheers, Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin dropped the ceremonial first puck Saturday night at the Philadelphia Flyers' home opener agai ...

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Ueberroth goes on offensive in IOC money dispute

Peter Ueberroth took a swipe at international officials critical of the money the U.S. Olympic Committee receives, setting up some possibly uncomfortable moments for the Chicago ...

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Budding talent chooses US, might play vs Cuba

If Jose Francisco Torres plays for the United States on Saturday in a World Cup qualifier against Cuba, there will be no going back. He'll be committed to the U.S. team for life ...

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