Some of Tony Soprano's memorable lines

WASHINGTON — Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses.

MINEOLA, N.Y. — Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.

WILKES-BARRE — During a luncheon speech Wednesday, Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton was asked what is being done to restore confidence in county government.

WILKES-BARRE – An attorney for a man charged with sexually assaulting two young girls told a judge Wednesday the allegations against his client were fabricated by one of the victims because she had been disciplined by her parents.

DALLAS TWP. — Britney Loucks, 11, and Jaleesa Ross, 10, contorted to the Twister calls of Brittany Thomas, a soon-to be junior at Wyoming Area High School: “Right foot, blue … left hand, yellow.”

HARVEYS LAKE — Council on Tuesday night finalized the resolution to hire Creditek to handle the borough's delinquent garbage collection bills.

NEW YORK — Apparently, Men's Wearhouse Inc. doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve offered a hint Wednesday that it's moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program, which is intended to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.

MILANFashionably late with their taxesSophia Loren wore green silk and sunglasses for her date with the taxman, Luciano Pavarotti a suit and sneakers. Diego Maradona gave up his diamond stud earring to pay off a tax debt.

General Motors Co. brands made a big jump in the rankings of the 2013 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study, which examines the problems drivers encounter during the first 90 days of owning a new vehicle.

KINGSTON TWP. — A fight Saturday night over an air gun left one man with what a doctor described as “near catastrophic” injuries, according to charges filed.

WILKES-BARRE — An attorney for a man sentenced last week to 6 1/2 to 25 years in prison on charges stemming from a crash that left two people dead said in court papers filed Wednesday that a county judge's sentencing constituted double jeopardy.

WILKES-BARRE — A man and a woman were charged after another man reported he was approached by a prostitute outside the Wilkes-Barre Post Office on June 8.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — A fourth suspect in a violent home invasion in which an elderly couple were tied up inside their Bear Creek Township residence last year was captured Wednesday on his birthday.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — A man who told authorities he was influenced by the movie “Catch me if you Can” in an alleged credit card theft scheme with his wife waived his preliminary hearing on Wednesday.

KABULAfghanistan cuts off security talks

(AP) James Gandolfini's fans and colleagues shared reaction to his death Wednesday:

(AP) A Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, after officials...

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, after officials said he was severely neglected and underfed, weighing just 69 pounds when he...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's “The Sopranos” helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy.

(AP) Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he's "in tears" after a European company announced it had deleted all the data it was hosting from the shuttered file-sharing...

(AP) New York state and Eastman Kodak Co. have reached a deal that will keep some of the troubled company's operations in Rochester and provide $49 million for environmental...

(AP) Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock.

(AP) Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in...

(AP) FedEx Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options and the company spent heavily on...

(AP) A Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, after officials...

(AP) Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar is joining a star-studded country music concert planned to benefit victims of last month's deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma.

(AP) President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at...

(AP) Microsoft rolled back a much-criticized requirement that its upcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the Internet and made clear that there will be no...

(AP) On July 1, we say goodbye to Google Reader, a handy tool for bringing headlines and articles from your favorite websites into a single place.

(AP) Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted...

(AP) OfficeMax Inc. and Office Depot Inc. want Illinois and Florida to compete to be the home of their combined headquarters if their proposed merger is approved by offering...

(AP) As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first...

(AP) Red Hat Inc., the company behind the Linux open-source operating system, said Wednesday that net income in its fiscal first-quarter grew 8 percent as subscription...

(AP) Sophia Loren wore green silk and sunglasses for her date with the taxman, Luciano Pavarotti a suit and sneakers. Diego Maradona gave up his diamond stud earring to pay...

(AP) A bipartisan compromise on student loans started to take shape in the Senate on Wednesday linking interest rates to the financial markets. If approved, it would prevent...