Almost picture perfect
Blessed with good weather, event set records on two of its four days, president says.
Neighbor's dogs ruined life, Darling St. man says
Ben Card says he can’t tend to his garden in Wilkes-Barre for fear of being attacked.
Almost picture perfect
Blessed with good weather, event set records on two of its four days, president says.
WILKES-BARRE — When Nancy Swiger photographed a tulip in her neighbor's yard she knew it was right for the Fine Arts Fiesta.
Council to vote on head of division
Luzerne County Council will hold a special meeting on election night Tuesday to vote on the nomination of Joan Hoggarth as judicial services and records division head.
Hundreds step up to aid mentally ill
T-shirts at Wilkes-Barre event stress 'Recovery' as walkers demonstrate their support.
WILKES-BARRE — “Recovery” was the word of the day Sunday at the 12th annual National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk.
New machines zap VA hospital room infections
IRiS sterilizes rooms with UV light to keep germs at bay. Eight devices cost almost $1 million.
PLAINS TWP. — While a January outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease in Pittsburgh has many concerned with hospital cleanliness, officials at the area's veterans hospital say patients there can rely on new technology to ensure a clean and healthy...
AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
Gary Pruitt says the move already has had a chilling effect on journalism.
WASHINGTON — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records “unconstitutional” and said the news cooperative had not ruled out...
Obama IRS link denied
Administration's position is that no senior officials were involved in the decision to give tea party groups extra scrutiny.
WASHINGTON — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only “when it came out in the news” while Republicans continued to press the administration for more...
Fla. city wonders who won Powerball
Whoever has the ticket hadn't come forward as of Sunday afternoon.
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
Neighbor's dogs ruined life, Darling St. man says
Ben Card says he can't tend to his garden in Wilkes-Barre for fear of being attacked.
WILKES-BARRE — The muddy paw marks remain on the outside of Ben Card's back door from when his neighbor's dogs chased him into his house.
Kings grad list
The following is a list of regional graduates:MASTER OF EDUCATIONCurriculum and InstructionStephanie Lynn Ball, Nanticoke.Matthew Adam Balukonis, Jr., McAdoo.
NW briefs
SEOUL, South KoreaN. Korea fires new missileNorth Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said.
Israel threatens Syria anew
Some officials say tensions with Syria are among the highest since 1973 Yom Kippur war.
JERUSALEM — Fears of an escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday with renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation.
Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
Man's car plowed into parade on Saturday, injuring 50 to 60 people.
DAMASCUS, Va. — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.
OJ's lawyers predict freedom
Ex-football star, celebrity seeking retrial in kidnapping, armed robbery case.
LAS VEGAS — The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the former football star's defense team feeling confident that their client is closer to getting out of prison.
5 Things You Need to Know This Week
>> YOU VOTE ME: Archaeologists have found mankind's first negative campaign ad on a cave wall in Spain. It reads “Thag think he can lead tribe. But Thag brain small. Thag knuckles scrape ground, he hunt with Neanderthal, and he vote with...
NORTH BRANCH LAND TRUST AWARDS DINNER
Friends of the North Branch Land Trust gathered recently for the 20th annual fundraiser dinner at The Westmoreland Club to support the land and resource conservation nonprofit organization. Among those attending were Bridget Costello and Mike...
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town
(AP) Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to...
Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
(AP) The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement:...
Tornadoes hit Kan., Okla.; no injuries reported
(AP) A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up...
Twice the trouble when couples lose jobs
Doyle's wife, Dianne, had become the one with the bigger paycheck after he had left his job as an auto dealership sales manager about seven years earlier, and the bank that employed her had always been the source of insurance benefits for the Windham, Conn.,...
Fate of LA pot shops left to voters
(AP) Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that...
Blue Jays-Yankees finale scrubbed by rain
(AP) Against the Toronto Blue Jays this season, the only thing that has stopped the Yankees was a day full of rain.
Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
(AP) Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.
Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to...
