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Police: Woman causes disturbance inside Swoyersville tavern over bar tab

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SWOYERSVILLE — Borough police arrested a woman on allegations she assaulted the owner of a tavern, patrons and police officers when she failed to pay her $8.50 tab late Monday night.

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Damien Harris scored on a 64-yard run in blustery conditions in which Mac Jones attempted just three passes, and the New England Patriots shored up their familiar place atop the AFC with a 14-10 win over the Buffalo Bills on Monday night.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Johnny Jones got a wet welcome in the visiting locker room at the O’Connell Center. It was a celebration decades in the making.

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After firing coach, Flyers drop 9th straight

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PHILADELPHIA — Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat Philadelphia 7-5 on Monday night to hand the Flyers their ninth straight loss just hours after they fired coach Alain Vigneault.

Flyers fire Vigneault amid skid; Yeo named interim coach

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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Alain Vigneault on Monday following eight straight losses, two shy of matching a team record of 10 in a row, and with the franchise far from ending a 47-year Stanley Cup drought.

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NEW YORK — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett and Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud were announced Monday as finalists for the Heisman Trophy.

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    Police: Woman causes disturbance inside Swoyersville tavern over bar tab

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    SWOYERSVILLE — Borough police arrested a woman on allegations she assaulted the owner of a tavern, patrons and police officers when she failed to pay her $8.50 tab late Monday night.

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    Defendant in Nuangola homicide waives hearing

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    WRIGHT TWP. — A man from Monroe County accused of fatally stabbing a woman inside her Nuangola, Rice Township, residence in October waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday.

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    KINGSTON TWP. — Township police arrested a 21-year-old man when he arrived at a location believing he was meeting a teenage girl for sex over the weekend.

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    3 at large after WB shooting that injured 2

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    WILKES-BARRE — City police are on the lookout for a trio of suspects after a shooting at a South Main Street restaurant early Saturday morning left two people injured.

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