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Super Bowl Means Wild Weekend of Wings

Super Bowl Means Wild Weekend of Wings

It is a wild weekend of wings at many bars and restaurants in northeastern and central Pennsylvania, all for Super Bowl Sunday.

Dairy Farmer Grateful Despite Loss Of Barn

Dairy Farmer Grateful Despite Loss Of Barn

A fire that destroyed a barn on a Luzerne County dairy farm Thursday night left behind...

MTV's "Jersey Shore" in PA?

MTV's "Jersey Shore" in PA?

A story that's been generating quite the buzz comes from Central PA.

Mild Winter, Fewer Crowds

Mild Winter, Fewer Crowds

The mild winter is not only impacting ski areas in the Poconos, it's also affecting...

"No Contest" Plea in Home Invasion

"No Contest" Plea in Home Invasion

A man of beating a woman during a home invasion entered a plea Friday in Lackawanna...

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Top US News

U.S. Army drops charges against last soldier in Afghan

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face a court-martial in the slaying of...

Second teacher arrested amid L.A. sex abuse probe

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Days after the arrest of a school teacher accused of taking bondage-style photos of students with cockroaches on...

Prosecutor links accused California killer to 2 more murders

SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran already charged in the "thrill" killings of four Orange County homeless men has been...

Alabama police shoot dead fugitive cop killer

MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Authorities shot and killed an escaped inmate Friday who stabbed one Mobile police officer to death and...

Author traces roots of U.S. political conspiracy theories

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Extremist political conspiracies such as "birthers" and "truthers" may be a dominant theme of post-9/11 America, but...

Occupy activists to protest right-to-work at Super Bowl

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street activists said on Friday they will march to protest Indiana's new anti-union "right-to-work" law...

 

Top World News

Over 200 people killed in Syria's Homs before U.N. vote

BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U....

Sudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese

BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels said they are looking for ways to hand over 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South...

Syrians storm embassy in Cairo, rally in UK, US

CAIRO (Reuters) - A crowd of Syrians stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo smashing furniture and equipment and setting fire to parts of the...

Most Japanese towns undecided on nuclear stress tests: survey

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three Japanese towns would be willing to restart their nuclear reactors if they pass government stress tests, two were...

U.N. council to vote on Syria resolution Saturday

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will meet on Saturday to vote on a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab...

Rescuers find bodies from Papua New Guinea ferry disaster

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers searching for survivors after a heavily laden ferry sank off Papua New Guinea said on Saturday they had found...

 

Political News

Jovial Panetta shrugs off controversies on Europe trip

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) - If Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was unsettled by making headlines that jangled nerves from Kabul to...

Forget Romney or Obama, the voters want Tim Tebow: poll

(Reuters) - He won't be in this Sunday's Super Bowl and his Denver Broncos are already 50-to-1 longshots for next year's National Football...

Lawmakers step up warnings on Egypt military aid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading senator warned Egypt's military-led government on Friday that "the days of blank checks are over" as an...

Romney cruises toward win in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney surged on Friday toward an apparent easy win in Nevada, with a new poll showing...

House to move insider trading bill next week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will swiftly take up a Senate-passed bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers next...

Senate Democrats ready backup plan on payroll tax bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats have begun preparing a backup plan to extend a tax cut for workers if a special congressional...