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2nd Ind. medic dies from ambulance-crash injuries
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A second medic died early Sunday from injuries sustained when a car collided with an ambulance that was not on an emergency run and had the right of way in downtown Indianapolis, authorities said. Paramedic Cody Medley, 22,...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Accidental Death, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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1st woman named to Ind. Supreme Court since 1999
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed Judge Loretta Rush to the bench of the Indiana Supreme Court on Friday — the first female appointee to the state's highest court in 13 years. The appointment of the Tippecanoe County juvenile...
Tags: Government, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Mitch Daniels, Abusive Behavior
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400-pound gorilla statue returned to Pa. woman
CARBONDALE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman says a 400-pound gorilla statue was stolen from her home, used for target practice and then returned. Patricia Rudalavage's beloved lava-rock statue Greystone was returned to her Scranton-area home on...Tags: Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Arts
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Market Basket: Round 2: Local business owner revives Auto World brand
As a boy, Tom Lowe frequently ordered slot cars and model kits from the Auto World catalog that arrived in his family’s mailbox. And like many other youngsters who built and collected model cars, Lowe says he dreamed of visiting the company’...Tags: Hobbies, Companies and Corporations, Dining and Drinking, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Auto Racing
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Police: Couple locked boy, 7, in coffin
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Police are searching for a couple after a 7-year-old diaper-clad boy was found crying in the basement of a filthy northeastern Pennsylvania home, where he claimed he was forced to sleep in a coffin. The Times-Tribune of... -
2 hospitalized after fight over dead deer in Pa.
BUSHKILL, Pa. (AP) — Two men have been hospitalized after a fight over a deer carcass in northeastern Pennsylvania. State police say the altercation happened in Lehman Township on Saturday. That's when 33-year-old Bethlehem resident Jason Frey says...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Steve Carell leaving 'The Office' early
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Steve Carell will be leaving "The Office" early. The NBC comedy's executive producer, Greg Daniels, says Carell will be gone before the season-ending episodes in May. The final episodes of the season will focus on the...Tags: NBC (tv network), The Office (tv program), Steve Carell
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'The Office' stays true to its heart, even after 9 seasons
"The Office" will close its doors Thursday night after eight years and nine seasons. That is not to say that Dunder Mifflin, the paper company in whose Scranton, PA, branch the series has largely been set, is itself going out of business. It's not...Tags: Ed Helms, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Television, NBC (tv network)
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Yankees place Granderson on DL
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Yankees place Granderson on DL The New York Yankees placed outfielder Curtis Granderson on the 15-day day disabled with a fractured left pinkie. Granderson was injured Friday night in the fifth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays...Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Cesar Ramos, Curtis Granderson, Tampa Bay Rays, Wilkes-Barre Yankees
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Pamela Varkony: On Memorial Day, remember heroes like Derek Holland
Kathy Andreas doesn't watch much television, but on this recent Sunday afternoon she's watching "Section 60," the award-winning HBO documentary that tells the story of loved ones visiting the place in Arlington National Cemetery where veterans from the...Tags: Pakistan, Wind Gap, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Netherlands, Whitehall
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Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGHere are the Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Any time Dave Matthews Band comes through the area, it’s pretty much a cinch it’s the top concert of the week. Whether or not you’re a...... -
Pa. congressional map now awaits Corbett's signature
Pennsylvania Ave.Legislation carving Easton out of the Lehigh Valley's congressional district now awaits Gov. Tom Corbett's signature to become law. The state House passed a new congressional map Tuesday; the Senate passed it last week. The new map shifts the city......
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