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Lehigh Valley-based Hands Helping Humanity continues to help Superstorm Sandy...
The group has served Thanksgiving dinner, collected Christmas toys and donated school books to Sandy victims, among other efforts. View full size Lehigh Valley-based Hands Helping Humanity recently...
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Performing arts medicine catching on in Lehigh Valley
At the sites, dancers, musicians and other artists can seek treatment from specially trained physical therapists. The burgeoning performing arts scene in the Lehigh Valley has led Good Shepherd...
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Gov. Chris Christie to propose New Jersey budget amid storm recovery
The Republican offered few specifics ahead of Tuesday's address. View full size New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, his state Department of Transportation commissioner, James S. Simpson, behind him,...
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Automatic budget cuts condemned by White House, Republicans like, with blame...
Few in the nation's capital are optimistic that a realistic alternative could be found and all sought to cast the political process itself as the culprit. SEE PROJECTED PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY...
View ArticleSaylorsburg shooting leads to call for residents to be vigilant
A 50-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen after answering the door to someone posing as a delivery driver, police say. Authorities in Monroe County ask residents to be vigilant at home after a woman...
View ArticleCub Scouts prepare for Cardboard Box Derby at Blue Mountain Ski Area
Scouts must make sleds using cardboard, tape, string and glue. Local Cub Scouts face the annual challenge of building a cardboard vessel to take them on a ride down a snow-covered hill.The North...
View ArticleYears of drought take toll on U.S. beef industry
Some feedlots in the nation's major cattle-producing states have already been dismantled, and others are sitting empty. Years of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major...
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N.J. state Sen. Michael Doherty: Not so fast on Assembly gun control measures
State and local reviews were mixed on the 22-bill package of state Assembly gun control laws headed to the Senate for consideration. View full size New Jersey state Sen. Michael Doherty,...
View ArticleBritish cardinal resigns in wake of misconduct claims, will skip conclave
Cardinal Keith O'Brien won't join his colleagues in voting for a new pope. He says he doesn't want the media focusing on him. Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s highest-ranking Catholic leader, says he...
View ArticleNew Jersey closes in on Internet gambling - A.M. news links
Also, Chris Christie doesn't need help from fellow GOP governors; the Garden State Parkway is suddenly devoid of trees; crime leads some to reconsider life in Philadelphia, and a refund is requested...
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Ricky A. Metz, 65, of Tatamy, was a youth coach in Tatamy and Nazareth -...
He was an outstanding athlete at Nazareth Area High School. Ricky Metz Ricky A. Metz, 65, of Tatamy, died unexpectedly Saturday in Easton Hospital. He was a 1966 graduate of Nazareth Area High...
View Article'Jersey Shore' cast may leave real legacy in Seaside Heights, N.J.
The $1 million raised during a Superstorm Sandy benefit may go to building a seawall that would protect the boardwalk. The town that hosted MTV's "Jersey Shore" wants to leave a lasting legacy with...
View ArticleBlue Mountain Ski Area plans to build $20 million water park, Lehigh Valley...
The park would create 100 full-time jobs, according to publication. Blue Mountain Ski Area is planning a $20 million water park that would open in 2016 and create 500 jobs, 100 of which would be...
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C. Everett Koop, who transformed surgeon general post, dies
He left behind a landscape where AIDS was a top research and educational priority, smoking was considered a public health hazard and access to abortion remained largely intact. View full size U.S....
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Pa. senators react to GOP leader's Electoral College change bill
Does the Electoral College need to be changed? Vote in the NEWS POLL. View full size Pa. state Sens. Lisa Boscola, Bob Mensch and Pat Browne represent parts of the Lehigh Valley. Express-Times File...
View ArticleNew Jersey court throws out lawsuit against airline that did not accept cash...
Michael Rosen sued Continental Airlines after he was unable to buy a set of headphones or alcohol using cash on a 2010 flight from Honolulu to Newark. A New Jersey court has thrown out a lawsuit that...
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Gov. Chris Christie's budget could face turmoil if federal budget cuts happen
The cuts set to go into effect Friday would immediately reduce the size of the $60 billion Superstorm Sandy relief package for New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, and would cut funding for preschool...
View ArticleRain tonight in Lehigh Valley, Warren County, but snow and ice to the north
There is the possibility of street and small-stream flooding. The unsettled weather of recent weeks will continue today and, depending on where you live, could be either a dose of late winter or early...
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Walter Robinson, Purple Heart recipient - Obituaries today
The World War II veteran was also a firefighter, worked for the New Jersey DMV and was a New Jersey conservation officer. Walter Robinson Walter Robinson, 95, formerly of Bloomsbury, died Sunday...
View ArticlePhilly cop videotaped punching woman is acquitted of assault
The officer testified he said he had been trying to knock a bottle from the woman's hand. See VIDEO of the incident. A former Philadelphia police lieutenant who was videotaped punching a woman after a...
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