Heart association recognizes Lehigh Valley businesses, real estate guru...
Also, Just Born certified as 'landfill free enterprise.' Two Lehigh Valley businesses have been designated as American Heart Association “gold level” businesses for providing fit-friendly worksites,...
View ArticleNew Jersey priest furor grows; banned cleric shouldn't have been involved in...
Also, investigators take DNA from a Boston bombing suspect's widow; and Chris Christie is third in a poll of likely presidential candidates. Furor grows over Newark archbishop's stance on priest...
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Lehigh Valley unemployment rate dips to 8.3 percent in March
The drop brings the region closer to the Pennsylvania and national rate. View full sizeKathryn Hoffman, left, with Second Harvest Food Bank, talks with Linda Hlnasney, of Orefield, during an...
View ArticleNew Jersey second-grade teacher to appeal his firing for urinating in class,...
The state found the teacher once urinated in a classroom trash can, sometimes urinated in a plastic bottle and asked students to take his waste to the boys' bathroom, and let students sit in his...
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Philadelphia abortion doctor's murder case goes to jury
Prosecutors say 72-year-old Kermit Gosnell killed babies born alive because he did not know how to do a proper abortion. View full sizeKermit GosnellAP File Photo A jury has begun deliberating in the...
View ArticleCastro's daughter reportedly cleared for Philadelphia trip - PM news links
A U.S. Army major and his wife were arrested at their South Jersey home and charged with multiple counts of 'unimaginable cruelty' of their biological and foster children. Castro daughter reportedly...
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DRJTBC awards contracts for Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge rehabilitation...
No firm project start date has yet been scheduled. View full sizeNo firm project start date has yet been scheduled.Express-Times File Photo The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced...
View ArticleFDA: Morning-after pill to be sold over-the-counter
The FDA also lowered to 15 the age at which girls and women can buy the emergency contraceptive without a prescription The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by...
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Warren, Hunterdon county colleges receive $19.6 million in state grants
Raritan Valley Community College received $16.42 million, while Centenary College got $2.27 million and the Warren County Community College got $917,000. View full size Warren County Community College...
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Cleveland man charged with raping, kidnapping 3 women; brothers not charged
Ariel Castro, 52, was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape against the three women. His two brothers, however, were not charged. View full sizeThis undated photo released by...
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Immaculata High School volunteer admits recording boys in shower
Patrick Lott pleaded guilty today to 30 counts of child endangerment and 29 counts of invasion of privacy. He faces up to six years in prison when he's sentenced Aug. 23. View full sizePatrick Lott,...
View ArticleStorm brings hail to the Lehigh Valley - SEE VIDEO
This evening's storm brought reports of hail from Palmer Township all the way down to Kutztown. Watch video This evening's storm brought reports of hail from Palmer Township all the way down to...
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Hospital charges don't always add up
Government releases data comparing what specific hospitals bill for certain procedures. View full sizeLehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township. A spokesman there says consumers should know that...
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Officials doubt Sandy's aftermath will bring more mosquitos to region this...
Last year, New Jersey saw a record-high 48 cases of West Nile Virus including six deaths. Vote in the news poll. Is there still Superstorm Sandy debris or damage in your town? Piles of wet debris and...
View ArticleAriel Castro's bail set at $8 million in Cleveland kidnappings
Details of the captivity of three women begin to come out. A Cleveland man was arraigned this morning on charges of rape and kidnapping after three women missing for about a decade and one of their...
View ArticleDecomposed body ID'd as missing N.J. student Paige Aiello
A police spokesman says the body was identified Thursday through dental records. A decomposed body found under the George Washington Bridge has been identified as that of missing New Jersey college...
View ArticleMan at center of horror in Cleveland lived in Reading as a boy - PM news links
Also, the Boston bombing suspect’s remains have been entombed in undisclosed location. Man at center of horror in Cleveland lived in Reading as a boy [readingeagle.com]Boston bombing suspect’s body...
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Prosecutor may seek death penalty in Cleveland rape, kidnapping case
An Ohio prosecutor says he may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro, who allegedly imprisoned 3 women and allegedly forced them to suffer miscarriages. View full sizeAriel CastroAP Photo via...
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I-81 near Harrisburg to be closed several days due to tanker truck fire
The crash occurred on an on-ramp to Route 22-322, where the ramp curls back over the interstate. The intense heat buckled steel beams on the top section and damaged it. A section of Interstate 81 near...
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Sequestration means cuts to Head Start programs in Lehigh Valley, northwest...
Across Pennsylvania, 1,540 seats will be cut, including 60 in Lehigh and Northampton counties. Elisa Vargas, 2, left, and Brayan Garcia, 3, right, play during socialization class at NORWESCAP's...
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