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Pilot unhurt in emergency landing
A single-engine private airplane made an emergency landing at Lehigh Valley International Airport late Sunday afternoon because of a landing gear malfunction, a spokeswoman said.
The pilot, the only person onboard the aircraft, was not injured, said LVIA...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Emergency Planning
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Man gets 8 years for role in Carbon-Lehigh drug ring
A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years, four months in prison on federal drug charges, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Scranton. Juan Hiraldo participated in a Carbon County-based drug trafficking conspiracy that operated in...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pennsylvania, Prisons, Police Investigations, Trials
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Reputed mob boss may get out early for cooperation against DeNaples
Of The Morning CallThe reputed head of Scranton's Bufalino crime family is continuing to cooperate with Dauphin County prosecutors in their perjury case against Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples, a federal prosecutor said Monday. And that cooperation -- which...Tags: Lackawanna County, Organized Crime, Justice System, New Jersey, Trials
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Police Blotter - Regional roundup
ALLENTOWN Theft -- Reported Monday by employee of Evert Electric Inc. of 1568 Limeport Pike, Limeport; window on work van smashed between noon Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday while parked at ABE Car Care Center, 935 S. Fifth St., for repairs; circular saw,...Tags: Lackawanna County, Justice System, Trials, Lehigh County, Police
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Federal loan is incentive for retailer to stay healthy
Call Harrisburg Bureau| Albert Boscov approached state officials about a month ago looking for financial help. Boscov, son of the chain's founder, was putting together a financial package in an attempt to reacquire the company and lift it from bankruptcy protection. Boscov...Tags: Pennsylvania, Bankruptcy, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Robert J Mellow, Atlantic County
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Police Blotter
HELLERTOWN Charged -- Russell E. Fritz Jr. 46, of 138 Constitution Ave., Hellertown; with drunken driving and traffic offenses; police said shortly after 2 a.m. Oct. 26, Fritz was stopped in the 1600 block of Main Street on a traffic violations; police...Tags: Lackawanna County, Vehicles, Police, Road Accidents, Nazareth
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Mount Pocono man survives 32 hours in woods
The Associated PressRescuers have found an 82-year-old Pennsylvania man who got lost in the woods of a state park and spent 32 hours braving snow squalls and sub-freezing temperatures. Charles Harrison of Mount Pocono was conscious and alert when rescuers found him...Tags: Pennsylvania, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Looking for Dr. Right
Of The Morning CallThe recently hired faculty and administrators of The Commonwealth Medical College, a new medical school that will be based in Scranton and the only one in the state's northeast corner, have no students to teach yet. But they are already working hard....Tags: Pennsylvania, Center Valley, DeSales University, Palmer Township, Family
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Digital TV test a 'wake-up call'
Of The Morning CallTelevision broadcasters across Pennsylvania were inundated with hundreds of calls and e-mails from viewers on Monday after a one-minute test of the new digital signal that will go into effect nationwide next year. Calls to TV station hotlines and service...Tags: Government, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Service Electric Inc., RCN of PA, Inc., National Government
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Adopting an alternative approach to family values
Of The Morning CallImages of family gatherings start to saturate the airwaves this time of year, which is why Lehigh County's Tuesday news conference highlighting National Adoption Month and the needs of the region's motherless and fatherless children felt like a splash...Tags: Pennsylvania, Brian Johnson, Lehigh County, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Man, 82, found after 32 hours lost in woods
Rescuers on Wednesday found an 82-year-old Pennsylvania man who got lost in the woods of a state park and spent 32 hours braving snow squalls and freezing temperatures. Charles Harrison of Mount Pocono was conscious and alert when rescuers found him...Tags: Pennsylvania, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Forestry and Timber
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Attorney general pick probed fix of DeNaples trial
Of The Morning CallThe Washington lawyer who reportedly was asked to become the nation's first black attorney general once made headlines in Pennsylvania for prosecuting the man who fixed Louis DeNaples' 1977 fraud trial. Eric Holder, 57, spent the early part of his career...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Government, Justice System, Organized Crime, Racism
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