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PPL seeks approval for high-voltage line (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
PPL Electric Utilities has submitted an application to Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for approval to build the Susquehanna-Roseland power line project, a 500-kilovolt transmission line through northeast Pennsylvania that has drawn opposition...
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Brodheadsville KNBT Bank branch robbed (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
BRODHEADSVILLE — Police are looking for two men who used a note to rob the KNBT Bank branch on Route 209 on Tuesday afternoon.
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Oil experts: Price spike is a year off (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
HOUSTON — All that money you're saving these days at the gas pump? You might want to put it in the bank.
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Red Lobster, Giant Foods want to join Route 611 retail corridor (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
BARTONSVILLE — Giant Foods, Red Lobster and an AT&T store are among the businesses committed to opening in a shopping center planned along the Route 611 corridor in 2009.
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Trial continued for males charged with gang-raping girls (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
Initially set to start this week, the trial for five males charged with raping two teenage girls with mental issues has been continued to February. The alleged incident happened in February at a Coolbaugh Township residence.
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What advice would you give the new president? (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
Let's face it. The country has a lot of problems. When President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in, he'll be facing unemployment, a dismal economy, a war and the list goes on.
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N.J. utility buys home in the path of power lines (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
FREDON, N.J. — After 250 years of being someone's home — and nearly a century of being under high-voltage transmission lines — the Roy house will lose its last residents sometime next month.
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Matthews said to be weighing TV contract offer (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The brother of MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews says he would be surprised if the host of "Hardball" decided to run for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
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Debris spill closes I-80 exit ramp (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)
A 200-foot-long steel coil unraveled and fell off a truck Tuesday morning, causing temporary closure to the four-lane Route 209 South exit ramp off Interstate 80 West.
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Chris Matthews' brother: Senate run looking unlikely (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The brother of MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews says he would be surprised if the host of "Hardball" decided to run for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
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Donor to embattled N.M. Gov. Richardson also gave to Rendell's campaigns (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
HARRISBURG (AP) — A campaign donor who is the target of an federal investigation that forced New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to withdraw from consideration for U.S. Commerce secretary also gave generously to Gov. Ed Rendell's campaigns.
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Carbon County Democrat McCall elected as Pa. House speaker (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania Legislature's two-year term kicked off Tuesday with the selection of Rep. Keith McCall and Sen. Joe Scarnati as their chambers' highest ranking members.
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Mysterious maple syrup smell returns to NYC (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
NEW YORK (AP) -- The mysterious sweet smell is back!
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Pocono Tuesday midday: Red Lobster, Giant and big winter mess on the way (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Snow, sleet and freezing rain are all headed our way later this afternoon.
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MLB suspends Phils' J.C. Romero for using banned substance (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
NEW YORK (AP) — Phillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance.
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I-80 exit ramp reopened after debris spill Tuesday morning (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
A 200-foot-long steel coil unraveled and fell off a truck Tuesday morning, causing temporary closure to the four-lane Route 209 South exit ramp off the westbound lanes of Interstate 80.
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Bleak Pocono Tuesday: Jobs lost; stores closing; tricky travel; still a few bright spots (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Our news today is a reflection of our dismal economy.
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Marine in Iraq sees firstborn in Pa. by Webcam (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Duty in Iraq didn't prevent Marine Cpl. Lance Long from witnessing the arrival of his firstborn child in Pennsylvania.
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Toyota to suspend production for 11 days in Japan (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is suspending production at all 12 of its Japan plants for 11 days over February and March, a stoppage of unprecedented scale for the nation’s top automaker as it grapples with shrinking global demand.
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Frozen foods: Supermarkets put the lid on price hikes (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Even as gas prices drop, consumers are still getting slammed with high grocery bills.
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Roadway's Tannersville job losses climb to 309 (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
More workers will be affected than originally predicted at Roadway Express trucking company in Tannersville. The local terminal will lay off or transfer as many as 309 workers by March 1.
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Poconos Police Blotter: Tuesday, Jan. 6 (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Jonathan Clemens, 23, of Tobyhanna, arrested after a traffic stop on Jan. 3 on Long Pond Road in Tobyhanna Township when police found an outstanding warrant on DUI charges against him and his license to drive suspended.
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Heard on the street (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
When Red Lobster in Bartonsville opens, it will add to the growing list of chain restaurants in the area.
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Month after rescue, malnourished horses on the mend (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Four of five neglected horses are getting fatter a month after being rescued from a Mount Pocono area property.
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Kanjorski opens probe into $50 billion Ponzi scheme (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Rep. Paul Kanjorski , D-11, led a congressional inquiry Monday into how disgraced investment manager Bernard Madoff may have conned investors out of more than $50 billion, right under the noses of regulators.
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K•B Toys, Waldenbooks to shutter Stroud Mall outlets (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Two more stores — K•B Toys and Waldenbooks — will leave the Stroud Mall within weeks, but the mall itself remains on solid financial footing, according to a spokesman for the owner.
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Bell tour brings Stroudsburg grad back home (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
What do Pittsburgh, Syracuse, N.Y., and Rochester, N.Y.
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Sanofi spent more than $500,000 in third quarter on lobbying (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Swiftwater vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur spent $565,000 to lobby the federal government during the third quarter of 2008.
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NCC recognized for community involvement (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Northampton Community College is one of 119 colleges and universities nationwide to be recognized by a national foundation for leaving the ivory tower and connecting to the world outside.
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