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SCRANTON – Following a five-month self-imposed moratorium on closing any facilities, the U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday it would move forward with plans to close more about 250 mail …
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By ANDREW M. SEDER
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5/18/12
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An affiliate of Philadelphia-based private equity firm Versa Capital Management, LLC has reached an agreement to purchase four newspapers from Freedom Communications.
The papers included in the …
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5/17/12
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HARRISBURG –Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.4 percent in April, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the 7.5 percent March rate. Pennsylvania’s …
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5/17/12
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The United States Postal Service has announced that it will move forward with plans to close up to 229 mail processing facilities nationwide.
Several centers in Pennsylvania are on the list, …
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By ANDREW M. SEDER
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5/17/12
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined five core values for Facebook in a letter to potential investors. The letter appeared in regulatory filings that Facebook Inc. first submitted in February for …
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By By The Associated Press
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5/17/12
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(AP) Facebook's initial public offering could be one of the largest in history if its stock prices at the high end of its expected range on Thursday.
Facebook Inc. will likely price its IPO late …
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5/17/12
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(AP) Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, …
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5/17/12
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LOS ANGELES _ A Verizon official announced the company will begin forcing users with grandfathered-in unlimited data plans to choose data share plans when they migrate to the company's 4G network.
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By By Salvador Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times (MCT)
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5/17/12
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is introducing a new tool, designed to make its search engine smarter.
The new feature that debuted Wednesday draws from a Google-built database of more than 500 …
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer
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5/17/12
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(AP) Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking …
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5/17/12
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(AP) In an election-year challenge to President Barack Obama, House Republicans are pressing ahead with a defense budget that adds billions of dollars, boosts nuclear weapons programs and slows …
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5/17/12
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(AP) Lost in the hoopla over the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after he took on union rights is an ongoing secret investigation that has …
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5/17/12
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BEDFORD, N.Y. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday.
Attorney Kerry Lawrence, who had …
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By JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press
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5/17/12
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NEW YORK — Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest …
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By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer
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5/17/12
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PLAINS TWP. – On Wednesday, Franklin Security Bank became the latest Pennsylvania bank to file an application with the state Banking Department seeking to convert from a federal savings …
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By ANDREW M. SEDER
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5/17/12
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The speed limit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike could increase to 70 mph if a Pittsburgh lawmaker gets his way.
The Patriot-News reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/J862IH) …
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5/16/12
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MUNCY, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania prison officials say five employees were taken to a hospital after a white powder was mailed to Muncy State Prison south of Williamsport.
Department of …
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5/16/12
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for John Edwards say they will not call the former presidential candidate or his mistress Rielle Hunter to testify at his campaign corruption trial.
Defense …
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By MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press
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5/16/12
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
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5/16/12
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race — with four short words.
"I'm for Mitt Romney," the former president said Tuesday as the doors of his elevator …
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By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press
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5/16/12
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