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  • Man shot dead in alleged western Pa. heroin deal

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Authorities in western Pennsylvania have charged two men in a shooting death that investigators say occurred during an attempted heroin ...

  • Aide Obama learned about IRS from news accounts

    President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. The ...

  • Report N. Korea fires fourth missile

    North Korea fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, according to South Korea's semiofficial news agency Yonhap, citing a South Korean military ...

  • Delco shows support for wounded warriors

    UPPER PROVIDENCE - Rose Tree Park was chock full of red, white and blue, along with a generous amount of camouflage, Saturday afternoon as hundreds of people attended the sixth annual Walk for the Wounded. The marquee event of Operation First Response, it seeks to raise funds to help service members wounded in the line of duty to transition back to civilian life more easily."This community, ...

  • Widener says farewell to largest graduating class

    From left are Sean Corcoran, Vinny Miracola and Cortney Potts cheering before the start of commencement exercises as Widener University, Saturday. (Times Staff/JULIA WILKINSON ) CHESTER - Widener University President Dr. James T. Harris III encouraged the graduates of the historic Class of 2013 to remember that their journey was not undertaken alone, but was partnership with their friends, ...

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Lions for Lambs

Lions for Lambs

You shouldn't blame yourself if you mistakenly think that Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford's didactic excursion into contemporary politics and U.S. foreign policy, is based on a stageplay. While screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan had previously served up the war on terror ... ...

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  • Youngster Prospect Park take step to end bullying

    PROSPECT PARK - Thanks to one remarkable little girl, Prospect Park has become one of the first municipalities in the country to become a "bully-free" zone.During its regular business meeting Tuesday night, council passed a resolution declaring the borough a "compassionate borough" and throwing its support behind a 10-year campaign to encourage, support and participate in ...

  • Gov. Tom Corbett gets cool reception at Millersville graduation

    MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Tom Corbett got a cool reception when he addressed a central Pennsylvania university's graduating class.The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News ...

  • Neumann University grads march toward new horizons

    By LORETTA RODGERSTimes Correspondent@LorettaRodgers1 ASTON - Cheers erupted Saturday as more than 700 Neumann University candidates for doctoral, masters, bachelors and associates degrees marched in procession at the University’s 47th annual commencement ceremony.Following the invocation presented by University Chaplain the Rev. Philip Lowe, honorary degrees were bestowed upon Ulysses ...

  • Yeadon woman sentenced for lying to court

    PHILADELPHIA - A Yeadon woman who lied her way out of jail time after an embezzlement conviction several years ago was sentenced to 70 months in a federal prison Thursday for corruptly influencing the administration of justiceThe sentence was substantially longer than what Katherine M. Harrell would potentially have received for the embezzlement had she not lied, authorities noted.In September ...

  • Probe starts after commuter trains collide in Connecticut 60 sent to hospital

    FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut. They say it's fortunate no one was killed.Seventy people were sent to the hospital Friday evening after the crash, which damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the Northeast Corridor.Gov. Dannel P. ...

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