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What we're working on for April 23

Here's a quick look at the stories keeping our reporters busy Monday: * A vacant home that once housed a gift shop at a local bison ranch burns to the ground early Monday. Reporter Kristin Baver will have more. * A local doctor was not responsible for a man's death just days after surgery, a jury decides. Read what we have on the story so far. * Testimony continues in the arson trial of a Berwick woman. See what a tenant, landlord and bartenders at a tavern had to say today.

What we're working on for April 20

Here's a look at the stories keeping our reporters and photographers Friday: * The driver who hit a pedestrian on Main Street and drove off wants to pay full restitution for any harm done to the injured woman, his lawyer says. Read what we have so far, and look for reporter Julye Wemple's full story Saturday morning. * A woman accused of shoplifting in a store starts popping lithium and Xanax pills while in custody, police say. Mike Lester has more.

Bomb suspect in boat stored in Mass. neighborhood

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- The suspect being hunted in the Boston Marathon bombing was in a boat stored in Watertown, a law enforcement official said, and police in armored vehicles and tactical gear rushed into the neighborhood. The burst of activity came after police announced that they were scaling back the hunt because they had come up empty-handed following an all-day search that sent thousands of SWAT team officers into the streets and paralyzed the metropolitan area. A burst of gunfire was heard from the neighborhood, followed by a round of blasts about an hour later.

What we're working on for April 19

Here's a look at some of the stories that are keeping our reporters busy on Thursday: * A high-school janitor from the Philadelphia area allegedly stalks a female student at Bloomsburg University. After a visit here, he faces criminal charges. Leon Bogdan has the story. * A woman in jail for allegedly stealing a boat asks for her release on bail. Her plans: To live in the empty trailer of another woman in jail. Find out what a judge had to say.

What we're working on for April 18

Here's a look at the stories keeping our reporters busy Wednesday: * A suspected drug dealer bartered raw meth powder for packages of allergy medicine containing a key ingredient needed to make the highly-addictive drug, police say. Leon Bogdan has more on the story. * A 10-year-old girl takes the stand in a hearing over her alleged molestation at the hands of a town man. * The family of a man who died of prostate cancer is blaming Geisinger doctors for his death. Reporter Chris Krepich is following the trial.

Latest: Potential suspect seen in bombing

BOSTON (AP) -- Investigators poring over photos and video from the Boston Marathon have an image of a potential suspect in the deadly bombing but do not know his name and have not questioned him, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. The news came with Boston in a state of high excitement over a possible breakthrough in the case and conflicting information over whether a suspect was in custody. Police and reporters converged on the federal courthouse in the afternoon.

Hospitals treat 'carnage' after Boston blasts

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston hospitals quickly mobilized to treat the dozens of injured from the explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line. Dr. Alisdair Conn, chief of emergency services at Massachusetts General Hospital, said 22 patients were treated in the hospital emergency room. At least six were critically injured, some with amputated legs. He said in his 25 years at the hospital, he had never seen such carnage. He said it was like "what we expect from war."

Lawmakers suggest terrorism in Boston bombings

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With little official information to guide them, members of Congress strongly suggested on Monday that the deadly Boston Marathon explosions were acts of terrorism and vowed to bring anyone responsible to justice. "My understanding is that it's a terrorist incident," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee. She told reporters she had been in contact with U.S. intelligence agencies and they reported no advance warning that "there was an attack on the way."

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