Panel urges more gene-privacy protection
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds like a scene from a TV show: Someone sends a discarded coffee cup to a laboratory where the unwitting drinker’s DNA is decoded, predicting what diseases lurk in
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AG candidates pick up pace as election looms
<p>HARRISBURG — The major candidates in the closely watched race for Pennsylvania attorney general tried Wednesday to make up for time lost to Superstorm Sandy, but it wasn’t easy.</p><
Weather service lists storm rain, snow figures
<p>PITTSBURGH (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued rain, snow and wind figures for the recent storm that swept across the state.</p>
Child-development programs important focus of United Way
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<p> When we were young, many of us attended a daycare or preschool that helped us get ahead in our education. </p>
From hillbillies to superheroes
Area district judges have seen all kinds of unusual weddings
<p>District Judge John Hasayonce officiated a true hillbilly wedding, including a father giving his daughter away with a shotgun in hand. </p>
U.S. deaths reach record as population grows and ages
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths surpassed 2.5 million for the first time last year, reflecting the nation’s growing and aging population.</p>
Meningitis outbreak toll at 377 illnesses, 29 deaths
<p>An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been recalled.</p>
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<p>Fan of Broadway plays interested in Civil War Melissa A.
*BERWICK — Borough Police responded…
<p>BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from Oct. 21-27:</p>
<p> Oct. 21</p>
Rosemary Zwolinski
<p>Worked as Rite Aid pharmacy technician Rosemary Zwolinski, 59, of West Church Street, Nanticoke, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born Jan.