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October 31, 2009

Man Wearing Clown Mask Flees Police

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A man is now behind bars in Luzerne County charged with nearly hitting a firefighter with his car and fleeing from police. When police caught him, he was wearing a clown mask.





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Annual Trick-or-Treat For Children

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Visit The Crossings Premium Outlets for the Annual Trick-or-Treat for Children. Select stores will offer…





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October 30, 2009

Weatherization Money Available

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A commission in Luzerne County helping to weatherize homes is getting a big boost from the federal government.





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Outcry Over State Supreme Court Ruling

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One day after the State Supreme Court ruled that the thousands of cases former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella handled were tainted and will be voided, there is outcry from victims of juvenile crimes.





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Elderly Women Scammed

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There will be a lot of doorbell ringing this weekend, and police in Lackawanna County want you to be cautious. Investigators are looking for the men who pretended to be utility workers to steal from elderly women.





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Outcry Over State Suprme Court Ruling

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One day after the State Supreme Court ruled that the thousands of cases former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella handled were tainted and will be voided, there is outcry from victims of juvenile crimes.





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Junk Cars Returning to the Landscape

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A change in doing business at a well-known auto parts business in Lackawanna County is starting to turn the landscape back to the way it used to be; a mountainside cluttered with old, junky cars.





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Elderly Women Robbed

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Two Elderly women were robbed Thursday when they allowed three men posing as utility workers into their home.





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Then again, maybe you’re tired of

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Then again, maybe you’re tired of walking into all those plastic spiders the kids hung from the porch ceiling.





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How often do you get to see a vampire sa

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How often do you get to see a vampire salsa with Snow White? Or a mummy waltz with the Wicked Witch of the West?





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As a teen attending a Scottish festival

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As a teen attending a Scottish festival in Florida, Alan “Tweedy” Digweed felt his belt slip down from his kilt. He tripped and caused a domino-effect pile-up of kilted Boy Scouts.





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Could Jackson documentary be worthy of an Oscar?

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LOS ANGELES — “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” comes too late in the year to be considered for a documentary Oscar, but the film about the late King of Pop’s preparations for a series of comeback concerts could qualify for other Hollywood honors, including the Academy Award for best picture.





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review

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“Michael Jackson’s This Is It” looks beyond the reconstructed face and spindly body of the late King of Pop and basks in his meteoric light.





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NEW VIDEOS

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Capsule reviews of new DVD releases follow:





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FAMILY REVIEWS

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Parents guide to new movie releases:





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Capsule reviews of continuing films:

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Capsule reviews of continuing films:





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German film fest commemorates fall of Berlin Wall

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When Professor Jamie Trnka visited the Checkpoint Charlie Museum in Berlin, she saw some of the contraptions people devised in desperate attempts to escape from Communist East Germany.





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ON BROADWAY

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Through Nov. 1:





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A mystery is lifted in ‘Redwood Curtain’

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Young Geri is in a forest of redwoods, searching among the Vietnam veterans who live there for the American father she’s never known.





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Austen classic sees new light

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In her play “Lizzy, Darcy and Jane,” British writer Joanna Norland puts an intriguing twist on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”





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TESLA Concert

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This is a General Admission show. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 day of show. There is a $3 per ticket…





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October 29, 2009

Business Boom in Olyphant

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Business is booming in one part of Lackawanna County.





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New Goodwill Store Opens

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A new store opened its doors Thursday in Luzerne County, despite the recession, and it’s meant to help people get through these tough times.





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Ciavarella's Juvenile Cases Ordered Vacated

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The state supreme court has ordered that rulings be vacated in all the juvenile cases handled by former judge Mark Ciavarella from January, 2003, through May, 2008.





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Career Tech Teachers and Students Picket

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Teachers at a technical school in Scranton walked the picket line Thursday after walking off the job Wednesday because of a contract dispute.





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Increased Police Presence Expected for Halloween

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Halloween is this Saturday and that means beefed up police patrols.





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Behind the Scenes at the Circus

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Crew members of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus are getting ready to start the show in our area.





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Lackawanna County Judicial Candidates Debate

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Candidates running for one judge seat in Lackawanna County debated Wednesday night, less than a week before voters go to the polls.





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Baseball Fans Celebrate Series

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Game one of the World Series kicked off in New York Wednesday night with a win for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Here in our area, fans of both the Yankees and the Phillies were out doing their best to show their team pride.





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America

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This is a Reserved Seating show. Tickets are $38 and $33. There is a $3 per ticket transaction fee at…





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