Thursday, May 23, 2013


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Oil falls below $94 as China manufacturing weakens

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(AP) The price of oil fell below $94 per barrel Thursday after a private survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign...

House to vote on variable-rate student loans

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(AP) House lawmakers are ready to pass legislation that links student loan rates to the financial markets.

Japan bond yields jump following Fed comments

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(AP) Yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly topped 1 percent for the first time in a year on Thursday, unnerving some investors at a time when Japan's already...
(AP) LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.

LeBron saves Heat at buzzer of Game 1

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(AP) Tyler Lyons pitched seven solid innings in his major league debut on the same day St. Louis lost Jaime Garcia for the season, and the Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres...

Lyons leads Cardinals past Padres 5-3

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(AP) Asian stock markets slid Thursday, pulled down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs that the shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is...

Asia stocks slide as China factory output slips

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(AP) Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins rout the Ottawa Senators for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference...

Penguins rout Senators 7-3, take 3-1 series lead

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(AP) Justin Verlander overcame a rocky start and rain delay to get his fifth win and Miguel Cabrera hit another homer as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 11-7 on...

Cabrera, Tigers down Indians 11-7 on rainy night

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(AP) Clay Buchholz pitched five-hit ball over seven innings to improve to 7-0, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Wednesday night to avoid a three-game...

Buchholz goes to 7-0, Red Sox beat White Sox 6-2

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(AP) A government investigation found poor quality construction materials and building code violations were among the "series of irregularities" that caused the collapse of a...

Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster

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MIAMI -- LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night.

LeBron saves Heat at buzzer

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KINGSTON — When it was finally over, all nine batters in the starting lineup had a hit. Wyoming Valley West had 14 total, scoring 15 runs in just four innings at the plate.And the Spartans earned...

Resurgent Spartans back in title game

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Late rally leads Royals past Eagles

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Berwick blanks Crestwood in 3A

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Orioles hit 3 HRs in win over Yankees

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MIAMI — Cliff Lee pitched a three-hitter for his 12th career shutout and Delmon Young homered for the second straight game, sending the Philadelphia Phillies past the Miami Marlins 3-0 on Wednesday night.

Lee pitches 3-hitter as Phils top Marlins

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KINGSTON —The game of girls lacrosse allows for quick punches that can lead to absolute knockouts.

Knights get third straight crown

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SAN ANTONIO — Even if the San Antonio Spurs can't help but feel a touch uneasy about their 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals, Tony Parker is completely comfortable.

Parker guides Spurs to 2-0 lead in West

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NBA draft order set, so who goes No. 1?

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Crabtree tears right Achilles tendon

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Mike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team.

AP Source: Coach K returning to Olympics

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INDIANAPOLIS — Antron Brown joked that he wouldn't mind making a couple of left-handed turns the next time he's on the track. Ed Carpenter thought it'd be fun to ramp up the speed by about 100 mph.

Drag racer Brown checks out pole-sitter's Indy 500 ride

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Iginla, Neal lead Penguins to rout

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District 2 Softball Schedule

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TUNKHANNOCK - At times this season, a rough start like Wednesday's would have messed with Erin Smith's mind for the rest of the game.

Smith and Tunkhannock get back in the game

12:03am

Tigers pitcher surrenders big hits, but delivers game’s biggest blows.


HANOVER TWP. — In the event of the truly unexpected in the bottom of the seventh, Hanover Area's Brittany McNair wasn't going to hesitate. She was going to make a mad dash for home.

Wild ending gives Hawkeyes win

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Thiessen leads WBS into history books

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DETROIT — The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks.

Car makers bolster summer production

11:50pm

A Luzerne County website crash at the height of online primary election result reporting Tuesday was caused by an overload of computer users simultaneously accessing the site, county officials say.

Rotunda was place to be election night after county site crashes

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Site with tallies went down when too many tried to view it at the same time, officials say.


Lottery Numbers

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WILKES-BARRE – Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said Wednesday she thought she would be the last person to be asked to speak at the county's Day Reporting Center graduation.

DRC grads tout program success

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Fifty-two people complete county program aimed at helping some offenders turn around their lives.


Paul Quick, vice president and general manager of Frontier Communications in Dallas, gives opening remarks Wednesday morning at a ceremony to honor the service men and women who lost their lives in service to their country. At left are representatives from the Dallas...

Frontier honors fallen soldiers

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Deputy Coroner Curt Swanson, front right, brings the body of Helen McNelis from the backyard of her East Hillside Street residence in Kingston Township on Wednesday afternoon. Swanson said McNelis, 85, fell into the swimming pool and drowned. She was pronounced dead at...

Kingston Twp. woman drowns in pool

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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to...

IRS official takes the 5th

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Lois Lerner defends herself during a brief appearance before House committee.


Nation world briefs for Thursday

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