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  • Police are reviewing surveillance video in the killing of a Lackawanna College student who was fatally shot after a party.
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shooting, homicide, scranton, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper has just received a calendar to help ring in the new year - except the year is 1950.
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pennsylvania, scranton, bizarre bazaar
  • A federal judge has dropped one of eight counts against a retired northeastern Pennsylvania lawmaker charged in a corruption case.
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pennsylvania, scranton, local/state
  • A struggling northeastern Pennsylvania city has secured a $6.25 million loan to cover its current payroll and some back wages.
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scranton, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A northeastern Pennsylvania college student facing animal cruelty charges says he stabbed a stray cat to death because he has an immune disease and was worried he'd contract rabies.
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scranton, pennsylvania, animal abuse, local/state
  • Police say a man is behind bars after he groped five young girls at a northeastern Pennsylvania public pool.
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children, scranton, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A lame-duck state lawmaker from northeastern Pennsylvania faces assault charges in connection with a domestic dispute over the weekend.
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assault, scranton, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A northeastern Pennsylvania man faces charges he assaulted a 9-year-old boy after losing a water balloon fight.
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scranton, pennsylvania, assault, local/state
  • Bears invade LIVE Pa. newscast
  • A mama bear and three of her cubs were caught on camera at a northeastern Pennsylvania television station seconds before a live weather report was about to begin.
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pennsylvania, scranton, animals, local/state
  • Authorities say a northeastern Pennsylvania baby is dead two weeks after being shaken by his mother's boyfriend.
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scranton, pennsylvania, child death, homicide, crime
  • Police are hoping surveillance footage helps them nab two men who swiped a jar containing donations for a 2-year-old leukemia patient.
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scranton, pennsylvania, theft, crime
  • Police: Pa. couple locked boy, 7, in coffin
  • A northeastern Pennsylvania couple accused of making a 7-year-old boy sleep in a coffin have been arraigned on endangerment and unlawful restraint charges.
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pennsylvania, scranton, child abuse, local/state
  • A former Pa. judge has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for accepting nearly $1 million in bribes.
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pennsylvania, scranton, corruption, local/state
  • The death of a man whose body was found in a hotel hot tub in northeastern Pennsylvania has been ruled accidental.
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pennsylvania, conshohocken, scranton, body found, local/state
  • A bus hit a disabled car during an ice storm in northeastern Pa., killing a man who was apparently standing next to a vehicle.
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pennsylvania, scranton, lackawanna county, accident, local/state
  • A Pennsylvania man who threw himself a going away party before his sentencing on drug charges was picked up on an outstanding warrant after police saw information about the party posted on flyers and his Facebook page.
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pennsylvania, scranton, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • A construction worker in northeastern Pennsylvania has been injured after a piece of construction equipment fell six stories and hit him.
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accident, scranton, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A former juvenile court judge defiantly insisted he never accepted money for sending large numbers of children to detention centers.
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pennsylvania, scranton, money, local/state
  • Officials say the fire that damaged a northeastern Pennsylvania cathedral's confessional was set intentionally.
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arson, fire, scranton, pennsylvania, local/state
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  • A northeastern Pennsylvania woman testifying in her own defense flatly denied inflicting the head injuries that killed her 3-year-old stepson five years ago.
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child death, child abuse, beating, homicide, scranton, pennsylvania, crime
  • A former NFL lineman who pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe is headed to federal prison.
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pennsylvania, luzerne county, scranton, corruption, nfl, local/state
  • An attorney has been charged with assault after authorities say he repeatedly punched his opposing counsel during an argument in a northeastern Pennsylvania courthouse.
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new jersey, pennsylvania, scranton, fight, bizarre bazaar
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  • A reputed mob boss from northeastern Pennsylvania has gotten nearly two years knocked off his federal prison sentence after the government said he provided "substantial assistance" in the investigations of a casino owner and a businessman.
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pennsylvania, scranton, local/state
  • Wildfire
  • Arson may have contributed to a pair of northeastern Pennsylvania wildfires that authorities say burned up to 200 acres of forest land.
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pennsylvania, scranton, fire, local/state
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  • An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a northeastern Pennsylvania man found guilty of trying to help al-Qaida terrorists blow up fuel pipelines and refineries in the United States.
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pennsylvania, scranton, terrorism, local/state
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  • Roman Catholic officials say a northeastern Pennsylvania priest who was facing drug charges has died after developing a medical problem in rehab.
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pennsylvania, scranton, drugs, illegal drugs, local/state
  • Child rape
  • A northeastern Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal rape of a 5-year-old girl in her bedroom.
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pennsylvania, scranton, child abuse, child sex assault, rape, local/state
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  • A northeastern Pennsylvania man is charged with pouring lighter fluid on a roommate and setting her on fire.
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pennsylvania, scranton, local/state
  • A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced for threatening to burn down a house where two boys were later killed in an arson fire.
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pennsylvania, scranton, sentencing, arson, local/state
  • Child Porn
  • he admitted making pornographic videos with a 16-year-old. He'll spend three months in jail.
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pennsylvania, scranton, local/state