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The Confederate general From Pennsylvania
People who passed John Pemberton on the streets of Allentown must have thought him an impressive figure. This 60-year-old's lean, 5-foot-10-inch, ramrod-straight frame showed a positively military bearing. His finely tailored suits added to Pemberton's...Tags: Defense, Christianity, Human Interest, Science and Technology, Unions
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Slow road for Turnpike's electric-car charging stations
Q: The planned Turnpike car-charging stations you wrote about some time ago raise a few questions. How much will the Turnpike Commission be charging car owners to 'charge up' their plug-in hybrid or electric cars? Are there reliable studies showing that a...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Vehicles, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Car Guides and Reviews
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Awards and honors for Lehigh Valley residents
Roger Lehmann was formally installed as president of the Pennsylvania Association of Sewage Enforcement Officers during the organization's annual meeting March 4 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Grantville. In addition to being a Pennsylvania-...Tags: Human Interest, Science and Technology, Students, Teaching and Learning, Television Industry
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Pennsylvania getting swept into national 'Common Core' education debate
HARRISBURG — In the last three years, the Bethlehem Area School District and other districts have spent lots of money rewriting curriculum and lessons to prepare students for tougher state-sanctioned academic standards and exams. "It's got to be...Tags: American Federation of Teachers, Elections, Science and Technology, Students, Teachers
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Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex
The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...
Tags: Justice System, Prisons, Allegany County, Black Guerrilla Family, U.S. Department of Justice
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Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...Tags: Elections, Internal Revenue Service, Americans for Prosperity, Richard Nixon, Jack Lew
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Fraud report highlights need to stay vigilant
Pennsylvania ranks high in a new report on fraud, and the common scams highlighted in the report continue to dog victims in the Lehigh Valley. A Lower Macungie Township man was conned out of $300 this month in one of those swindles. He was duped into...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Viral Diseases and Infections, Justice System, Allentown, Computer Crime
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Hires and promotions at Lehigh Valley companies
Chang Xu has been appointed to platform leader of polymer encapsulation at Silberline Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s Tidewood facility. Xu holds a doctorate from City University of New York as well as a bachelor of science degree from the University of...Tags: Dow Chemical Co., Science and Technology, Science, Loans, Madison Square Garden
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Interests of candidate, supporter and spouse align
WASHINGTON — An issue at the top of U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz's legislative agenda is also of foremost concern to her biggest campaign contributor: the University of Pennsylvania, where her husband is a doctor. Schwartz, a suburban Philadelphia...
Tags: Elections, Health and Safety at School, General Practitioners, Health Insurance, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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High court considers mandatory retirement for judges
HARRISBURG — When Pennsylvania last voted to amend the state Constitution in 1968, it adopted a provision to ensure that judges didn't stay on the bench longer than their minds stayed sharp. On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court heard arguments...Tags: Elections, Litigation, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Lawyers, Justice System
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Baltimore police choose new internal affairs leader
The Baltimore Police Department tapped one of its lawyers as the new head of internal affairs, saying Rodney Hill's experience as an officer and his recent turn as a prosecutor of police misconduct cases give him the credibility to lead a group charged...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony W. Batts, Baltimore Police Department, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Morgan State University
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Guns, cash and pickup stolen in armed home invasion
Two men forced their way into a Montgomery County home early Wednesday and tied up the home owner at gunpoint to steal cash, guns and a pickup truck. The two robbers waited for the 42-year-old male resident outside his home in the 2900 block of...Tags: Kutztown, Criminals, Theft
May 24, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 23, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 23, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 13, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 16, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 16, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 15, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 9, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 8, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 8, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 6, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 3, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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