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Associated PressWASHINGTON - Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack Obama's popularity swooned in November. Now they are awkwardly distancing themselv...

Daily thought"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Psalm 23:1When you live for the Lord, He guides, protects, shields and feeds you. You will not lack as long as you follow Him. - Hattie Cato-Harris, pastor of Higher Ground House of Prayer, Re...

Education author Alfie Kohn will speak at Penn State Berks tonight for a lecture on "The Standards-and-Testing Juggernaut: Rescuing Education from School Reform."Kohn's lecture will be at 7:30 in the Perkins Student Center auditorium.Kohn will argue ...

It didn't take long for the newest incarnation of the Reading School Board to spectacularly explode.There were accusations and gavel banging. There were angrily mumbled threats. And there was a whole lot of screaming and yelling.What started as a wel...

Reading EagleBerks scholastic products Ali McEvoy of Boyertown, Kelsi Lykens of Schuylkill Valley and Megan Keenan of Wilson were named to National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-American first teams Monday.McEvoy, a senior defender at Maryland...

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's tax collections are slightly above projections, according to the latest figures from the Revenue Department.Officials announced Monday that the state took in $9.9 billion in the first five months of its budget year, or les...

New research says the women spend more time doing sedentary things

Six cities, including Reading, have applied for the two major economic development zones the state will approve in two weeks.And the public relations campaign to win one of the coveted slots is underway, Mayoral Special Assistant Eron Lloyd told City...

HARRISBURG - A suburban Philadelphia court clerk who defied Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage by signing licenses for scores of gay couples urged the state's highest court Monday to overturn an order that required him to stop.Lawyers for D. Bru...