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The Washington PostWASHINGTON - For years, American businesses have been clamoring for Congress to wipe out a profusion of special-interest tax breaks and use the proceeds to lower the 35 percent tax on corporate profits, now the highest in the devel...

Reading EagleCumru Township fire officials said PennDOT and the state Department of Environmental Protection are involved in cleaning up an oil spill.Oil was discovered leaking into a stormwater retention basin along Old Lancaster Pike at Goose Lane ...

Authorities say a vehicle crashed into a horse-drawn Amish buggy Saturday in Mercer County, killing two people in the buggy and injuring a third.Emergency dispatchers say the accident occurred about 5:30 p.m.Officials said the injured person in the b...

A number of obstacles confront officials regarding implementation of the legislation

In today's world of Facebook and Twitter, it's much easier to keep in contact with old friends and classmates than ever before.So when the reunion committee for the Reading High School Class of 1988 started planning its 25th reunion, the committee me...

TOKYO - When a half-dozen Chinese patrol vessels entered Japanese waters 14 months ago, Japan's then-prime minister called an emergency meeting.The Chinese ambassador in Tokyo was summoned for a tongue-lashing. A Japanese government spokesman describ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama favors the long game over the 24/7 chatter-culture that so often dominates the politics of Washington.But as he marks a crucial deadline for his Affordable Care Act, he must be sobered by the time that has passed s...

The Associated PressANCHORAGE, Alaska - A mother on board a plane that crashed in remote southwest Alaska made a frantic phone call for help resuscitating her 5-month-old baby, then left the fatally injured boy to lead searchers hampered by cold and ...

The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRoadways aren't just filled with shoppers.Dead deer have littered roads of Pennsylvania in increasing numbers for weeks. November has the most collisions on average between cars and deer.Nearly one in five car-versus-deer...

Reading EagleAlvernia senior Chris Davis scored a career-high 21 points and had seven assists to lead the Crusaders to a 95-83 victory over Penn State-Berks in a non-conference matchup at Beaver Community Center Saturday.Nittany Lions senior Tom Smi...