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The Berks County Redevelopment Authority has entered into a development consulting agreement with Berks Housing Opportunities Inc., for a proposed veterans housing project.Authority Executive Director Kenneth Pick said the firm is a nonprofit arm of ...

Carl Constein counts himself among the first of the full-time caregivers of a wife diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, beginning in 1980.For more than 10 years, he provided her care in their home.His efforts came at a time when few people knew what A...

Spring Township resident Sandy Imboden is a finalist in the 2013 Beneful Dream Dog Park Contest. The contestant with the winning entry will earn a $500,000 dog park in the winner's area.To participate in the contest, Imboden wrote an essay about her ...

When Spring Township resident Sandy Imboden describes her dream dog park, her mind drifts to the circus.She envisions her 3-year-old Australian shepherd, Zena, running around at a spacious park with circus-themed water features: an elephant shooting ...

DUI deaths About 10,000 in the U.S. last year, roughly one-third of traffic deaths. About 3,000 are killed annually in crashes they would have survived with seat belts.- Los Angeles Times

The Washington PostWASHINGTON - Administration officials are preparing to announce that they have met today's deadline for improving HealthCare.gov, according to government officials, in part by expanding the site's ability to handle 50,000 users at ...

Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON - Auto safety regulators are pushing for new equipment to protect motorists from their biggest threat: themselves.They're aiming to keep drunken drivers off the road with the help of onboard technology that immobilizes the...

The Associated PressWASHINGTON - Christmas has come to the White House.Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha and the family's two dogs on Friday accepted an 18-and-a-half-foot Douglas fir as the official White House Christmas tree.It was presente...

The Associated PressNEW YORK - The holiday shopping season started as a marathon, not a sprint.More than a dozen major U.S. retailers stayed open for 24 hours or more on Thanksgiving Day through Black Friday, and crowds formed early and often over th...

The Associated PressBETHLEHEM - A Lehigh University alumna upset about vandalism at a multicultural dormitory has asked federal officials to ensure the school is properly handling reports of bias incidents on campus.Susan Magaziner filed a complaint ...