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The Associated PressWASHINGTON - When he meets voters in Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, former Army Ranger Kevin Strouse recounts how he helped clear a city block in Iraq during the rescue of prisoner of war Jessica Lynch in 2003.The stor...

The Associated PressALBANY, N.Y. - The men and women who spied on Germany and Japan for the U.S. during World War II parachuted behind enemy lines, led guerrilla raids, invented special equipment such as scuba gear and established a counterintelligen...

The Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized to President Hamid Karzai for a drone strike that killed a child and NATO promised an investigation Friday as rising tensions threatened efforts to persuade the...

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's new transportation law will raise fuel taxes Jan. 1 and companies that supply gas and diesel in Pennsylvania say razor-thin profit margins leave them little choice but to pass on the entire cost increase to the pump.That p...

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"You shall not steal." Exodus 20: 15It's plain and simple: Taking something that's not yours is stealing. - The Rev. Bill Miller, St. Thomas Church, BernvilleBirthsIn Reading Hospital:A son to Ronald Guzman and Tatyana Blanco, Kenhorst...

Candidate: James "Jamie" A. Barton, 49, of East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill CountyParty: RepublicanOffice sought: State House of Representatives, 124th Legislative District. As of Jan. 1, 2015, the district will be made up of Albany, Greenwich, Pe...

This state needs jobs but will never get them without some key legislative reforms, James "Jamie" A. Barton said.Those changes will require the skills of a business and community leader, and he's got the experience to do it, Barton said, announcing h...

The Associated PressNEW YORK - New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan says the Roman Catholic Church has been "outmarketed" on the issue of gay marriage and has been "caricatured as being anti-gay."Dolan discussed the church's positions opposing same-sex ...

The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & ObserverDURHAM, N.C. - Studies have long shown a link between obesity and breast cancer, and now scientists at Duke Cancer Institute may have found one important explanation: a byproduct of cholesterol that fuels tumors...

The Associated PressWASHINGTON, Ill. - A six-month-old pit bull that was buried under a pile of rubble for more than a week after a tornado ripped through a central Illinois city has been coaxed to freedom with hot dogs and reunited with his owner.Ja...