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TRENTON, N.J. — Was that really Chris Christie, the brusque, take-a-back-seat-to-no-one governor of New Jersey?Christie's seemingly shell-shocked gaze as he stood behind Donald Trump on Super Tuesday is generating befuddlement and mockery in his home state and beyond.Conservatives and liberals...

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski's divided attention as he campaigned for governor and then U.S. Senate created a void that may have enabled his campaign manager, Mike Fleck, to take advantage of him and his position, Pawlowski's Philadelphia attorney said Tuesday in an exclusive interview with The...

Nationwide, grand juries were used to investigate abuse claims against priests in just seven places. The Lehigh Valley was not one of them.Instead, Valley prosecutors in 2002 asked the Diocese of Allentown for its priest abuse files after then Bishop Edward Cullen announced he was removing a few...

In October 2007, a group of sales and marketing people in charge of awarding grants from Olympus Corp. of the Americas gave $5,000 to a hospital in an attempt to win its business and close a pending $750,000 sale, federal prosecutors say.The grant, they said in court documents Tuesday, was just...

Over four decades ago, Stefano Lombardo came to America from Sicily with hopes of one day opening a restaurant to showcase the flavors of his hometown. Starting off as a pizza man in New York, he began to build his dream and eventually opened his first business, a small pizza shop on Second Avenue...

Beer is much more than a beverage of sports fans and college kids.As proof, consider the range of sophisticated brews at Saturday's Stars of Craft Beer Festival in Easton.Some of the beers to be sampled include: Citrus IPA and South Mt. Stout by Funk; Helles Lager, 360 IPA and Raspberry Reserve...

Name: Leah QuirkHometown: BethlehemType of pet: DogName: MurphyAge: 6Breed: Cavachon (Cavalier, King Charles Spaniel, Bichon Frise)Gender: MaleWhy he is my friend: Murphy knows what love is. He is such a lover, needing to be by my side all the time.In four words: Handsome, loving, loyal, friendly.

U.S. Rep. Tom Marino of Pennsylvania didn't need Super Tuesday's election results to decide which Republican presidential candidate to support.The GOP legislator from Lycoming County announced Monday that he was endorsing Donald Trump — making Marino the first member of Pennsylvania's congressional...

EASTON — The partial demolition of a neighboring building has delayed the opening of the much-anticipated Easton Public Market.The 16,000-square-foot indoor market was slated to open March 18, but concerns were raised Tuesday about safety in the front portion of the building, which shares a wall...

The special prosecutor hired by Attorney General Kathleen Kane to examine the evidence in the pornographic email scandal says it is unlikely he will bring criminal charges against anyone involved.Douglas Gansler, in an interview Monday, said bringing charges under obscenity statutes would be far-fetched....