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The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,800 for the first time as encouraging news from the drug industry pushes stocks higher.Biotechnology company Biogen Idec surged on reports that it won market exclusivity for its top-selling multiple ...

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate fell for two straight months, from 7.7 percent in August, to 7.6 percent in September and 7.5 percent in October, according to figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.The report covered two months be...

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Federal Reserve chairman seeks to reassure Wall Street

After sitting through the first day of the trial of the Rev. Frank Schaefer in Pughtown, Chester County, Monday, I concluded that the jury would find him guilty and punish him with a two-week suspension.I was off by two weeks.Schaefer, pastor of Zion...

Sight and Sound bills itself as the largest faith-based theater in the country. It has been described as "Christian Broadway."Last year, an estimated 1 million people worldwide came to see productions in Lancaster and Branson, Mo.The theater's roots ...

What: "Miracle of Christmas" at Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster.Show dates: The show, which opened Friday, runs through Dec. 30. Except for Dec. 30, the theater is dark Sundays and Mondays. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, the shows are at...

Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster is staging its show about the birth of Jesus with expanded choreography and a soaring musical score.

Name, age, municipality where you reside: Bruce Rohrbach, 54, Kutztown.Name of church, your position there and how long serving there: I've been director of music for eight years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Kutztown.Occupation: District sales manager...

Sculptor Angelo Di Maria will speak on "Creativity in Art and Music" at a meeting of Spirit on Tap - Reading Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Goodnites Lounge at the Crowne Plaza Reading, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing. He will discuss the evolution of art...