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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sen. Mellow won't run for reelection]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG - Sen. Robert Mellow, D-Peckville announced today that he will not seek reelection to a 11th term.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:29:41 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Winter storm warning issued for NEPA]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Most of Northeast Pennsylvania is now under a winter storm warning, beginning later today.
The National Weather Service is predicting heavy snow for Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming, Pike, Monroe and southern Wayne counties.
Snow will move into the area this]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:56:44 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Dunmore council welcomes new members; vows to seek to renegotiate with landfill]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[DUNMORE - Borough council welcomed two new members on Monday and vowed to approach Keystone Sanitary Landfill officials about meeting to discuss possible contract renegotiations.
Mayor Patrick Loughney administered the oath of office to new Councilmen Sa]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:05:46 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Mellow's committee turns over records]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Mellow committee turns over checks
SCRANTON - State Sen. Bob Mellow's chief campaign committee has complied with a request to provide additional information about its campaign expenses.
Last year, an investigation by The Times-Tribune found the Friends o]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:05:23 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Fugitive turns himself in to Scranton police]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Fugitive turns self in to city police
SCRANTON - A man wanted for a drug-related parole violation, who also allegedly fled from police, turned himself in Monday.
Jamal O. Morrison, 34, address not given, had been a fugitive since Oct. 10, after he ran fr]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:04:55 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Jermyn man arrested for hitting fiancee in parking lot]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Man charged with hitting fiancée
DICKSON CITY- A Jermyn man was arrested after assaulting his fiancée Sunday night in the Wegmans Food Markets parking lot.
David Gilio allegedly pushed down his fiancée, Jamie Rosler, and struck her head against the groun]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:04:01 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Pocono-area police accused of racial bias in arrests of five men after false gang rape allegations]]></title>
	     	<link>http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/pocono-area-police-accused-of-racial-bias-in-arrests-of-five-men-after-false-gang-rape-allegations-1.606198?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Some of Monroe County's top law enforcement officials are being accused in a lawsuit of conspiring due to racial prejudice to wrongfully prosecute two men and three juveniles for a violent gang rape in 2008.
A federal]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:04:49 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County Court Notes 2-09-2010]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES
Property transactions
- Michael Gadomski, trustee for the Anna Gadomski Trust, Jefferson Twp., to Nicholas E. Gevaras and Ashley Hollister, Jefferson Twp.; a property at 348 Mount Cobb Road, Jefferson Twp., for $125,000.
- L]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:48:59 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Scranton schools' chief nurse position now vacant for nine months]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The chief nurse job in the Scranton School District will be vacant at least three more weeks as the school board decides the position's future.
The board delayed appointing anyone to the position at its meeting last week, and the job has now been vacant]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:43:21 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Local Denny's offer free Grand Slam breakfasts]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Denny's offers free Grand Slams
Denny's Restaurants are again offering free Grand Slam breakfasts from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. 
Denny's at 410 Scranton-Carbondale Highway and 488 Kidder St., Wilkes-Barre, are participating. The offer, one free Grand Slam]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:42:03 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Amateur baker hopes to get a rise out of "Cake Boss" visit]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[A peculiar request four years ago sparked Nicole Partyka's interest in baking and decorating elaborate cakes. And thanks to a chance meeting with cake-making TV celebrities two months ago, she is hoping her hard work might pay off.
Today, Ms. Partyka is]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:56:02 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Council's budget amendments would trim salaries, cut 32 positions in Scranton]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The real battle between Scranton's new city council and the mayor starts tonight.
Council President Janet Evans and the new majority plan to introduce budget amendments they say will save Scranton between $670,000 and $722,000 this year by eliminating 32]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:49:52 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Winter storm is headed our way]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Northeast Pennsylvania managed to dodge the monster winter storm that crippled much of the mid-Atlantic over the weekend.
We probably won't be so fortunate during Round II.
A winter storm watch was in effect as another system moving up the Atlantic Coast]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:16:48 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Cardinal Rigali to celebrate St. Patrick's parade day Mass]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton will celebrate the annual Mass that marks the start of Scranton's St. Patrick's parade festivities for the first time in four years.
Cardinal Justin Rigali, apostolic administrator of the diocese and a]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:08:03 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[January real estate sales tank in Lackawanna County]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[January real estate sales moved into the cellar in Lackawanna County.
A Times-Tribune online database that tracks publicly filed commercial and residential real estate transactions shows 104 properties changed hands last month, a 48 percent drop from 200]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:58:42 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[South Scranton man accused of choking wife]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Man arrested for assaulting wife
SCRANTON - A Minooka section man was arrested Sunday night for allegedly shoving his wife to the floor and choking her during an argument.
John Lesh, 46, of 3269 Oak Ave., was charged with simple assault and harassment af]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:13:45 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[N.J. says onus for rail funding rests on Pennsylvania]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[You still can't get there from here.
While work has gotten under way on an initial seven-mile stretch of route in New Jersey, much more money and political effort are needed to restore passenger rail service from Northeast Pennsylvania to New York City's]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:16:43 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Scranton woman hurt in I-81 crash]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Scranton woman hurt in I-81 crash
DUNMORE - A Scranton woman was injured in a one-car crash on Interstate 81 on Sunday when her car hit a highway barrier and ricocheted across the road.
Faye Jones, 51, was driving in the northbound lane near the Drinker]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:05:22 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Father of 3-year-old, Mets fan killed in separate Carbondale, Blakely accidents]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The call came late, after midnight. 
Something had sent Kevin Mol's car into the path of an oncoming Chevrolet Cavalier on Route 347. Family rushed to the hospital. His uncle, Daniel Mol, would struggle hours later to find the right words. 
Kevin Mol of]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:35:37 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Players dismissed from Valley View boys basketball team]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Nine members of the Valley View boys basketball program have been dismissed from the team for the remainder of the season for violating team rules. 
Head coach Larry Pegula said the players originally were suspended for Saturday's game against Carbondale]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:32:01 -0500</pubDate>
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