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Obama's Education Overhaul To Focus On College
The Obama administration unveiled its plan Saturday to radically change his predecessor's No Child Left Behind law in hopes of replacing an accountability system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.
New Orleans Hotel Offers To Host Canceled Prom
A hotel owner in New Orleans is offering to host prom for a rural Mississippi high school whose dance was canceled after a lesbian student wanted to take her girlfriend.
2 Months Later, Housing Still Elusive In Haiti
Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake -- and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they promised.
CNNCoffee Party Tries To Answer Tea Party
Is The Coffee Party On The Scale Of The Tea Party Movement? Saturday Is The First Big Test In Attempting To Answer That Question.
Stolen Sarcophagus Returns To Egypt From US
A 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus confiscated at the Miami airport was returned to Egypt Saturday, as the antiquities chief pressed forward with his campaign to recover Egypt's stolen heritage.
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Suspicious Death In Allentown Now Ruled Homicide
Police in Allentown say a teenager's death is now being ruled a homicide. Friday night, police called it a suspicious death. WFMZ's Bo Koltnow reports.
Westfield Hospital Cuts Ribbon On New ICU
A local hospital is adding on. Westfield Hospital in South Whitehall Township cut the ribbon on its new Intensive Care Unit today. The CEO says there was a real need to add the extra beds.
Pair Of Robbery Suspects Arrested
Police say they've caught the two men who robbed a drug store in Palmer Township, Northampton County.
Officials Mulling Options For Farmhouse Renovation
Officials in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County are pondering their options for the restoration of a historic farmhouse. Township officials have considered stopping the renovation of the Butz-Leister Farmhouse. But now.. a group of residents called "Friends of the Butz-Leister Farm" has come forward.
Table Games Debated In Public Hearing
Bethlehem's Sands Casino says it's time to roll the dice on table games. Thursday marked the first public hearing on the matter.
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Slow Down: Busy Construction Season Expected For Summer Of 2010
PennDOT says motorists in Berks County had better get ready for a hectic road construction season. Everything from bridge repair to road paving will force motorist to plan ahead before they leave home.
Power Outage Threatens Elderly In Reading
It doesn't appear to be weather related, but the lights and lots of other electric-powered essentials went out for approximately 760 customers in Reading Friday night Met Ed is still trying to figure out why one of its power lines underground went out. And for people at a senior high rise who depend on oxygen machines there were moments of panic.
Expert: Police Wrong In Crash Probe
During a heated exchange in court, the defense attorney for Thomas Senavitis asked for a do-over.
River Should Crest Around 11 Feet
Emergency officials in Reading say they'll be checking the levels of the Schuylkill River every hour this weekend.
Elton John Tickets Sell Fast
There's no rest for the staff at the Sovereign Center in Reading.
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Theft Ring Stretches Across Counties
Police say they enter with duffel bags and then clean the shelves of over-the-counter medications.
Allentown State Hospital To Close
Pennsylvania has decided the fate of the Allentown State Hospital.
Water Main Break Floods Homes
A broken 24-inch water main buckled a road and flooded homes Tuesday night.
Head-On Crash In Carbon County
No word on the condition of the people involved in this head on crash on Rt. 209 in Carbon County. State Police say it happened around 3:00 Tuesday afternoon in front of the Country Junction store in Towamensing Township
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SEPTA Seeks To Raise Fares
The transit agency that serves Philadelphia and its suburbs wants to raise fares.
Boyfriend Of So-Called Jihad Jane Speaks Out
LaRose's former boyfriend says he's shocked by her arrest. Kurt Gorman says he spent five years with LaRose and saw no violent tendencies. The two first met in Texas.
Montgomery County Woman Charged with Recruiting Terrorists, Planning Murder
A Montgomery County woman has been indicted on charges of using the internet to recruit terrorists for a "violent jihad" in South Asia and Europe. Colleen R. LaRose was charged along with 5 unindicted co-conspirators from around the world.
Tea Party Protestors Greet President at Arcadia University
As you would expect not everyone is on board with the president's plan. Plenty of protesters made sure their voices were also heard today in Montgomery County.
Crash Kills Two In Montgomery County
Police say speed was a factor in the accident that killed a man and a woman in Limerick Township.
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103 Year Old Still Going Strong On The Stationary Bike
The next time you try to talk yourself out of going to the gym, think about Rogelio Diaz. He turned 103 years old today and he's not slowing down anytime soon! Diaz was honored with a party at Warren Hospital's Health & Wellness Center. He was born in Cuba and came to the US in the 1920's.
N.J. Police Make Arrests In Alleged Chimney Scam
Police in one part of Warren County have busted up a so-called chimney sweep scam that was targeting senior citizens.
Judgment Day For Jayson Williams
The 8-year legal battle is finally over. Today former NBA star Jayson Williams was sentenced for the shooting death of his limo driver. It happened in 2002 in Williams's Hunterdon County home.
Piece Of Wing Broke Off Before Crash
Investigators say a piece of the right wing of a small airplane broke off before it crashed earlier this month, killing all five people aboard.
Ex-NBA Star Sentenced In Shooting
Former NBA star Jayson Williams has been sentenced to a minimum 18 months in prison for fatally shooting a hired driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey.
