STATE COLLEGE — It's easy to think of rapists as we often see them depicted in movies or on television — as ugly, violent, weapon-wielding strangers, men who throw women to the ground and brutally assault them.

The economic output of Centre County grew faster than any other region of Pennsylvania last year, even as unemployment rose to levels not seen in more than a decade.

Cpl. Donald “Charlie” Kline, 20, is comfortable working behind the scenes at the Bryce Jordan Center so it was surreal on Saturday as he walked onto center court before a packed arena of football fans to deliver a special red, white and blue bundle.

Sometimes it's about asking the right questions.

SPRING MILLS — This weekend is about everything Sammy Boob loved.

Iowa slugged out an ugly win in soggy Happy Valley to upset Penn State for the second straight year.

Women who report being raped by a date or acquaintance often tell similar stories about the events that led to the rape, says Corey Cook, of the Centre County Women's Resource Center.

STATE COLLEGE — Former Borough Councilman Jeff Kern, who said a week ago he was considering running a formal write-in campaign for mayor, now says "it won't happen" even though some borough residents have asked him to run.

Almost a year after the Comet grocer checked out its last customer, a new owner has bought the property on Route 53 and is looking to open a grocery market there next month.

When the temperature starts dropping and the trees start changing colors, another school year at Penn State has started. But for someone like me, living with type 1 diabetes, the feeling is entirely different.

<p>This weekend's third annual Troop Support Poker Run to benefit Charlie Company 1-110th Infantry Regiment of Connellsville and Friedens was postponed until Saturday due to inclement weather.</p>

<p>A fire that was reported a little after 7 a.m. Saturday forced a family out of their Dunbar Township home.</p>

<p>Rain and cold Saturday did not dampen the spirits of hundreds of people who enjoyed the eighth annual Dunbar Community Fest.</p>

<p>For Donald Martin, becoming superintendent of the Frazier School District is the latest in a long line of education-related jobs.</p>

<p>The First Friday Coffeehouse at the Philip G. Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church will be held Friday with a bluegrass show, which was a hit last year. Mountain Laurel Bluegrass will light up the stage at 7 p.m. Admission, friendship and coffee are free. Snacks are available. So, bring the whole family for an evening of great entertainment and fellowship. Watch this column for more information or call 724-529-7298. </p>

<p>Trevor Cutlip, Luke Czerniak, Matthew Remaley and Charles Fencil each scored a goal, as the Mt. Pleasant boys soccer team picked up a 4-0 victory Saturday over Greensburg Salem in Section 1-AA action. Joey Fearer and Troy Salvatore were in goal and shared the shutout for the Vikings (7-2, 6-0).</p>

THE execution-style murder of former MOVE member John Gilbride Jr. in Maple Shade, N.J., has resulted in seven years of theories, accusations and harsh words between his father and his former wife.

Lisa Scott had been jailed since March for allegedly having sex with five teen boys inside her Linwood home. It took a Delaware County jury only a few hours to set her free.

A 30-year-old motorist was shot early yesterday in West Philadelphia after armed thugs unsuccessfully tried to carjack him and fired at him when he sped away to escape, police said.

A man who was critically injured last year after getting hit by a car right after stepping off a SEPTA bus in Frankford is suing the transit agency and the drivers of the bus and car.

All Leslie Gibson's children wanted to do after school yesterday was go home and have ice cream. But as they tugged at their mom outside the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington Township, N.J., Gibson stuck around for a moment to blast a newly surfaced video that depicts about a dozen of the school's students singing songs that praise President Obama and his policies.

Man shot in Olney A man was ambushed and shot at 3rd Street and Olney Avenue, Olney, about 10 a.m. yesterday, police said. The victim, whom police did not identify, was struck six times in the back, arm and leg. He was in critical condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center.

WHEN I HEARD that the Philadelphia Eagles had brought back retired linebacker Jeremiah Trotter for a workout, I thought they were desperate. Then I thought that Omar Gaither - the guy who's been playing middle linebacker since starter Stewart Bradley went down - must be terrible. Finally, I told myself that if Trotter can try to come back and play on bad knees, then I can make a comeback of my own.

With enough stunts and surprises to make P.T. Barnum jealous, the Hero Thrill Show is expected to draw a crowd of thousands to the Wachovia Spectrum's parking lot today.

RENEE WARING has warm and fuzzy feelings about Philadelphia, stemming from a Colonial-era incident in which her ancestors were forced to flee here for safety.

The city is cracking down on in-house deadbeats. Top officials yesterday approved regulations that would require all potential civil-service and exempt employees to be fully paid up on all city taxes and fees - or to have entered a payment agreement - before they could start a city job.

A North Philadelphia man turned himself in to police yesterday afternoon to face additional charges for allegedly intentionally hitting a pregnant woman with his car outside a South Philadelphia bar last Saturday, police said.

STATE POLICE/GETTYSBURG SEPT. 25 Fabian Gonzalez, 20, of Gettysburg, was arrested for underage drinking following a traffic stop where he was the passenger on Route 34 at Boyd School Road, Cumberland Township.

Barbara Corbin and Rose Little, both of Hanover, have been coming to Crabbs Tropical Treat since it first opened in 1953.

A representative from Cross Keys Motor Inn and Banquet Center contends recent sewage readings are the result of faulty testing by Hamilton Township rather than a flaw in the sewer design.

Cumberland Township officials were blindsided earlier this week by news that an agreement reached last year with state authorities had expired without their knowledge.

Editor: November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month and according to the National Cancer Institute, between now and the end of November, 8,120 people will be diagnosed and begin fighting for the first time this beast.

A Littlestown area teenager died this morning after crashing into a tree along Route 97 in Mount Joy Township. Megan Mills, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by the Adams County Coroner's office.

An Utz truck from Hanover was involved in a Tuesday morning crash that killed a Reisterstown, Md. woman on Interstate 795 just north of the Owings Mills Metro station.

Police: Luring incident not criminal; Contractor to pay $35K restitution; American Heart Walk is today; Halloween parade deadline nears; Imagination Station plans art classes; Imagination Station plans art classes

Jose Garcia grew up with a love for animals.

LOCK HAVEN - On Oct. 3, 59 participants will have the opportunity to achieve what has been locally coined the grand slam of central Pennsylvania hiking challenges. On that date, those who successfully complete the Bald Eagle Megatransect will officially earn the bragging rights after completing four local event.

CLEARFIELD - PennDOT has issued the following travel update for the Route 220 projects in Clinton County for next week. Salona interchange to Mill Hall interchange: -Traffic remains restricted to the northbound and southbound passing lanes. The contractor will perform work in the closed travel lanes.

LOCK HAVEN - State Rep. Mike Hanna has joined more than two dozen of his colleagues who are expressing serious concern over a plan to expand natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania's state forests.

MONTOURSVILLE - Two people were killed and one person was critically injured in a two-car crash Friday at 10:44 a.m. on route 220 in Wolf Township, state police at Montoursville said.

LOCK HAVEN - The Hogan Boulevard safety project is a go and will begin in about a month. Clinton County Economic Partnership Transportation Committee Chairman Dan Harger announced that the bid has been awarded to reconstruct Clinton County's most heavily traveled commercial strip.

A suspect has been arrested for duct-taping and abandoning a cat in the backyard of a home in the 2200 block of Edgley Street in North Philadelphia earlier this month.

Rob Wunder Jr., 49, toted a clothes bag, knapsack, and laptop table while his son maneuvered his wheelchair into the Temple University dorm room.

Philadelphia police fired one shot at a fleeing theft suspect Sunday morning during a foot chase in Point Breeze after the male allegedly pulled a silver handgun from his waistband.

About 60 members and supporters of the community-action group ACORN gathered at a North Philadelphia church yesterday to sing the praises of the beleaguered organization.

HARRISBURG - Your parents didn't pay a sales tax to put you in diapers. Neither will your loved ones when they put you in the ground.

When Sheena Bowa was 3, she traded her tricycle for a dog. "It just followed me home," she explained to her mother, neglecting to mention the swap.

Last September, if you had asked Nehemiah Wimbish what he thought of reading, chances are he would have rated it down there with doing math and eating tomatoes. Yuck, yuck, and nasty.

For centuries, rabbis have taught that the kitchen table is an altar. By this they mean that drawing food from the Earth, preparing it for the table, and eating it is part of a covenant with God - an understanding that we must not defile the Earth or ourselves.

Sherrill Mosee doesn't claim to be in the abstinence business. She'd rather make her mission restoring dreams. See, Mosee is in the business of second chances. Family Care Solutions Inc., the Philadelphia nonprofit she founded in 1998, gives child-care scholarships to low-income single mothers who want to continue with their education.

Philadelphia has announced a $1.6 billion plan to transform the city over the next 20 years by embracing its storm water - instead of hustling it down sewers and into rivers as fast as possible.

This column goes out to anyone who has been feeling powerless. You may no longer have a job, a house, or retirement savings, but you still have a voice. Speak out, loud and long, and you can be heard.

About 60 members and supporters of the community action group ACORN gathered at a North Philadelphia church yesterday to sing the praises of the beleaguered organization.

THE execution-style murder of former MOVE member John Gilbride Jr. in Maple Shade, N.J., has resulted in seven years of theories, accusations and harsh words between his father and his former wife.

Lisa Scott had been jailed since March for allegedly having sex with five teen boys inside her Linwood home. It took a Delaware County jury only a few hours to set her free.

A 30-year-old motorist was shot early yesterday in West Philadelphia after armed thugs unsuccessfully tried to carjack him and fired at him when he sped away to escape, police said.

A man who was critically injured last year after getting hit by a car right after stepping off a SEPTA bus in Frankford is suing the transit agency and the drivers of the bus and car.

In October, three months before his 100th birthday, Walter M. Strine Sr. watched a performance of My Fair Lady from the front row of the Media Theatre. When the theater opened in 1927, he had watched the early talking picture, The Jazz Singer, from the balcony.

Vickie and Todd Swiontek of Lancaster County returned to Cape May Point yesterday to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary and found the scenes only September can bring.

Four years ago, environmental groups hoped Jon Corzine would put the environment high on his list of priorities. Today, many of the same groups say Corzine, now seeking a second term as governor, has failed to live up to his promises and has disappointed them on a range of environmental issues, including open-space preservation and toxic-waste cleanups.

WASHINGTON - At talks scheduled for Thursday in Geneva with Iran, the United States and five other major powers will demand immediate and unfettered access to the newly exposed nuclear facility in Iran, including access to people and documents involved in its construction, Obama administration officials said yesterday.

With prizes in 15 categories, CBS3 was the big winner last night at the 27th Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards, a black-tie gathering at the Loews Hotel.

Tens of thousands of veterans who headed to college this fall under a new GI Bill that promises to cover most, if not all, of their expenses are scrambling to pay bills because of delays in benefit checks, say students, colleges, and veterans groups.

Oct. 5 is the last day to register in Pennsylvania to vote in the Nov. 3 general election. Individuals may register at a county voter-registration office or at other designated sites.

WASHINGTON - Here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week: House Extended jobless benefits. Voting 331-83, the House passed a bill (HR 3548) providing 13 more weeks of jobless checks for those in high-unemployment states whose current allotments have expired or soon will expire.

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Vickie and Todd Swiontek of Lancaster County returned to Cape May Point Saturday to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary and found the scenes only September can bring.

Waving signs urging "Save Our Arts" and "Don't Tax Behind Our Backs," about 150 people gathered outside the Bellevue in Center City yesterday to protest a proposal to tax tickets for museums and performing-arts venues to balance the state budget.

Hundreds of tax-delinquent city workers will soon see their pay docked because of a new city program calling for wages to be withheld from employees who owe taxes or other government debt.

They're stored in crates, bubble wrap, and archival boxes, locked away and awaiting their fate at an undisclosed Philadelphia storage facility.

ATLANTIC CITY - Joseph N. Merlino and his mother have no ties to organized crime, according to a former FBI official who helped bring down the Philadelphia mob in the late 1980s.

Alternating between giddiness and focused attention, a cross-section of American youth debated immigration reform yesterday in an innovative videoconference centered in Philadelphia and sponsored by the National Constitution Center.

A video of Burlington Township elementary school students singing about President Obama during Black History Month has mushroomed into a national debate over the role of politics in the classroom.

All Leslie Gibson's children wanted to do after school yesterday was go home and have ice cream. But as they tugged at their mom outside the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington Township, N.J., Gibson stuck around for a moment to blast a newly surfaced video that depicts about a dozen of the school's students singing songs that praise President Obama and his policies.

A Camden man who had entered into a plea deal after admitting that he molested and impregnated a teenager was denied a reduction of his 74-year sentence yesterday.

Before they knew his name, investigators referred to Joseph McAdams as the "Closing Time Bandit." He was a prolific bank robber, getting away with $939,000 from New Year's Eve 2001 until his arrest last fall in North Jersey.

ATLANTIC CITY - Former Vice President Al Gore last night touted New Jersey Gov. Corzine's economic-recovery efforts and his policies on health care and the environment as he urged the state's Democrats to do all they can to help get him reelected.

The candidates for New Jersey lieutenant governor are little known, and most pundits think they will have little impact on this year's gubernatorial race.

PITTSBURGH - World leaders yesterday issued sweeping promises to fix a malfunctioning global economic system in hopes of heading off future financial meltdowns. President Obama said actions taken so far had "brought the global economy back from the brink."

Stop me if you've heard this one. A Republican walks into a crowded cafe. This being Philadelphia, most likely he's the only Republican there. "I know, I look like a stereotype," says Al Schmidt, in horn-rims, tie, jacket, Oxfords, combed-back hair.

PITTSBURGH - President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain blasted Iran's secret construction of a uranium-enrichment facility and demanded yesterday that Tehran immediately fulfill its obligations under international law or risk harsh new sanctions.

So far this year, nearly 50 people have killed themselves in Bucks County. But data doesn't suggest the economy is resulting in more suicides.

Tom Carroll and his family live in a 250-year-old home that sits in front of Crossing Vineyards, a winery they operate in Upper Makefield.

Police raided two massage parlors in Upper Southampton Thursday and arrested three women on charges of soliciting prostitution.

The third annual Dog Show at Graeme Park drew dozens of dogs of all shapes, sizes and fashion styles.

Business leaders apprised of Bucks County's strategy to pay the bills while state funding is still being withheld.

He has been a judge, prosecutor, state lawmaker and teacher, but on Friday, David Heckler said becoming Bucks County district attorney would be the job "I'm most proud of."

At most teen sleepovers, moms provide plenty of popcorn, pizza and soda.

Three television news cameramen testified Friday that William Siner, father of "hoax mom" Bonnie Sweeten, attacked them at the Bucks County Courthouse after his daughter was sent to prison.

Two Levittown residents remained in critical condition Saturday following a Thursday motorcycle accident in Solebury in which a woman's leg was severed, police said.

A Montgomery Township man admitted he was the impetus for a residential robbery that resulted in the murder of his uncle.

The life of the woman who refused to let theater die in Lancaster took center stage Sunday afternoon at her beloved Fulton Opera House.About 100 friends, former students and acting understudies, and those appreciative of Jeanne Clemson's decades of tireless devotion to the theater, gathered one ...

The slow, 70-mile road trip is nearly over, but the public hasn't lost its fascination in watching two massive steam generators trundle their way toward Three Mile Island.A heavy downpour Saturday night couldn't keep them away from the scene in Columbia, where the convoy made its much-ballyh...

East Hempfield Township police on Saturday arrested a man wanted for robbery in New York.Evan R. Greenberg, 20, of Mamaroneck, N.Y., was arrested at 11 p.m. Saturday at the Sheetz store, 3101 Columbia Ave.According to a news release, East Hempfield police Sgt. Dennis Eberly checked a "suspicious" ve...

Joseph Thayne, who turns 100 today, says there's no secret to longevity."You just go along day to day," Thayne said.During his lifetime, he drank beer and smoked cigarettes.But, he was quick to add, he quit smoking early enough to avoid any illness from it.He also has done a lot of exercising th...

After working 41 years in manufactured housing, Don Wood needed something to do after he retired on June 2.He thought he would drive a school bus for his good friend, Dave Eschbach. But that was not to be.Instead, Wood makes a big difference for many disabled Lancaster County residents by providing ...

For Lewis James and his golfing buddies, Saturday turned out to be an unusual day on the links.A small helicopter crashed near the ninth hole of Tanglewood Manor Golf Club, Quarryville, just as James, 65, of Havre de Grace, Md., was coming off the green with his group, the Maryland Birdies. The heli...

A few of the rallying cries at Saturday afternoon's Constitution Tea Party at Lancaster County Central Park were so far right they sometimes sounded far left.There were many calls for smaller government and decentralized power.One speaker questioned the wisdom of downtown security cameras.A prot...

The divorce got uglier last week.Jilted Lancaster city officials declared taxpayers were better off without its old flame, Lancaster Township, and the costly contract to put city police on township streets.Meanwhile, Lancaster Township officials turned their attention to their new suitor.For 38 year...

A slumping economy has led to a drop in revenues generated by Lancaster County's hotel room tax.Money collected from the levy, which helps pay debt service on the Lancaster County Convention Center project on Penn Square and also funds local tourism marketing efforts, is down nearly 7 percent throug...

After years of failing to convince the state Legislature to raise the prize limits on small games of chance, groups may have gotten their wish.But at a price.Veterans posts, fire companies and fraternal clubs operating games such as raffles and punch cards under the Local Options Small Games of Chan...

A 36-year-old Lebanon man was charged Friday afternoon in the murder of a North Lebanon Township woman who was stabbed 40 times in her home Monday.

A judge sentenced five people on Wednesday for drug offenses.

North Cornwall ATV CRASH: : Neversink Fire Company and First Aid and Safety Patrol responded at 4:16 p.

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Police report 2nd incident

of indecent exposure

Annville police are investigating a second report of indecent exposure at the Quittapahilla Nature Park.

Proposal routing vehicles through Hershey Public Library property

Mt. Gretna Borough Council last week declined to participate in the joint agreement among municipalities regarding the Cornwall-Lebanon Comprehensive Plan, citing potential costs involved.

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CAMPBELLTOWN - Horseshoe Pike Gun Shop opened its doors at the routes 117 and 322 six weeks ago, and shop owner Jim Heverling said the new location has proved to be a success so far.

The public comment period for Heidelberg Township's proposed Act 537 plan, which includes a sanitary sewer system, is nearing its end and, to date, there have been no public comments, township engineer Bob Lynn told the township supervisors Tuesday night.

Crying wolf has never worked Editor: "The boy cried out , 'Wolf! Wolf!, but the villagers did not come to his aid this time.

Laurel to the Armstrong County Triministerium. Christian ministers in Ford City, Kittanning and Worthington are seeking ways to foster a sense of community.

We elect our politicians -- in this case, school directors -- to use their abilities to guide us through changing times and provide solutions.

A review of documents related to an underground mining application by a Plumcreek operation is expected to continue through next summer.

State police are looking for a man who approached a teenager, asking him if he wanted a ride Thursday afternoon.

The following dispatches were received from Armstrong 911.

The following reports were issued by state police.

Redbank Valley turned the ball over four times, with one of them leading to a Brookville touchdown, in its 22-21 overtime loss to the visiting Raiders.

Department's overtime budget is depleted covering the absences. Mayor says contract must change.

Department's overtime budget is depleted covering the absences. Mayor says contract must change.

Allegheny lawmaker's 2007 bill to get Pennsylvania on board still languishes.

Twenty-five years after his 6-year-old son Adam was abducted from a Florida shopping mall and later found murdered, John Walsh watched the fruits of his lobbying turn into law.

A Plainfield Township man already serving up to 20 years in prison for raping a child pleaded guilty Friday in another sex abuse case.

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A 56-year Emmaus woman was struck and killed Saturday morning by a Norfolk Southern train, police said.

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It wasn't quite ''Goldilocks and The Three Bears,'' but police in Monroe County say they arrested five people for living in someone else's home for a week.

Halloween Haunt is a dizzying array of creative ways to be scared out of your wits.

With 13 scary attractions -- six of them new -- it's hard to see everything at Dorney Park's Halloween Haunt in one night.

N ot since I ranted last year about antique cars traveling our roads without safety inspections had I gotten as strong a reaction to a column as I did last Sunday when I criticized RCN's ''Analog Crush'' program.

''You may remember [Joel Katz] as a member of the Saucon Valley School Board for several years.''

The competitors in this Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event vie for money and points that will qualify them for the national competition, which will be held in Las Vegas in December.

Joshua Mackes, 22, of Blakeslee, taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he crashed his car into the rear of another car on four-lane Route 209 in Hamilton Township on Sept. 26 at 2 a.m.

East Stroudsburg University will host a free panel discussion next month on the balance between the responsibilities of law enforcement and the rights of the mentally disabled, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Monroe County.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that the following work will take place on area roads this week beginning today. Drivers are advised to follow all posted signs and proceed carefully through work zones.

HARRISBURG (AP) — Defending a handshake agreement to end Pennsylvania's long state government budget standoff might be as complicated as it was to reach the deal.

Creating one of the best youth safety plans in the country earned a local Little League program a national safety award and a free set of field lights — valued at over $100,000.

The Penn Regional Business Center, which is being developed by the Synchrium Group along Route 447 in Smithfield Township, is part of a project that will feature state-of-the-art data center facilities and Class A office space.

GERMANTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a three-vehicle crash has killed two teenagers and injured two others.

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The chilly weather didn't stop the water from flowing. A good old-fashioned wet down had firefighters soaked in 60-degree weather at Hemlock Farms Volunteer Fire and Rescue in Lords Valley on Saturday afternoon.

Chatham University junior Kayla Hilko was waiting to put her name in for a table at Pamela's Shadyside restaurant recently, when a good-looking man standing ahead of her caught her eye.

A dropped TD pass, a tactical error and a miscommunication set the stage for stunning loss

Bases-clearing hit caps four-run rally in ninth; West title on hold

The Miami Dolphins lost Chad Pennington to a shoulder injury, then lost another game not long after his replacement had a pass intercepted and returned for a touchdown.

Turns out Drew Brees doesn't have to throw a touchdown pass -- or put up 45 points -- to secure a victory The New Orleans Saints' overlooked defense proved pretty stout.

SAN DIEGO -- After putting his right arm to good use, Philip Rivers proved he has some wheels, too.

Steelers Q&A with Ed Bouchette

A smallish quarterback from a small school near DuBois had the biggest passing game in Pennsylvania history Friday night.

DETROIT -- The auditions are over. The final reviews should be in tomorrow. The Penguins finished their preseason schedule with a 4-1 loss to Detroit at Joe Louis Arena last night.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Yes, the biggest problems the Pitt Panthers had in their 38-31 loss Saturday to North Carolina State were on defense, specifically the inability of the linebackers and secondary

For five local women artists, the dream of showcasing their combined talents in the same neighborhood that has been an art hub in New York City for decades has come true.

WASHINGTON — Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that’s happened since the 1980s.

From putting on makeup to talking on cell phones, people are doing more than just driving when they’re behind the wheel. According to automobile club AAA, distracted driving contributes to thousands of crashes every day.

For 100 years, the NAACP has fought racial injustice across America.

TEHRAN — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles Sunday in drills meant to show Tehran is prepared to crush any military threat from another country.

WASHINGTON — A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report.

JERUSALEM — The start of the Jewish Day of Atonement at sundown Sunday marked the beginning of a day like no other in Israel, on which even Israelis with no connection to religion tend to put their normal lives on hold.

NEW YORK — The arrest last week of former coffee vendor Najibullah Zazi on charges of plotting to attack New York City gives added urgency to the city’s pleas for federal funding to deter nuclear attacks, Mayor Bloomberg and area lawmakers said Sunday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to have been edited, an attorney who obtained the recordings said Sunday.

WILKES-BARRE – Three Nanticoke residents face numerous charges after a traffic stop Friday on Horton Street.

Following is the prepared text of President Obama’s speech to Congress on the need to overhaul health care in the United States, as released by the White House. (Note: You can add your comments at the bottom of this article.)

Unlike other town hall meetings on health-care reform, opponents remained cordial and allowed the event at Pitt-Johnstown’s Living/Learning Center to proceed.

MONONGAHELA - Leaving the courtroom Friday, Paul and Laurie MacFarlane were shocked that their son had been charged with homicide in the shooting death of his friend.

HARRISBURG - Prosecutors and law enforcement groups oppose legislation that would allow the Gaming Control Board to grant immunity to witnesses testifying in gambling license investigations.

Pharmacists and health care organizations support a state law recently enacted to allow over-the-counter sales of hypodermic needles and syringes in Pennsylvania.

While most people did not know it, there was a local connection on stage when Beyonce performed during the recent MTV Video Music Awards show.

Two banks in the busy Tri-County plaza corridor in Rostraver Township will be changing next year.

CHARLEROI -- The last two years, Charleroi played a lot of underclassmen and while those teams struggled at times, the young kids gained experience.

CARROLL TOWNSHIP -- One of these days Thomas Jefferson is going to lose a Big 7 Conference game.

ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP -- It might have been an exhibition game, but the look on Aaron Krepps' face and the tone of his voice told the real story.

Jim Ward picked up his first coaching win at Yough Friday but it wasn't easy.

ROGERSVILLE -- Not many people expected winless West Greene to pose much of a test to Monessen in their Tri-County South Conference meeting Friday night.

An autopsy is scheduled Monday morning on the body of a man who died early Saturday in what York City Police are calling a homicide.

A city man who was attempting to help two females who were being harassed was stabbed in the chest late Saturday outside in the 200 block of East King Street.

A city man sustained a gunshot wound to the leg about 7:30 p.m. Saturday in an attempted robbery. Paul Davilla Santos, 22, told police he was outside in the 300 block of East King Street when an armed robber approached, York City Police said.

A woman was struck in the head with a gun just after 2 a.m. Sunday by a would-be robber who brandished a gun and demanded money.

Police arrested a Jefferson Borough man Saturday who is suspected of a hit and run that injured a motorcyclist and his passenger.

An Etters woman kicked and pushed a police officer Friday after she was caught speeding and arrested on a DUI charge, West York Borough Police said.

West Manheim Twp. Police have identified the vehicle and subjects involved in what was thought to be an attempted child abduction Thursday and have determined no criminal activity occurred.