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Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Bowling For Soup and MC Lars start a US tour next week. November 11, 2009 Des Moines, Iowa The House of Bricks November 12, 2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Nutty's North November 13, 2009 Madison, Wisconsin Orpheum Theatre November 14, 2009 St. Paul, Minnesota Station 4 November 15, 2009 East Lansing, Michigan Small Planet November 17, 2009 Cleveland, Ohio House of Blues November 18, 2009 Pittsburgh,...
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How Appealing (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
"Top court race drips with mud": This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. In addition, columnist Salena Zito has an op-ed entitled "Judging gender's impact." And today's edition of The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania contains an article headlined...
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How Appealing (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"Pa. Supreme Court race draws complaints": This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. And today's edition of The Citizens Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania contains an article headlined "State GOP: Scandal taints candidate."...
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US Official Tabloid Gossip (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Mary Jo Kopechne Biodata-Mary Jo Kopechne was an American teacher, secretary and political campaign specialist who died in a car accident on Chappaquiddick Island while being driven by United States Senator Ted Kennedy. Kopechne , born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was the only child of insurance salesman Joseph Kopechne and his wife, Gwen. The family moved to New Jersey when she was an infant. She...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- In a story about a judicial corruption scandal in northeastern Pennsylvania, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to Robert Schwartz, executive director of the Juvenile Law Center. It was Berks County Senior Judge Arthur E. Grim who said, "There are kids who, even though the process may have been tainted, may ultimately have needed the kind of treatment that...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/29/2009
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. | The decision last week to overturn hundreds of juvenile convictions was a significant first step toward untangling the legal mess left by a judicial corruption case in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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How Appealing (Free subscription) | 03/28/2009
"Judges' Kickbacks Thrived Despite Red Flags": This front page article appears today in The New York Times. Today's edition of The Citizens Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania contains articles headlined "Without objections" and "Ciavarella tells '20/20' he didn't plead guilty to...
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How Appealing (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
"State court leaves room for Lokuta": Today's edition of The Citizens Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania contains an article that begins, "Ann H. Lokuta won a huge victory in her fight to regain her seat on the Luzerne County bench Wednesday...
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Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
The Pennsylvania ACLU has filed a lawsuit against District Attorney George Skumanick Jr., the prosecutor for Wyoming County, an area in north-central Pennsylvania not far from Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The rights organization is representing three teenage girls and their parents, who allege that Skumanick is abusing his authority and violating their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by threatening...
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365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
A verdict and life sentence for Harlow Cuadra, accused of killing a rival gay porn producer to gain the contract of the rival's porn star. The families of the victim and the suspect speak out in court. Mike Trim reports from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 03/22/2009
The March 20 issue of the Citizens Voice (daily newspaper for Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) has this story about Carl Romanelli’s appeal of the $80,000 fees imposed on him in 2006, when courts removed him from the ballot as the Green Party nominee for U.S. Senate and charged him for the privilege. Thanks to John Murphy [...]
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
Belching smoke for nearly a century CENTRAL Pennsylvania—specifically, the Lackawanna river valley, comprising the towns of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Carbondale and Ashley—was the centre of America’s anthracite coal-mining industry. First struck in Pottsville in the late 18th century, anthracite is still mined, though in smaller quantities. All told, around 180,000 acres of mine tunnels...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
Belching smoke for nearly a century CENTRAL Pennsylvania—specifically, the Lackawanna river valley, comprising the towns of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Carbondale and Ashley—was the centre of America’s anthracite coal-mining industry. First struck in Pottsville in the late 18th century, anthracite is still mined, though in smaller quantities. All told, around 180,000 acres of mine tunnels...
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365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) Harlow Cuadra was sentenced to life without parole Monday for the killing of Cobra video owner Bryan Kocis. The 27-year-old could have received the death sentence, but the jury of eight men and four women could not reach a unanimous decision on whether the prosecution had met the burden ...
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365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 03/16/2009
(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) The jury in the Harlow Cuadra murder trial begins deliberations today on whether the 27-year-old should receive the death penalty for the killing of Cobra video owner Bryan Kocis. Cuadra was found guilty of killing Kocis last week. Cuadra's former lover and business partner, 35-year-old Joseph Kerekes, already is ...
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the confluence | 11/01/2008
Penguins at Blues, 8:30PM EST, Scotttrade Center. Season records: Penguins, 5-4-2, 12 pts., 7th in Eastern Conference Blues, 5-4-0, 10 pts., 9th in Western Conference
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the confluence | 11/01/2008
The Penguins, hamstrung with both pesky injuries and a stagnant offense, recalled perhaps their best offensive prospect, Janne Pesonen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton tonight. NOTE: The recall is not official, the Penguins have not announced it. However, according to a thread on Let’s Go Pens , Scott Stuccio on the Baby Penguins’ radio broadcast reported the recall. In addition, according to tonight’s WBS
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the confluence | 10/30/2008
Apparently, the injury to Pascal Dupuis is significant enough to warrant some help from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton: --------------------------- From the Penguins: The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled forward Chris Minard from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL), it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Ray Shero
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