Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook on Thursday became the most prominent American corporate leader to come out as gay, saying he was trading his closely guarded privacy for the chance to help move civil rights forward.
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It's going to start feeling like winter this weekend. If that prompts you to look for your hat and gloves, you also should look at your electric bill and contract.
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Smoked butternut squash soup, seared duck breast with dried cherry sauce and poached pear with bleu cheese ice cream are just a few of the tasty creations that you are likely to find in the region's newest fine-dining restaurant, Heirloom, in Palm.
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They walk with us. They watch television with us. They even listen to our problems when no one else will. In many ways, our canine companions truly are our best friends.
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When it comes to the country's great wine-making regions, one naturally thinks of Napa Valley in California, the Finger Lakes in New York and the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.
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'Boxes' in Coopersburg and Upper Macungie Twp. join a dozen others in the area.
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Palmer Township restaurant incorporates green apples into 'classic French cuisine with a modern twist.'
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A smaller trade deficit and surge in defense spending buoyed U.S. economic growth in the third quarter, but domestic demand slipped, hinting at some loss of momentum.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose for a second straight week last week, but remained at levels consistent with a firming labor market.
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler wants to open the pay-TV industry to technology companies.
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In the same vein as the story of the tree falling in the woods comes the question: If they hold a public meeting and the public doesn't come, is it still a public meeting?
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Rosenberger's Dairy, known in the Lehigh Valley for its milk and other products, has been acquired by a New Jersey dairy and food distributor that plans to cease bottling and production activities at Rosenberger's Montgomery County facility.
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Layoffs will begin in December at a Pottsville Rubbermaid plant that is set for closure in September 2015.
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Manufacturers Resource Center will host a free presentation from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday by the founder of an initiative working to keep Pennsylvania producers in the state. The event will be held at MRC's offices, 961 Marcon Blvd. in Hanover Township, Lehigh County.
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The merger to create the world's largest airline took a key step Tuesday as American Airlines announced plans to keep most of its loyalty rewards program features when it combines with US Airways and avoid a controversial change taken by its biggest competitors.
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For millions of AT&T Inc. wireless customers, unlimited data plans come with a catch, federal regulators said: slower Internet speeds for browsing, video streaming and other Web page loading after reaching a ceiling.
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Over the past 18 months, the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority has considered selling Braden Airpark for commercial development, giving it to anyone willing to take on its debt and mothballing it to avoid the cost of improvements.
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Earlier this month, Walmart announced it would build a second distribution center in Bethlehem, just down the road from another distribution center under construction for online retailer Zulily.
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Last winter, at the height of the polar vortex, skyrocketing demand sent the spot market price of natural gas in the Northeast through the roof.
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State regulators have scheduled public hearings next month on a request by Met-Ed to raise $152 million by hiking customers' electricity bills nearly 18 percent.
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AT&T was accused Tuesday of misleading millions of its smartphone customers by charging them for “unlimited” data plans while reducing their data speeds to the point where their phones couldn't be used for basic functions like Web browsing.
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Obamacare provides affordable health insurance for some people through subsidies they qualify for based on their income. Tax records are used to determine eligibility, and auditors are questioning whether those tax records are being safeguarded.
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A year ago, KKTV, the CBS television affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colo., was expecting a sleepy season for midterm election political advertising.
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Peter Humber was watching TV at his home in Montecito Heights recently when an ad for Blue Shield of California came on.
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Asian automakers remain the go-to source for reliable vehicles, according to Consumer Reports’ latest annual reliability survey, released Monday. And brands that live by cutting-edge infotainment systems also die by them.
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Apple Inc.'s mobile payment technology ran into a roadblock a week after its introduction after CVS Health Corp. and Rite Aid Corp., part of a consortium developing a competing system, disabled Apple Pay in their drugstores.
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Projects like redeveloping the former Bethlehem Steel land or repairing Allentown's downtown or even keeping an agricultural area like Bushkill Township from being overrun by sprawl don't just happen, said Becky Bradley, executive director of the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission.
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Amazon.com has added a second Fire TV streaming device to its lineup, announcing a $39 streaming media stick on Monday that will compete with Google Chromecast and Roku Streaming Stick.
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The average price of regular gasoline at U.S. pumps slid to the lowest level in almost four years, dropping 18.2 cents in the two weeks ended Friday to $3.08 a gallon, according to Lundberg Survey Inc.
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One look at the latest Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board annual report gives a clear picture why officials like to point to the Sands in Bethlehem as the poster casino for why the state got into the gambling business.
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The Transportation Security Administration is falling flat in its efforts to win the hearts of frequent fliers.
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Concerned about slow sales of electric cars and plug-in hybrids, automakers are increasingly betting the future of green cars on hydrogen fuel cell technology.
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A year ago Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski made a bold move.
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For years Pat Huth came home from vacation with photos she'd taken of barns she admired on her journeys, but she never thought to take any of the ones around her home in central Illinois.
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