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Hearing set on Pennsylvania voter ID law

HARRISBURG — A legal challenge to Pennsylvania's tough new law requiring voters to show photo identification will reappear in court next week before the judge who initially refused to halt the law, even as registered voters claim they are being stymied in their attempts to get a valid photo ID.

PA Supreme Court sends Voter ID case to lower court for review

Divisive voter ID law goes before Pennsylvania's highest court

Man charged with killing loan shark, bodyguard in Monroe County park

A 28-year-old Pocono Summit man was charged Thursday with killing a loan shark he owed money and the loan shark's bodyguard last month in Coolbaugh Township Park, authorities said.

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Allentown police union stopped using troubled fundraiser years ago
September 20, 2012 5:56 PM EDT
PPL to hire thousands, spend billions
September 20, 2012 5:45 PM EDT
Allentown names parade grand marshals
September 20, 2012 5:11 PM EDT
Appeals court upholds convictions in Atlantic States foundry trial
September 20, 2012 5:08 PM EDT
Man charged with killing loan shark, bodyguard in Monroe County park
September 20, 2012 5:02 PM EDT
Wingate hotel faces foreclosure threat
September 20, 2012 4:34 PM EDT

Appeals court upholds convictions in Atlantic States foundry trial

Four men convicted in 2006 of violating environmental and worker-safety laws at the Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. in Phillipsburg could begin serving their sentences next month after a decision by a...

Beagle survives 70-foot fall from NJ bridge

Pa. court officials warn of jury duty hoax

Allentown man charged with stealing $3,000 in water service to his home

Bethlehem council backs tax break district

Easton police arrest three in drug raid

Police: Man admits to Palmer Township theft of credit cards, cash and camera

U.S. Census numbers: Allentown economy lagging

Lehigh Valley tourism showcased

Allentown police arrest four on drug charges during shots fired investigation

Police: Robbers flee on motorcycle to strip club

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5 hospitals named Top Performers

It might seem like common sense for an emergency room nurse to take a blood sample before giving antibiotics to a patient suspected of having pneumonia, since the drugs can throw off the true reading of the blood culture.