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3:50 AM

On the cyber patrol

WILKES-BARRE – Luzerne County Detective Chaz Balogh has seen some horrible things in the 21 years he’s worked in law enforcement, but few disturbed him as much as the image of the young girl in the shower.

3:55 AM

Health bill hurts area companies

Ask Mike Amory where it hurts and the owner of a medical equipment supply business points to the health care reform signed into law last week.

3:40 AM

Wal-Mart prank happened before

WASHINGTON TWP., N.J. - A 16-year-old Atlantic County boy arrested after the racially tinged announcement at the Turnersville Wal-Mart this month did the same thing Dec. 28, police reported yesterday.

3:40 AM

Hearts heavy as young boy remembered

WILKES-BARRE – A roadside memorial of flowers, a teddy bear and white candles sits just feet from where an eighth-grade Solomon/Plains Junior High student was involved in a fatal crash Friday afternoon.

3:58 AM

Pa. cement plant lays off workers

WAMPUM — A western Pennsylvania cement plant has laid off more than 100 workers, citing the poor economy.

3:59 AM

Area’s reps to explain health votes

U.S. lawmakers return home this weekend with clear marching orders to defend and explain their votes on the new health care law.

4:00 AM

Cancer issue complicates 9/11 compensation deal rejection

NEW YORK — Of all the illnesses people fear might be caused by toxic dust from the World Trade Center, nothing scares people like cancer.

3:40 AM

GOP favors insurance plans

WASHINGTON — Republicans were for President Barack Obama’s requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it.

3:40 AM

Obama: Student loans more affordable now

WASHINGTON — Big changes in the student loan program will help make college more affordable for students and their debt load more manageable after graduation, President Barack Obama says.

3:40 AM

Dems’ race is ho-hum affair Analysis

HARRISBURG — The last time Pennsylvania’s governorship was up for grabs, the Democratic candidates seemed larger than life.

3:40 AM

Pope’s authority uncompromised, Vatican says

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Saturday that recent attacks on the church over its handling of clerical sex abuse cases have been harmful, but insisted the pope’s authority had not been weakened.

3:40 AM

U.S. troop deaths double in first 3 months of 2010

KABUL — The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period last year as Washington has added tens of thousands of additional soldiers to reverse the Taliban’s momentum.

3:30 AM

Weatherization plan still out in cold

FRESNO, Calif. — After a year of crippling delays, President Barack Obama’s $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected.

3:30 AM

Palin drops in for Nevada tea party

SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. — Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign.

3:30 AM

Iraq victor in election preparing for rule

BAGHDAD — The secular challenger who stunned Iraq with his razor-thin parliamentary election win turned his attention to negotiations over a future government Saturday even as supporters of the prime minister vowed to fight the results.

3:30 AM

Haitians returning home due to lack of land

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Aid officials say they have finally figured out where to put hundreds of thousands of Haitians who lost their homes in a cataclysmic earthquake: right back where they came from.

3:48 AM

International News brief

Suspected U.S. missiles killed four people in the Pakistan’s insurgent-dominated northwest Saturday, officials said.

3:20 AM

PERFECT PITCH

A deal that went askew briefly has given plenty of mileage to car dealership owner Greg Santo.

3:20 AM

iPads all business for some

Jim Turner has bought 15 iPads that he’ll get in April, when Apple starts shipping the tablet-style computer designed for book reading, game playing and video viewing. Yet Turner won’t be using the iPad for entertainment.

3:20 AM

Starting over challenges even the experienced Ron Bartizek Business LOCAL

Not that he ever thought it would be easy, but a long career in business operations didn’t fully prepare Jerry Orloski for everything he’d face after opening his car cleaning and lube business four years ago.

3:20 AM

Boss won’t worry until he faces hire’s failings

Q: After asking my boss for additional help, I was thrilled when he hired a young man in his early 20s. My excitement was short-lived, however, because “Jeff” is both inexperienced and lazy. He arrives late, does sloppy work, texts his friends constantly, and occasionally falls asleep. When I gave him a project he didn’t want to do, he called in sick.

3:30 AM

It’s new eatery at old ball game

MOOSIC – After being vacant for more than a year, a new local restaurant is expanding.

3:30 AM

The kids hop to it

WILKES-BARRE – More than 500 children scurried around Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square on Saturday morning at the second annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association.

3:30 AM

Students spring to action on their break

College students tend to count down the days to their spring break because many take the days off to relax or head to the beach with their friends.

3:20 AM

SBA head came from trenches

WASHINGTON — Years before President Barack Obama tapped her to run the Small Business Administration, Karen Mills was tasked with creating jobs at the Brunswick Naval Air Station near her Maine home.

3:20 AM

Know right time to buy and fly

ATLANTA — You may be thinking of a vacation after seeing some tempting sales on spring and summer travel from Southwest and other airlines.

3:20 AM

BUSINESS AGENDA

WYOMING VALLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTORS: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Ramada Inn, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. District Justice Paul Roberts of Kingston will speak on typical landlord-tenant situations. Guests are welcome, parking is free. Refreshments will be served. Call Jim Straub at 288-3375 for more information.

3:20 AM

Sap tapped out too early

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Spring has sprung in northern New England — and that’s bad news for maple syrup makers, who say warm weather is stunting sugaring season in some places.

3:40 AM

Building Trust

AN ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED Saturday, March 27 on Page 20D and today on Page 24G lists the incorrect prices for three cars being sold by Wyoming Valley Motors. The correct ad is published today in the Sports section on Page 10C.