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W-B gets rap app 1:00 AM

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Though Wilkes-Barre’s streets may not have the same rap cred as New York City and Los Angeles, a local mobile application developer hopes its collaboration with a hip-hop artist will put the city on the recording industry’s radar.

Johnson & Johnson aims to fix image 1:00 AM

TRENTON, N.J. — With Johnson & Johnson’s once-golden reputation tarnished by 11 recalls of medicines, contact lenses and hip implants in as many months, its chief executive says he knows the company let consumers down.

HP, Dell raising offers to buy 3Par 1:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO – The bidding war for 3Par Inc. intensified on Friday, with both Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. raising their takeover offers – with the latest bid valuing the small data-storage company at $2 billion.

Stocks gain after reassurance from the Fed 1:00 AM

NEW YORK — Stocks posted big gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank was ready to step in if the U.S. economy showed further signs of weakening.

In brief 1:00 AM

More than half of the natural gas drillers operating in the Marcellus Shale missed the deadline to report the production levels of their wells in violation of state law, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

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Architectural gems languish on Calif. home market - 08/28/2010

The home sale slump has left some dwellings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and other architectural luminaries languishing on the Southern California market. Marquee homes by Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler and others that once sold briskly to design aficionados for stratospheric prices are now selling at a loss if at all, with the w

Justice Dept signs off on United-Continental deal - 08/28/2010

The Justice Department said Friday that it has no more antitrust concerns about the deal that would combine United and Continental into the world's largest airline. To win that approval, the airlines had to open the door to Southwest Airlines at Continental's hub in Newark, N.J., where it is the dominant carrier. The Justice Departmen

Cuba eases property laws, could open door to golf - 08/28/2010

Cuba has begun allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years, a step toward a future that could be filled with golf courses ringed by luxury villas, beachfront timeshares and vacation homes for well-heeled tourists. But while overseas developers are cheering, some caution that the communist island has been dow

Family survives quake, now husband trapped in mine - 08/28/2010

It's a tale of two disasters, an unbelievable misfortune for a family. But this is the reality for Carola Narvaez. Her family survived Chile's big earthquake six months ago, yet the temblor destroyed the shipyard where her husband worked. That forced him to take a job four months ago in a copper and gold mine. And now he is

Nation & World

Carter's diplomacy helps free American prisoner

Jimmy Carter has for years worked behind the scenes to secure the release of political prisoners. But this week he had to do it in person and in the public spotlight, traveling to North Korea to bring an American home. The Nobel laureate was forced front-and-center when the diplomatic back-channels couldn't get Aijalon Gomes released. ...

PENNSYLVANIA NEWS

Lidge's balk forces Phillies to go extras for win

Jimmy Rollins thought he was all but out as he was racing toward a close play at the plate. Turns out he was safe, thanks to his super slide that lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the NL West-leading San Diego Padres in the 12th inning Friday night, three innings after Brad Lidge balked in the tying run. &q; ...

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