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Protesters expected at FirstEnergys W.Va. meeting
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Union workers picketed FirstEnergy's annual shareholder meeting in West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding the Ohio-based utility hire enough people to keep the power on without forcing an ever-shrinking labor force to work as many as 1,800 hours of overtime a ...
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Sprint to listen to Dish offer
Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.The companies said late Thursday that SoftBank had waived provisions of its deal with Sprint that will allow Sprint to talk with Dish.SoftBank currently has a $20.1 billion deal ...
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Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs
Best Buy Co. is reporting a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores. The electronics retailer says net loss for the three months ended May 4 after paying preferred dividends totaled $81 million, or 24 cents per share. That compares with net income of $158 million, or 46 cents per ...
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President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs ...
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Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
ATLANTA (AP) - Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street's view and the world's biggest home improvement chain boosted its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts Tuesday. Shares climbed 4 percent in premarket trading. For the ...
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2 Pa. teens charged after trying to re-enter prom
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) -- Police say two suburban Philadelphia teenagers were arrested following an altercation after one of them tried to re-enter their high school ...
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Retired boxer wins round in Pa. parking dispute
EASTON, Pa. (AP) -- Former heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes has won a legal round in a towing dispute at his eastern Pennsylvania ...
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Democrats make last push in primary to be mayor of Harrisburg Pennsylvania
(Reuters) - The mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-strapped capital, faces off on Tuesday against two fellow Democrats in a primary election that will likely determine who leads a city that has become a poster child for financial ...
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Aston postpones vote on fate of mobile home park
Aston commissioners delayed a vote on a proposal that would force residents of Fishers Corner to move. Times staff / JULIA WILKINSON ASTON - The 25 residents living in the Fishers Corner Mobile Home Community will have to wait a bit longer to learn their fate, as commissioners, during Wednesday’s meeting, did not vote on a request for a zoning change from mobile home to industrial.The ...
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10 things you need to know for Tuesday
C-City Blogger Presenting Chester City's news and views to Delco Times web visitors who want to know more of what's going on in the City besides the stories they read in the ...
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In tornados wake worried parents seek out kids in Oklahoma devastation
By NOMAAN MERCHANT,Associated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.For many families, the ordeal ended in bear hugs and tears of joy as loved ones ...
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Photographer describes Oklahoma school All I could see was destruction
Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo Sue ...
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Oklahoma twister tracked path of killer 1999 tornado
By MALCOLM RITTER,AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.The National Weather Service estimated that the storm that struck Moore, Okla., on Monday had wind speeds of up to 200 mph, and was at least a half-mile wide. The 1999 storm had winds clocked at 300 mph, ...
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Deadliest tornadoes at a glance
A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900:• 695 deaths. March 18, 1925, in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.• 216 deaths. April 5, 1936, in Tupelo, Miss.• 203 deaths. April 6, 1936, in Gainesville, Ga.• 181 deaths. April 9, 1947, in Woodward, Okla.• 158 deaths. May 22, 2011, in Joplin, Mo.• 143 deaths. April 24, 1908, in Amite, La., and ...
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Parents issue appeal for Skippack college student’s return
MATTHEW ROYER Missing SKIPPACK - The parents of a Skippack college student missing since he left the University of Rhode Island Friday issued a tearful plea for his return during a press conference Monday."Matthew, we love you," said Janet Royer, the mother of Matthew Royer. "We’re here for you. Please call us. We’ll come get you anywhere, ...
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Storify | Oklahoma tornado coverage
Recovery operations continue Tuesday morning after a tornado, reported to be a mile wide, touched down in Moore, leveling Plaza Towers elementary school and killing 20 children inside. The death toll is expected to rise. President Obama has declared a disaster and FEMA is providing ...
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SUV crashes when dog gets stuck in steering wheel
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) -- Police in central Pennsylvania say a woman lost control of her sport-utility vehicle, drove along a sidewalk and crashed after her small dog got tangled up in the steering ...
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Police Suspect crashes into Pa. town hall
Authorities say it happened around 10:50 p.m. Monday in Yeadon. Police say the driver, whose name has not been released, had a marijuana cigarette behind his ear when authorities got to the ...
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Election director predicts light turnout at polls
Countywide, Wolosik projected 35 percent of 530,197 registered Democrats and 25 percent of 238,368 registered Republicans would turn out before polls close at 8 ...
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McKeesport bank robbed again
Police Chief Bryan J. Washowich said officers spotted a man running from the bank shortly after 10 a.m. He was apprehended about a quarter of a mile away in the area of Pirl Street and E. Fifth ...
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Okla. Medical examiner expects more bodies
The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...
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Death toll now at 51 after devastating tornado slams Oklahoma town 200 mph wind flattens school 20 children victims
A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. The relationship between the woman and the child was not immediately known. A tornado as much as half a mile (.8 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on ...
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View videos and slideshow from devastation of killer Oklahoma tornado
A vicious tornado was one of several that touched down Sunday in the nation's midsection, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan.The National Weather Service was forecasting more of the same for the region -- including Oklahoma City and Tulsa -- Monday afternoon and evening, warning of the possibility of tornadoes and baseball-sized hail. Residents of Arkansas, Kansas and ...
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Woman hit by SEPTA bus in Chester
CHESTER – City police and fire personnel are on the scene at Ninth Street and Avenue of the States where a woman has been struck by a SEPTA bus. Police Commissioner Joseph Bail said the call was reported as "a person being trapped under the bus," but it was too early in the investigation to provide ...
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Philadelphia expands recycling, but not all is well
Philadelphia is expanding the range of recyclable products its accepts in the refuse disposal systems and in effort to increase recycling rates and save money for the city council during current lean times. But, there is a concern among environmentalists that increased recycling may actually have negative side effects.
Recycling across the country is not entirely mainstreamed yet, according to figures from 2007 to 2008 (the most recent available), just 11% of all the USA’s garbage was recycled. Environmentalists point to figures such as these for the reason why landfills are running out, pollution is increasing and the environment is suffering. Read more
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