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Athletes brace for ImPACT

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — “How many fingers am I holding up?”

• Hospice care can ease pain, prolong life
• HEALTHY HAPPENINGS
• Red Cross hopes to expand donor pool

Shaping good health as teens outgrow pediatrician

Ever watched a teen skulk in the corner of a toddler-packed pediatrician's waiting room, obviously wishing to be anywhere else?

• MySpace is research place for busybody 'Dr. Meg'
• Nursing industry desperate to find new hires
• Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit

In with the old as a new year limps closer SANDRA SNYDER WALL TO WALL

Somewhere along the line, as 2008’s closing credits were getting ready to roll, someone noticed and announced something interesting. But you might have missed it, sandwiched as the ...

• Let the heart, wallet walk hand in hand SANDRA SNYDER WALL TO WALL
• Say, little elves, can you take this tall order? SANDRA SNYDER WALL TO WALL
• Lovely and rare is the sound of sweet silence SANDRA SNYDER WALL TO WALL

Babes, bullets all the movie ads needed Tom Mooney Opinion

• Monuments gone, not forgotten Tom Mooney Out on a Limb
• It’s the holiday and the heat’s turned way up Tom Mooney Remember When
• Confederate soldier’s grave sparks interest Tom Mooney Out on a Limb

Americans in need of renewed faith in family Perspective Father Bob Timchak

Many Christians recently celebrated the special feast of the Holy Family, a feast that presents Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as a model family whom all famili ...

• Christ’s gift of light, hope lasts forever PERSPECTIVE FATHER BOB TIMCHAK
• Rejoice in the message of season PERSPECTIVE FATHER BOB TIMCHAK
• Bring comfort to others Perspective Father Bob Timchak

College applicants feel the holiday rush COLLEGE COUNTDOWN KAREN MASON

COLLEGE COUNSELORS MAY have been more frantic than Santa’s elves this time of year as they hurried to get students’ supporting credentials mailed to colleges prior to the holidays ...

• Community colleges ease economic woes COLLEGE COUNTDOWN KAREN MASON
• Benefits of Division III schools for athletes often overlooked COLLEGE COUNTDOWN KAREN MASON
• Strategize smartly to master the college admissions process COLLEGE COUNTDOWN KAREN MASON

Foreclosure Web sites offer wide range of listings

Foreclosure search Web sites have grown increasingly popular as more would-be homebuyers have begun focusing on finding distressed properties.

• Fed to rule soon on sweeping credit card changes
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Logitech to cut salaried staff by 15 percent

Logitech International SA, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, said Monday it is cutting its salaried work force by 15 percent in response to weak consumer ...

• Feds start wait list for DTV converter box coupons
• Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO
• Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing

Milky Way _ the galaxy _ not snack-sized anymore

Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda ...

• Mars rover mission reaches 5th anniversary
• Exploiting nature to cut mosquitoes' life short
• Study: Hawaii's pygmy killer whales stay close

Calif. court sides with Episcopals over property

The state's high court ruled Monday that three Southern California parishes that left the U.S. Episcopal Church over its ordination of gay ministers cannot retain ownership of t ...

• Pope Benedict XVI names new archbishop for Detroit
• Billy Graham moves Dallas church membership to SC
• Rick Warren: Not anti-gay to oppose gay marriage