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Allentown council to vote on clean air ordinance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:47:04 -0400

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - The city council in Allentown is set to vote on a clean air ordinance that would include round-the-clock monitoring of any new waste-to-energy plants built there.

Police: Pa. cars may have been racing before crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:23:06 -0400

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - Police in Allentown are investigating whether two cars may have been racing before a crash that killed three people in one vehicle.

Man plans to open retro arcade in Allentown, Pa.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:29:21 -0400

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - A Pennsylvania man plans to open a museum in Allentown, where he'll put his collection of retro arcade games from the 1950s to 1980s on display for play.

FBI visits NSA leaker's dad, stepmother in Pa.

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:50:29 -0400

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - FBI agents on Monday visited the home of a man whose son has identified himself as the source of leaks about top-secret U.S. surveillance programs.

Verizon investigating 911 outage in eastern Pa.

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:59:05 -0400

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - An investigation has been launched to determine what caused Carbon County's 911 center to shut down.

Pa. woman convicted in fiance's wedding day death

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:43:10 -0400

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - An eastern Pennsylvania woman who fatally stabbed her fiance on their wedding day - and then apparently could not comprehend that he had died - was convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday.

5 arrested in Conn. $4M jewelry heist, kidnapping

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:34:47 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Five people have been arrested in the robbery of more than $4 million in jewelry, watches and diamonds from a Connecticut store in an elaborate heist that began with the kidnapping of store employees more than 40 miles away, federal authorities said Thursday.

Allentown fire crews find body in burned apartment

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:18:29 -0400

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - Firefighters responding to an apartment blaze in Allentown have discovered a man's body in a top-floor unit.