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Lake Superior: Michigan beats Ohio for Little League title
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Lake Superior: Michigan beats Ohio for Little League title

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT Twice, Jackson Surma walked to the plate with runners in scoring position in the biggest game of his young life. Both times he delivered.

Need for Duryea levee clearance presented to Luzerne County Council
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Need for Duryea levee clearance presented to Luzerne County Council

· August 29, 2021

Duryea Borough Council President Jeffrey Bauman implored Luzerne County Council members to provide clearance needed to bring the borough s levee system up to federal standards.

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AP source: Jets acquire edge rusher Shaq Lawson from Texans

· August 29, 2021
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Ravens' Dobbins expected to miss season because of torn ACL

· August 29, 2021
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Garcia, van Rooyen make top 30 for Tour Championship berths

· August 29, 2021
Wind, storm surge from Hurricane Ida lash Louisiana
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Wind, storm surge from Hurricane Ida lash Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., blowing off roofs and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louis

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'As long as it takes': FEMA, other agencies respond to Ida

· August 29, 2021
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Lake Superior: Michigan beats Ohio for Little League title

· August 29, 2021
US OPEN 2021: Djokovic, Osaka demand much of the attention
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US OPEN 2021: Djokovic, Osaka demand much of the attention

NEW YORK Novak Djokovic is well aware that his two-track pursuit of men s tennis history at the U.S. Open the first calendar-year Grand Slam in more than a half-century and a record 21st major tit

Phillies 7, Diamondbacks 4: Galvis, Suarez lead Phillies over Arizona for 3rd win in row
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Phillies 7, Diamondbacks 4: Galvis, Suarez lead Phillies over Arizona for 3rd win in row

PHILADELPHIA Freddy Galvis drove in three runs and Rafael Marchand and Travis Jankowski hit back-to-back RBI triples that sent the Philadelphia Phillies over the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 Sunday.

Reddick lands NASCAR’s final playoff spot despite crash
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Reddick lands NASCAR’s final playoff spot despite crash

· August 29, 2021

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Tyler Reddick parked his taped-together Chevrolet on the backstretch, far from everyone else and quite possibly in the way of track workers trying to clean up a crash. He could s

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Hundreds of Gazans protest blockade along Israeli frontier

· August 29, 2021
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Soler, Riley back Anderson with HRs, Braves romp over Giants

· August 29, 2021
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German chancellor candidates face off in 1st election debate

· August 29, 2021
A fairy tale of a day: Princess party a special outing for some area youngsters
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A fairy tale of a day: Princess party a special outing for some area youngsters

· August 29, 2021

DALLAS TWP. Hundreds of young princes and princesses in the making didn t have to journey far, far away to find their own magical kingdom on Sunday.

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Greenwood's goals well timed before Ronaldo returns to Man U

· August 29, 2021
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‘Candyman’ slashes way toward No. 1 box office spot

· August 29, 2021
Times Leader P.M. Update: Sunday, Aug. 29
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Times Leader P.M. Update: Sunday, Aug. 29

· August 29, 2021

Kevin Carroll is here with your P.M. Update from the Beaumont Inn, where a very special princess brunch and garden party was held this afternoon. Read all about it in Monday s e-edition, plus county g

Look Back: Two inmates escaped from SCI-Dallas in 1999
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Look Back: Two inmates escaped from SCI-Dallas in 1999

· August 29, 2021

Several hours after sunrise on Aug. 16, 1999, officials inside the State Correctional Institution at Dallas in Jackson Township discovered two inmates - Michael McCloskey and Anthony W. Yang - had esc

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Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

· August 29, 2021