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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River southwest of Scranton. It was settled in 1769 and was twice burned (1778 and 1784) by the British and their allies during the American Revolution.
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MAYOR TOM LEIGHTON, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA: Because of what has transpired across the country, ultimately you have to be worried that it's going to come back to Pennsylvania and affect northeastern Pennsylvania, and cities like Wilkes-Barre.
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WILKES-BARRE -- Testimony has continued in the homicide trial of Gregory Fann, 21, of Wilkes-Barre, who is charged with the May 2008 shooting death of Aaron Witko near the Black Diamond Bridge in Edwardsville.
Times Leader News Joe Healey 2010
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WILKES-BARRE - A man filed a lawsuit against Wilkes-Barre police on Thursday alleging police brutality in connection with an arrest last year.
Times Leader News 2010
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WILKES-BARRE - The eight-day holiday of Passover began Monday at sundown, and members of the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre celebrated with the annual Passover Seder meal.
Times Leader News Joe Healey 2010
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WILKES-BARRE -- A Noxen man charged with killing a Plains Township firefighter in a crash in Wilkes-Barre in April 2009 pleaded guilty this afternoon to related charges.
Times Leader News 2010
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WILKES-BARRE - A man filed a lawsuit against Wilkes-Barre police on Thursday alleging police brutality in connection with an arrest last year.
Times Leader News 2010
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WILKES-BARRE -- Testimony has continued in the homicide trial of Gregory Fann, 21, of Wilkes-Barre, who is charged with the May 2008 shooting death of Aaron Witko near the Black Diamond Bridge in Edwardsville.
Times Leader News 2010
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WILKES-BARRE - Juan Arias, 26, of Wilkes-Barre, was injured in a one-car crash Saturday night, state police at Wyoming said.
Times Leader News 2009
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WILKES-BARRE - It was with overwhelming dominance that Delaware Valley opened Friday's half of the District 2 Class AAA swimming championships at the CYC in Wilkes-Barre.
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WILKES-BARRE - Tameka Shantel Gaddis, 24, of Scott Street, Wilkes-Barre, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of provising false identification to law enforcement and defiant trespass, police said.
Times Leader News 2009
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