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WILMINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bankruptcy court on Monday approved Central European Distribution Corp's bankruptcy exit plan, putting Russian billionaire Roustam Tariko on the verge of adding one of the world's largest vodka producers to his stable...

Moravian College held graduation ceremonies 10 a.m. May 11. The ceremony concludes the 271st academic year at Moravian, America's sixth-oldest college. Moravian College President Christopher M. Thomforde conferred degrees to approximately 398 bachelor...

Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce The Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed the following new members: -  Charles Bailey, Attorney at Law, LLC, 82 W. Washington St., Suite 501, Hagerstown -  Hagerstown...

The Laurel Highlands Council of the Boy Scouts of America has asked volunteers to consider the possibility of allowing open gays to join. Gay-rights groups have been pressuring the national executive board to overturn its ban on homosexual members. Mike...

Horses chasing a spot in the Kentucky Derby this year must, for the first time, compile points (instead of graded earnings) by finishing in the top four in a series of races chosen by the staff at Churchill Downs. The revised qualification rules are...

A world-class ice dancer from Clarksville has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in connection with allegations that he sexually abused a 16-year-old girl in Lake Placid, N.Y. Genrikh Sretenski, 50, a Russian-born former Olympic competitor, pleaded...

Carl Eichert, of Laurel, a physics major, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Clemson University, in South Carolina. Philip Chu, of Laurel, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at The State University of New York at...

An important — if lesser-known — steward of the Laurel Highlands snowmobile trail system has received a pivotal grant for new maintenance equipment.   The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has authorized a $4,000...

Even professional chefs get the Thanksgiving Day jitters. Just ask Quinn and Karen Hatfield, the couple who own Hatfield's restaurant (he's the chef, she's the pastry chef) and the recently opened Sycamore Kitchen. "I feel like I forget how to cook a...

"This isn't rocket science," assured John Azzolini, as he methodically attacked a lifeless mound of dough with his trusty rolling pin: four words that were music to my ears. John's a brilliant electrical engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in...

Anyone who grew up in the 1960s in the New York area knows the face and voice of Chuck McCann. McCann, along with officer Joe Bolton, Captain Jack Mccarthy, Bozo the clown and Gloria Okon created PIX 11's super successful children's tv programming....

World-class ice dancer Genrikh Sretenski is scheduled to make his first court appearance in upstate New York on Friday morning on sex abuse and related charges stemming from allegations from last year. Sretenski, 50, is expected to turn himself in to New...