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Darren Behan, head chef of Molly Maguire's Irish Restaurant & Pub, will keep smiling and cooking up local favorites no matter what happens to Jim Thorpe's remains.
Jim Thorpe will survive, with or without Jim Thorpe
Make no bones about it: The businesses of Jim Thorpe will survive if the revered Olympian's remains are shipped to Oklahoma, his birthplace. The battle over Thorpe's remains, which has moved to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, will determine whether his body will be shipped back to a reservation in Oklahoma to be buried or stay at a memorial site in the town named for him.

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NW Boys 400 relay team has it together
NW Boys 400 relay team has it together
ORWIGSBURG - Usually the team that wins the 400 relay gold medal at the District 11 Championships has been running together all season long. They know each others tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses. However, the Northwestern Tigers 400 boys relay team defied that logic on Thursday afternoon on day two of District 11 competition. Cam Richardson, Austin Weiss, Cole Miller, and Harry Hall have only been running the 400 relay together since the middle of the season, but their efforts earned them...

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Lifestyle
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Neff
Tammy Neyer and Greg Neff exchange vows
Tammy S. Neyer of Lehighton, and Greg Neff, also of Lehighton, were united in marriage on April 9, 2013 at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. The Rev. David Bayer officiated the double ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Suzanna Vaughn of Lehighton and the late Carl Trine. She holds a paralegal degree and is employed as a certified counselor/advocate. The bridegroom is the son of Betty Petco of Lehighton, and Ronald Pitt Neff, also of Lehighton. He is a graduate of Lehighton Area High School...

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Entertainment
'Oblivion': Cruise drone-alone'
"Oblivion" is a stunning sci-fi thriller that transports you to another world: Earth in the not two-distant future. The year is 2077, intones Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) in the prologue. An alien invasion has made the planet uninhabitable, he tells us. Surviving humans have fled to Triton, a moon of Saturn. Jack Harper is a kind of space-age mechanic. Only, instead of repairing cars, he repairs drones, which have been developed into all-purpose super-fast, super-lethal security forces. The drones...

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