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Q: Some years ago I bought a cute little table plant for $1.99. The picture I've included shows what's happened to it -- it's grown so large.

The Pleasant Valley Shops in Peters Township are demolished for a new Walgreens.

Airman 1st Class Matthew A. Fralick has completed basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

James B. Cooper, 66, of 48867 Brushville Road, formerly of Zelienople, Pa. died Saturday morning at his home following a four-year struggle with cancer.

The wooden doors of St. Adalbert's Church stayed open to receive U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Patton on the way to his final resting place.

Six years ago, when Barbara Melera bought the venerable D. Landreth Seed Co., it had been decades since Landreths were at the helm, and the company no longer specialized in the vegetables and flowers that had built its fine reputation.

The '79-'86 generation of Capri's are unique in that this was the only time the Capri was ever offered with a V-8 engine.

Brian Patton, seen in Kuwait, died in a vehicle crash last week. He will be honored Friday in Nanticoke.

A woman faces a preliminary hearing on charges she stole $48,000 worth of instant-win Pennsylvania lottery tickets from the convenience store where she worked.

Philadelphia is a vibrant horticultural center, with much history and many thriving gardening organizations, public gardens and traditions.

A Shippensburg family is grieving the loss of their son, Sgt. Casey Thomas Briggs, who died suddenly Wednesday in the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, Md., according to his family.

Joshua Stowe giggled nonstop from the oversized blue chair as music vibrated beneath him.

The Plymouth Rotary Club and Kielbasa Festival Committee have presented a donation to Battery A, 1st Battalion 109th Field Artillery.

Sapphire City, a pacing colt by Metropolitan and out of the Justin Passing mare Spectre Almahurst, brought a bid of $27,000 to top the inaugural Breeders Select Yearling Sale, conducted Monday at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

Lear Jetta will stand at stud in 2010 at Dr. Hurtgen's Nandi Farm, New Freedom, Pa.

Terror won in Pittsburgh last week. Not the terror of bombs and blood, of course, but what terror necessarily seems to force.

Thousands of protesters are expected in Pittsburgh for the Group of 20 global economic summit on Sept.

A central Pennsylvania man about to go on trial in the "sleeper hold" death of a friend has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder.

Rutter's Farm Stores has announced the final two winners of free gasoline for one year in its "Fuel Up Free!" contest.

A pregnant woman claims her husband is a compulsive liar and a cheater, and he says the same of her.