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  1. Report: Feds to announce major crib recall TuesdayRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Chicago Sun-Times

    ... Product Safety Commission urged parents to stop using convertible bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. after a 5-month-old girl was strangled to death when she became entrapped between the bassinet's metal bars. (CPSC.gov) U.S. ...

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    Related Topix: Product Recalls, Autos

  2. Large Number of Cribs to Be Recalled TuesdayRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Fox News

    ... have been recalled by the CPSC since 2007. In July, the CPSC recalled 400,000 Drop Side Cribs from Simplicity of Reading, Pa., after finding that faulty hardware on the side of the crib could detach and create a space where an infant could be ...

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    Related Topix: Product Recalls

  3. UGI Central Penn Gas customers in Slate Belt to receive January creditRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Easton Express-Times

    ... The January credit applies to UGI Central customers who purchased natural gas between last Dec. 1 and this Nov. 30. Reading-based UGI submits quarterly price adjustments to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission based on wholesale natural gas ...

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    Related Topix: Northampton County, PA, Lehigh County, PA

  4. Crib recall may be announced on Tuesday 3:12 PM CTRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Dallas Morning News

    ... isn't aware of any of its products being recalled, spokesman David Doolittle said in an interview. SFCA Inc., the Reading, Pennsylvania-based company that purchased the assets of Simplicity Inc. after foreclosure, no longer appears to be in ...

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    Related Topix: Product Recalls

  5. No injuries reported at early morning residential fire in ToptonRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    ... re no reports of injuries. Further details will be provided as they become available. Complete coverage in Tuesday's Reading Eagle and at readingeagle.com View Scene of early morning fire in a larger map

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    Related Topix: Topton, PA, Berks County, PA

  6. Driver loses control in Oley Township and car ends up in pondRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    Reading Eagle A 24-year-old Topton man escaped injury after he lost control and drove into a pond in Oley Township early Sunday, according to township police.

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    Related Topix: Oley, PA

  7. Man shot in leg in ReadingRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    Reading Eagle A 22-year-old man was shot in his lower right leg as he walked with his half-brother Sunday afternoon at Front and Buttonwood streets, city police said.

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    Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA

  8. 3 girls held at gunpoint during home invasion robbery in ReadingRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    Reading Eagle Five people held three girls at gunpoint during a home invasion robbery in the 100 block of Rose Street, city police said Sunday.

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  9. Candlelight vigil marks one-year anniversary of Reading barber's murder

    13 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    ... to many who knew him, he was much more. After a few words from Pastor Carol Kehler of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Reading, Bitler's friends took turns speaking, one by one sharing stories about their favorite barber. Some remembered his smiling ...

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    Related Topix: Birdsboro, PA, Berks County, PA

  10. Where do lawmakers representing Berks stand on issue?Read the original story

    13 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    ... the smaller municipalities. Something has to give because we don't have the money." Rep. Thomas R. Caltagirone, a Reading Democrat who supports the bill and co-sponsored it. "It's really not fair to the smaller rural municipalities. There are ...

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    Related Topix: US News

  11. Dave Villwock had the race and championship won until his engine staring blowing fireRead the original story w/Photo

    19 hrs ago | HydroINSIDER.com

    ... Hopp (Snohomish, Wash.), Jeff Bernard, Nate Brown (Preston, Wash.), Jean Theoret (Lery, Quebec) and Mike Webster (Reading, Penn.) were drawn in the first of Saturday's four heats in front of a packed crowd in Doha Bay. Webster was forced to miss the ...

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  12. QATAR 2009: David, Villwock, Kelly win unlimited hydroplane heats; David lengthens points leadRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | HydroINSIDER.com

    ... Qatar for the preliminary heats for the inaugural Oryx Cup UIM World Championship on Friday. Heat 1A Mike Webster (Reading, Penn.) in the U-22 Matrix Systems Automotive Finishes, Ken Muscatel (Mercer Island, Wash.) in the U-25 Superior Racing, J. ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Qatar, Middle East

  13. Myerstown to hold parade, tree lighting SaturdayRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | The Lebanon Daily News

    ... from Philadelphia; the Rajah Shrine Legion of Honor float, Rajah mounted horse patrol and Rajah String Band from Reading; the Reilly Raiders drum and bugle corps from Philadelphia; the Catasauqua High School and Elizabethtown Middle School bands; ...

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    Related Topix: Myerstown, PA, Allentown, PA, Philadelphia, PA

  14. Reading company offers device to prevent electrocutionsRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    ... system to Department of Defense officials during a ceremony and tour at the company's manufacturing plant in Reading. Fourteen electrocutions have occurred since 2003, including one involving a Green Beret from Pennsylvania, said Democratic Rep. Tim ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Tim Holden, Democrat

  15. Nov. 23: Greater Reading - Berks Co. Kiwanis Club Meeting at Mifflin Court Activities Room, 7pmRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    A 2009 Reading Eagle Company, All Rights Reserved - Serving the Berks County community and surrounding areas for over 140 years! These links are not endorsements of any products or services in such sites, and no information in such site has been endorsed or approved by this site.

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    Related Topix: Berks County, PA

  16. Agencies do not communicateRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    Agencies do not communicate (11/23/09) Editor: I read the article "Daniel Boone Homestead to close" (Reading Eagle, Nov. 17) with great fascination about how our government works, or in this case doesn't work. What amazed me about the proposal to ...

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  17. Flu vaccine shortage symptom of our unpreparednessRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    ... shipments of the vaccine have not materialized or have been significantly smaller than promised. For example, a Reading Hospital spokesman said earlier this month that the hospital requested more than 175,000 H1N1 vaccine doses - both flu mist and ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

  18. Representatives right to vote against billRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    ... intrusion into the health care and health insurance ("Health care passes House, but barely, after pro-life change," Reading Eagle, Nov. 8). I especially praise Tim Holden for not holding the party line. I am in the process of switching my party ...

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    Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Tim Holden, US Politics, Democrat, US News

  19. Reading woman realizes a dream by starting shoe storeRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    ... some, an entrepreneurial spirit serves just fine. That's the case with new business owner Sandra T. Ellis, 28, of Reading, who recently opened Diamond Fashion Shoes on North Fifth Street. A year ago, Ellis was a receptionist for a temp agency. But ...

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  20. Education calendarRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | GoErie

    ... Board meets, at Millcreek Education Center, 3740 W. 26th St., 7 p.m. - Kindergarten and first grade Family Math and Reading Night, at Springfield Elementary School, 11911 Bond St., East Springfield, 6 to 7:30 p.m. - Swine-flu vaccine clinic, at ...

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    Related Topix: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, East Springfield, PA

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