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Police Blotter

HUNLOCK TWP. – A body that was pulled from the Susquehanna River on Saturday has been identified.

Fewer full-timers

A study by the Pennsylvania Economy League shows Luzerne County municipalities are employing fewer full-time police officers.

Few new middle-income jobs in future, experts say

Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay — or none at all.

Local superintendents unsure about $10B ‘EduJobs’ bill

Congress recently passed a bill providing $10 billion intended to help financially struggling school districts avoid teacher layoffs or bring back furloughed teachers.

Man shot outside lake bar

TUNKHANNOCK TWP. – A Pittston man was shot and killed following a fight outside a lakeside bar late Saturday night.

Feds charge area sports dealer with having unlicensed items

SCRANTON – Federal authorities have charged an area sports memorabilia dealer with possessing hundreds of unlicensed jerseys and photos of various professional football, baseball and hockey teams.

Penny pinching gizmos big sellers in bad economy

NEW YORK — How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.

Building Trust

A story on Page 2A in Sunday’s edition about a state Department of Environmental Protection investigation into bubbles of methane gas in the Susquehanna River in Bradford County listed the wrong branch of the river. That section is the North Branch.

Lottery

•None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were:

Autopsy scheduled in death of Bloomsburg University student

BLOOMSBURG — Authorities in central Pennsylvania are trying to determine whether alcohol played a role in the death of a university student.

Charter school revises pay policy

BEAR CREEK TWP. – Revisions to the paid time off policy will benefit teachers and staff at the Bear Creek Community Charter School even more than planned after the board of trustees on Thursday made some adjustments.

Police probe Conyngham blaze

CONYNGHAM – State police continue to investigate the cause of a fire that ravaged a Main Street apartment and commercial complex early Sunday morning.

Study looks at brain injuries

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Motivated by the deaths of two friends in war-zone explosions, 1st Lt. Timothy Dwyer decided to become a bomb hunter.

Boating incidents kill 70 in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo — Two boat capsizes in one weekend on Congo’s vast rivers have left 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead in unrelated incidents that were both characterized by heavily loaded boats operated with few safety measures, officials said Sunday.

Mudslides kill at least 38

NAHUALA, Guatemala — Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers who had come to save people already trapped by a wall of mud.

In brief

Just days after Mideast peace talks began in Washington, the first major crisis is already looming: Israel hinted Sunday it will ease restrictions on building in West Bank settlements, while the Palestinian president warned he’ll quit the talks if Israel resumes construction.

Suicide bombers hit Baghdad military center

BAGHDAD — Suicide bombers struck a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and killed 12 people, two weeks after an attack on the same site pointed to the failure of Iraqi forces to plug even the most obvious holes in their security.

Obama supports credits on taxes

WASHINGTON — Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, a White House official said Sunday.

Days darkening for endangered fireflies

INDIANAPOLIS — The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children’s bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation’s backyards as suburban sprawl encroaches on their habitats.

Punch, kick, survive

At a women’s self-defense seminar at Kirby Park Sunday, more than a dozen women learned how to punch, kick and claw their way out of a possible life-threatening situation.