Final episode of TLC’s ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8′ airs, as parents of 8 children seek divorce

Final episode of TLC’s ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8′ airs

Attorney calls Gosselin mediation a success, says divorce could be finalized by end of year

Attorney: Gosselin divorce could be finalized soon

Pa. dog breeder pulls animal cruelty guilty plea; officials say 189 dogs were living in filth

Pa. dog breeder withdraws animal cruelty plea

Pa. man pleads guilty in fatal fire that started when he flicked lighter to spook mother’s cat

Pa. man tried scaring cat with lighter, killed mom

Pa. court throws out thousands of juvenile convictions linked to judicial corruption case

Pa. high court dismisses juvenile convictions

PPL reports steep decline in 3rd-quarter earnings, reaffirms 2009 forecast

PPL posts steep drop in 3Q earnings

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Energy and utility holding company PPL Corp. posted dramatically lower third-quarter earnings Thursday as charges related to economic hedges and income taxes hurt its performance.

APNewsBreak: Pa. exotic pet dealer had expired license when wife killed by captive black bear

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A northeastern Pennsylvania dealer of exotic pets was operating with an expired license when his wife was killed by a captive black bear as she cleaned its cage.

Woman in northeastern Pa. fatally mauled by pet black bear she kept caged near her home

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A woman was killed by a captive 350-pound black bear as she cleaned its cage Sunday night, officials said Monday as they revealed her husband, an exotic pet dealer, was operating with an expired license.

Pa. man parking van pins, kills twin who’s guiding him into space; police say alcohol involved

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania man trying to parallel park a minivan killed his identical twin brother, who was trying to guide him into the space.

Pa. man trying to parallel park pins twin, who later dies; police say alcohol was involved

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — An eastern Pennsylvania man trying to parallel park a minivan pinned his identical twin brother, who later died at a hospital.

2 former NE Pa. judges charged with racketeering, money laundering in kids-for-cash scheme

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Federal prosecutors have ratcheted up their pursuit of two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking $2.8 million in kickbacks to place youth offenders in private detention centers.

Pa. life inmates seek clemency after US judge’s decision that could relax rule for thousands

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Tyrone Werts earned a college degree, counseled at-risk teenagers, organized an anti-crime summit, sold Girl Scout cookies, and once prevented the rape of a teacher — all while serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and robbery.

Pa. high court overturns judge, orders new competency hearing for man who killed 13 in 1982

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The state Supreme Court has ordered another competency hearing for a man who killed 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Pa. psychiatric aide pleads guilty to giving 4 nails to patient, getting her to swallow them

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania mental hospital worker has admitted giving four nails to a patient and getting her to swallow them.

Former Pa. judges in corruption scandal withdraw guilty pleas after judge rejects plea deal

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Two former Pennsylvania judges charged in the “kids for cash” corruption scandal have withdrawn their guilty pleas after a federal judge rejected their plea deal.

Former Pa. judges in juvenile detention kickbacks case lose bid to keep fraud plea in place

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Two former Pennsylvania judges who pleaded guilty to fraud have lost their bid to keep their plea agreement in place.

Pa. Supreme Court reverses itself, now wants to save records of judicial scandal

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The state Supreme Court bowed to pressure and abandoned its plan to destroy the records of thousands of juveniles who appeared before a corrupt judge between 2003 and 2008.

Pa. woman charged with placing 5 foreign exchange students in filthy homes, short on food

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman who worked for a student exchange agency has been charged with criminal neglect for allegedly placing foreign students in filthy homes, littered with animal waste and also occupied by ex-convicts.

Pa. high court: Juveniles suing crooked judge who took money can keep their records

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered the preservation of court records of juveniles who are suing a corrupt judge.

APNewsBreak: Pa. court’s refusal to preserve records jeopardizes claims against corrupt judge

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Thousands of youth offenders could lose the ability to recover damages from a corrupt judge because the state Supreme Court has refused to preserve key juvenile records, attorneys for victims of the scandal say.

APNewsBreak: Pa. prosecutor says charges warranted in ‘criminal neglect’ of exchange students

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A California nonprofit placed foreign exchange students in deplorable conditions in Pennsylvania, with some becoming malnourished or living in homes strewn with dog feces, and a prosecutor said the neglect merits criminal charges.

Sealed divorce record in Pa. county 50 miles from their home offers privacy to Jon & Kate

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Jon and Kate Gosselin don’t live in Montgomery County, Pa. So why are the stars of “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ getting divorced there?

Kate Gosselin says in divorce filing that her marriage to Jon is ‘irretrievably broken’

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Kate Gosselin says in divorce papers that her marriage to Jon is “irretrievably broken.”