Oct 13th, 2008 · Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) joined Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden in Scranton, Penn. Sunday. The plan was to rally votes for Barack Obama but much of the Clintons speeches reminisced of Hillary's bid for the White House.
Oct 12th, 2008 · Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden is back home in Scranton, Pa., where he's hosting an event with a couple of his biggest supporters: Bill and Hillary Clinton. NPR's David Welna talks to host Andrea Seabrook about the Clintons' first joint appearance on behalf of the Obama-Biden ticket.
Sep 23rd, 2008 · Republican presidential hopeful John McCain called Monday for bipartisan oversight of the Bush Administration's proposed bailout of the U.S. financial markets. Campaigning in Scranton, Pa., McCain said the current plan makes him "deeply uncomfortable" because one man, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, would have control over all that money.
Sep 8th, 2008 · Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have evoked the image of Scranton as America's heartland. We take a visit to the city to see how voters feel about the candidates.
Sep 5th, 2008 · Scranton, Pa. has emerged as a symbolic battleground this election season. Blue collar unemployment is up, and the city has been hit hard by the housing crisis. We talk with the Obama Campaign in Scranton and a neighborhood organization, about how a slumping economy is affecting the city.
Aug 23rd, 2008 · Over the last 35 years, Joe Biden has held some of the most powerful positions in the Senate. He started life as a stuttering child in Scranton, Pa.
Apr 10th, 2008 · Advocates of free speech gave their annual awards to people who seem to block it. A "Muzzle" award goes to New York State's Department of Motor Vehicles. The department demanded the return of a custom license plate reading "GETOSAMA," fearing it would offend "a particular ethnic group." An award also goes to the Scranton, Pa., police who charged Dawn Herb after neighbors complained that she swore loudly at an overflowing toilet.
Oct 27th, 2007 · The first Office Convention debuts in Scranton, Pennsylvania. That town is the setting for the NBC comedy The Office, a mockumentary about the branch office of a fictional paper manufacturer.