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Paul Bogart dies at 92; Emmy-winning TV director

2012-04-18 00:00:00

Paul Bogart, an Emmy Award-winning director who launched his career during the days of live television in New York and later was a prolific director on the groundbreaking 1970s sitcom "All in the Family," has died. He was 92. Bogart died of age-related...

Mary Fickett dies at 83; longtime actress on 'All My Children'

2011-09-12 00:00:00

Mary Fickett, who for decades played nurse Ruth Martin on "All My Children" and in 1973 won the first Emmy Award given to an actress in a daytime drama after her character made an impassioned anti-Vietnam War speech, has died. She was 83. Fickett, who...

Cliff Robertson dies at 88; actor starred in films and on stage and TV

2011-09-10 20:58:00

Cliff Robertson, who starred as John F. Kennedy in a 1963 World War II drama and later won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a mentally disabled bakery janitor in the movie "Charly," died Saturday, one day after his 88th birthday. Robertson, who also...

Farley Granger dies at 85; handsome leading man best known for roles in Hitchcock films

2011-03-30 00:00:00

Farley Granger, a handsome young leading man during Hollywood's post-World War II era who was best known for his starring roles in the Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope," has died. He was 85. Granger died of natural...

Robert Culp dies at 79; actor starred in 'I Spy' TV series

2010-03-25 00:00:00

Robert Culp, the veteran actor best known for starring with Bill Cosby in the classic 1960s espionage-adventure series "I Spy" and for playing Bob in the 1969 movie "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," died Wednesday morning. He was 79. Culp fell and hit his...

Sydney Pollack, 73; Oscar-winning director and producer

2008-05-27 00:00:00

Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director of "Out of Africa" who achieved acclaim making popular, mainstream movies with A-list stars, including "The Way We Were" and "Tootsie," died Monday. He was 73. Pollack, who also was a producer and actor,...

Pro-Tec Coating in Leipsic adds new grades of steel

2013-05-14 06:44:01

Officials with Pro-Tec Coating Co. say they are now able to process new grades of steel in Leipsic that will play an integral role in helping the world's automakers meet the challenge of building cars that are both lighter and stronger, providing...

Leipsic's Pro-Tec celebrates expansion, 80 new jobs

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Pro-Tec Coating Co. celebrated the opening of a new $400 million line Monday that will add 500,000 tons of capacity for high-strength, lighter-weight steel. The investment in a new line and automated warehouse will mean the addition of 80 jobs, the...

Hershey Co., Rite Aid land on Fortune 500 again

2013-05-12 09:44:02

The Hershey Co. and Rite Aid have once again secured positions on the Fortune 500 listing of America's biggest businesses. They are the only two companies based in the Harrisburg region to make the annual listing. Rite Aid, based in East Pennsboro...

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2013-05-01 02:25:15

LIQUOR PRIVATIZATION Pa. senators hear criticism of liquor bills HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state Senate committee's first hearing on Governor Tom Corbett's effort to liberalize Pennsylvania's beer, wine and liquor laws featured broad criticism of...

The day ahead in business April 30

2013-04-30 03:30:00

Reports: Employment cost index for first quarter, 7:30 a.m.; Case-Schiller 20-city home-price index for February, 8 a.m.; Chicago PMI for April, 8:45 a.m.; Consumer confidence for April, 9 a.m.; State Street investor confidence index for April, 9 a.m....

U.S. Steel profit falls amid 10% sales decline

2013-04-30 05:51:00

Shares in United States Steel Corp. were down 3 percent in premarket trading as the company reported a first-quarter loss on Tuesday, compared with a year-earlier adjusted profit. The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, which operates a mill in Gary, Ind.,...

Corp. Announced: March 3 Number of layoffs: 1,500 furloughed Reason for the cuts: U.S.

2009-03-04 11:01:40