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Industries. those jobs arent there anymore. that to me, its not so much social and economic differences. your thoughts. >> exactly. thats why manufacturing is so important. its a higher tech manufacturing than scranton or philly or cleveland or akron now, but its still making things. we were just able to save a plant. a whole community came together to save a hugo boss plant. we saved 350 jobs in cleveland. were seeing an oil, steel -- for gas and oil drilling plant expanding in youngstown. were...

Welcome back now to the tragic development in a case of a young dancer who disappeared nearly a year and a half ago. her name is laura gaza. the state captured national attention when she went missing in 2008 after a night out in the city. nbcs peter alexander joins us with the very latest. peter, this is devastating news for her family but they were waiting for closure. >> this has been an agonizing story from the start. she vanished after she left a new york city nightclub. she left with a han...

Scranton, pennsylvania. >> the analysis determined those remains are laura garza. >> reporter: the first clue, this watch found near the body. the same watch in this photo. it was a heartbreaking conclusion to a mystery that stretched back to december of 2008 when garza, an aspiring dancer, disappeared after leaving this trendy, manhattan nightclub. her brother said the family is both crushed and relieved. >> there are no words to describe. >> reporter: police say this man, 24-year-old michael m...

Efforts to find her. nothing. despite all the waiting, no body. very few clues. until now. laura garza was as photogenics she was friendly, relatives say. now 16 months after she disappeared, the 25-year-olds skeletal remains have been identified. first discovered two weeks by an atv rider in a remote area outside scranton, pennsylvania. >> the analysis determined conclusively tho those remains are, in fact, laura garza. >> reporter: the first clue it was garza, this watch found near the body. w...

This thunderstorm which earlier in the morning was just off marco island is now dubbed severe by the national weather service in this area. heavy rain, definite lightning and gusty winds could be 50-60 miles an hour as this heads across alligator alley into ft. lauderdale and miami. further to the north, looking for light to moderate rain right now. as the storm intensifies, we will see thunderstorms and heavier amounts of rain as the rain shield beginning to stretch across scranton and into the...

And valor and gumption of miners sitting around my grandfathers kitchen table in scranton, pennsylvania, hearing stories. stories of men they knew and lives that were lost. but i actually learned more from robert c. byrd who is here. serving with him so many years -- [ applause ] his incredible pride in his state and his miners is only matched by his loyalty. and its good he was here today. the men we remember today went into the darkness so that we could have light. they embraced a life of hard...

Biden goes home to scranton today in order to campaign for specter. sestak has released a letter that he wrote to the vice president asking him to disavow specters attack ad. number four, florida senate. this has fallen from our list. it used to be number one. it appears the republican primary is all but over but until crist officially gets out, well keep it on the list. the latest, the florida republicans general counsel sent a memo to party officials both on the state and loevl level yesterday...

And i cant say a whole lot. but i do feel that whomever was involved, definitely they should have to pay the consequences for doing so, or being involved. >> and i want to switch gears here, then. youre performing in scranton, pennsylvania, on saturday. you had just started performing again when your brother died. he was the one encouraging you to get out there again. i know you stopped. but now youre getting started again. why scranton, and what exactly are you doing? >> well, first of all, the...

Scranton is going to chile and also to the haiti victims. and they were so kind to me when i was there before, i couldnt help but be welcome -- or feel comfortable, i should say, in taking advantage of the opportunity to perform now. >> and its not specifically a tribute concert. do you and your brothers and sisters talk about a reunion tour? >> yeah. this concert that im doing absolutely is not a tribute concert to my brother. however, in my show, ive always, you know, dedicated a lot -- many o...

There is to know. >> reporter: forget complaints of longer hours for less pay or being buried in papers works, they say it is about helping others and saving lives and for them the future looks bright. in scranton, pennsylvania, rick leventhal, fox news. >> gregg: hollywood loses a southern star, dixie carter died, and her husband said she died from uterine cancer. a native of tennessee, she was most famous for playing julia sugarbaker 7 years on the popular "designing women" sitcom and reruns a...