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AD CRABLE LNP newspaper, via AP Don KAUTZ/LNP via AP Adam Zurn, left, and Ben Webber push a canoe across Pine Creek in Berks County towards the headwaters of the Conestoga River, a route fur traders and Native Americans used 250 years ago. LANCASTER, Pa. — On a cold and sunny winter day on Dec. 30, six local residents gathered at a rural road near the Lancaster-Berks line and unloaded a wooden canoe, a faux fur and an old jug of the kind that once held rum. The ensemble began pushing the 85-pound canoe through knee-deep swampy mud, at one point having to hoist the canoe over a turned-off e...

Kautz, a software engineer from East Lampeter Township, had been doing research for his upcoming book, “The Conestoga River: A History,” and came across multiple accounts of a 17th-century fur trade route through Lancaster, Berks and Chester counties used by Native Americans and early Colonists. Native Americans would paddle canoes loaded with beaver and deer hides from their villages along the Susquehanna the length of the Conestoga River. When the headwaters of the Conestoga became too shallow to be navigable, they would have to carry their canoes a couple miles to the headwaters of Pin...

On the manafort trial today turning now to another development in the russia investigation, cnn has learned that robert mueller has handed off several cases to new york federal prosecutors according to people familiar with the matter. prosecutors are looking at several high-profile american lobbyists and operatives to determine if they failed to register their work as foreign agents. with me, erica with the scoop, she has the story. erica, tell me about the referrals. >> sure. we know the referrals happened in the spring by robert mueller, u.s. attorneys office for southern district of new yor...

>> the chairman of the conservative party said if the money was stolen it will be returned. now does the prime minister agree with his former treasurer that is tainted money and they have a duty to give it back? >> i have not seen the evidence for that, but what i say to the hon. gentleman is what about the 12 billion pounds his party has taken from the trade unions to bring this country to its knees. >> order, the house must come down. >> can the prime minister assure me that steps are taken it will be a public consultation and the establishment of an independent body so violence is...

>> all fracking violations have been suspended. the royal academy of engineering and the royal society produced a full independent review into the risks of fracking. they would have to meet stringent standards. now it would have to fit within our overall energy commitment. >> you have been watching prime minister's questions. airs minister's question live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. over the next few weeks, members of the house of commons will attend their party conferences. the house returns on october 17. you can find video of past questions and other british affairs programs at our web ...