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SCRANTON - The motley, mismatched motorcade of pickups and convertibles crawled down Linden Street on Saturday, each vehicle holding a cast member from The Office . The crowd along the half-mile parade route from the University of Scranton campus to Courthouse Square - shoulder-to-shoulder and three deep - hooted and hollered for its favorite characters. Phyllis! Oscar! Dwight! PamandJim! So ends one of the sweetest abusive relationships in Pennsylvania history: the affair between Scranton and the NBC sitcom that used it as a punchline for nine years.

A grand jury has indicted a Washington Township police officer on charges of tampering with records, falsifying records, and official misconduct, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday, stemming from the officer's arrest of Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D., Gloucester) in a July traffic stop. Joseph DiBuonaventura, 42, arrested Moriarty on July 31 on drunken-driving and other charges. If convicted of all charges, DiBuonaventura could face decades in prison. Moriarty said in an interview he felt vindicated by the indictment of the officer.

Last week and total box office in millions. Weeks    Per    Rank/Title/Studio Last Week   Total    Out   Location    1. Pain and Gain (Paramount) $20.2   $20.2   1   $6,178    2. Oblivion (Universal) 17.8   65.1   2   4,695    3. 42 (Warner Bros.) 10.7   69.0   3   3,130    4. The Big Wedding (LionsGate) 7.6   7.6   1   2,883    5. The Croods (Fox) 6.7   163.2   6   2,049    6. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Param'nt)

Denise Bacchues grew up in Camden. So did Mitzi Collins. They both graduated from the same police academy class 16 years ago. Bacchues, 42, a self-styled mother-hen type, said she became a Camden City officer because she wanted to work with youths. Collins, 54, said she was inspired as a child by a kind officer in North Camden. "He was like my hero," she said. The 141-year-old city police force that the women have spent their entire careers serving will no longer exist after Tuesday, paving the way for a Camden County-run force whose metro division is to patrol the city.

If Cherry Hill police officers were to respond to a mass shooting or bombings like the situation in Boston two weeks ago, their job would not be limited to stopping the perpetrators. They would also have to save victims from bleeding to death, an emergency medical services coordinator from Cooper University Hospital told them Monday. "You're not going to wait for EMS. You're going to go in there and engage," Chris Taylor told about 20 officers at the Camden County public safety complex in Lindenwold, where they recently completed state-mandated firearms testing.

AN IRAQ WAR veteran is suing the city, claiming he was roughed up by police and illegally detained for taking a cellphone video during the confrontation. The alleged incident happened Easter Sunday on 13th Street near Rodman in Center City, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal district court. The complaint was filed on behalf of Roderick King, an Air Force veteran from Lansdale, and Thomas Stenberg, Sara Tice and Brian Jackson, all of Philadelphia. The suit claims the four friends were walking on 13th Street about 2 a.m. March 31 when they saw a Philadelphia police officer in a marked SUV driving erratically.

Lisa M. McBride was hired as chief diversity officer at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She had been special assistant to the president for equity and diversity and ombudsperson at California University of Pennsylvania.   Modern Group, a Bristol distributor of materials-handling and other equipment, and power systems, named Paul Farrell as president and CEO. He has been president since 2012. Dave Griffith, who had been chairman and CEO will remain chairman.

ROME - In the very moments as Italy's new coalition government was being sworn in, ending months of political paralysis in a country hoping to revive a bleak economy, a middle-aged unemployed bricklayer opened fire Sunday in the square outside the premier's office, seriously wounding two policemen, authorities said. The alleged gunman from Calabria, a southern region plagued by joblessness and organized crime, told investigators he wanted to shoot politicians. But finding none in the square, he shot at Carabinieri paramilitary police.

Spring is in the air. Just look at all the new chief financial officers sprouting at area companies. Nutrisystem Inc. , the Fort Washington weight-loss company, hired Michael P. Monahan , who will join as of May 22. Monahan has been CFO of PetroChoice Holdings Inc. , a distributor of petroleum-based lubricants based in Bristol. Monahan, who will replace David Clark , had previously worked at Nutrisystem as its vice president of finance from 2006 to 2009. Safeguard Scientifics Inc. was also in need of a CFO, having promoted Stephen T. Zarrilli from that role to president and chief executive officer in November.

POLICE SAY an officer apparently shot himself in the leg accidentally at Plymouth Township training facility. It happened at an indoor firing range at the Montgomery County Fire Academy shortly after 11 a.m. yesterday. Investigators say the officer was training with other police at the time and has been flown to a Philadelphia hospital for treatment. Plymouth Deputy Police Chief John Myrsiades says investigators believe the shot grazed the officer's leg and may have entered his calf.