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Rising prices are a top concern for voters in this year's midterm elections, outpacing abortion, crime and defending democracy. Prices in September were up 8.2% from a year ago.

Stephen Thompson looks at the biggest songs and albums of the week, and digs into the stories and trends beyond the Top 10.

Steve Wallace, Tom Concannon and George Mehalchick speakingabout the Socrates Cafe movement and thegatherings that are held in NEPA.---The 2nd Thursday of the month at the Osterhout Free Library,71 S. Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre at 5:30 pm---The 3rd Wednesday of the Month at the Albright Memorial Library,500 Vine Street in Scranton at 6:00 pm---The 4th Wednesday of the month at the Marian Sutherland KirbyLibrary in Mountain Top at 6:00--hosted by Steve Wallace.Everyone is welcome and there is no admission fee.

Bonnie Culver (co-founder with Mike Lennon); Robert Mooney;Kaylie Jones; Christine Gelineau; and David Hicks (director ofthe program)--all faculty members of the Maslow Family GraduateProgram in Creative Writing at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre,speaking in June 2025 on the occasion of the 20th anniversaryof the program. January 4 to January 9, 2026 marks the firstof two residency weeks for the new year. There will bereadings each evening that are free and open to the public.www.wilkes.edu/creativewriting

Can the Iowa sensation finally win a ring? Will UConn repeat? Who could be this year's Cinderella? With March Madness around the corner, here's a preview of what to watch for on Selection Sunday.

Teddy grieves Niko's assassination. Emily decides to sue her mother.

The Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, has been appointed as the next archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Church of England. The former oil executive has only a year's experience as a bishop. Philip Reeves has the story.

Like two sprinters leaving the rest of the field behind, the United States and China are neck-and-neck in total medals at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. But China leads the U.S. in gold medals by a wide margin.

This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.