Pa. businessman wins suit against paper (AP)

2 hours, 1 minute ago WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - A judge has awarded $3.5 million in damages to a businessman and one of his companies in a defamation lawsuit against The Citizens' Voice, a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre. Thomas A. Joseph asserted that he and his business interests, including Acumark Inc., were defamed by a series of articles in which the newspaper cited anonymous sources linking him to suspected illegal activity. Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella awarded $2 million to Joseph on Friday from ...