Today's News-Monday, November 9, 2009

MISSING WOMAN IDENTIFIED

A MISSING CRESSONA WOMAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE BODY FOUND OFF THE BURMA ROAD SATURDAY MORNING. WE REPORTED TO YOU ON SATURDAY THAT 50 YEAR OLD TERESA CHUPAK HAD BEEN MISSING FOR ABOUT A WEEK. AN AUTOPSY WAS COMPLETED SUNDAY, AND A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION MADE. STATE POLICE SAY THERE WAS NO FOUL PLAY INVOLVED IN HER DEATH.

ATV CRASH INJURES WOMAN

A MINERSVILLE WOMAN WAS HURT IN AN ATV CRASH IN BUTLER TOWNSHIP LAST NIGHT. REPORTS INDICATE THAT 25 YEAR OLD KRISTIN DANIELS WAS RIDING THE ATV NEAR I-81 MILE MARKER 119 WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. SHE REPORTEDLY SUFFERED A LACERATION ON HER FACE AND WAS TREATED AT SCHUYLKILL MEDICAL CENTER. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 5:45PM.

WOMAN STABS MAN WITH KEYS

A RYAN TOWNSHIP WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER AN INCIDENT SATURDAY. STATE POLICE AT FRACKVILLE INDICATE THAT ANALEE GALVIN STABBED A MAN IN THE ARM WITH A SET OF KEYS, CAUSING MINOR INJURY. GALVIN WAS ARRAIGNED ON THE CHARGES AND WAS RELEASED ON BAIL.

SENIOR IDOL CHAMP CROWNED

A SELTZER MAN'S LOVE OF SINGING KARAOKE HAS EARNED HIM THE TITLE OF 2009 SCHUYLKILL SENIOR IDOL. 58 YEAR OLD ERROL STROUSE USED TWO ROCK AND ROLL STANDARDS, ELVIS' "CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE" AND FATS DOMINO'S "BLUEBERRY HILL" TO BEAT OUT 6 OTHER CONTESTANTS IN THE THIRD ANNUAL COMPETITION SPONSORED BY DIAKON LIVING AND LEARNING AFTER 50. STROUSE FREQUENTED THE LAZY DOG COFFEEHOUSE OVER THE PAST YEAR, POLISHING HIS CRAFT, AND WAS HAPPY AND RELIEVED AFTER WINNING:

STROUSE IDOL

2009 JUNIOR IDOL JULI SCHULTZ AND LAST YEAR'S SENIOR IDOL WINNER RICK LORADY ALSO PERFORMED, ALONG WITH THE SOUTHERN STAR DANCERS.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - GOV. ED RENDELL SAYS A TRANSIT STRIKE THAT SHUT DOWN PHILADELPHIA'S BUSES, SUBWAYS AND TROLLEYS FOR NEARLY A WEEK IS OVER. RENDELL SAYS THE SYSTEM WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING IN TIME FOR THIS MORNING'S COMMUTE. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY HAD REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH ITS LARGEST LABOR UNION ON NEW CONTRACT PROVISIONS TO END THE STRIKE.

YORK, PA. (AP) - OPENING STATEMENTS ARE SCHEDULED TODAY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA IN THE CAPITAL MURDER TRIAL OF A MAN ACCUSED OF BEATING THE 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH WITH A VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER LAST YEAR. HARVE JOHNSON, OF YORK, IS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER COUNTS IN THE APRIL 2008 DEATH OF DARISABEL BAEZ.

JIM THORPE, PA. (AP) - RELATIVES OF FAMED AMERICAN INDIAN ATHLETE JIM THORPE PLAN TO GO TO COURT TO WIN THE RETURN OF HIS BODY FROM A PENNSYLVANIA TOWN THAT CHANGED ITS NAME TO PROVIDE HIM A FINAL RESTING PLACE - EVEN THOUGH HE NEVER SET FOOT THERE. HIS WIDOW BURIED HIM IN THE EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA BOROUGH, BUT FAMILY MEMBERS WANT THORPE REBURIED IN OKLAHOMA.

WASHINGTON (AP) - TODAY, THE SUPREME COURT EXPLORES WHAT TYPES OF INVENTIONS SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PATENT IN A PIVOTAL CASE THAT COULD UNDERMINE SUCH LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR SOFTWARE. A RULING THAT SIDES WITH THE PATENT OFFICE COULD BAR PATENTS ON PROCESSES AND METHODS OF DOING BUSINESS, SUCH AS MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND ONLINE SHOPPING TECHNIQUES.

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - VOTING ON ELECTION DAY LAST TUESDAY, MARKED THE MIDPOINT IN PENNSYLVANIA'S TWO-YEAR LEGISLATIVE CYCLE. FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, SOME OBSERVERS NOTE THAT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN IN HARRISBURG WITHOUT INCUMBENT LAWMAKERS FIRST THINKING HARD ABOUT THEIR OWN LOOMING RE-ELECTION RACES AND THE CONTEST TO REPLACE GOV. ED RENDELL.

MIAMI (AP) - IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE, BUT WARNINGS REMAIN ALONG 200 MILES OF THE GULF COAST FROM MISSISSIPPI TO FLORIDA. THE U.S. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER REPORTS THAT THE HURRICANE WEAKENED FROM A CATEGORY 2 STORM EARLY TODAY AND NOW HAS 90 MPH WINDS. IT COULD MAKE LANDFALL AS EARLY AS TOMORROW MORNING.

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (AP) - A SUICIDE BOMBER IN A RICKSHAW HAS KILLED AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE AFTER DETONATING HIS EXPLOSIVES NEAR A GROUP OF POLICEMEN IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN. FIVE OTHER PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED IN THE BLAST IN PESHAWAR.

KABUL (AP) - ABOUT 350 TALIBAN PRISONERS ARE ON A HUNGER STRIKE AT AN AFGHAN PRISON. A DELEGATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IS GOING TO THE LOCKUP TO INVESTIGATE THEIR COMPLAINTS ABOUT POOR FOOD, WATER AND HEALTH CARE.

SEATTLE (AP) - SEATTLE PROSECUTORS PLAN TO DISCUSS FORMAL CHARGES THIS MORNING AGAINST A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A POLICE OFFICER HALLOWEEN NIGHT. AUTHORITIES HAVE DESCRIBED THE MAN AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST WHO HAS A GRUDGE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE REMAINS HOSPITALIZED AFTER BEING SHOT BY DETECTIVES IN HIS APARTMENT'S PARKING LOT.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PHILADELPHIA'S COMMUTER NIGHTMARE IS OVER. THE CITY'S TRANSIT SYSTEM AND ITS LARGEST UNION SIGNED A CONTRACT EARLY TODAY, ENDING THE STRIKE THAT HALTED SUBWAYS, BUSES AND TROLLEYS FOR SIX DAYS.