Today's News-Monday, January 11, 2010

WATER BOIL ADVISORY
ALL CUSTOMERS SERVED BY THE PINE GROVE WATER AUTHORITY ARE UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. OFFICIALS SAY A WATER MAIN BREAK IS TO BLAME, AFFECTING OVER 1-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS.

CAR FLIPS ON 61

A READING MAN ESCAPED INJURY AFTER HIS CAR FLIPPED ON ROUTE 61 LAST NIGHT. SCHUYLKILL HAVEN STATE POLICE SAY 26 YEAR OLD HECTOR CABRERA WAS NORTHBOUND NEAR THE CRESSONA MALL AT AN APPARENT HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE SWERVED HIS CAR, HIT AN EMBANKMENT AND FLIPPED OVER FIVE TIMES. POLICE SAY CABRERA HAD AN ODOR OF ALCOHOL ON HIM AND FAILED A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST. HE WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A BLOOD TEST. THE CRASH HAPPENED BEFORE 6PM LAST NIGHT.

KEROSENE TAKEN

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF FUEL FROM A HEGINS MAN'S HOME. ANTHONY ATRZ SAYS THAT DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR, SOMEONE STOLE 98 GALLONS OF KEROSENE FROM THE OUTDOOR TANK AT HIS HOME ON DEER LANE IN HUBLEY TOWNSHIP.

SMOKE REPORTED AT PENN STATE APARTMENTS

ALL SCHUYLKILL HAVEN FIRE COMPANIES WERE CALLED TO PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL APARTMENTS LAST EVENING FOR A REPORT OF SMOKE. OFFICIALS SAY THAT BURNED FOOD WAS TO BLAME. STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED, BUT RETURNED TO THEIR APARTMENTS A SHORT TIME LATER. STUDENTS ARE RETURNING TO CLASSES TODAY FROM THE WINTER BREAK.

INMATE SUES FRACKVILLE OFFICIALS

AN INMATE AT SCI/FRACKVILLE IS SUING CORRECTION OFFICIALS FOR GETTING A SKIN DISEASE. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS THAT LARRY KRESSLER, AN INMATE SINCE 2002, SAYS HE WAS PUT IN A CELL WITH ANOTHER INMATE WHO HAS SCABIES, A SKIN DISEASE, AND THAT HE CAUGHT IT. THE SUIT SAYS THAT KRESSLER FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO HAVE THE OTHER INMATE TAKEN FROM THE CELL, BUT OFFICIALS GAVE THE INMATE MEDICATION WHICH CLEARED THE PROBLEM. IT WAS DETERMINED LATER THAT HE DID CONTRACT THE SKIN DISEASE. KRESSLER IS ASKING FOR DAMAGES, A JURY TRIAL AND BE APPOINTED A LAWYER TO REPRESENT HIM.

MONDAY PREVIEW

THE 94TH ANNUAL STATE FARM SHOW KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR TODAY. GARY ABDULLAH GIVES US A LOOK:

MON PREVIEW

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - JURY SELECTION BEGINS THIS WEEK IN THE TRIAL OF A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO ARMORED CAR SECURITY GUARDS IN PHILADELPHIA. THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MUSTAFA ALI COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED OF THE OCTOBER 2007 SLAYINGS.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PENNSYLVANIA'S NEW LAW LEGALIZING POKER, BLACKJACK AND OTHER TABLE GAMES AT SLOTS CASINOS INCLUDES A PROVISION GIVING FOXWOODS CASINO UNTIL THE END OF 2012 TO FINISH ITS PLANNED SOUTH PHILADELPHIA CASINO. IT HAS BEEN STALLED BY POLITICAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - ALLEGHENY COUNTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAN ONORATO SAYS THE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP ITS AIR-POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM BUT MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ITS OPERATIONS. A REPORT ONORATO PLANS TO SUBMIT WEDNESDAY RECOMMENDS "FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES" IN MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT, PERMIT AND APPEALS PROCESSES.

GAP, PA. (AP) - AN ELDERLY MAN HAS BEEN KILLED AND HIS WIFE CRITICALLY INJURED IN A FIRE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE BLAZE WAS REPORTED AT 6:25 P.M. SATURDAY IN GAP IN LANCASTER COUNTY'S SALISBURY TOWNSHIP. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY BOTH VICTIMS WERE IN THEIR 80S. THEY WEREN'T IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED.

ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) - THE SHOOTING DEATH OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD ALLENTOWN BOY HAS BEEN RULED AN ACCIDENT. THE LEHIGH COUNTY CORONER SAYS JOSE ALVARADO JR. WAS KILLED BY A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE CHEST FRIDAY AFTER HE GOT HOLD OF THE GUN AND IT WENT OFF.

MIAMI (AP) - THE SOUTH IS STILL AN ICEBOX THIS MORNING. MIAMI TIED, THEN BROKE A LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 37 SET IN 1927. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING FOR SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW.

WASHINGTON (AP) - HEALTH CARE REFORM IS FRONT AND CENTER AS THE HOUSE RETURNS TO WORK AND CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS SEEK AGREEMENT ON A BILL. THE SO-CALLED PUBLIC OPTION IN THE HOUSE VERSION MAY WIND UP AS A CASUALTY OF COMPROMISE. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA MEETS WITH LABOR LEADERS TO TRY TO SOFTEN THEIR OPPOSITION TO A TAX ON HIGH-END INSURANCE PLANS.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A FEDERAL TRIAL STARTING TODAY COULD EVENTUALLY HELP DETERMINE WHETHER SAME SEX COUPLES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO MARRY. THE PROCEEDINGS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO LAST TWO TO THREE WEEKS, INVOLVE A CHALLENGE TO PROPOSITION 8, THE GAY MARRIAGE BAN APPROVED BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2008. EXPERTS SAY THE SUPREME COURT MAY WIND UP WITH THE CASE REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME.

CABINDA, ANGOLA (AP) - ANGOLAN STATE RADIO HAS ANNOUNCED TWO ARRESTS IN A DEADLY SHOOTING ATTACK ON THE TOGOLESE SOCCER TEAM. ANGOLAN OFFICIALS HAVE BLAMED FRIDAY'S AMBUSH ON A SEPARATIST MOVEMENT IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF CABINDA, WHERE THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE. THE TEAM WAS HEADED TO THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS TOURNAMENT BY BUS. THE DRIVER, ALONG WITH TOGO'S ASSISTANT COACH AND TEAM SPOKESMAN WERE KILLED.

UNDATED (AP) - THE BLOCKBUSTER FILM "AVATAR" HAS RECEIVED WIDESPREAD CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND BEEN CALLED STUNNING. NOW SOME ARE USING ANOTHER WORD -- RACIST. "AVATAR" IS BEING CRITICIZED BY A SMALL BUT VOCAL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THE FILM CARRIES ON A HOLLYWOOD TRADITION OF THE WHITE HERO SAVING THE PRIMITIVE NATIVES.