Today's News-Saturday, January 9, 2010

H1N1 CLINIC TODAY
IF YOU THINK THAT YOU MAY HAVE DODGED THE H1N1 FLU, THINK AGAIN. THE PA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS PREDICTING THAT ANOTHER WAVE OF THE SO-CALLED SWINE FLU WILL AFFECT US. SO, THE DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING THEIR FREE VACCINE CLINIC TODAY IN FRACKVILLE AT THE SCHUYLKILL MALL COMMUNITY ROOM. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PRESS SECRETARY STACY KRIEDEMAN:

H1N1

REMEMBER, NO APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY.

ARGALL CIRCUIT RIDER

STATE SENATOR DAVID ARGALL WILL CRISS CROSS THE 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY FOR THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MONDAY, WITH STOPS IN HARRISBURG, PERRY, LEBANON AND BERKS COUNTY BEFORE APPEARING IN POTTSVILLE LATE AFTERNOON AND WRAPPING UP AT THE TAMAQUA TRAIN STATION IN THE EARLY EVENING. ARGALL IS SEEKING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION IN MAY TO FACE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT TIM HOLDEN OF ST CLAIR IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

UBS WHISTLEBLOWER REPORTS TO MINERSVILLE FEDERAL PRISON

MINERSVILLE, PA. (AP) - THE KEY INFORMANT IN THE U.S. TAX EVASION PROBE OF SWISS BANK UBS AG SAYS HIS COOPERATION SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIM OUT OF PRISON. BRADLEY BIRKENFELD SPOKE FRIDAY AS HE REPORTED TO A FEDERAL PRISON IN MINERSVILLE, WHERE HE IS TO SERVE MORE THAN THREE YEARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FRAUD CONSPIRACY. THE 44-YEAR-OLD FORMER UBS EXECUTIVE ADMITTED HELPING CLIENTS HIDE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND EVADE U.S. TAXES. HIS SENTENCE HAS DRAWN CRITICISM FROM WHISTLE-BLOWER ADVOCATES AS TOO HARSH BECAUSE OF BIRKENFELD'S IMPORTANCE IN EXPOSING TAX EVASION AT UBS. THE SWISS BANK LAST YEAR PAID A $780 MILLION FINE TO THE U.S. AND AGREED TO TURN OVER NAMES OF THOUSANDS OF SUSPECTED TAX DODGERS.

LIES MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME

AN AUTHOR WITH SCHUYLKILL COUNTY ROOTS WILL BE SPEAKING AT A BENEFIT FOR THE POTTSVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY NEXT SATURDAY. KAYLIE JONES, WHOSE FATHER, JAMES JONES, WROTE THE BOOK "FROM HERE TO ETERNITY" AND HER MOTHER, GLORIA MOSOLINO, WHO WAS AN ACTRESS IN NEW YORK, WILL TALK ABOUT HER BOOK "LIES MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME" AT THE POTTSVILLE CLUB. THE STORY, REMINISCENT OF "MOMMY DEAREST", IS A TALE OF GROWING UP IN A LIFE OF PRIVILEGE AND TUMULT, AS EXPLAINED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONER MANTURA GALLAGHER, WHO HELPED ARRANGE FOR JONES' VISIT:

GALLAGHER JONES

TICKETS FOR THE BENEFIT LUNCHEON ARE $25. DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS IS TUESDAY, BY CALLING THE POTTSVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 622-8880. A BOOK SIGNING WILL ALSO BE HELD.

94TH PA FARM SHOW OPENS TODAY

THE 94TH ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW OPENS TODAY IN HARRISBURG. CHUCK GILL HAS A PREVIEW:

GILL FARM SHOW PREVIEW

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER SAYS HE'D BACK LEGISLATION TO MAKE WITNESS INTIMIDATION A FEDERAL OFFENSE IN STATE CASES. HE HELD A HEARING FRIDAY IN PHILADELPHIA. POLICE COMMISSIONER CHARLES RAMSEY SAID MANY GOOD CITIZENS LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE CRIMINALS ARE ENFORCING A "DON'T SNITCH" MENTALITY.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A WOMAN AT A SELF-STYLED ANIMAL SANCTUARY NORTH OF PITTSBURGH HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS OF HOUSE ARREST. LINDA BRUNO WAS ACCUSED OF IMPROPERLY CARING FOR HUNDREDS OF CATS. SHE MUST ALSO SERVE 27 YEARS OF PROBATION, PAY $200,000 RESTITUTION AND HAVE NO CONTACT WITH ANIMALS.

DOYLESTOWN, PA. (AP) - THE FATHER OF A SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA WOMAN WHO FAKED HER OWN ABDUCTION AND FLED WITH HER DAUGHTER TO DISNEY WORLD HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PROBATION IN CONNECTION WITH A SCUFFLE WITH TV CAMERAMEN WHO WERE COVERING HER CASE. WILLIAM SINER IS THE FATHER OF BONNIE SWEETEN, WHO IS NOW IN PRISON.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR SEVERAL SUSPECTS IN THE THEFT OF A FEDEX TRUCK FROM A DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA STREET. THE TRUCK WAS STOLEN AT ABOUT 4 P.M. FRIDAY AND THE DRIVER WAS FORCED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND ABANDONED JUST A FEW MINUTES LATER. THE DRIVER WASN'T INJURED.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A $10,000 REWARD IS BEING OFFERED IN THE CASE OF A PHILADELPHIA TEENAGER WHO DISAPPEARED CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING. FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD JASON VU WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING HIS SOUTH PHILADELPHIA HOME. HIS FAMILY IS WORRIED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE MET SOMEONE ONLINE WHO MAY HAVE PERSUADED HIM TO LEAVE HOME.

CAIRO (AP) - A POSTHUMOUS VIDEO OF THE JORDANIAN DOCTOR WHO KILLED SEVEN CIA EMPLOYEES IN A SUICIDE ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN URGES REVENGE FOR THE KILLING OF THE PAKISTANI TALIBAN LEADER. HUMAM KHALIL ABU MULAL AL-BALAWI APPEARED NEXT TO THE NEW TALIBAN LEADER AND SAID ALL JIHADISTS MUST ATTACK U.S. TARGETS. THE VIDEO AIRED ON AN ARABIC NEWS CHANNEL.

LONDON (AP) - BRITISH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY MADE A BOMB THREAT ON A PLANE AT LONDON'S HEATHROW AIRPORT. POLICE SAY THE BRITONS WERE PULLED OFF AN EMIRATES AIRLINE PASSENGER JET LAST NIGHT AS IT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF FOR DUBAI. POLICE SAY A SEARCH OF THE PLANE FOUND NOTHING SUSPICIOUS.

NEW YORK (AP) - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAY A MAN SCHEDULED FOR ARRAIGNMENT TODAY COULD BE ACCUSED OF SEEKING TRAINING FROM A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. OFFICIALS SAY THE MAN MAY HAVE LINKS TO AN
ALLEGED AL-QAIDA ASSOCIATE ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO BOMB NEW YORK
CITY. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
WHILE HE WAS UNDER SURVEILLANCE.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - SEN. FRANK LAUTENBERG SAYS THE MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE BREACHED SECURITY AT NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT SHOULD FACE A HARSHER PENALTY THAN THE UP TO $500 FINE HE COULD BE HANDED. THE MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AND FACES A TRESPASSING CHARGE. THE BREACH SHUT DOWN A BUSY TERMINAL AND SNARLED FLIGHTS WORLDWIDE.

NEW YORK (AP) - THE FIRST BANK FAILURE OF THE YEAR IS HORIZON BANK IN BELLINGHAM, WASH. FEDERAL REGULATORS SAY SEATTLE-BASED WASHINGTON FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION HAS AGREED TO ESSENTIALLY BUY HORIZON. THE FAILED BANK'S BRANCHES REOPEN TODAY AS WASHINGTON FEDERAL OUTLETS.