Today's News-Monday, May 10, 2010

BURGLARY
A KLINGERSTOWN MAN IS UNDER ARREST ON ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AND ASSAULT CHARGES. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED EARLY SATURDAY AT A HOME ON VALLEY ROAD IN UPPER MAHANTONGO TOWNSHIP, AS 43 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY ROTHERMEL ARRIVED AT THE HOME AND BEGAN BANGING ON THE FRONT DOOR. THE HOMEOWNER ASKED HIM TO LEAVE SEVERAL TIMES, AND ROTHERMEL ENTERED THE PROPERTY, AND PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED THE WOMAN. STATE POLICE TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY A SHORT TIME LATER.

READING WOMAN TRIES TO BRING DRUGS INTO PRISON
A READING WOMAN IS JAILED AFTER TRYING TO SMUGGLE POT INTO THE STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AT MAHANOY SATURDAY. 24 YEAR OLD KAREN BATTISINI-ARIZMENDI CAME TO VISIT AN INMATE AT THE PRISON, AND PERSONNEL FOUND MARIJUANA IN ARIZMENDI'S CAR, WHICH SHE INTENDED TO SELL INSIDE THE FACILITY. STATE POLICE TOOK HER INTO CUSTODY, CHARGING HER WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER. FOLLOWING ARRAIGNMENT, ARIZMENDI WAS TAKEN TO THE COUNTY PRISON.

TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED
PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED, AND STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECTS. A 45 FOOT POLE WAS SAWED OFF IN FRAILEY TOWNSHIP, DESTROYING TWO 75 KILOVOLT TRANSFORMERS AND 800 FEET OF WIRE. DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT $28-HUNDRED DOLLARS. ANYONE WITH LEADS INTO THIS CASE OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IS ASKED TO CALL STATE POLICE AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN.

ATV ACCIDENT
AN ATV ACCIDENT IN HEGINS TOWNSHIP LEAVES A WOMAN INJURED. DETAILS ARE STILL SKETCHY AT THIS POINT, HOWEVER, AUTHORITIES SAY THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR BEAR VALLEY ROAD SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE FEMALE HAD TO BE FLOWN TO GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT.

ATTEMPTED BREAK IN AT I.U. 29.
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ATTEMPTED BREAK IN AT A STORAGE SHED AT THE SCHUYLKILL INTERMEDIATE UNIT IN MAR LIN. SOMETIME BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, SUSPECTS ATTEMPTED TO PRY OPEN A SHED AND TWO DOORS AND A GARAGE. DAMAGES WERE SIGNIFICANT, BUT NOTHING WAS TAKEN.

CENTRALIA
CENTRALIA- A TEXAS COMPANY SAYS ITS FIRE-FIGHTING FOAM MAY BE ABLE TO SMOTHER THE NEARLY 50 YEAR OLD CENTRALIA MINE FIRE. ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT IN EARTH MAGAZINE, CAFSCO FIRE CONTROL, BASED IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WANTS A CHANCE TO USE ITS NITROGEN FOAM TO DOUSE THE UNDERGROUND BLAZE ONCE AND FOR ALL, WHILE PRESERVING THE ANTHRACITE THAT'S LEFT. THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS USED ITS FOAM TO SNUFF DOZENS OF MINE FIRES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN RECENT YEARS. ITS LARGEST EFFORT TOOK MORE THAN 700 MILLION GALLONS OF FOAM, BUT WAS SUCCESSFUL. CAFSCO OFFICIALS TOLD EARTH, IT ESTIMATES IT CAN HAVE THE CENTRALIA FIRE EXTINGUISHED IN A MONTH. STATE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, APPEAR SKEPTICAL. COMPLICATING MATTERS IS THAT THE LAST DETAILED STUDY OF THE FIRE WAS IN 1983. SO, NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE WHAT THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE IS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO EARTHMAGAZINE.ORG.
　
UNDATED (AP) - THREE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPERS HAVE ENDORSED ATTORNEY GENERAL TOM CORBETT FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAN ONORATO HAS GARNERED TWO NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. THE THIRD HAS GIVEN ITS NOD TO AUDITOR GENERAL JACK WAGNER.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - POLICE IN PHILADELPHIA SAY THE SON OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HER MURDER. POLICE SAY ESTHER AYODELE WAS FOUND ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR OF HER SON'S ROW HOUSE IN THE CITY'S GERMANTOWN SECTION THURSDAY. IGE ADEGBOLA WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER. POLICE SAY HE BEAT HIS MOTHER WITH AN ELECTRIC CORD.

NEW WILMINGTON, PA. (AP) - STATE POLICE SAY A WOOD STOVE FIRE INSIDE AN AMISH FAMILY'S HOME APPARENTLY STARTED A FIRE THAT KILLED A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS. POLICE SAY THE FAMILY WAS APPARENTLY TRYING TO START A WOOD-BURNING STOVE IN THE KITCHEN. HE SAYS THE BODIES OF THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND THERE AND IN ADJACENT ROOMS.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIER WHO DIED TRYING TO SAVE HIS BUDDIES FROM AN AMBUSH DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IS AGAIN BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE REPORTS LESLIE SABO DIED IN CAMBODIA IN 1970 DURING AN AMBUSH THAT KILLED SEVEN OF HIS COMRADES. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL NOW DECIDE WHETHER TO SIGN THE NOMINATION.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A SOURCE SAYS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL NOMINATE SOLICITOR GENERAL ELENA KAGAN TO THE SUPREME COURT. SHE'S KNOWN AS SHARP, POLITICALLY SAVVY AND SOMEONE WHO HAS LED A BLAZING LEGAL CAREER. IF CONFIRMED, KAGAN WOULD BE THE YOUNGEST JUSTICE ON THE COURT AND THE THIRD WOMAN. AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS SCHEDULED TODAY.

WASHINGTON (AP) - AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI AND HIS DELEGATION WILL GET THE RED CARPET TREATMENT IN WASHINGTON TODAY, THOUGH TENSIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES CONTINUE TO SIMMER. THE AFGHAN WAR AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER ARE KEY ISSUES. KARZAI BELIEVES THAT OBAMA'S ANNOUNCED DATE TO BEGIN TROOP WITHDRAWALS NEXT SUMMER GIVES THE INSURGENTS MORAL AMMUNITION.

NEW YORK (AP) - THE CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY TRANSUNION SAYS A DECLINE IN THE RATE OF LATE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS IS A "VERY, VERY STRONG SIGN" THAT THE ECONOMY MAY BE TURNING AROUND. IT'S THE FIRST DECLINE AFTER 12 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS OF INCREASES. THE RATE IS STILL HIGHER THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO.

ATHENS, GREECE (AP) - THE EUROPEAN UNION ACTION TO CONTAIN ITS DEBT CRISIS AND BOOST THE EURO COULD BE HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT TODAY. DEBT-LADEN GREECE'S BORROWING COSTS HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY AND STOCKS ARE CLOCKING STRONG GAINS. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND PLEDGED NEARLY $1 TRILLION TODAY TO DEFEND THE EURO. GREECE IS EXPECTED TO UNVEIL KEY PENSION REFORMS TODAY.

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) - AFTER DISCOVERING THAT ICY SLUSH CLOGGED THE BIG BOX THEY HOPED WOULD CONTAIN AN OUT-OF-CONTROL OIL GUSHER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, BP OFFICIALS SAY THEY MAY TRY AGAIN -- THIS TIME WITH A SMALLER BOX. THEY'RE ALSO CONSIDERING SEVERAL OTHER OPTIONS TO STOP THE FLOW OF CRUDE.