TODAY'S NEWS - AUGUST 2, 2010

LOCAL NEWS

TREMONT MAN CITED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

DANIEL TROY LANGTRY, 21 OF TREMONT, HAS BEEN CITED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON JULY, 29TH AT. HE ENTERED THE HOME BELONGING TO DAVID WEIKEL, 39, AT 2262 E MAIN STREET IN HUBLY TOWNSHIP. AFTER AN ARGUMENT, LANGTRY SMASHED A BOTTLE OF BEER OVER WEIKEL’S HEAD AND THEN PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE. WEIKEL WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE SCHUYLKILL MEDICAL CENTER IN POTTSVILLE FOR TREATMENT. LANGTRY WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE JUDGE JAMES K REILEY AND WAS UNABLE TO POST BAIL.

BUSINESS THEFT

UNKNOWN SUSPECTS BROKE A PLEXIGLASS WINDSHIELD ON AN ISCO RAIL MOVER OVER THE WEEKEND, AT THE WORLD RECORCES COMPANY IN CRESSONA, CAUSING $250 IN DAMAGE. USING AN UNKNOWN BLUNT OBJECT, THE SUSPECTS REMOVED THE FIBERGLASS DOOR OFF OF A SIDE KIT FROM THE TRAILER OUTSIDE THE POLE BUILDING LOCATED ON 18 FRONT ST. THE DOOR IS VALUED AT $50 AND IS BLUE WITH AN F-10 STICKER ON IT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS THEFT IS TO CONTACT THE PSP OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN.


BICYCLE THEFT

TWO DYNACRAFT BOYS BICYCLES HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THE RESIDENCE OF A BLYTHE TOWNSHIP MAN. JEFFERY DONATTI, OF 15 SILVER CREEK ROAD, STATED THAT THE SUSPECTED OPENED A STORAGE DOOR LOCATED UNDER HIS RESIDENCE AND REMOVED THE BICYCLES SOMETIME BETWEEN JULY 22 AND JULY 30TH. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT IS TO CONTACT THE PSP OF FRACKVILLE.


HUBCAPS STOLEN AT LANDINGVILLE FIRE COMPANY

FOUR HUBCAPS WERE STOLEN OFF A VEHICLE AT THE LANDINGVILLE FIRE COMPANY OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SOMETIME BETWEEN 6:30 AND 8:45 PM ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE VEHICLE, A 1994 TOYOTA CORROLA, BELONGS TO CHARLES KILLIAN OF AUBURN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS THEFT IS TO CONTACT THE PSP OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN.


3 CARS BROKEN INTO AT “THE ROCK”

AT LEAST 3 VEHICLES WERE BROKEN INTO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT “THE ROCK” IN WEST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP. NUMEROUS ITEMS WERE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLES INCLUDING CELL PHONES, A GPS UNIT, AND IPOD, WALLETS, A BACKPACK, CAMERAS AND JEWELRY. THE VICTIMS, SAMANTHA ODIN, CHAZ PASTOR AND ALEXANDER BINFORD-WALSH OF BETHLEHEM, JAMIE CHANCE OF WILMINTON DE, JOESEPH MCCOOL OF NEWARK DE, AND OCTAVIO ROSCIOLI OF EMMAUS WERE ALL SWIMMING AT THE POPULAR LOCATION JUST OUTSIDE PORT CLINTON WHEN THE BURGLARY OCCURRED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS STRING OF THEFTS IS TO CONTACT THE PSP OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN.

SEIP APPOINTED TO HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE COUNCIL

STATE REPRESENTATIVE TIM SEIP HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CAREERS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, WHICH HELPS TO ADDRESS THE NURSING SHORTAGE ACROSS THE STATE AND TO BOLSTER OTHER IMPORTANT HEALTH-CARE OPTIONS. SEIP INTRODUCED THE HOUSE VERSION OF ACT 41 OF 2010, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTER FOR HEALTH CAREERS TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE CURRENT GOVERNOR’S ADMINISTRATION. THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL SEIP WILL SERVE ON ADVISES THE CENTER. THE CENTER FOR HEALTH CAREERS WORKS CLOSELY WITH EMPLOYERS, EDUCATORS AND WORKFORCE PROFESSIONALS TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF PENNSYLVANIA’S NURSING EDUCATION SYSTEM, IMPROVE WORKFORCE RETENTION IN THE HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRY, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO FILL POSITIONS IN ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND IMPROVE THE CAREER QUALITY OF DIRECT CARE WORKERS.


PPL HOLTWOOD HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IN HALL OF FAME

PPL’S HOLTWOOD HYDROELECTRIC PLANT WAS HONORED FOR A CENTURY OF CLEAN, RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION BY BEING INDUCED INTO THE HYDRO HALL OF FAME LAST WEEK DURING THE ANNUAL HYDROVISION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN CHARLOTTE, NC. HOLTWOOD WAS ONE OF FIVE HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS INDUCTED THIS YEAR. THE PLANT HAS BEEN GENERATING ELECTRICITY SINCE 1910, USING THE POWER OF THE WATER HELD BACK BY A 55-FOOT-HIGH-DAMN ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BETWEEN LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES. 40% OF THE ELECTRICITY PPL GENERATES ANNUALLY COMES FROM NUCLEAR, HYDROELECTRIC, AND RENEWABLE SOURCES THAT DO NOT EMIT CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE AIR.

STATE POLICE INVITE 50 YOUTHS TO COMMISSIONER’S HONOR CAMP

50 TEENAGERS FROM 34 PA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO LEARN ABOUT STATE POLICE OPERATIONS AT THE COMMISSIONER’S HONOR CAMP THIS WEEK AT THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY IN HERSHEY. THE YOUTHS, AGES 13-18 WERE SELECTED FROM AMONG MORE THAN 1500 BOYS AND GIRLS WHO9 PARTICIPATED IN 26 LOCAL CAMP CADET PROGRAMS LAST YEAR. THE HONOR CAMP WAS CREATED IN 1998 AS A REWARD FOR THE TOP 2 CADETS FROM EACH LOCAL PROGRAM. TROOPERS TEACH HONOR CADETS ABOUT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, POLICE SKILLS, USE OF FORCE AND OTHER RELATED TOPICS.



STATE NEWS

TOBYHANNA, PA. (AP) - COUNSELORS WILL BE ON HAND AT A NEW JERSEY
HIGH SCHOOL TODAY AFTER A LONGTIME MATH TEACHER AND HER HUSBAND
WERE KILLED IN A CRASH IN THE POCONOS. STATE POLICE SAY CHRISTINE
AND JOHN INSCHO OF NOCKAMIXON TOWNSHIP IN BUCKS COUNTY DIED IN THE
CRASH ON INTERSTATE 380 FRIDAY. INSCHO TAUGHT AT NORTH HUNTERDON
HIGH SCHOOL FOR 35 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING THIS YEAR.

HARRISVILLE, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SAY
A MAN MISSING SINCE HIS HOUSEMATE'S BODY WAS FOUND HAS BEEN
ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN THE HOMICIDE. POLICE IN BUTLER COUNTY SAY
THOMAS SMITH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY SATURDAY. POLICE WERE LOOKING
FOR SMITH AFTER CLIFFORD STEVENSON WAS FOUND SHOT DEAD THURSDAY
NIGHT IN THE HOME THE MEN SHARED JUST OUTSIDE OF HARRISVILLE.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN APPARENT DOUBLE
MURDER REPORTED EARLY YESTERDAY IN NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA.
DETECTIVES WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN THE FRANKFORD SECTION OF THE
CITY AFTER TWO BODIES WERE FOUND. POLICE SAY A 54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
AND A MAN IN HIS 20S WERE FOUND WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE 18-STORY TOWER ACROSS FROM THE STATE
CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG IS WHERE MILLIONS OF RECORDS FROM CENTURIES
OF COMMONWEALTH HISTORY ARE KEPT SAFE, BUT IT'S RUNNING OUT OF
ROOM. THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER REPORTS OFFICIALS SAY THE ARCHIVE
CAN ONLY STAY RUNNING FOR A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE IT MUST BE EITHER
RENOVATED OR EXPANDED.


NATIONAL NEWS

ALASKA PLANE CRASH
PLANE CRASHES IN NATIONAL PARK IN ALASKA

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (AP) - OFFICIALS SAY A LARGE CARGO-TYPE PLANE
HAS CRASHED AT DENALI NATIONAL PARK IN ALASKA, BURSTING INTO A
DEADLY FIREBALL THAT SPARKED A FOREST FIRE.
PARK SPOKESWOMAN KRIS FISTER SAYS THERE ARE FATALITIES, BUT IT'S
UNCLEAR HOW MANY BECAUSE "THE PLANE PRETTY MUCH DISINTEGRATED."
THE FIRE IS CHALLENGING RESPONDERS, WHO DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THE
MULTIENGINE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WENT DOWN NEAR THE PARK'S NORTHERN
BORDER ABOUT 3:15 P.M. SUNDAY. FISTER SAYS THE FIRE IS CONTAINED.
MILITARY OFFICIALS HAVE SAID NONE OF THEIR PLANES WERE INVOLVED.
CLINT JOHNSON WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAYS
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LARGE TRANSPORT PLANES OPERATING IN ALASKA.
THE PARK IS ABOUT 180 MILES NORTH OF ANCHORAGE.

GULF OIL SPILL
GULF CREWS PREPARE TO START PLUGGING WELL FOR GOOD

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - ENGINEERS HOPE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF
KILLING THE GULF GUSHER FOR GOOD AS SOON AS MONDAY BY GIVING THE
EXPERIMENTAL CAP A LITTLE HELP BLOCKING THE OIL FLOW.
ENGINEERS ARE PREPARING TO LAUNCH A SO-CALLED STATIC KILL,
SHOVING MUD AND PERHAPS CEMENT INTO THE BLOWN-OUT WELL TO MAKE IT
EASIER TO PERMANENTLY FINISH THE JOB.
BP ENGINEERS STILL PLAN TO FOLLOW IT UP DAYS LATER BY SENDING A
STREAM OF MUD AND CEMENT INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE MILE-DEEP
UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR THROUGH A RELIEF WELL THEY'VE BEEN DIGGING
FOR MONTHS.
ON SUNDAY, BP AND THE GOVERNMENT'S OIL SPILL POINT MAN TOOK
ISSUE WITH CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS WHO SAY THE USE OF
DISPERSANTS IN THE GULF IGNORED EPA LIMITS. BP SAYS IT'S WORKED
CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICIALS ON THE MATTER. AND RETIRED COAST GUARD
ADM. THAD ALLEN SAYS THE GUIDELINES WERE NOT IGNORED.

GULF OIL SPILL-FISHERMEN
NEW: LA. FISHERMEN WRINKLE THEIR NOSES AT 'SMELL TESTS'

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) - FISHERMEN IN PART OF LOUISIANA'S
ST. BERNARD PARISH SAY THEY THINK THE GOVERNMENT REOPENED THEIR
AREA TO FISHING TOO EARLY.
OIL STILL WASHES UP ON MARSHES AND PROTECTIVE BOOM LINING THE
SHORE, MONTHS AFTER A SEA-BOTTOM WELL BEGAN GUSHING CRUDE FROM THE
BOTTOM OF THE GULF.
CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS WHOSE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON SEA LIFE ARE
UNKNOWN WERE USED BY BP TO HELP BREAK UP THE OIL.
THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SAYS SMELL TESTS ON
DOZENS OF SPECIMENS FROM THE AREA REVEALED BARELY TRACEABLE AMOUNTS
OF TOXINS. THE TESTS WERE DONE NOT BY CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, BUT BY
SCIENTISTS TRAINED TO DETECT THE SMELL OF OIL AND DISPERSANT.
FISHERMEN WORRY THEY'LL LOSE MONEY EVEN AT THE PERCEPTION THAT
THEIR CATCH COULD BE OILY OR CONTAIN TOXIC DISPERSANTS.

OBAMA
NEW: OBAMA TO SET COURSE FOR CHANGING IRAQ MISSION

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL SET A COURSE
MONDAY FOR THE NATION'S CHANGING MISSION IN IRAQ AS THE MILITARY
PREPARES TO END ITS COMBAT OPERATIONS THERE.
OBAMA WILL SPEAK IN ATLANTA AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, WHERE HE'LL ADDRESS THE PROGRESS BEING
MADE TO MEET HIS DEADLINE OF DRAWING DOWN ALL COMBAT TROOPS BY THE
END OF THE MONTH. A TRANSITIONAL FORCE OF 50,000 TROOPS WILL REMAIN
TO TRAIN IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, CONDUCT COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS
AND PROVIDE SECURITY FOR ONGOING U.S. CIVILIAN EFFORTS.
WHILE IN ATLANTA, OBAMA WILL ALSO ATTEND A FUNDRAISER FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

MICHELLE OBAMA-NUTRITION
FIRST LADY URGES CONGRESS TO ACT ON SCHOOL MEALS

WASHINGTON (AP) - FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA IS URGING CONGRESS
TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT CALLS FOR HIGHER NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS FOR
SCHOOL MEALS.
MRS. OBAMA SAYS THE CHILD NUTRITION BILL WOULD REQUIRE MORE
FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND WHOLE GRAINS AND LESS FAT AND SALT IN SCHOOL
LUNCHES AND BREAKFASTS. AND SHE SAYS IT WOULD HELP ELIMINATE JUNK
FOOD IN VENDING MACHINES.
IN AN OP-ED ESSAY APPEARING IN MONDAY'S EDITION OF THE
WASHINGTON POST, THE FIRST LADY SAYS AMERICANS "OWE IT TO THE
CHILDREN."
IN ENCOURAGING CONGRESS TO PASS THE BILL, SHE SAYS "OUR
PROSPERITY DEPENDS ON THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF THE NEXT
GENERATION."
THE BILL WAS APPROVED BY THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE
LAST MONTH, AND A SENATE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED SIMILAR
LEGISLATION.

INMATE ESCAPE
2 ARIZ. INMATES STILL AT LARGE; 1 CAUGHT IN COLO.

PHOENIX (AP) - THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PLANS TO
INCREASE SECURITY AT A NORTHWEST ARIZONA PRISON AFTER THREE
CONVICTED MURDERS ESCAPED OVER THE WEEKEND.
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE SUNDAY, DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CHARLES L.
RYAN SAID "LAX" SECURITY AT THE MEDIUM-SECURITY FACILITY MAY HAVE
CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 36-YEAR-OLD DANIEL RENWICK, 42-YEAR-OLD
TRACY PROVINCE, AND 45-YEAR-OLD JOHN MCCLUSKEY TO ESCAPE FRIDAY.
RENWICK WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY EARLY SUNDAY AFTER A POLICE
OFFICER SPOTTED HIM IN A VEHICLE IN RIFLE, COLO.
HE HAD BEEN SERVING A 22-YEAR SENTENCE FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
WHEN HE AND THE OTHER TWO INMATES ESCAPED FRIDAY EVENING BY CUTTING
A HOLE IN THE PRISON'S PERIMETER FENCE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE MEN
THEN KIDNAPPED TWO SEMI-TRUCK DRIVERS AT GUNPOINT AND USED THE BIG
RIG TO FLEE.
POLICE BELIEVE THE TWO WHO REMAIN AT LARGE ARE STILL IN ARIZONA.

RABIES IN PARADISE
RABID DOGS ROAM HOLIDAY HOTSPOT, KILL AT LEAST 78

BALI, INDONESIA (AP) - A RABIES EPIDEMIC HAS GRIPPED ONE OF
ASIA'S TOP TOURIST DESTINATIONS, THE INDONESIAN ISLAND OF BALI.
OFICIALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN 78 DEATHS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND
MANY OTHER DEATHS HAVE LIKELY GONE UNREPORTED. IN A HIGHLY
CRITICIZED MOVE, OFFICIALS KILLED ABOUT 200,000 DOGS, INSTEAD OF
INITIALLY CONDUCTING MASS VACCINATIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
STOCKS OF AN ANTI-RABIES VACCINE FOR HUMANS ARE LOW AND COULD
RUN OUT. HOSPITALS ACROSS BALI HAVE FACED PERIODIC SHORTAGES OF
FREE POST-EXPOSURE VACCINES, LEAVING POOR RESIDENTS WITH FEW
OPTIONS.
SEVERAL COUNTRIES HAVE ISSUED TRAVEL WARNINGS ADVISING
VACATIONERS TO CONSIDER GETTING PRE-EXPOSURE RABIES VACCINATIONS.
RABIES KILLS SOME 55,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY - MOSTLY CHILDREN -
WITH NEARLY 60 PERCENT OF THOSE DEATHS FROM DOG BITES IN ASIA.

ISRAEL-EXPLOSIONS
NEW: ROCKETS FIRED AT ISRAELI CITY EILAT

JERUSALEM (AP) - ISRAELI POLICE SAY ROCKETS HAVE BEEN FIRED
TOWARD THE SOUTHERN ISRAELI CITY OF EILAT. JORDAN SAYS ONE BLAST
HIT ITS CITY OF AQABA, INJURING FOUR PEOPLE.
A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD EARLY MONDAY IN ELIAT, A
POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION ON THE RED SEA.
POLICE SPOKESMAN MICKY ROSENFELD CONFIRMS THAT THE BLASTS WERE
CAUSED BY ROCKETS, BUT SAYS NO ONE WAS INJURED IN EILAT. HE SAYS
POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE.
JORDAN'S INFORMATION MINISTER ALI AYED SAYS ONE ROCKET HIT ON A
MAIN STREET IN AQABA, INJURING FOUR PEOPLE. HE COULD NOT CONFIRM
THEIR NATIONALITIES.
IT WAS THE SECOND SUCH ATTACK THIS YEAR. IN APRIL, ROCKETS WERE
FIRED TOWARD EILAT AND AQABA, CAUSING NO INJURIES BUT HITTING A
JORDANIAN WAREHOUSE.

POOL SAFETY CAMPAIGN
NEW: AMID GRIEF, CONN. PARENTS CHAMPION POOL SAFETY

GREENWICH, CONN. (AP) - A CONNECTICUT COUPLE WHOSE SON DROWNED
IN THEIR SWIMMING POOL THREE YEARS AGO HAVE BECOME CHAMPIONS OF
POOL SAFETY.
KAREN AND BRIAN COHN OF GREENWICH ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR TOUGHER
LAWS AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS THAT SURROUND POOLS.
THEIR 6-YEAR-OLD SON, ZACHARY, DROWNED ON JULY 28, 2007, AFTER HIS
ARM BECAME ENTANGLED IN A POWERFUL SUCTION DRAIN.
IN THEIR FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE THEIR SON'S DEATH, KAREN AND
BRIAN COHN SAID THEY DON'T WANT ANOTHER FAMILY TO ENDURE WHAT THEY
HAVE SUFFERED.
THE COHNS, WHO FORMED THE ZAC FOUNDATION IN THEIR SON'S MEMORY,
HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WHAT THEY SAY ARE EFFORTS TO WEAKEN POOL SAFETY
LAWS.
A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE POOL INDUSTRY DENIES THAT INDUSTRY
OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO WEAKEN THE LAWS, SAYING THEY ADVOCATE THE
BEST APPROACH FOR PREVENTING SUCH TRAGEDIES.

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
CREWS HAVE UPPER HAND ON WILDFIRE NORTH OF LOS ANGELES

PALMDALE, CALIF. (AP) - CREWS HAVE GOTTEN THE UPPER HAND ON A
WILDFIRE SMOLDERING NORTH OF LOS ANGELES AND HOPE TO HAVE IT FULLY
CONTAINED BY MONDAY EVENING.
THE FIRE IS NOW AT 87 PERCENT CONTAINMENT AFTER BURNING 22 ACRES
IN THE HIGH DESERT. FOUR HOMES AND FIVE OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DESTROYED.
HIGHER HUMIDITY AND LOWER TEMPERATURES HAVE HELPED FIREFIGHTERS
KNOCK DOWN THE BLAZE IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.
THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SPARKED THURSDAY AFTERNOON BY
SOMEONE WORKING ON A CAR WHEEL.
MEANWHILE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CREWS AIDED BY A PAIR OF
WATER-DROPPING HELICOPTERS QUICKLY KNOCKED DOWN A SMOKY WILDFIRE
THAT BURNED ALONG THE NORTH EDGE OF THE 101 FREEWAY IN CALABASAS.
OFFICIALS SAY IT CHARRED ABOUT 12 ACRES OF HEAVY BRUSH.
TO THE SOUTH IN RURAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY, A WILDFIRE THAT HAS
BURNED ABOUT 110 ACRES OF HEAVY BRUSH NEAR JULIAN IS NEARLY
SURROUNDED.

ANNA NICOLE SMITH
JURY QUESTIONING NEXT IN ANNA NICOLE SMITH CASE

LOS ANGELES (AP) - QUESTIONING OF POTENTIAL JURORS BEGINS MONDAY
IN THE TRIAL OF ANNA NICOLE SMITH'S DOCTORS AND HER
LAWYER-BOYFRIEND.
A JUDGE SAYS QUESTIONNAIRES FILLED OUT BY PROSPECTIVE JURORS
SHOW MOST OF THEM KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE MODEL'S LIFE AND DEATH.
BUT HOW MUCH THEY KNOW AND WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE DRUG
CONSPIRACY CHARGES WILL BE PROBED IN OPEN COURT. SUPERIOR COURT
JUDGE ROBERT PERRY SAYS HE HOPES TO HAVE A PANEL SEATED IN TWO
DAYS.
DR. SANDEEP KAPOOR, DR. KHRISTINE EROSHEVICH AND HOWARD K. STERN
HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO ILLEGALLY PROVIDE THE
FORMER PLAYBOY MODEL WITH MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF OPIATES AND SEDATIVES.
THEY ARE NOT CHARGED IN HER OVERDOSE DEATH IN 2007 IN FLORIDA.
IN A SURPRISE TWIST, THE PROSECUTOR ALLEGES SMITH WAS A
COCONSPIRATOR IN THE ACTIONS THAT BROUGHT THE THREE TO TRIAL.