LOCAL NEWS
ORWIGSBURG PATROLMAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE STATION
AN ORWIGSBURG PATROLMAN WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE THE BOROUGH POLICE STATION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. OFFICER WILLIAM BRADLEY, 47, WAS FOUND WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD INSIDE THE STATION’S LOCKER ROOM, HOWEVER, NO OFFICIAL RULING HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. THE CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND AN APPARENT MOTIVE FOR THE SITUATION IS STILL UNCLEAR. BRADLEY’S BODY WAS DISCOVERED BY ORWIGSBURG POLICE CHIEF STANLEY P. BROZANA JR AROUND 1PM YESTERDAY. BRADLEY WAS ONE OF FOUR FULL-TIME BOROUGH OFFICERS; THE BOROUGH ALSO HAS ABOUT 15 PART-TIME OFFICERS. THEY ALONG WITH POLICE FROM THE SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BOROUGH WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE WERE GIVEN A DEBRIEFING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. ORWIGSBURG PATROLMEN WILL RESUME THEIR DUTIES THIS MORNING AT 7AM.
BARNESVILLE MAN DIES IN SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH
A BARNESVILLE MAN HAS DIED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON MOREA ROAD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WILLIAM HOUSER, 39, WAS DRIVING HIS 2003 CHEVEROLET TRAIL BLAZER WHEN HE CROSSED OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE INTO THE WESTBOUND LANE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 2:15 IN THE MORNING NEAR INTERNATIONAL BEDDING CORPORATION. HOUSER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, HE WASN’T WEARING HIS SEATBELT. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
STATE NEWS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE CO-DIRECTOR OF PHILADELPHIA-BASED
INSTITUTE OF TERRORISM RESEARCH AND RESPONSE HAS SENT A MEMO
WARNING THAT POSTING THE UNREDACTED BULLETINS ON THE INTERNET HAS
INCREASED THREATS TO POTENTIAL TARGETS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND TO
STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD. THE COMPANY HAD PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED THE
STATE WITH SECURITY ALERTS.
HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - A CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIAL SAYS THE
DEBT CRISIS IN PENNSYLVANIA'S CAPITAL MUST BE CONTAINED LIKE A
"CANCER" LEST IT PROMPT BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO FLEE HIGHER
TAXES, REDUCED SERVICES AND OTHER PROBLEMS. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TELL THE HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY $40 MILLION
IN HARRISBURG'S DEBT PAYMENTS IN DECEMBER, AND THAT WILL AFFECT
FUTURE BUDGETS.
INDIANA, PA. (AP) - STATE POLICE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SAY A
MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A PERSON WHOSE BODY WAS
FOUND IN A BARREL IN THE CONEMAUGH RIVER NEAR BLAIRSVILLE HAS BEEN
ARRESTED IN WEST VIRGINIA. POLICE IN INDIANA COUNTY SAY JON ANTHONY
BLACK SURRENDERED TO POLICE OVER THE WEEKEND.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - FOR AS LONG AS THE UNITED STATES HAS GONE TO
WAR, IT HAS SENT SOLDIERS MARCHING OFF TO BATTLE ARMED WITH
PAINTBRUSHES, CANVAS, INK AND SKETCHBOOKS. MORE THAN 250 EXAMPLES
OF THEIR EFFORTS OVER THE PAST CENTURY WILL BE ON DISPLAY, MOST FOR
THE FIRST TIME, IN A NEW EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION
CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA.
NATIONAL NEWS
TROPICAL WEATHER
UPDATE: IGOR NEARS BERMUDA AS HUGE CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE
HAMILTON, BERMUDA (AP) - HURRICANE IGOR IS WEAKENING AS IT
APPROACHES BERMUDA, BUT THE ISLAND IS ALREADY BEING BATTERED.
BERMUDA'S PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER SAYS IGOR IS LOOKING LIKE IT
WILL BE A "LONG AND PUNISHING" STORM.
TOP WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO 75 MPH, BUT FORECASTERS SAY IT BRING
UP TO NINE INCHES OF RAIN TO BERMUDA AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL
FLOODING.
THE EYE IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER OR VERY CLOSE TO BERMUDA LATE
TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW. BERMUDA'S POWER UTILITY SAYS NEARLY
20,000 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. THE BRITISH TERRITORY HAS
A POPULATION OF 68,000.
NYC MOSQUE
MUSLIM GROUPS HOLD SUMMIT OVER NYC ISLAMIC CENTER
NEW YORK (AP) - A SUMMIT OF U.S. MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS IS UNDER
WAY IN NEW YORK CITY TO ADDRESS THE OUTCRY OVER A PROPOSED ISLAMIC
CENTER NEAR GROUND ZERO.
SPOKESMAN SHAIK UBAID SAID THE MUSLIM LEADERS MET SUNDAY IN AN
EFFORT TO ARRIVE AT A UNITED STAND. THE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO HOPE TO
ADDRESS WHAT THEY SEE AS A RISE IN ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENT AND
RHETORIC THAT HAS ACCOMPANIED THE NATIONWIDE DEBATE OVER THE
PROJECT.
GROUPS PARTICIPATING IN THE SUMMIT INCLUDE THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY
OF NORTH AMERICA, THE ISLAMIC CIRCLE OF NORTH AMERICA, THE MUSLIM
ALLIANCE OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC
RELATIONS.
THE PRIVATE MEETINGS ARE TAKING PLACE AT A HOTEL NEAR KENNEDY
AIRPORT. THE GROUPS PLAN TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY AT THE
SITE.
AHMADINEJAD INTERVIEW
AP INTERVIEW: AHMADINEJAD SAYS FUTURE IS IRAN'S
NEW YORK (AP) - IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD SAYS "THE
FUTURE BELONGS TO IRAN," AND CHALLENGED THE UNITED STATES TO
ACCEPT THAT HIS COUNTRY HAS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE WORLD.
THE COMMENT CAME IN AN HOUR-LONG INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS ON SUNDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES TO
ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS.
HE RESTATED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT AN ATOMIC BOMB AND
IS ONLY SEEKING PEACE AND A NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD. HE GAVE NO
INDICATION WHEN IRAN WOULD RESUME TALKS ON ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND
SAID ANY ANTI-NUCLEAR SANCTIONS AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE
NO EFFECT ON HIS GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES.
APPEARING CALM AND SELF-ASSURED, HE SAID HE WAS PLEASED BY THE
RELEASE OF AMERICAN HIKER SARAH SHOURD.
AHMADINEJAD VISIT-PROTEST
NEW: GROUP PROTESTS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - AS IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD ARRIVED
IN NEW YORK CITY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOZENS OF
PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATED AGAINST HIS REGIME.
THE PROTESTERS, WHO SET UP NEAR CENTRAL PARK ON SUNDAY, WORE
TAPE ACROSS THEIR MOUTHS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE
THE OPPRESSIVE NATURE OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT. THE NONPROFIT
ISRAELI EDUCATION GROUP, STAND WITH US, ORGANIZED THE RALLY.
PROTESTER SAHAND KHOSHBATEN (SUH-HAHND' KOHSH-BAH'-TEHN), A
SPOKESMAN FOR THE NO TO AHMADINEJAD COMMITTEE, SAID HIS GROUP
SUPPORTS DEMOCRATIC REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN.
THE PROTEST WAS ONE OF MANY EXPECTED IN THE WEEK AHEAD,
INCLUDING ANOTHER SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY ACROSS FROM THE UN.
ON SUNDAY, AHMADINEJAD MET WITH U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN
KI-MOON TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND THE MIDDLE
EAST AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
IRAN-US HIKERS
US WOMAN WHO WAS HELD IN IRAN SAYS SHE'S NOT A SPY
NEW YORK (AP) - AN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO WAS HELD IN IRAN FOR MORE
THAN 13 MONTHS SAYS SHE AND TWO MEN DETAINED WITH HER NEVER SPIED
OR COMMITTED ANY CRIME. SARAH SHOURD SAYS THEY BELIEVE THEIR ARREST
WAS BASED ON "A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING."
SHOURD SPOKE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK ON SUNDAY AFTER
FLYING BACK TO THE U.S. SHE WAS FREED TUESDAY.
SHE, HER FIANCE AND ANOTHER MAN WERE DETAINED IN JULY 2009 ALONG
THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER. IRAN HAS ACCUSED THEM OF ESPIONAGE.
THE 32-YEAR-OLD SHOURD SAID IN PREPARED REMARKS THAT THE THREE
WERE HIKING IN A POPULAR TOURIST AREA IN IRAQ AND DIDN'T KNOW THEY
WERE NEAR THE BORDER.
SHOURD SAYS SHE'S GRATEFUL FOR HER RELEASE. BUT SHE SAYS SHE
FEELS ONLY "ONE-THIRD FREE" BECAUSE HER FIANCE, SHANE BAUER, AND
THEIR FRIEND JOSH FATTAL ARE STILL BEING HELD.
NETHERLANDS-AIRPORT ARREST
DUTCH ARREST ALLEGED UK TERROR SUSPECT AT AIRPORT
AMSTERDAM (AP) - DUTCH AUTHORITIES SAY A BRITISH MAN OF SOMALI
ANCESTRY HAS BEEN ARRESTED AT AMSTERDAM'S AIRPORT FOR POSSIBLE
LINKS TO A TERRORIST GROUP.
THEY SAY HE WAS ARRESTED ON A TIP FROM BRITISH AUTHORITIES AFTER
FLYING IN FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ON HIS WAY TO UGANDA.
A DUTCH BROADCAST REPORT SAYS THE SUSPECT IS ALLEGEDLY LINKED TO
SOMALIA'S MOST DANGEROUS MILITANT GROUP, AL-SHABAB. THAT GROUP HAS
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACKS AT U.N.
FACILITIES AND OTHER TARGETS, INCLUDING JULY ATTACKS IN UGANDA'S
CAPITAL DURING THE WORLD CUP FINAL THAT KILLED 76 PEOPLE.
DUTCH PROSECUTORS HAVEN'T CONFIRMED THAT REPORT, AND LONDON'S
SCOTLAND YARD SAID IT WOULD MAKE NO COMMENT.
AMSTERDAM'S AIRPORT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY BEEFED UP ITS SECURITY
MEASURES SINCE LAST DECEMBER, WHEN IT WAS A DEPARTURE POINT FOR A
NIGERIAN MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO BLOW UP A PLANE ABOVE THE
UNITED STATES ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
GULF OIL SPILL
WELL DECLARED DEAD FIVE MONTHS AFTER EXPLOSION STARTED LEAK
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - THE WELL THAT SPEWED 206 MILLION GALLONS OF
OIL INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS BEEN DECLARED DEAD.
RETIRED COAST GUARD ADM. THAD ALLEN SAYS THE SEALED-OFF WELL ON
THE GULF FLOOR POSES NO FURTHER THREAT. TODAY'S DECLARATION FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S POINT MAN ON THE DISASTER FOLLOWED ONE
LAST TEST TO ENSURE A CEMENT PLUG WOULD HOLD.
IT COMES FIVE MONTHS AFTER AN EXPLOSION SANK A DRILLING RIG AND
LED TO THE WORST OFFSHORE OIL SPILL IN U.S. HISTORY.
THE GUSHER WAS CONTAINED IN MID-JULY AFTER A TEMPORARY CAP WAS
PUT ON THE WELL. MUD AND CEMENT WERE LATER PUSHED DOWN THROUGH THE
TOP OF THE WELL, ALLOWING THE CAP TO BE REMOVED.
BUT THE WELL COULD NOT BE DECLARED DEAD UNTIL A RELIEF WELL WAS
DRILLED AND THE WELL WAS SEALED FROM THE BOTTOM.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS CALLING THE SUCCESSFUL "KILL" A
MILESTONE. HE'S ALSO PROMISING THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE REGION AS THEY
REBUILD THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENT.
MISSING CULT MEMBERS
UPDATE: LEADER OF CALIF. RELIGIOUS SECT HOSPITALIZED
PALMDALE, CALIF. (AP) - THE LEADER OF A BREAKAWAY RELIGIOUS SECT
HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR A MENTAL EVALUATION, AFTER MEMBERS OF HER
GROUP WENT MISSING AND LEFT BEHIND EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE AWAITING
THE RAPTURE OR SOME CATASTROPHIC EVENT.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY THOMAS KIM SAYS REYNA
MARISOL CHICAS WAS PLACED UNDER A 72-HOUR MANDATORY HOLD SUNDAY
AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO CARE FOR HERSELF OR
OTHERS.
KIM SAYS THE 32-YEAR-OLD CHICAS GAVE INVESTIGATORS A FALSE NAME
AND WAS RAMBLING DURING QUESTIONING. CHICAS TOLD DEPUTIES SHE HAD
NO CHILDREN, EVEN THOUGH HER TWO KIDS WERE WITH HER.
THE 13 ADULTS AND CHILDREN WERE FOUND SAFE LATE SUNDAY MORNING,
PRAYING IN A PARK NEAR PALMDALE. THEY TOLD DEPUTIES THEY HAD NO
INTENTION OF HARMING THEMSELVES.
CHILDREN SLAIN-TEXAS
3 CHILDREN FOUND SHOT DEAD IN TEXAS APARTMENT
HOUSTON (AP) - AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF HIS THREE CHILDREN AT THEIR
SUBURBAN HOUSTON APARTMENT.
HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY JAMIE WAGNER SAYS MUHAMMED GOHER,
47, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF CAPITAL MURDER. SHE SAYS
AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CASE AS A TRIPLE HOMICIDE AND
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
WAGNER SAYS TWO GIRLS, AGES 13 AND 7, AND A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WERE
FOUND DEAD SUNDAY IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING, ABOUT THREE MILES
SOUTH OF HOUSTON'S BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT.
SHE SAYS GOHER WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION AT BEN TAUB
HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON, WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED FOR A GUNSHOT WOUND.
WAGNER SAYS NO MOTIVE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE SHOOTINGS.
ABDUCTED GRANDMOTHER
NEW: POLICE SEEK HELP FINDING MISSING VT. GRANDMOTHER
SHEFFIELD, VT. (AP) - VERMONT STATE POLICE PROBING THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF A 78-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER ARE APPEALING FOR HELP
FROM ANYONE WHO TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OR VIDEO AT A LABOR DAY EVENT HER
SON SAYS SHE ATTENDED.
PAT O'HAGAN WAS REPORTED MISSING SEPT. 11. POLICE BELIEVE THE
WIDOW AND GRANDMOTHER OF NINE WAS ABDUCTED FROM HER HOME IN
SHEFFIELD, A TOWN SO SMALL IT HAS NO STORES AND NO STOPLIGHTS.
INVESTIGATORS ON SUNDAY ASKED TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO TOOK
PICTURES AT THE ANNUAL SHEFFIELD FIELD DAY EVENT SEPT. 6.
O'HAGAN IS FROM CHELMSFORD, MASS., BUT MOVED TO NORTHERN VERMONT
15 YEARS AGO. SHE LIVES ALONE AND LIKES CAMPING AND KAYAKING.
AUTHORITIES SAY SHE'S MENTALLY ALERT AND THERE'S NO REASON TO
BELIEVE SHE WANDERED OFF.
DETECTIVES CONTINUED FOLLOWING UP LEADS OVER THE WEEKEND. AREA
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE CLUBS AND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS PITCHED
IN.
CHILE-MINE COLLAPSE
PINERA: WE'VE DONE ALL TO RESCUE CHILE'S MINERS
SAN JOSE MINE, CHILE (AP) - CHILE'S PRESIDENT SAYS HIS
GOVERNMENT HAS DONE EVERYTHING WITHIN ITS POWER TO RESCUE 33 MINERS
TRAPPED UNDERGROUND FOR 47 DAYS AND COUNTING.
HOWEVER, SEBASTIAN PINERA WOULDN'T VENTURE A GUESS AS TO WHEN
THEY'LL BE PULLED OUT.
PINERA SPOKE AS A HUGE OIL INDUSTRY DRILL BEGAN CARVING A THIRD
ESCAPE TUNNEL THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE THE FIRST WAY TO
EXTRICATE THE MEN THROUGH A HALF-MILE OF SOLID ROCK.
THE DRILL CAN POUND THROUGH 60 TO 90 FEET OF ROCK A DAY TOWARD A
POINT NEARLY 2,000 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE, NOT FAR FROM THE REFUGE
WHERE THE MEN HAVE BEEN STAYING.
ONCE THIS MACHINE REACHES THE MINERS, RESCUERS WILL FORTIFY THE
WALLS OF THE TUNNEL WITH IRON TUBING TO PREVENT IT FROM COLLAPSING
AROUND THE MINERS AS THEY ARE PULLED TO THE SURFACE.
IF ALL GOES WELL AND THERE ARE NO DELAYS, THE MINERS COULD BEGIN
THEIR ESCAPE OCT. 18.
POPE-BRITAIN
VATICAN DECLARES POPE'S VISIT TO BRITAIN A SUCCESS
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (AP) - POPE BENEDICT IS BACK IN ROME AND THE
VATICAN IS DECLARING HIS FOUR-DAY VISIT TO BRITAIN A "GREAT
SUCCESS."
THE VATICAN SAYS THE PONTIFF WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO A NATION
WARY OF HIS MESSAGE AND ANGRY AT HIS CHURCH'S SEX ABUSE SCANDAL.
ON HIS FINAL DAY, BENEDICT PRAISED BRITISH HEROICS AGAINST THE
NAZIS TO MARK THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND
MOVED AN ENGLISHMAN A STEP CLOSER TO POSSIBLE SAINTHOOD. THE POPE
TODAY BEATIFIED CARDINAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, A 19TH CENTURY ANGLICAN
CONVERT TO CATHOLICISM.
VATICAN SPOKESMAN THE REV. FEDERICO LOMBARDI SAYS BENEDICT'S
WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF AN INCREASINGLY SECULARIZED SOCIETY
HAD BEEN RECEIVED "WITH PROFOUND INTEREST" FROM BRITONS AS A
WHOLE.
THE BRITISH MEDIA PROVIDED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE VISIT.
PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON, IN HIS FAREWELL SPEECH BEFORE
BENEDICT'S DEPARTURE CEREMONY, SAID THE POPE HAD "CHALLENGED THE
WHOLE COUNTRY TO SIT UP AND THINK, AND THAT CAN ONLY BE A GOOD
THING."
