TODAY'S NEWS: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

ACCIDENT IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLEANED UP

A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLEANED UP. THE COLLISION OCCURED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 209 AND 901 BY KANE STEEL NEAR THE TURKEY HILL. WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

HOLDEN AWARD

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS PRESENTED REPRESENTATIVE TIM HOLDEN WITH THE GUARDIAN OF SMALL BUSINESS AWARD THURSDAY. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP ON ISSUES RELEVANT TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS INCLUDING: FINANCE, ENERGY, HEALTH CARE, AND TAX RELIEF.

WOMAN PLEADED GUILTY IN CRASH

A POTTSVILLE WOMAN ADMITTED THURSDAY TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN HER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PORT CARBON DAY CARE LAST NOVEMBER. JENNIFER ANNE MOCK, 37, ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING ANOTHER PERSON AND CARELESS DRIVING. ACCORDING TO THE REPUBLICAN HERALD, JUDGE CYRUS PALMER DOLBIN DID NOT SET A SENTENCING DATE.

MOTORCYCLE CRASH

A MOTORCYCLE STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE AFTER ITS DRIVER SUDDENLY JUMPED OFF. TWENTY-THREE YEAR OLD, BRIAN KREISER OF JONESTOWN JUMPED OFF HIS MOTORCYCLE WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON STATE ROUTE 209 IN PORTER TOWNSHIP. HIS BIKE THEN SKIDDED ON ITS SIDE, CRASHING INTO A PARKED CAR ON THE EAST BERM. KREISER WAS WEARING A HELMET AND HAD MINOR INJURIES.

MAN APPROACHES CHILDREN

LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAUTION RESIDENTS TO KEEP WATCH OF THEIR CHILDREN. THREE REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN RECENT WEEKS INVOLVING CHILDREN BEING APPROACHED BY A MAN ATTEMPTING TO LURE THEM TO HIS VEHICLE. BOTH THE CHILDREN WERE TARGETED IN THE AREAS OF PINE GROVE AND MINERSVILLE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT LOCAL AUTORITIES. A CHILD SAFETY EVENT WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH FROM 9AM TO 2PM AT BOB WEAVER DEALERSHIP IN POTTSVILLE.

SUPERBUGS

A RISING HEALTH THREAT FROM DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA IS ENDANGERING PEOPLE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. DOCTORS SAY MUCH OF THE PROBLEM COMES FROM FARMS THAT USE ANTIBIOTICE ON HEALTHY ANIMALS. TOM JOSEPH HAS MORE.

SUPERBUGS


PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE EMBATTLED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN FIRED. THE AGENCY'S BOARD VOTED 4-1 YESTERDAY TO TERMINATE CARL GREENE. GREENE HAS BEEN ON LEAVE SINCE LAST MONTH, WHEN ACCUSATIONS SURFACED THAT HE USED PUBLIC MONEY TO SETTLE SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS. HE IS ALSO ACCUSED OF COERCING TOP EMPLOYEES TO PAY INTO A SLUSH FUND.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST CASINO IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE BECAME THE LARGEST AMERICAN CITY WITH A CASINO YESTERDAY WHEN THE SUGARHOUSE CASINO OPENED ITS DOORS AFTER YEARS OF COMMUNITY PROTESTS AND DELAYS. MORE THAN 1,000 GAMBLERS TURNED OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON OPENING TO PLAY THE CASINO'S
1,600 SLOT MACHINES AND 40 TABLE GAMES.

ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) - AN ALLENTOWN WOMAN WHOSE TODDLER DIED IN
A BEDROOM ACCIDENT AFTER SHE LEFT HIM UNSUPERVISED HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. PROSECUTORS TELL THE ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL MARIANELLA TORRES-MATOS LEFT HER 14-MONTH-OLD SON AND HIS 2-YEAR-OLD SISTER ALONE WHILE SHE RAN ERRANDS LAST NOVEMBER. SHE RETURNED TO DISCOVER A 160-POUND DRESSER HAD TOPPLED ONTO HER SON.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A RECENTLY DISCOVERED LETTER IS BEING SOLD IN PHILADELPHIA IN WHICH SUSAN B. ANTHONY RAILS AGAINST THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN AS "THE PETS OF SOCIETY." THE RAAB COLLECTION IS OFFERING THE LETTER FOR $15,000. THE DEALER'S VICE PRESIDENT SAYS THE ANGRY TONE SHOWS A SIDE OF ANTHONY NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN IN HER CORRESPONDENCE.

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A FEDERAL JUDGE IN CALIFORNIA IS EXPECTED TO DECIDE TODAY WHETHER TO ISSUE AN INJUNCTION HALTING THE MILITARY'S "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" POLICY BANNING OPENLY GAY TROOPS. GOVERNMENT LAWYERS ARGUED AGAINST AN INJUNCTION YESTERDAY BEFORE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE VIRGINIA PHILLIPS.

JARRATT, VA. (AP) - A WOMAN WHO LAWYERS SAY WAS BORDERLINE MENTALLY DISABLED, HAS BEEN PUT TO DEATH IN VIRGINIA. IT WAS THE FIRST FEMALE EXECUTED IN THE STATE SINCE 1912. TERESA LEWIS WAS CONVICTED OF ORDERING THE DEATHS OF HER HUSBAND AND A STEPSON TO GAIN INSURANCE PROCEEDS.

TOKYO (AP) - JAPANESE AUTHORITIES AREN'T TALKING TODAY AFTER A SUDDEN JUMP IN THE DOLLAR AGAINST THE YEN. THE SILENCE CASTS DOUBT ON INITIAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE CENTRAL BANK HAD INTERVENED IN CURRENCY MARKETS. THE SILENCE IS A NOTABLE DEPARTURE FROM LAST WEEK WHEN JAPAN INTERVENED IN CURRENCY MARKETS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX
YEARS TO HELP EXPORTERS.

NEW DELHI (AP) - TWO TOP INTERNATIONAL SPORTS OFFICIALS SAY CONDITIONS AT THE SQUALID ATHLETES' VILLAGE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED. THE OFFICIALS SAY CLEANUP WORK SHOULD CONTINUE URGENTLY BUT THE MORE UPBEAT ASSESSMENT IS SEEN AS A BOOST FOR INDIA'S BELEAGUERED PREPARATIONS.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - ENTERTAINER EDDIE FISHER, WHO SOLD MILLIONS OF RECORDS IN THE 1950S AND CREATED SENSATIONAL SCANDAL WITH HIS MARRIAGES TO DEBBIE REYNOLDS AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR, HAS DIED. HE WAS 82. FISHER HAD HIT SONGS INCLUDING "THINKING OF YOU," "ANY TIME" AND "OH, MY PA-PA." HIS SINGING AND GOOD LOOKS BROUGHT HIM A DEVOTED FOLLOWING WITH TEENAGE GIRLS.