TODAY'S NEW: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2010

MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY


JERSEY ACRES


EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION FEATURES BERKS COUNY FAMILY

WIDOWED BERKS COUNTY MOTHER, TRISHA URBAN , AND HER DAUGHTER CORA WILL BE WATCHING TELEVISION SUNDAY NIGHT AT THEIR HOME NEAR HAMBURG. EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION: AN URBAN FAIRYTALE WILL AIR AT 8:00 SUNDAY NIGHT, THE EPISODE THAT TY PEDDINGTON AND HIS CREW MAKES-OVER URBAN'S 300 YEAR OLD LOG CABIN. URBAN AND HER DAUGHTER WERE SENT TO WALT DISNEY WORLD FOR ONE WEEK IN AUGUST AS THE CREW RENOVATED THE HOME. ANDY, TRISHA'S HUSBAND, DIED OF A HEART-ATTACK THE MORNING OF CORA'S BIRTH BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX-UP THE CABIN.

DOWNLOADING MADE EASY

VDOWNLOADER IS THE NEWEST, MOST POPULAR SOFTWARE FOR DOWNLOADING MUSIC. THE SOFTWARE IS DOWNLOADED OVER A MILLION TIMES A MONTH ALL OVER THE WORLD. NOT TO MENTION, IT'S FREE! THE CREATORS OF VDOWNLOADER 3.0 ANNOUNCED THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL OFFICIALLY BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ON OCTOBER 28TH. THE EAGERLY AWAITED RELEASE CONTAINS A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS DESIGNED FOR EASE OF USE.

POISONING PREVENTION WEEK

THE U.S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTING AGENCY IS RECOGNIZING NATIONAL LEAD POISONING PREVENTION WEEK OCTOBER 24-30. LEAD CAUSES A VARIETY OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS, INCLUDING BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HYPERTENSION, AND REPORDUCTIVE PROBLEMS. FOR CHILDREN, EVEN LOW LEVELS OF EXPOSURE, DECREASED INTELLIGENCE AND SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMES. PARENTS CAN REDUCE A CHILD'S EXPOSURE TO LEAD IN MANY WAYS. VISIT LEADFREEKIDS.ORG OR CALL 1-800-424-LEAD FOR MORE INFORMATION.

LOTTERY WINNER

RANDY RITTENBAUGH FROM PINE GROVE IS ONE LUCKY GUY, HE WON THE TOP PRIZES IN THE MONEY COMB AND CASH FIVE GAMES IN THE SAME MONTH. RITTENBAUGH WON $60,000 ON SEPTEMBER SECOND AND 1.2 MILLION ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SECOND. ACCORDING TO THE REBLUBICAN HERALD, THE ODDS OF WINNING THE TOP PRIZE IN THE SCRATCH-OFF GAME ARE 1 IN 480,000, WHILE THE ODDS OF WINNING THE CASH FIVE JACKPOT PRIZE ARE 1 IN 962,598. RITTENBAUGH SAYS HE'S A SINGLE DAD SO THE MONEY WILL BE A BIG HELP TO HIS FAMILY.

GIRARDVILLE MAN ADMITS MURDER

A GIRARDVILLE MAN WILL SPEND 26 TO 52 YEARS BEHIND BARS AFTER ADMITTING HE STRANGLED HIS GIRLFRIEND WITH A BUNGEE CORD. 51 YEAR-OLD RANDALL HARNER ADMITTED THAT HE MURDERED HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND IN AUGUST OF 2008. HARNER PLEADED GUILTY TO THIRD-DEGREE MURDER, BURGLARY, AND POSSESSING AN INSTRUMENT OF CRIME ON WEDNESDAY IN CHESTER COUNTY COURT. HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND IS 52 YEAR-OLD DEBORAH FRENCH OF BERWYN.

DEADLY CRASH

A MINERSVILLE MAN DIED OF INJURIES AFTER A CRASH IN CASS TOWNSHIP ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON JUST AFTER ONE. TWENTY-NINE YEAR-OLD RANDALL SNYDER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT VALLEY ROAD AND MOUNT LAFEE ROAD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS BREAKER ROAD. POLICE SAY SNYDER DROVE INTO THE PATH OF A WESTBOUND PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY ELIZABETH HINKLE. THE IMPACT CAUSED SNYDER TO BE EJECTED FROM HIS CAR. HINKLE WAS NOT INJURED, BUT SNYDER WAS FLOWN TO GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER IN DANVILLE BY THE LIFE FLIGHT HELICOPTER AND DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING A PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER ABRUPTLY PLEADED GUILTY JUST AS HIS TRIAL WAS SET TO BEGIN. THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER REPORTS RASHEED SCRUGS TOLD THE COURT HE WAS GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER JUST BEFORE HIS TRIAL BEGAN TODAY IN THE DEATH OF OFFICER JOHN PAWLOWSKI.

ERIE, PA. (AP) - A FEDERAL JUDGE THREATENED TO REMOVE FROM THE COURTROOM AN ERIE WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR HELPING PLAN A BANK ROBBERY PLOT INVOLVING A MAN FORCED TO WEAR A BOMB COLLAR. U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE SEAN MCLAUGHLIN ISSUED THE WARNING AFTER MARJORIE DIEHL-ARMSTRONG BECAME UNRULY DURING THE TESTIMONY OF KENNETH BARNES, AN ERIE MAN WHO IS SERVING 45 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN THE SAME PLOT.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A PHILADELPHIA MAN WHO THREATENED VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN ERIC CANTOR IN A YOUTUBE VIDEO HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A CRIMINAL INFORMATION. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN PHILADELPHIA FILED THE TWO-COUNT INFORMATION TODAY AGAINST NORMAN LEBOON. INVESTIGATORS SAY LEBOON POSTED A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE IN WHICH HE SAID HE WOULD SHOOT CANTOR IN THE HEAD.

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - PENNSYLVANIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH IN SEPTEMBER, AS EMPLOYERS ADDED MORE THAN 7,000 JOBS TO THEIR PAYROLLS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY SAID TODAY THAT UNEMPLOYMENT CREPT DOWNWARD BY TWO-TENTHS OF A PERCENTAGE POINT LAST MONTH TO 9 PERCENT.

AMSTERDAM (AP) - EMERGENCY WORKERS ARE TRYING TO PULL PEOPLE OUT OF A CANAL NEAR AMSTERDAM AFTER A FREIGHT SHIP STRUCK A PASSENGER FERRY. NATIONAL POLICE SAY THE SMALLER VESSEL CARRYING PASSENGERS CAPSIZED AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE KNOCKED INTO THE WATER.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A HANDFUL OF PAKISTANI MILITARY UNITS ARE NO LONGER GETTING U.S. AID BECAUSE OF CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE MILITARY UNITS MAY HAVE TORTURED AND CARRIED OUT KILLINGS. THE U.S. IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW MILITARY AID PLAN FOR PAKISTAN LATER TODAY.

(AP) - THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MAY DECIDE TO EXPAND A RECALL OF DEADLY, CONTAMINATED PRODUCE LINKED TO A TEXAS PROCESSING PLANT. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SHUT DOWN THE SAN ANTONIO PLANT AND ORDERED A RECALL OF ALL THE PRODUCE THAT HAD PASSED THROUGH THE FACILITY SINCE JANUARY. AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER EATING CONTAMINATED CELERY.

NEW YORK (AP) - A JUDGE IN NEW YORK IS EXPECTED TO RULE TODAY WHETHER TO TOSS OUT MANSLAUGHTER AND OTHER CHARGES AGAINST THREE MEN CHARGED IN THE DEATHS OF TWO FIREFIGHTERS IN A BLAZE AT A CONTAMINATED AND CONDEMNED SKYSCRAPER AT GROUND ZERO. PROSECUTORS SAY THE MEN ARE TO BLAME FOR DISREGARDING AND COVERING UP A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AT THE FORMER DEUTSCHE (DOY'-CHUH) BANK BUILDING. THE MEN SAY THEY'RE SCAPEGOATS.

NEW YORK (AP) - A LARGE GIFT FROM AN ANONYMOUS BENEFACTOR. SOMEONE IN NEW YORK CITY STUFFED $10,000 IN CASH INTO A 9/11 DONATION BOX AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. JOE DANIELS, THE PRESIDENT THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM TELLS THE NEW YORK POST THAT 99 $100 BILLS AND FIVE 20S WERE STUFFED INTO THE BOX THAT OFFICIALS DISCOVERED TUESDAY NIGHT. DANIELS SAYS HE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE DONOR'S NAME SO HE COULD SAY THANK YOU.