TODAY'S NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL-WEEK 7

BERKS I-C

POTTSVILLE 34, EXETER 17
BLUE MOUNTAIN 56, FLEETWOOD 21

ANTHRACITE FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NORTH SCHUYLKILL 34, MT CARMEL 0
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN 21, TAMAQUA 14
JIM THORPE 18, MAHANOY AREA 12 2 OT
SHENANDOAH VALLEY 32, PANTHER VALLEY 0
MINERSVILLE 28, MARIAN 17

TWIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

WILLIAMS VALLEY 54, NATIVITY 13
PINE GROVE 44, HALIFAX 13
TRI VALLEY 34, MILLERSBURG 0
LINE MOUNTAIN 49, UPPER DAUPHIN 12

HEARTLAND CONFERENCE

SHAMOKIN 21, MONTOURSVILLE 17
DANVILLE 28, SOUTHERN COLUMBIA 18
SHIKELLAMY 42, JERSEY SHORE 3

INVESTIGATORS HAVE ACCUSED A SHENANDOAH MAN OF MANUFACTURING CHILD PORN. AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE POLICE COMPUTER CRIME TASK FORCE OF 36 YEAR OLD JONATHAN BINNS UNCOVERED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. BINNS WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY OF MANUFACTURING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AS WELL AS CRIMINAL USE OF A COMMUNICATION FACILITY. BINNS IS LOCKED UP IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON IN LIEU OF $300-THOUSAND BAIL.
　
STATE POLICE AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN ARE INVESTIGATING A CASE OF VANDALISM TO A PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP MAN'S CAR SOMETIME BETWEEN 12:30 A.M. AND NOON YESTERDAY. BRADLEY KILLIAN REPORTED THAT HIS FRONT AND REAR WINDSHIELDS WERE SMASHED AND TWO TIRES WERE SLASHED ON HIS 2000 CHEVROLET CAVELIER. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE SCHUYLKILL HAVEN STATE POLICE AT 593-2000.

THE STATE SENATE HAS APPROVED A PENSING REFORM MEASURE THAT'S INTENDED TO LESSEN THE SPIKE IN RETIREMENT COSTS TO THE STATE AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. HOWARD ONDICK HAS THIS REPORT.

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FRACKVILLE BOROUGH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF 70 POUND CONCRETE BLACK BEAR STATUE FROM THE HOME OF MARK AND RUTH TRUAX AT 204 E. SPRUCE STREET. THE BEAR IS VALUED AT EIGHTY DOLLARS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL FRACKVILLE POLICE TO MAKE A REPORT.

STATE POLICE AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN ARE LOOKING FOR ANYONE INFORMATION ABOUT A MAN WHO USED COUNTERFIT ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS AT LOWE'S IN EASH NORWEGIAN TOWNSHIP ON WEDNESDAY. TROOPERS SAID THE MAN BOUGHT A DEWALT CIRCULAR SAW AND BOSCH HAMMER DRIVER WITH THE FAKE MONEY. YOU CAN CONTACT STATE POLICE AT THE SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BARRAKS AT 593-2000.

TWO PENNSYLVANIA COMPANIES WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DRILLING THE HOLE THAT RESCUED THOSE 33 CHILEAN MINERS TRAPPED IN A PARTIALLY COLLAPSED MINE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. DON ROONEY HAS MORE.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., the nation's oldest brewer, has signed a letter of intent to buy a Memphis plant. Yuengling Chief Operating Officer David Casinelli told The Commercial Appeal there are serious discussions about the plant now owned by Hardy Bottling Co., but said the deal isn't closed. The proposed sale was first reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal, which said the Memphis plant would become the fourth brewing plant for Pennsylvania-based Yuengling and help the brand expand beyond 13 Eastern states. The Commercial Appeal said Carolyn Hardy, an owner of the plant, told a committee of the Memphis & Shelby County Industrial Development Board on Wednesday that beer would be again brewed
there. Hardy's company bought it to bottle nonalcoholic drinks.

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Federal prosecutors yesterday began making
their case against an Erie woman accused of being part of a scheme
to lock a bomb onto a pizza deliveryman's neck and force him to rob
a bank. Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's lawyer says she will take the
stand as she fights the charges in the 2003 incident, which killed
the deliveryman when the bomb went off.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - House Democratic leaders have summoned
lawmakers back to Harrisburg come Monday in their stalemate with
the Senate. A spokesman says lawmakers will go over the Senate's
changes to a pension reform bill. Talks also continue on a bill to
tax the state's natural gas industry.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrat Joe Sestak began this month with
a slight campaign cash edge over his Republican rival for the
Senate Pat Toomey. In new campaign finance reports filed yesterday,
Sestak had nearly $2.7 million left as the month began, compared to
Toomey's $2.2 million.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A body found crushed in a recycling truck
in Allentown Thursday has been identified. The Lehigh County
coroner's office says the death of Michael Dempsey, who was
homeless, has been ruled an accident. Police tell The Morning Call
Dempsey had apparently sought refuge in a large recycling bin that
ended up dumped into the truck.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says tax breaks to
businesses for overseas job creation don't make sense. In his
weekly radio and Internet address, Obama renews his call for
Congress to close tax breaks that reward some U.S. companies with
overseas subsidiaries. Obama says tax breaks should be a reward for
creating jobs here.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans say Bush era tax cuts should be
extended before the midterm election. In the weekly GOP radio and
Internet address, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence urges House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi of California to call Congress back into session to take an
immediate vote on whether to extend the tax cuts.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Voters in Nevada can get a jump on the midterm
elections starting today. Early voting is starting with a marquee
senate race still neck and neck. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
and tea party favorite Sharron Angle are turning their attention to
getting out the vote. While Nevada has more registered Democrats
than Republicans, the Angle camp hopes voter anger with the
government will help their cause.

AMSTERDAM (AP) - A prominent Dutch terrorism suspect now says
his former ideas were "morally bankrupt." The man, serving a
15-year sentence for wounding four police officers with a hand
grenade, says he has renounced Islamic radicalism. In an open
letter published in a newspaper, Jason Walters warns Muslim youth
"not to be misled by false promises and ideas."