TODAY'S NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010

POWER OUTAGE

MORE THAN 11,000 PEOPLE IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY WERE WITHOUT POWER THURSDAY FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES. THE OUTAGE WAS CAUSED BY A TRIPPED POWER LINE IN FRACKVILLE. THE LINE TRIPPED JUST BEFORE 11AM, IT AFFECTED CUSTOMERS IN SCHUYLKILL TOWNSHIP, RUSH TOWNSHIP, WEST MAHONOY, FRACKVILLE, GIRARDVILLE, TAMAQUA, ASHLAND, AND OTHER NEARBY AREAS. ALL POWER HAD BEEN RESTORED IN THE COUNTY JUST AFTER 1PM.
　
SAINT CLAIR TAXES

SAINT CLAIR BOROUGH RESIDENTS WILL MOST LIKELY BE PAYING MORE IN TAXES IN 2011. ON THURSDAY NIGHT, THE BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVED THE 2011 TENTATIVE BUDGET WITH AN INCREASE OF $1 MILLION. THE COUNCIL MUST NEXT VOTE ON THE BUDGET'S FINAL VERSION ON DECEMBER 7TH. THE LAST TAX INCREASE WAS 15 TO 20 YEARS AGO.
　
CORBETT WILL NOMINATE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL

GOVENOR ELECT-TOM CORBETT GETS TO NOMINATE A SUCCESSOR TO FILL THE POST HE'S HELD FOR SIX YEARS. ONE OF THE EARLY DECISIONS FACING CORBETT, WHO TAKES OFFICE JANUARY 18, IS PICKING A NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL. HE WILL STAY IN OFFICE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL UNTIL INAUGURATION DAY. 15-YEARS-AGO CORBETT GOT HIS START IN STATEWIDE POLITICS BY BEING APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL, REPLACING FORMER LACKAWANNA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ERNIE PREATE.
　
MAGICAL MEMORIES- A TRIBUTE TO THE MAGIC OF DISNEY

THE SOVEREIGN MAJESTIC THEATER WILL PRESENT "MAGICAL MEMORIES - A TRIBUTE TO THE MAGIC OF DISNEY" THIS SUNDAY. THE SHOWS AT 2PM AND 5PM WILL FEATURE THE TALENTS OF 55 LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE. SONGS FROM SUCH DISNEY SHOWS AS "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, "THE LION KING, "PETER PAN", AND "MARY POPPINS" WILL BE PERFORMED.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - THERE'S NO WORD YET ON THE CAUSE OF A FIVE-ALARM FIRE AT A PITTSBURGH GLASS COMPANY. THE FIRE AT EMERALD ART GLASS WAS REPORTED JUST AFTER 9:30 P.M. LAST NIGHT AND WAS REPORTED UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 90 MINUTES. NO ONE WAS HURT.

ERIE, PA. (AP) - AN ERIE MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF KILLING A DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR AND SETTING FIRE TO HER APARTMENT IN MARCH. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TYLER KEYS OF WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF PEGGY SUE GAERTTNER. AUTHORITIES SAY KEYS BEAT AND STABBED THE VICTIM BEFORE SETTING THE HOME ABLAZE.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A FORMER HEAD OF STATE POLICE INTERNAL AFFAIRS SAYS IN A LAWSUIT A BARRACKS COMMANDER RETALIATED AGAINST HIM FOR INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE COMMANDER WRONGLY INTERCEDED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A FRIEND. LIEUTENANT JEFFREY SHAW'S LAWSUIT DOESN'T IDENTIFY THE COMMANDER - WHO HAS SINCE RETIRED - OR THE FRIEND, WHO WAS NEVER CHARGED.

SCRANTON, PA. (AP) - A WILKE-BARRE BUSINESSMAN WHO ADMITTED GUILT IN A CORRUPTION PROBE HAS BEEN PLACED ON PROBATION FOR TWO YEARS AND FINED $10,000. THOM GRECO PLEADED GUILTY LAST SUMMER TO FAILURE TO REPORT A CRIME RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF TELEVISION SETS FOR AN UNNAMED LUZERNE COUNTY PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - LEADERS OF 20 MAJOR ECONOMIES ARE REFUSING TO ENDORSE A U.S. PUSH TO GET CHINA TO LET ITS CURRENCY RISE. AFTER THE G-20 MEETING IN SOUTH KOREA TODAY, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TOLD REPORTERS THE YUAN (YOO-AHN') IS AN "IRRITANT" NOT JUST FOR THE U.S BUT FOR CHINA'S OTHER TRADING PARTNERS.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYS THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S DECISION TO BUY $600 BILLION IN U.S. DEBT ISN'T DESIGNED TO WEAKEN THE DOLLAR BUT TO GIVE A BOOST TO THE NATION'S SLOW RECOVERY. CRITICS CALL IT A RECKLESS AND SELFISH SCHEME TO FLOOD MARKETS WITH DOLLARS, DRIVING DOWN THE VALUE OF THE U.S. CURRENCY AND GIVING AMERICAN EXPORTERS AN ADVANTAGE.

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA (AP) - NIGERIA'S MAIN MILITANT GROUP IN THE OIL-RICH SOUTHERN DELTA HAS RELEASED A LIST OF HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING MONDAY'S ATTACK ON AN OFFSHORE OIL RIG. AT LEAST ONE NAME MATCHES THAT OF A U.S. WORKER. JAMES ROBERTSON OF SILVER CREEK, MISS., IS EMPLOYED BY CONTRACTOR TRANSOCEAN LTD.

FLINT, MICH. (AP) - A MAN SUSPECTED IN A SERIES OF STABBINGS IN THREE STATES COULD LEARN TODAY IF HE'LL FACE TRIAL FOR A SLAYING THAT CONVINCED MICHIGAN POLICE THEY WERE LIKELY DEALING WITH A SERIAL KILLER. ISRAELI NATIVE ELIAS ABUELAZAM (EH-LEE-AHS' A-BOO-LAH'-ZUHM) IS CHARGED WITH THREE MURDERS AND FIVE ATTEMPTED MURDERS IN MICHIGAN AND AN ATTEMPTED MURDER IN OHIO. HE'S ALSO SUSPECTED IN ATTACKS IN VIRGINIA.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE CHARGED A 29-YEAR-OLD FORMER PRISON INMATE WITH FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED CAPITAL MURDER. POLICE SAY WILLIAM CARROLL SHOT FOUR POLICEMEN ENTERING HIS HOUSE THURSDAY TO SERVE A SEARCH WARRANT. TWO OF THE OFFICERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. POLICE SAY CARROLL, WHO HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY, SURRENDERED WHEN SWAT OFFICERS RETURNED GUNFIRE.