TODAY'S NEWS: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010

INTERSTATE81 FATAL CRASH

FOR MORE THAN FIVE HOURS, EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, BOTH NORTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 81 WERE SHUT DOWN....DUE TO A FATAL CRASH. 42-YEAR-OLD ZBIGNIEW JARZAB, A TRUCK DRIVER FROM CHICAGO, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH BY STATE POLICE TROOPER JUSTIN R. PREVOST AT ABOUT 5:55AM. PREVOST SAID JARZAB WAS DRIVING HIS TRACTOR WHEN HE DRIFTED ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF THE RAVINE EXIT. THE TRUCK TIPPED AFTER STRIKING METAL GUIDERAILS. JARZAB WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.
　
POTTSVILLE FIRE

A FIRE THAT TORE THROUGH THE THIRD FLOOR OF A POTTSVILLE HOME TUESDAY EVENING WAS CAUSED BY A BURNING CANDLE. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT AT ABOUT 5:45PM YESTERDAY AT 715 WEST NORWEGIAN STREET. THANKFULLY THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
　
ENFORCE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT

THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ASKED A JUDGE TO ENFORCE A LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT THEY SAY CONTROLLER MELINDA B. KANTNER AGREED TO AND THEN RENEGED ON. ACCORDING TO THE REPUBLICAN HERALD, DAUPHIN COUNTY SENIOR JUDGE JOSEPH H KLEINFELTER, WHO IS HANDLING THE CASE, HAS SCHEDULED A HEARING AND ARGUMENT ON THE PETITION FOR 11AM OF FRIDAY.
　
AMERICA RECYCLE DAY

EVERYDAY AMERICANS RECYCLE THEIR TRASH BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT ACTIVITY THAT CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. ONCE A YEAR THE U.S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SETS ASIDE NOVEMBER 15TH TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT RECYCLING PLAYS A DRAMATIC ROLE IN REDUCING POLLUTION. IT'S A GREAT DAY TO RECOMMIT TO RECYCLING , AND CONSIDER ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL RECYCLING ACTIVITES TO YOUR DAILY ROUTINE. PLEASE RECYCLE!

CHESTER, PA. (AP) - A SECRETARY IN A SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FACES CHARGES AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY SHE LEAKED CONFIDENTIAL CASE INFORMATION IN TWO ROBBERY CASES INVOLVING HER GRANDSON. VERA CARROLL, WHO WORKS IN THE OFFICE OF DELAWARE COUNTY D.A. G. MICHAEL GREEN, IMPROPERLY OBTAINED A COPY OF AN ARREST WARRANT FOR HER GRANDSON BEFORE IT WAS SUBMITTED TO A DISTRICT JUDGE.

ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SAY FIRE HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 16-YEAR-OLD YOUTH AND SEVERELY DAMAGED FOUR ROW HOUSES. THE THREE-ALARM BLAZE WAS REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER 7 LAST NIGHT IN THE EAST END OF ALLENTOWN. ARRIVING FIRE CREWS FOUND ONE HOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES, AND THE BLAZE QUICKLY SPREAD TO THREE OTHER HOMES.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - THE PITTSBURGH CITY COUNCIL HAS GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO A BAN ON NATURAL GAS DRILLING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARLENE HARRIS SAID THE PANEL HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF DRILLING AND INDUSTRY CHEMICALS ON THE HEALTH OF RESIDENTS. THE MEASURE WAS APPROVED 8-0 YESTERDAY WITH A FINAL VOTE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - FAMED ARCHITECT FRANK GEHRY SAYS AN EXPANSION AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART WON'T BE VISIBLE TO PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT WILL "KNOCK THEIR SOCKS OFF INSIDE." GEHRY JOINED DIGNITARIES, PHILANTHROPISTS AND ART AFICIONADOS YESTERDAY AT THE CITY'S 82-YEAR-OLD NEOCLASSICAL LANDMARK FOR THE START OF CONSTRUCTION.

BAGHDAD (AP) - OFFICIALS IN IRAQ SAY EXPLOSIONS ARE TARGETING BAGHDAD'S CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOODS. AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND 11 ARE WOUNDED. AL-QAIDA MILITANTS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAST WEEK'S CHURCH MASSACRE THAT LEFT 58 PEOPLE DEAD AND MILITANTS HAVE THREATENED MORE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIANS.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS HEADED TO SOUTH KOREA FOR A MEETING OF THE GROUP OF 20 MAJOR ECONOMIC POWERS IN SEOUL. EARLIER WEDNESDAY, OBAMA WAS IN INDONESIA, WHERE HE REACHED OUT TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD.