TODAY'S NEWS - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2010

MISSING COUNTY MAN FOUND
ERNEST MEASE, OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, WAS REPORTED MISSING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FOUND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AFTER CRASHING HIS VEHICLE INTO A WOODED AREA OFF SECOND MOUNTAIN ROAD IN NORTH MANHEIM TOWNSHIP. MEASE DID NOT SUFFER SERIOUS INJURY, BUT WAS FLOWN TO LEHIGH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. AREA FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS DID SEARCH THE AREA FOR MEASE INTO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, INCLUDING THE AREA WHERE HE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE, BUT CALLED THE SEARCH OFF AROUND 1AM TUESDAY.

ROUTE 61 CRASH
AFTER SUFFERING SEVERE INJURIES IN A CRASH INVOLVING A TRACTOR-TRAILER, A MAN WAS FLOWN TO LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL JUST BEFORE 11AM THURSDAY. THE CRASH AT ROUTES 61 AND 895 INVOLVED 28-YEAR-OLD KYLE SMITH OF NEW RINNGOLD AND 35-YEAR-OLD SHANELL STAMPS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SMITH HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM HIS SEDAN BY EMT'S AFTER BEING STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY STAMP'S TRACTOR TRAILER. SMITH WAS FLOWN TO LEHIGH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. NO DETERMINATION OF FAULT IS COMPLETE AT THIS TIME.
　
SAFE PESITCIDE DISPOSAL IN PA
AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES AND PESTICIDE APPLICATIORS IN 21 PA COUNTIES WILL BE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED PESTICIDES SAFELY AND EASILY IN 2011 THROUGH THE CHEMSWEEP PROGRAM. CHEMSWEEP IS OFFERED IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES EACH YEAR, THIS YEAR SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IS ON THE LIST! PRODUCTS FROM PESTICIDES CAN LEAVE DANGEROUS AND TOXIC MATERIALS THAT CANNOT BE PLACED IN LANDFILLS AND THAT CAN BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT AGRICULTURE.STATE.PA.US.

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STATE NEWS:

NORRISTOWN, PA. (AP) - POLICE SAID A ROW HOUSE IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA WAS FIREBOMBED AND THE BLAZE QUICKLY SPREAD TO OTHER HOMES ON THE BLOCK. STATE POLICE SAID SOMEONE THREW A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL ONTO THE PORCH OF ONE OF THE HOMES IN NORRISTOWN EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. WPVI-TV REPORTS FOUR OF THE HOUSES ON THE BLOCK ARE DESTROYED, INCLUDING THE HOME THAT APPARENTLY WAS TARGETED.

CARLISLE, PA. (AP) - PROSECUTORS SAID THEY'LL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE CASE OF A FORMER PRISON GUARD CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A LAWYER AT A CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA GUN RANGE. PROSECUTORS SAY RAYMOND FRANKLIN PEAKE KILLED TODD GETGEN AND STOLE HIS RIFLE AT THE RANGE NEAR CARLISLE ON JULY 21ST.


WEST CHESTER, PA. (AP) - FLIERS ANNOUNCING THE FORMATION OF A "WHITE STUDENT UNION" ON WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS HAVE SPARKED CONTROVERSY. SCHOOL OFFICIALS TELL THE DAILY LOCAL NEWS THE FLIERS WERE PART OF AN EFFORT TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE THOSE ARE WHO AGAINST RACISM AND ARE NOT THE SEEDS OF A RACIST ORGANIZATION.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED OVER ITS BAN ON "I (HEART) BOOBIES!" BRACELETS CALLS THE PHRASE VULGAR AND SAYS IT LED A MIDDLE-SCHOOL BOY TO TOUCH A GIRL'S BREAST. THE EASTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DEFENDING ITS BAN ON THE BREAST-CANCER AWARENESS BRACELETS IN A NEW COURT FILING. THE ACLU WANTS A FEDERAL JUDGE TO OVERTURN THE BAN AND THE GIRLS' SUSPENSIONS.

NATIONAL NEWS:

STOCKHOLM (AP) - REPEATED HACKER ATTACKS AGAINST WIKILEAKS HAVE
PROMPTED AN AMERICAN DOMAIN NAME PROVIDER TO WITHDRAW SERVICE TO
THE SECRET-SPILLING WEBSITE. EVERYDNS SAYS IT HAS DROPPED THE WEBSITE WILIKEAKS.ORG BECAUSE THE ATTACKS AGAINST IT THREATEN THE REST OF ITS NETWORK. WIKILEAKS HAS RESPONDED BY MOVING TO A SWISS DOMAIN NAME, WIKILEAKS.CH.

LAGOS, NIGERIA (AP) - A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SAYS AS MANY AS 150 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A NIGERIAN MILITARY ATTACK USING HEAVILY ARMED SOLDIERS AND AERIAL BOMBING RUNS. THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR THE FORUM OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE TELLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT CIVILIANS HAVE SUFFERED A HEAVY TOLL IN THE MILITARY OPERATION THAT BEGAN WEDNESDAY, AIMED AT CAPTURING A MILITANT.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - THE MAN WHO'S BEEN NOMINATED TO BE
SOUTH KOREA'S NEW DEFENSE MINISTER HAS SOME TOUGH WORDS FOR NORTH
KOREA. HE SAYS SOUTH KOREAN JETS WILL BOMB THE NORTH IF IT STAGES
ANOTHER ATTACK LIKE LAST MONTH'S ARTILLERY BARRAGE THAT KILLED FOUR
SOUTH KOREANS. THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN
CRITICIZED AS WEAK.

WASHINGTON (AP) - THE ARMY AND MARINES' TOP UNIFORMED OFFICERS
SAY THAT LETTING GAYS SERVE OPENLY IN THE MILITARY AT A TIME OF WAR
WOULD BE DIVISIVE AND DIFFICULT. MARINE COMMANDANT JAMES AMOS AND
ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GEORGE CASEY PLAN TO EXPRESS THOSE VIEWS TODAY
AT A SENATE HEARING, ACCORDING TO PREPARED REMARKS OBTAINED BY THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS.

WASHINGTON (AP) - WHEN THE LABOR DEPARTMENT RELEASES ITS MONTHLY
UNEMPLOYMENT REPORT THIS MORNING, MOST ECONOMISTS EXPECT THE
JOBLESS RATE TO REMAIN STUCK AT 9.6 PERCENT, WITH PAYROLLS TO RISE BY 145,000 JOBS. BUT SOME EXPERTS HAVE REVISED THEIR EXPECTATIONS UPWARD, LOOKING FOR AS MANY AS 180,000 TO 200,000 JOBS ADDED.