TODAY'S NEWS: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011

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POTTSVILLE MAN FACES CHARGES ON HITTING POLICE CRUISES

A POTTSVILLE MAN APPEARED IN COURT TUESDAY FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND OTHER RELATED CHARGES. 34-YEAR-OLD SCOTT GLUNZ INJURED FOUR POTTSVILLE POLICE OFFICERS FEBRUARY 24 AFTER REPEATEDLY DRIVING HIS VEHICLE INTO TWO POLICE CRUISERS WHEN THEY ARRIVED AFTER RECEIVING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE CALL TO HIS HOME. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS THAT SENIOR MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL MYCHAK REFUSED TO LOWER BAIL DUE TO THE VIOLENT NATURE OF THE CRIME AND GLUNZ IS BEING HELD IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON IN LIEU OF $25,000 STRAIGHT CASH BAIL.

CRASH LEAVES 3 INJURED

THREE PEOPLE FROM SCHUYLKILL COUNTY SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES AFTER A CRASH TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTH MANHEIM TOWNSHIP. 54-YEAR-OLD DIANE WARD OF ORWIGSBURG WAS HIT BY 54-YEAR-OLD ROBERT MCCLINTOCK OF SELTZER ON STATE HIGHWAY 61 AT THE INTERSECTION WITH SOUTH LIBERTY STREET. MCCLINTOCK WAS TRAVELING WITH 52-YEAR-OLD KIM HOLLEY. ALL THREE WERE TREATED AT SCHUYLKILL MEDICAL CENTER-SOUTH JACKSON STREET.

HAVEN MAN CHARGED WITH SEX ACTS AGAINST MINOR

A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MAN HEADED BACK TO COURT TUESDAY AFTER A JUDGE RULED PROSECUTORS PRESENTED ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CHARGES HE RAPED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A BOY OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. 36-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH CURRY WAS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS EACH OF INVOLUNTARY DEVIATE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AND AGGRAVATED INDECENT ASSAULT AMONG OTHER RELATED CHARGES. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES FERRIER REFUSED A REQUEST BY CURRY’S LAWYER TO REDUCE BAIL. CURRY WAS RETURNED TO PRISON IN LIEU OF $200,000 STRAIGHT CASH BAIL.

STATE NEWS:

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE NATIONAL VICTIMS GROUP SNAP HAS RELEASED A PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED GRAND JURY REPORT FROM 2003 ON SEXUALLY ABUSIVE PRIESTS IN PHILADELPHIA. THE PHILADELPHIA ARCHDIOCESE DECLINED COMMENT DUE TO A GAG ORDER.

CONFLUENCE, PA. (AP) - A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ABDUCT AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM A SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SKI RESORT EARLIER THIS MONTH IS HEADING TO TRIAL. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN WEBER OF THE PITTSBURGH-AREA BOROUGH OF PLUM WAIVED A PRELIMINARY HEARING YESTERDAY. POLICE ALLEGE THAT WEBER TRIED TO TAKE THE GIRL FROM SEVEN SPRINGS MOUNTAIN RESORT ON MARCH 6TH.

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - THE SPEAKER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS PUSHING FOR A BILL TO START THE LENGTHY PROCESS NEED TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE 203-MEMBER CHAMBER BY ABOUT 25 PERCENT. SPEAKER SAM SMITH HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT HE SAYS WILL MAKE THE CHAMBER'S DELIBERATIONS MORE EFFICIENT.

NORRISTOWN, PA. (AP) - A SECOND PETITIONER HAS ASKED A JUDGE TO REOPEN A CONTENTIOUS CASE INVOLVING THE RELOCATION OF A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR ART COLLECTION TO PHILADELPHIA. THE FILING MADE PUBLIC BY CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LAWYER RICHARD FEUDALE ARGUES THAT DISMANTLING THE BARNES FOUNDATION VIOLATES THE STATE'S OBLIGATION TO PRESERVE THE "HISTORIC AND ESTHETIC VALUES OF THE ENVIRONMENT."

NATIONAL NEWS:

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYS THE "NOOSE IS TIGHTENING" AROUND LIBYA'S MOAMMAR GADHAFI AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ARMING LIBYAN REBELS HASN'T BEEN RULED OUT. THE REBELS ARE AGAIN TAKING A BEATING FROM FORCES LOYAL TO GADHAFI. LOYALISTS USED TANKS AND ROCKETS TO FORCE REBELS TO RETREAT AFTER A RAPID ADVANCE HELPED BY INTERNATIONAL AIR STRIKES.

TOKYO (AP) - RADIATION IN SEAWATER NEAR A CRIPPLED JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANT CONTINUES TO RISE. OFFICIALS SAY THE SEAWATER RADIATION LEVEL IS MORE THAN 3,300 TIMES NORMAL -- THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN SO FAR. MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UTILITY COMPANY THAT OWNS THE PLANT IS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

WASHINGTON (AP) - THE SENATE IS SCHEDULED TO VOTE TODAY ON A REPUBLICAN-BACKED PLAN THAT WOULD BAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FROM REGULATING GREENHOUSE GASES. ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO DEFEAT THE MEASURE, SAYING THE GOVERNMENT MUST CURB GASES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING. MANY BUSINESSES SUPPORT IT, SAYING REGULATIONS COST TOO MUCH.

WASHINGTON (AP) - THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING A LOOK AT A POSSIBLE LINK TO HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN. AT A TWO-DAY MEETING STARTING TODAY, AN FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE WHETHER AVAILABLE DATA LINKS DYES FOUND IN EVERYDAY FOODS TO THE DISORDER. THE PANEL WILL RECOMMEND WHETHER THE AGENCY SHOULD FURTHER STUDY THE ISSUE OR REQUIRE BETTER LABELING.

UNDATED (AP) - AIRLINES LOST GROUND LAST YEAR IN GETTING CHECKED LUGGAGE TO ARRIVE ON TIME. EUROPEAN AIRLINES LED THE DECLINE, WHILE U.S. CARRIERS ACTUALLY SAW A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT. ACCORDING TO AN AVIATION COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER, ABOUT 29.4 MILLION BAGS LAST YEAR DIDN'T ARRIVE ON THE SAME FLIGHT AS THEIR OWNERS. THAT'S ABOUT 12 MISHANDLED BAGS FOR EVERY 1,000 PASSENGERS.