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| Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:52:00 EST Fire Near Hazleton, Two Hospitalized |
| Investigators are looking for what started a fire that sent to people to the hospital in Luzerne County.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wnep-homenews/~4/Gd93frE8QRg" height="1" width="1"/ |
| Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:38:00 EST Dallas H.S. Hires New Head Football Coach |
| For the first time in 26 years, one of the most successful high school football programs in our area has a new head coach. img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wnep-homenews/~4/sP76PNNyeXw" height="1" width="1"/ |
| Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:16:00 EST State Money Coming To Flood-Damaged Coal Creek |
| Hundreds of thousands of state dollars are coming to a couple of communities in Luzerne County washed out by flooding last year.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wnep-homenews/~4/PPK3NPzafM0" height="1" width="1"/ |
| Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:56:00 EST District Boundary Confusion Dominates PA House, Senate Races |
| The clock is ticking on candidates for the Pennsylvania State House and Senate to file their nominating petitions, but some of the candidates complain their district boundaries keep changing.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wnep-homenews/~4/70s87kJ20w0" height="1" width="1"/ |
| Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:42:00 EST Robbery Suspects Arrested in Schuylkill County |
| Two possible suspects in a robbery spree that spans two counties were arrested Sunday on other charges after a high-speed chase.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wnep-homenews/~4/mwrmkKyxnXo" height="1" width="1"/ |
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| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:36:19 GMT2012-02-07T11:36:19Z Palmer Township prepares for next year’s winter weather |
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The Palmer Twp. Board of Supervisors approved a contract with architectural and engineering services for the proposed salt storage building Monday./pp
The building is expected to house salt for an entire winter./pp
The funds -- $7,910 -- will come from the 2012 liquid funds budget, not the general township funds./pp
Currently any extra salt is stored in bins behind the current salt building. The setup is difficult for the township when snowstorms occur back to back./pp
The new building will be 50 feet by 72 feet and will hold 1,700 tons of salt. The truck will be able to bring around 24 tons of salt at a time./pp
Usually a winter requires an average 1,500 tons of salt for the roads./pp
The larger storage building will help with budgeting, allowing the township to purchase the salt in bulk. The township hopes to complete the building process by this year./pdiv class="feedflare"
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| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:15:35 GMT2012-02-07T11:15:35Z Serial armed convenience store robbers caught? |
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Are they teens guilty of reckless driving, or a rash of armed robberies? Schuylkill Co. police have two men in custody who they hope will help answer a lot of questions./pp
Jose Nunez and Tysheed Hargrove, both 18-years-old, were arrested Sunday night after the two led officers on a high speed chase, police said. A stolen handgun was also found inside the car./pp
But could those charges be the tip of the criminal iceberg?/pp
The question both Schuylkill and Carbon County cops have is whether Nunez of Hazelton, Luzerne County, and Hargrove, address unknown, are gun-toting armed robbers./pp
It's a question Kathy Nicholls has too./pp
"We're significantly affected by these robberies. Our cashiers and customers are all scared," she said./pp
Nicholls showed us security video of the Saturday night robbery of her Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., convenience store. Clearly visible is a man wearing a blue bandana, black hoodie and green jacket who walks in, pulls a gun and demands money from the unsuspecting store clerk./pp
"We are just really nervous they are going to keep coming back," Nicholls went on to say./pp
Nicholls says on January 20 the same store was robbed. In that video you can see a similar style outfit and actions from the suspect but instead of a green jacket and blue bandana it's a black jacket and white bandana./pp
Over the past several weeks Carbon Co. and Schuylkill Co. police say there have been seven similar style holdups, including a third store owned by Nicholls./pp
In all cases police say the suspects attire was similar: bandanas, winter North Face Jackets and hoodies./pp
Only one thing will make Nicholls feel more secure./pp
"Matching those fingerprints up with the ones they arrested," she said./pp
Both Nunez and Hargrove are being held on $100,000 bail for reckless driving and weapons charges./pp
At this time police aren't saying if Nunez and Hargrove are part of the crime spree./pdiv class="feedflare"
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| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:12:33 GMT2012-02-07T11:12:33Z Matt's Tuesday Forecast |
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tomorrow so there you go but a little bit of snow it's a little bit yellow bucket too worried about it snow lovers one a big storm this will be one of the not today you'll notice that the breeze starts to pick up there is a little breeze here and there like yesterday morning but not too bad the window pick up about 10 to 20 miles an hour later this morning enter the afternoon so I think that will be noticeable across Eastern Pennsylvania West New Jersey were in the 30s everywhere you go not too bad were all clear ice moonlit sky up there once again New York today mostly sunny breezy and we had 50 and Philly hit 52? mostly sunny skies and that breeze will be picking up over the next few hours as far as the satellite and the radar you can see here again like yesterday weather was not a whole lot going on more starting to see some evidence here of this snow ice and rain in the plane stasis system will continue to track off toward the E. Now the Way things look which is not much different than yesterday this low will track South of us there's been some Russian of what type of precipitation do we see during the day tomorrow while leaning toward mostly snow with temperatures in the upper 30s there may be some rain mixing and especially the farther south you go in the viewing area the issue is it's been mild soap and the snow stick that's can be the big question looks like this a be mainly an afternoon and into the evening type of event snow was generally going to be like that there could be some moderate pockets here and there is a system swings on through you can see for now I were just fine as far as across the cloud cover anything like that so most of us are just clear there are some clouds up toward the North with some scattered snow showers right future precipitat on this goes out 48 hours and you can see by the time we had tomorrow morning at 612 still not a whole lot going on now as we move on through the at noon hours your comes that precipitation you can see a lease with this model this is mainly going to be snow the farther south you go toward parts of bucks Mont even coursed down toward Philly and down toward the Delmar I think some rain in the Let's get you your first full look at today's forecast with Matt Broderick. mixing and really very little or no snow cumulation expected the farther south you go but for most of us with just mainly snow coming through minutes gone later on during the evening up coding to win inch seems likely the question is does any of that way on the roadside certainly at first it just appears that grassy services or nonpaid services will see that's no first and th there could be some slick spots especially as we move later in the day and on into the evening hours it's not a big event sucker cause many issues but there may end up being a few slick spots especially later in the afternoon and on into the evening hours there is that area of low pressure little swing for the area just doesn't have a lot of moisture with it it's moving fairly quickly but it's just a enough to give us a coding to an inch of snow before moves away by Thursday Seita partly cloudy breezy and it is in of the other mild they that breeze all make you feel little bit cooler though 49 W. wind attended 20 tonight temperature in the lower 30s for most some upper 20s North with an increase in the cloud cover. Of snow tomorrow could be mixed with a little bit of rain and spots coding to an inch expected through Wednesday evening at 37 Thursday and Friday partly sunny in the 40s and then that last of colder air comes in for/pdiv class="feedflare"
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| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:00:52 GMT2012-02-07T11:00:52Z DA: Company defrauded township out of taxpayers' money |
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It sounded like a great deal. Bethlehem Township leaders thought they would save money by buying their streets lights from PPL, then shopping around for a better deal on electricity./pp
A company promised to help them do it, but prosecutors say the company took taxpayers' money -- more than $800,000 of it -- and ran./pp
"The expectation was that within 18 months -- from July 2nd of 2007 -- Bethlehem Township would own its lights, and thereafter, would be receiving better pricing on its electric," said Northampton Co. District Attorney John Morganelli./pp
Instead, a grand jury found that Municipal Energy Managers, based outside Scranton, did almost no work./pp
What directors P.J. McLaine and Robert Kearns were busy with was writing themselves checks, according to the grand jury report./pp
Bank records allegedly found more than $366,000 in checks written out to Kearns, and checks to McLaine totalling more than $600,000. Morganelli said it appears the money was used for personal expenses, including a trip to Disney World./pp
Both are now charged with criminal conspiracy and two related charges./pp
"When Mr. Kearns was asked about what this check was for at his civil deposition he said he could not recall what the money was for," said Morganelli. "When Mr. McLaine was asked at his civil deposition as to what the money was for, he couldn't recall what it was for either."/pp
This isn't the first time McLaine has caught cops' attention. Last July, he admitted in federal court to offering hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to a Lackawanna County commissioner on trial for corruption./pp
That commissioner was sentenced to 11 years in prison last week. McLaine was offered immunity in exchange for his testimony./pp
Back in the Lehigh Valley, Morganelli said McLaine and Kearns also lied about how much it would cost to to buy the street lights. They allegedly charged Bethlehem Township $832,000, but PPL later said the purchase would only cost $271,000./pp
"It appears that the price was well overstated by MEM as to what the cost to the township should have been for this job," said Morganelli./pp
Bethlehem Township borrowed more than a million dollars to pay for the street lights project -- money it's still paying back with interest. So why did they hand over all that money up front?/pp
The township's finance director told the grand jury they wanted to get the project off the ground right away./pp
Monday, the township adminsitrator referred all questions to their attorney./pp
Bethlehem Township also filed a civil suit against MEM's directors in 2010. That case is still pending.
Both defendants are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. A call to their attorney was not returned Monday afternoon./pp
According to Morganelli, Cumberland Co. authorities are also looking into MEM's activities./pp
This week, the Scranton Times-Tribune also reported that Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Tamaqua officials accused the company of not performing work it was paid for./pdiv class="feedflare"
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| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:56:46 GMT Stock index futures signal dip in early trade
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 Reuters - Stock index futures pointed to a dip at the open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the SP 500 down 0.06 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.05 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.05 percent at 5:30 a.m. ET.
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| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:13:43 GMT Glencore-Xstrata deal meets shareholder opposition
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| Reuters - At least two top 10 shareholders in miner Xstrata said on Tuesday they would vote against a takeover by commodities trader Glencore, threatening the creation of a powerhouse spanning mining, agriculture and trading. |
| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:26:55 GMT Greek leaders face crunch talks as unions strike
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| Reuters - Greek party leaders face crunch talks on Tuesday to secure a new international bailout and avoid a chaotic debt default, caught between EU demands that they accept painful reforms now and a national strike against more austerity. |
| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:49:42 GMT Toyota raises annual profit forecast, eyes recovery
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 Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp raised its full-year profit forecast by more than a third as it cuts costs, trims spending and expects Japanese government schemes to boost sales, though the guidance was still some way below analysts' expectations.
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| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:43:16 GMT Anfield cat becomes Internet hit
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| Reuters - A cat that invaded the famous Anfield turf for three minutes during Liverpool's 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Monday has become an internet celebrity. |
| Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:51:50 GMT Mustache film festival to be held in Maine
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| Reuters - Move over, Cannes. Maine will be playing host to its first-ever international mustache film festival, part of its annual pageant that celebrates the bristly facial hair. |
| Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:22:39 GMT Aww, man! Bart Simpson joins Barbie in Iran ban
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| Reuters - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran. |
| Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:11:25 GMT Toledo hot dog chain made famous on M*A*S*H sold
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| Reuters - A troubled Ohio hot dog restaurant chain made famous in the TV series M*A*S*H has been sold after months of legal wrangling, allowing descendants of the eponymous Tony Packo's to keep running Cpl. Klinger's favorite frankfurter place. |
| Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:19:44 GMT Germany hunts out deer calling champion
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| Reuters - Hunting enthusiasts grunted, bawled and bellowed in the battle to be named Germany's champion deer caller. |
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