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A Washington teenager was ordered Wednesday to stand trial in last week's shooting at a home in Washington's West End that killed a man and seriously injured his girlfriend.
Brandon Lee Wolowski, 18, of 916 1/2 Addison St., is accused of shooting and killing 37-year-old Matthew Mathias and injuring 38-year-old girlfriend, Michelle Powell, as he attempted to rob Mathias of guns he had at his home at 905 Fayette St. Wolowski was charged by Washington police with homicide, attempted homicide, aggravated assault and robbery.
Washington police are continuing their investigation into the shooting, said Washington County First Assistant District Attorney Michael Lucas, and are looking into the possibility that Wolowski did not act alone in the Jan. 8 shooting.
"They are looking at the possibility that other individuals were involved," Lucas said.
Mathias was apparently shot in the back as he ran from his home, according to testimony at Wolowski's preliminary hearing in Central Court. Dr. Leon Rozin, the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Mathias for the Washington County coroner's office, said the 37-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the chest that perforated his left lung. Powell was shot inside the house.
City police Sgt. Chris Luppino said he went directly to the emergency room at Washington Hospital to speak to Powell before she was flown for treatment of her injuries to a Pittsburgh hospital. Luppino said she had gunshot wounds to the cheek, chin, chest and arm.
Powell was in the courtroom Wednesday, sitting in the back row surrounded by family and friends who comforted her during testimony. She did not testify at the proceeding.
Luppino testified he asked Powell who did it.
"She said it was Brandon and said he was a skinny white kid with dark hair and about 19 years old," Luppino said." She didn't know his last name but gave me some of his relationships.
"She also said Brandon had come to the house to rob him of his guns," he added about Mathias. Mathias was known to have weapons in his house.
Luppino said he talked with her for less than five minutes.
Under cross-examination by public defender Glenn Alterio, Luppino said Powell gave him the name of Wolowski's mother and information that his girlfriend just had a baby.
Lt. Dan Stanek, who oversees the city's detective unit, said he went directly to the scene of the shooting. When he arrived, Stanek learned a man, later identified as Wolowski, was being detained by police at a home at 808 Addison. Stanek said under cross-examination that people on the street told officers Wolowski may have gone to that house. When police knocked, Wolowski reportedly answered the door.
Wolowski was then taken to the city police station, where he was interviewed by Stanek.
"I asked him what he did and he said he shot Mathias and also shot Michelle Powell," Stanek said. "He said he intended to rob them of a large amount of firearms that were on the premises to get money."
"He said he thought of it for several days prior," Stanek continued. "Then earlier that day, he said he planned to do it when it got dark. He also thought he might have to shoot both of them."
Wolowski told Stanek that Mathias was shot when he fled from the house. Powell tried to shut the door, but Wolowski said he pushed his way in and shot her. The .38-caliber, snub-nosed revolver that Wolowski claims to have used has not been recovered.
Wolowski was ordered held for court on all charges by District Judge David Mark and returned to the Washington County jail, where he is being held without bond.
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William Kriebel, 75, of Cushey Drive in the Hackett area of Venetia, was traveling west on Venetia Road at 7:46 a.m. when a witness said Kriebel's vehicle drifted into the eastbound lane and left the road on a slight curve in front of Victor Dosse Contracting, 420 Venetia Road, police said. The vehicle vaulted across a small creek and came to rest with the front portion up in the air and the trunk down toward the creek. Kriebel was unresponsive.
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Since 1974, the state's Clean and Green program has allowed farmers and landowners to pay a lower property tax rate on plots of land larger than 10 acres that are used for agriculture or are forests or open space.
But with the booming development of the Marcellus Shale, many area farms now also have gas wells on them.
In 2010, state legislators voted to amend the law so that any land used in gas and oil drilling could no longer claim the tax break. Owners would be responsible for paying the difference between the higher rate and their reduced amount from as early as 2007.
However, some county tax assessment workers have argued the language of the amendments has created a confusing paper trail that has made it harder for departments to exchange information necessary to compute tax rollbacks.
"We've been expecting some cooperation," said Washington County tax assessor Brad Boni. "We would expect that the (state Department of Environmental Protection) would have information that they would be able to share with us or something to that effect, but they don't seem to feel the same way."
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The law governing the Clean and Green program was changed to reflect the increased use of agricultural land for unconventional oil or gas drilling.
Land used for drilling could no longer be claimed as eligible for the lower tax rate, and a rollback tax was to be charged to the landowner. The tax would be applied only to the land affected by the industrial use – not the entire parcel of land.
The 2010 amendment ordered the DEP to send well-site restoration reports, also known as reclamation reports, directly to county assessors' offices. Energy companies fill out restoration reports after work at any given location is complete. The document shows how much land was disturbed and what steps were taken to remediate the sites.
Boni said that information would have made his job very easy.
"It seemed to make sense," Boni said. "You would think the well operator, the person out there every day who has disturbed the earth and probably would have had a site plan, would have a pretty good idea of how much land they're using."
But Act 34, an amendment ratified in 2011, changed the way information is transferred from the state to county assessors.
"This new law doesn't say what it used to say," Boni said. "Instead of saying 'as measured from a well-site restoration report,' they changed it to 'as determined when a well-site production report is submitted to the DEP.'"
When it comes to state law, a couple of words can make a world of difference.
Boni said the onus is now on county assessors to determine the dimensions of the area used for oil or gas extraction. Workers from county offices have had to rely on images from websites like Google Earth, aerial photographs or have had to visit sites with GPS devices to pinpoint tracts of land that have been affected.
No collection notices have been sent out in Washington County thus far, but there's potential for significant tax income. For example, Boni said a Washington County farm that had to pay rollback taxes on five acres from 2007 to the present would owe roughly $700 in rolled-back Clean and Green taxes. Seventy to 80 percent of the money generated would go to local school boards and the county and local municipalities would get the difference.
Boni said of the nearly 8,000 Clean and Green properties in Washington County, roughly 1,000 have had wells drilled on them. So far the county has begun surveying 22 properties, but has not yet sent collection notices.
Carol Baker, 64, of Chartiers Township, owns property that is enrolled in the Clean and Green program, four acres of which has had well pads on it since 2007. She said she wasn't opposed to property being used in oil or gas production being barred from the program.
"It makes sense, because if you put any kind of structure – a barn or anything like that – that comes out of Clean and Green, so I can understand them saying that about tanks or wells," Baker said.
Baker said she had heard rumors about a change in the law, but had no idea she was liable for back taxes.
"Now that, I'm opposed to," Baker said. "I would protest that. That's not right because if they don't pass the law, that's their problem. Why should we have to pay for something that happened before the law was passed?"
Change creates a challenge
While it may have made collecting data harder for assessors, Doug Wolfgang, director for the state Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Farmland Preservation, said the change from restoration to production report was made in order to better reflect the impact of drilling as it was happening.
"Act 34 changed the trigger from the well-site restoration report to well production report," Wolfgang said. "Legislators didn't feel the restoration report was the most consistent. There's a period of time there could be multiple wells on a pad. Sometimes it's an ongoing process," and an energy company could have "submitted multiple wells, some producing and some not."
Wolfgang said the law requires gas companies to submit production reports to the DEP, which then has 30 days to send them to county assessors.
But while the documents may hold a more accurate reflection of when and how much gas is being pumped out of a plot of land, the production report does not include acreage information. So, individual counties are left to their own devices.
"We would have liked them to use the reclamation permit," said Tioga County Chief Assessor Deb Crawford, whose county has already sent out more than 60 rollback tax notifications, "because it is a challenge for us to try to determine how many acres have been used on any given property."
John Frazier, Greene County's chief assessor, said he was waiting for more instruction from the DEP before attempting to assess any Clean and Green rollbacks. He didn't know how many properties would be affected in Greene County.
"I've gotten copies of the law and read it, and read it, and read it," Frazier said, "and I just can't get anybody to explain it to me. Now, I'm a fairly smart individual and I've been doing this for 18 years and this is the single most complicated piece of legislation I've ever seen.
"Someone wasn't thinking when they wrote this, or they wrote it for the oil and gas guys, but definitely not for me."
War of wording
Frazier, Crawford and Boni said they have not received any production reports from the DEP. Rather, they have to search on their own for wells drilled in their county on DEP's website.
Kevin Sunday, deputy press secretary for the DEP, said the department was simply following the law as it was written.
"The counties don't have to do rollback taxes," Sunday said. "It's up to them" to determine the best way to calculate lot acreage.
Sunday pointed out that Washington County received $4.4 million in Act 13 revenue in addition to the money municipalities have received.
"Our position is that posting the reports online satisfies the requirement to give information to the county assessors," Sunday said. "Counties have means for determining acreage for other uses. The way the law is structured, we have to make reports available. But the reclamation and the production reports were never meant to determine acreage."
Boni disagrees with Sunday's reading of the law. He points to the wording of the bill itself.
"The crux of it is, 'rollback taxes shall be imposed' makes it a mandate – it doesn't make it my option. If it said, 'may be imposed,' I would have the opportunity to make a decision."
State Rep. Jesse White, D-Cecil, wondered whether the lack of transparency might have been caused by reluctance on the part of the DEP to fully comply with the law.
"There's nothing stopping the DEP from providing that data," White said. "The fact they're not readily doing it is troubling. Unfortunately, it fits with the pattern of the DEP to show a disregard for due diligence when it comes to oil and gas."
White voted yes on the 2011 amendment but said he didn't realize the communication issues it would cause. He said unless legislators acted soon the problem was likely to grow bigger in the years ahead.
"It may not be a big deal now, but as gas production increases over time and with continued development and the possibility of a reassessment, it could be a big deal in five years," White said. "We'd be better served to figure it out now and get it all straightened out."
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The teen agreed, with parental consent, to go into the store and purchase more of the "Smokin' Camel Potpourri" as part of a controlled buy of an illegal drug. When he went into the store, the teen learned the store was out of the "Smokin' Camel" but offered a product called "BAM." The clerk, later identified as Ficorilli, assured the boy that it was just as good, police said.
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Personaly I will not trust Matell with another playset. it seems to me that the mentality on this is that its only a toy made for kids, over grown kids. give them second rate, they wont mind. we do is CASTLE GRAYSKULL a toy depends on who you ask. I would say no because one day A real one will be made perhaps a real HE man will be born as well, of a sort.
who knows, but the thought im trying to convey is He man and MOTU concept is fantastic. and all of us as big fans don't like to see it wattered down. in fact I will be dissapointed if they don't acknowlege it was a misstake. short changeing us and not giveing us what was originaly promissed. im sure the new Grayskull, would have sold very healthy and made up for any out of pocket costs.
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Police locate gun used in double homicide with alleged connections to Aaron Hernandez
Massachusetts state police have located the gun used in a 2012 double homicide that may be connected to former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, according to CBS 3 of Springfield, Mass.
Police discovered the gun following a June 21 car crash on Interstate 91 in Springfield, Mass. during an inventory of the wrecked car. The car belonged to Jailene Diaz-Ramoz of Bristol, Conn. A .38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver was in the car's trunk inside a briefcase. Ballistics testing matched the gun with the bullets fired in the death of two men in Boston in 2012.
Hernandez is already facing a charge of murder in the death of Odin Lloyd, and that case led them to the as-yet-unsolved July 2012 double homicide of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado.
CBS 3 of Springfield reported that the gun belonged to a friend whom Diaz-Ramos called "Chicago." She said "Chicago" is a football player, and that he and his friends wanted to leave the gun with her so that they didn't have to bring it with them. WBZ of Boston has tweeted a photo of Diaz-Ramos' mug shot.
Diaz was arraigned in Springfield district court on charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, and was later released on $1,000 bail.
Hernandez' possible connection to the murders of Abreu and Furtado remains under investigation. On July 16, 2012 Hernandez and his associates were allegedly involved in a fight with Abreu and Furtado at Cure, a Boston nightclub. Soon afterward, the two men were gunned down in their vehicle when an SUV with Rhode Island license plates pulled up alongside them and opened fire. Police believe that an SUV towed from the home of Hernandez's uncle was the one used in the homicides.
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After some minor adjustments driver Wes Anderson takes out the Banks Sidewinder S-10 out for its last run of the day. Check out the final results, and the Banks crew still has more tricks up their sleeves. A fantastic end to a great day.
Vid of the run at Bonneville. Check out the inside view of the gauges and the driver. The part when the driver has one hand on the wheel and one on his knee was at 220 mph! Now that's steady.
Sidewinder Dakota: Building it
This video shows the Banks team dynoing the engine and building the truck. The truck went on to become the World's Fastest Pickup.
Here's one from the archives. Back in 1990 Banks teamed up with General Motors to set a new land speed record. 210 mph did the trick, and the record stood for over 10 years (when it was broken by the Banks Sidewinder Dakota).
Gale Banks Engineering applies its power to a Ford Power Stroke to race in the Baja 1000. Shown here is a day of practice in Barstow, Ca.
Sidewinder GMC race truck practice
Check out the engine sound on this baby! With no smoke and a big-block sound you'd swear it wasn't a diesel!
Twin-Turbo engine dyno'd at 1100 hp
Gale Banks Engineering built a Twin-Turbo engine for a customer's '69 Camaro in Australia, and this is it being tested on a dynamometer. The results: 1100 hp. That'll be one happy Aussie!
Banks Power Twin Turbo Shop Truck
Our first outing with the new twin turbo set-up. We soon learned out the hard way after this run that we had too much power on tap. Can you say "bent frame"?
Vid of the Sidewinder Dakota towing its own race trailer just before its initial run at Bonneville. Listen to the engine on the drive by. If that doesn't get your oil pumping then you aren't a gearhead!
Banks Sidewinder GMC Sierra dyno video.
Sidewinder S-10: 3rd run at NHRA Nationals
Our fourth run was faster (8.21 @ 165mph), and we'll post that soon, but here's our third run in the meantime (8.22 @ 164mph).
The heart of this guided missile is GM's stout 2.0 liter supercharged, all-aluminum Ecotec engine. The transmission, driveshafts and other components come from Chevy's Cobalt SS.
Gale Banks AREX: Back to the Future!
Designed in the early '90s the AREX was a powerful, futuristic twin turbo charged coupe. Watch as it goes from the drawing board, to a clay model to the real deal.
Sidewinder Dakota: In the pits
Getting the Sidewinder Dakota ready for its run at Bonneville. Check out the 40 gal icewater tank for the intercoolers. After the run the water was hot enough to make soup!
Car Hacking with Gale Banks. We visit the workshop of automotive engineering guru and multiple land speed record-holder Gale Banks, known to many as the godfather of speed. Who knew encryption played a role in high-performance engine design?
Diesel and DIY. We continue our series of conversations with automotive engineering guru and multiple land speed record-holder Gale Banks, known to many as the godfather of speed. Today, Banks shares insight on diesel and the DYI revolution.
The team achieved another milestone when it ran well into the 7.70s with a 7.72 best at 179.21 mph during the 2008 Super Chevy Show at Auto Club Dragway in Fontana.
Sidewinder S-10: NHRA Las Vegas event
Our fourth and final run at the NHRA Las Vegas event. 8.21 @ 165mph.
Gale Banks talks hi-po diesels Pt2
High performance engine builder Gale Banks talks with Green Fuels Forecast about his efforts with diesel engines.
Gale Banks talks hi-po diesels Pt1
High performance engine builder Gale Banks talks with Green Fuels Forecast about his efforts with diesel engines.
7.87 seconds at 175.45 miles per hour on the Speedworld ¼-mile Drag Strip earns the Banks Sidewinder S-10 diesel drag truck a new official NHRDA record.
The unveiling of the new Banks Sidewinder Top Diesel Dragster at the 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas.
The construction in Banks' race shop and the unveiling at SEMA '08 of Banks Power's very latest racing adventure/test probe, the Sidewinder Top Diesel Dragster.
Sidewinder S-10: 7.77 @ 180 mph
180.00 MPH @ 7.7708 Seconds -- New NHRDA Record.
The record took place March 7, 2009 at the NHRDA Desert Diesel Nationals at the SpeedWorld Dragstrip in Wittman, Arizona.
Top Diesel Dragster: Famoso Test
On April 30, 2009 the Banks Power crew headed out to Famoso Raceway and ran a 7.17 at 181.08 mph.
Extreme diesel truck racing with Gale Banks. Diesel is receiving much attention as an earth-friendlier fuel—but for automotive engineering guru and multiple land speed record-holder Gale Banks, it's all about speed.
The Sidewinder Dakota's driver, crew chief and Gale are interviewed out at Bonneville in 2002.
Sidewinder Dakota: beats a Corvette
The Banks Sidewinder Dakota stops by a Cummins dealership and has an opportunity to display some awesome power.
Top Diesel Dragster: new engine
The newest engine from Gale Banks Racing Engines powers the Sidewinder Top Diesel Dragster. This new "Stroker" Duramax is a 427 cu. in., twin-turbo 7.0 liter.
Top Diesel Dragster: NHRDA Nationals
On March 6th, 2010 the Banks crew tested out the rail's new "Stroker" 427 cu. in., twin-turbo 7.0L Duramax engine at the NHRDA Nationals in Wittmann, Arizona.
Banks Duramax Twin-Turbo Marine prototype
Dyno installation, first-fire, inspection, and pull.
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Banks Sidewinder S-10 Wins Top Diesel at NHRDA World Finals on September 25-26, 2010 with a run of 7.77 (1/4 mile) at 178 mph.
Dallenbach Racing and Banks Power have teamed up to take on this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. See the whole story here »
This is footage from the tire testing on the mountain course. See the whole story here »
This video is from a day of testing on the lower half of the course on June 9, 2012. Everything is looking good and everyone is happy with the times we're running. Can't wait for the race!
Banks Power and Oshkosh in the Baja 1000
The Oshkosh team's Light Concept Vehicles were equipped with upgraded Duramax diesel V-8 engines, specially prepared by Banks Technologies. More on this story »
This is from the 2005 SCORE Tecate Baja 1000. Banks Power was asked to provide power enhancements to this Ford 6.0L Power Stroke, and then Gale was asked to drive a leg of the race.
Pimping Rides and Tweaking Humvees
On April 16th, 2013 David Lazarus and Ronald D. White of the L.A. Times interviewed Gale Banks on the topic of making military Humvees faster, more fuel efficient, and ultimately safer for our troops.
Galpin Auto Sports took a Ford 6.7L truck and turned it into toy for big boys, then Banks was asked to give it some real power.
Truck did great. It rained and snowed later in the day when it was our time to race. So driver Mike Ryan couldn't go 100%, but he did an awesome job. Had to take it easy in the corners but hammered it in the straights.
The engineering behind this souped-up Class 8 truck that screamed up Pikes Peak this year is detailed by Gale Banks and race driver Mike Ryan.
First Fire: Banks Supercharged Duramax Dragster
This video shows the first time we fired it up for the engine break-in on the dyno. The best part was when the blow-off valve opened and blew one of the cameras back! There's plenty more to come, so stay tuned...
Banks water injection: Supercharged Duramax 871S
Here we're testing our Straight-Shot water-methanol injection system (we're using 100% water at this point) so we removed the scoop to give a view we bet you've never seen before in a dyno video.
Size Matters 2 Behind The Scenes
Check out the Behind the Scenes of our next Freightliner big rig truck drifting video "Size Matters 2" featuring Mike Ryan's behind the wheel skills and Gale Banks' performance enhancements.
Here's a gymkhana styled video full of super-sized stunts and close quarters drifting action. Legendary stunt driver and Pikes Peak champion, Mike Ryan commands the Banks Super-Turbo Castrol Freightliner.
Go green with bio-diesel... and French fry oil.
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Part three of one of the coolest/craziest builds ever. More here »
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Nissan Titan XD--measuring session
The "measuring session" at SEMA where aftermarket companies can get all the dimensions of the 2016 Nissan Titan XD to sure their products fit.
This is The World's Fastest Single Piston Engine Hot Rod. It set the F.I.A. 5L to 8L Class Ten two-way record in October 2002 at 405.976 after previously setting the 8L and larger Class II record at 425.050, with a best one-way of 432 mph.
MotorTrend pits a stock Humvee against one upgraded by Banks.
Lighting from KROQ takes the "Roq Rig" to Adam Carolla's CarCast to showcase his incredibly powerful and detailed truck. Then Gale goes over the amazing engine that he built for it.
From the DRIVE channel, Gale Banks talks about why turbos are the best way to get power from an engine. If you're thinking about building a turbo setup, or just want to know why they work, this episode is for you.
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Tailback depth has USC running full speed ahead
When it comes to running the football, Upper St. Clair believes in distributing the wealth.
"We use as many running backs as we can," said head coach Jim Render. However, once Render ran Sean Lee 31 times in a game. "For that," he said, "I was ashamed of myself."
While Lee exhibited no ill effects from that many carries, having gone on to excel at Penn State and now the Dallas Cowboys, USC's stable of runners has proven indeed that less equates more. So far this season, 11 players have toted the ball and only one, Trevor Morrow, has accumulated more than 31 carries…in three games.
"The ability to rotate running backs allows us to have fresh legs," explained the 17-year-old tailback. "All of us have been able to stay fresh and the competition among us has made us better, too."
Indeed, there may be no better running team with so many options out of the backfield in the WPIAL this season. While Morrow leads the Panthers in rushing, his numbers are not gaudy. With his 41- and 3-yard touchdown runs in USC's 41-0 shutout over Peters Township last week, Morrow improved to 177 yards rushing on 33 carries for a team-high five scores, four of them on the ground.
While Morrow defined his performance against Peters as "good", the senior added, that "not one man's performance was better than the other."
True. Mac Pope also scored twice, once on a 27-yard TD strike from Joe Repischak and once on a 19-yard rush that staked USC to a 14-0 advantage 13 minutes into the game. After Morrow's back-to-back TD runs, Stephen Mackowick and Kevin Chrissis tacked on 25- and 35-yard rushing scores for the Panthers.
Though injured in the contest, Phil Saracco, along with Andrew Bartusiak, Mackowick, Marcus Galie and David Dougherty contributed to the rushing attack, which now has racked up 611 yards and 13 scores on the ground in three games.
"Each running back brings something different to the table," Render said. "Pope and Morrow are good-sized kids. Galie has come a long way and Mackowick is doing a fine job."
While Mike Krenn and J.J. Conn have done their share in versatile roles, Joe Repischack, who has rushed six times for 46 yards, had done a fine job for the Panthers in his role as quarterback. Against the Indians, he threw for 123 yards. On the year, he is 21 of 37 for 347 yards
Experience has plenty to do with USC's success, particularly on the run. The Panthers start seniors in virtually every position on both sides of the ball.
"With all the seniors as running backs and the others who play positions in the game, all that experience factors into our success," said Morrow. "It's the reason why our offense is doing so well. We are all playing as a team and we don't rely on one player."
The running backs, however, rely on the big men up front. Ben Huss, who is being pursued by Youngstown State, anchors the unit, which also features Joe Pateras, a newcomer at center, having replaced Austin Park, a three-year starter who is now playing at Amherst. Joe Plummer, Dougherty and Zack Morris have also been mainstays on the line.
"It's the offensive line," said Morrow, "that has allowed us to play well."
Render agreed. "The offensive line is getting better. We have some new blood in there," he said. "We are real pleased with (Pateras). He had not played Friday nights much last year and David Dougherty played DL last year. Plummer started defensive line, too."
Those two-way starters, along with the other veterans—USC has 10 starters back on defense—are a big reason why the Panthers have recorded back-to-back shutouts and surrendered only 10 points in their opener to the then No. 1-ranked team in the WPIAL, Woodland Hills.
"We're off to a good start," Render agreed. "We've played great defense and we've run the ball well.
"Our defense is playing with confidence and they are smart. They don't give up too many plays. They are resilient and they adapt."
If the Panthers are to run their record to 4-0 when they tackle Penn Hills Sept. 20, they must continue to do all those things for the Indians, who are also unbeaten in the Southeastern Conference. With their 37-21 win over Baldwin, Penn Hills improved to 3-0, its best start in eight years.
The Indians boast the 1-2 punch of Billy Kisner and Isaiah Jones. A 5-10, 180-pound quarterback, Kisner rushed for 148 yards and two scores against Baldwin. He ranks among the leading rushers in the WPIAL with 568 yards. A 5-10, 179-pound back, Jones also is a top tailback in the district with over 400 yards rushing.
According to Morrow, USC's 16-10 win over Woodland Hills particularly prepared the Panthers for Penn Hills.
"Not just Peters and Canon-McMillan, but especially Woodland Hills was good preparation for us against Penn Hills," he said. "We are pumped up for Penn Hills. They have some tremendous athletes but we'd like to show them that we have some good athletes here, too."
And, the state, as well as the region, is noticing. Currently, the Panthers are ranked No. 1 in the state.
"We've done some good things," said Morrow, "but we have high expectations for the season. One of the goals is to win at Heinz Field," he said of the site for the WPIAL Quad-A championship contest in late November.
Christmas, rather than Thanksgiving, is on Render's mind when he considers his team's ranking in the state.
"To me, it's recognition that you've done something right but until it's decided on the field in the state championship game, it doesn't mean a whole lot," he said of the current No. 1 label. "It will be more fun to be ranked No. 1 on Christmas Day."
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Career path: Architecture and graphic arts.
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Favorite class: Science
Favorite food: Fettuccini Alfredo
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia University's School of Journalism could soon expand the availability of online and traditional classes for military service members and others who have studied in a Defense Department training program.
WVU President Jim Clements signed a memorandum of understanding Monday with Col. Jeremy Martin, commandant of the Defense Information School. It's the Defense Department's premier institution for public affairs and visual information training.
Military service members, civilian employees of the Defense Department and international military personnel there study such areas as print journalism, photojournalism, photography, broadcasting, equipment maintenance and various forms of multimedia.
The agreement lays the foundation for an academic partnership that officials say is deliberately nonspecific to allow for flexibility.
Projects under the agreement could include designing new curricula, faculty exchanges and guest speakers, among other things.
It will also give WVU instructors and students "unique insight into how the U.S. military tells its own story through multiple media and channels," said Dean Maryanne Reed.
The new agreement also builds upon WVU's continuing recruitment of veterans looking to use their GI Bill benefits.
More than 800 veterans, military personnel or their dependents are currently studying at WVU, including nearly 100 new student veterans who were admitted for the spring semester.
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Standout football and baseball player Patrick Frey will transfer from Trinity to McGuffey and start at his new school Wednesday morning, his father, Patrick Sr., confirmed Monday afternoon.
"He is transferring … for agriculture and turf management," Patrick Frey Sr. said.
Trinity does not offer a vocational agriculture program.
The younger Frey (5-10, 195) totaled 940 yards and 10 touchdowns on 172 carries for Trinity's football team last fall, eclipsing 100 yards five times.
A three-year starter at Trinity, he was an Observer-Reporter Elite 11 selection and led Trinity to a 5-5 record, 5-3 in the Class AAA Big Nine Conference. The Hillers lost to Montour, 27-6, in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs.
Patrick Frey Sr. said that the transfer was made to enroll his son in McGuffey's agricultural education program, and he expected no resistance as a result.
Asked whether Trinity would dispute the transfer – and possibly create a situation where the WPIAL Board of Control would step in – Trinity principal Donald Snoke had no comment and referred questions to district Superintendent Dr. Paul Kasunich. Efforts to reach Kasunich last night were unsuccessful.
Trinity football coach Ryan Coyle also did not return a call seeking comment.
"I didn't expect to have any of that," Frey Sr. said about resistance to his son's transfer. "(Because of) the reason of him going."
McGuffey principal Mark Bonus was out of the office yesterday and unavailable for comment. Ed Dalton, McGuffey's athletic director and football coach, said he was unaware of any potential transfer.
Dalton coached Frey in his freshman and sophomore seasons when he was the head football coach at Trinity.
The younger Frey could share the Highlanders' backfield with fellow Elite 11 selection James Duchi, who rushed for 1,514 yards and 13 touchdowns last season.
As a sophomore, Frey missed part of the season after suffering a broken tibia, a broken fibula and having a metal rod inserted into his leg.
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The Jan. 21 article "New documentary targets critics of fracking" does the film "FrackNation" a favor by calling it documentary. It is, in fact, propaganda, much like "Gasland," except hewing the industry line.
As the credits in the article make clear, filmmaker Phelim McAleer is both a propagandist and a reactionary type – he invariably takes up for the big guys.
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Energy is important, and most people are as indifferent to the source as to where their food comes from. The conflict is between buccaneer drillers, backed by the same irresponsible financial industry that brought on the housing bubble, and the people who live in the country, like myself, and a very few environmentalists.
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Bethel Park icer to play junior hockey in Ontario
When Mario Lemieux made his comeback, Kurt Schmidt transitioned, too. A dek hockey player since age 6, Schmidt slapped on skates and discovered his destiny.
This autumn, he could be playing in the Greater Metro Hockey League. Recently, the Bethel Park senior signed a free-agent contract with the Orangeville Americans from Ontario. He reports to training camp in early August.
"I want to be the best hockey player that I can be," said the 19-year-old son of Cindy and Bob Schmidt.
For four years, he has honed his skills as a forward on the Bethel Park varsity. In addition, Schmidt has played travel hockey with the SHAHA Panthers. This year, he gained exposure from participating in the American Showcase. With the roster spots filled on the Pittsburgh squad, Schmidt played for the New York club.
An expert on the face-off, Schmidt explained he wins the majority of those and he can block a lot of shots. He also noted his ability to kill penalties as well as take away time and space on the other players. Yet, he did recognize his lack of size as a deterrent.
"I'm not the biggest player," he admitted of his 5-9, 165-pound frame. "But, I make up for it by working hard."
Jim McVay agreed. The BP ice boss said that Schmidt's work ethic is great. "Kurt has worked hard to get where he has gotten. He loves hockey more than anything else."
While he hopes playing junior hockey will open doors for him – he'd love to play in college or in Europe, perhaps the NHL some day – Schmidt says the sport has already opened his eyes to the world.
"Hockey teaches you that if you want to be the best, you have to give it your all and leave it out there on the ice. You have to work hard at what you do and you have to respect people and be a good sport.
"But, the dream I carry with my each day is that of working hard and waking up doing what you love to do and living life to the fullest. And, if I can't play hockey, then I hope to do something in hockey."


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PITTSBURGH – Opportunity knocked Sunday, but the Steelers tripped on the way to answer the door.
This group of Steelers has been nothing if not inconsistent.
Actually, when you think about it, they have been amazingly consistent.
Play well against good teams. Play horribly against bad ones. Pittsburgh's 34-24 loss to the San Diego Chargers at Heinz Field was one of the latter performances. And that is what is most disheartening. While the Steelers had struggled in home against sub-par teams, it had always found a way to win.
Against the Chargers, the Steelers not only didn't win, they never really seemed to be in the game. Or into the game, for that matter.
"Today was a failure," said Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin in perhaps his understatement of the season. "We lost situational football. We didn't convert enough third downs offensively … and they converted too many against our defense.
"(It was) just a good performance by them, a poor one by us."
That doesn't bode well for the Steelers, who knew what lay ahead of them coming into this game.
Despite that, they played with little sense of urgency until the game was out of hand.
By then, it was only a matter of wracking up meaningless statistics for fantasy football players.
"There are sometimes when you see a game and it seems like a team is dominating, and you look up at the scoreboard and the game looks really close," said Steelers safety Ryan Clark. "This game looked like it was supposed to. They were kicking our butts on the field, and it showed on the scoreboard."
The beating was so bad that the Steelers couldn't even take solace in Baltimore and Cincinnati also losing, meaning, Pittsburgh is in the same situation it was before Sunday.
The Steelers still sit in the sixth, and final, playoff spot in the AFC. They are tied with Cincinnati, which they have beaten once and play again in two weeks. They are two games behind Baltimore in the division standings.
"I feel like we still have a good football team," said defensive end Brett Keisel. "It's tough to go out and perform that way and try and figure out why."
Actually, that will be the easy part.
The offense, starting from inside its own 21-yard line on seven of eight first-half possessions, produced two first downs until a last-minute field goal to end the half.
Because of that, San Diego started four first-half possessions at its own 40 or better. Pittsburgh's defense held up for a while with its back against the wall but finally began to crack. As a result, the Steelers trailed 13-3 at the half.
Then, the defense allowed a 17-play, 78-yard touchdown drive on the opening possession of the second half, and the offense chipped in with a fumble that was recovered in the end zone and an interception that set up another score.
Perhaps the biggest statistical advantage came on third down, where the Chargers were 12-for-22 in conversions, compared to 5-for-13 for the Steelers, including 2-9 in the first half.
"There were a lot of other teams playing bad football, too, giving us an opportunity, but we had to win to be excited about it," said Clark. "You can't look up at the board and be excited about Cincinnati and Baltimore losing when they both outplayed you.
"We control our own destiny, and we've known that the whole time. If we win out, then we'll be in the playoffs. But we can't do that playing like we did today."
At least is team recognizes that.
Doing something about it, however, might be a different matter.
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Microsoft has issued its first security update for the Surface tablet. MS12-077 is a "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer," a bundle of patches for IE that Microsoft issues on a regular basis.
There are three vulnerabilities fixed in this cumulative update, but the attack vectors for 2 of them are blocked in the default configuration of Surface. Microsoft still recommends that users apply the update as a defense-in-depth measure. For Surface, the update is available only through Windows Update.
The one vulnerability that does affect the Surface as shipped is designated CVE-2012-4787 and titled "Improper Ref Counting Use After Free Vulnerability." This is Microsoft's description:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or has been deleted. The vulnerability may corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Microsoft rates the exploitability of vulnerabilities and rates this one as "Exploit code likely." But as a practical matter, any real-world exploits of this vulnerability are likely to be written to target Intel-based systems and would fail on Surface running Windows RT, likely crashing the system.


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I am not a morning person. I am also not a night owl. I'm the kind of person who likes to be in bed early and to sleep in a bit as well. But kids and work seem to get in the way of those desires an awful lot. Late nights are common because of practices, games, conferences and interviews, and early mornings are essential because of school and work schedules.
In my ever-increasing desire to be healthy, my early mornings have become even earlier these days. This is due in part to it being too dark when I get home from work to take a run, and in part to not being home most evenings anyway. So, six days a week, my alarm rings at 5:15 a.m. so I can get on the treadmill before I have to wake the kids for school. I can run a little more than 2 miles right now.
On good days, I crank up some music and have my run completed by 5:45 a.m. Although, if I'm being honest, I think that has only happened twice. Most days, I convince myself to log in to my email before my music and spend a few minutes trolling the Internet before beginning. A few minutes turns into 15, and then I'm pushing 6 a.m. or after before I've finished running. That means it becomes a rush to get the kids ready for school on time. And then I have to rush to get to work. It's a process we're working through.
The other morning, I was having one of the good days. I woke up, walked into my office, set up the treadmill and prepared my music. I decided to grab a bottle of water before beginning. Trying not to wake anyone, I tiptoed in the dark past the bedroom doors. I silently and stealthily took each step, praying the dog wouldn't wake up and decide she needed let out.
I was nearly to the bottom – and home free – when it happened. I stepped on something on the stairs and failed to recover. I imagine myself looking quite like a cartoon character who has stepped on a roller skate and flies up into the air before landing on their bottom. Only it wasn't a roller skate I stepped on. It was a computer mouse, attached to my daughter's laptop.
Thankfully, it was only three steps from the bottom, so I only hit those on my way down. The noise I created while falling caused my husband to fly out of bed and the dog to start barking. My left foot was quite tender, and my right forearm was lumped and bruised in mere seconds.
It took a few moments to disentangle myself from the battery pack and cords, but I finally got up and realized nothing was broken. Even the laptop survived the accident. The dog settled back down, and my husband went back to bed. I completed my run.
And those children whose sleep I tiptoed through the dark to protect? Whose belongings I tripped over? Those children never even stirred.
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This game is a blast! Really getting a big kick out of it!! Love the style, music, and all the bits of fun to be found.
Ok...after playing it A LOT...I have my review.
Style: 5/5. The look and feel of this game is perfect for what it is. It's a campy take on MOTU and I am completely ok with it as this is just a small mobile game.
Gameplay: 4/5. At first I was a little disappointed due to the very repetitiveness of it but as you move through the game, and upgrade your moves, the repetitiveness kind of goes away and you can do different combos so it's just not "slash everything randomly."
Controls: 2/5. Very difficult and non responsive. I gave it two stars due to the set up and "idea" of the controls but it's so low due to how it actually turned out. I have a problem with the jump and attack being on the same thumb. The left thumb should've been all of your "moving" controls while the right thumb should've been all of your attacks. I find myself trying to jump (especially on the Mer-Man boss stage) and just slashing instead.
Story: 3/5. I may be just being picky because it's so simple but I do have to keep reminding myself that it's a mobile game and the idea of those games is to just be able to pick them up and play.
Worth it? Yes...but don't think this is a perfect game...it's difficult to control and you're going to find yourself aggravated with it just because it's not doing what you want it to do. Sadly, this is the only gripe I have with it but it's a big aspect of the experience and it really ruins it for me.
This game is a blast! Really getting a big kick out of it!! Love the style, music, and all the bits of fun to be found.
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I've also finished it, but am having a hoot and a half scouring the locations for the hidden goodies (and getting some of those elusive 3 stars!).
I didn't know there were hidden portals (thanks for the tip!). Used all my crystals in buying the aerial smash upgrade (thought I could smash the bridge where the "H" was hiding), only to find out that what I really needed was the Thunder Uppercut upgrade instead
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I don't find the controls bad... For a touch screen platformer. The aerial smash is unresponsive at times but everything else works fine most of the time.
Check out the iOs Mega Man games if you want a good example of bad controls, you'll appreciate this game so much more!
Honesty the easiest way to beat merman is getting a power of gray skull and using it on him. That should beat him the first time around.
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as soon as i get home and get hold of my ipad - i'm D/L'ing this!! ...
i could get it on my iphone, but want the big-screen experience!!
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Wow a #1 in the US, now THAT is something big
There are over 250,000 best sellers, to reach #1 (if it can stay there for a bit) it is on the level of Angry Birds, Bejeweled, Cut the Rope, and the Tap Tap Revenge game.
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Right hand: Tap to attack, swipe up to jump. You can swipe a second time, and if you time it properly you will do an additional jump while up in the air (getting you higher).
Once you get that, it's a piece of cake.
I had an issue the first few minutes trying to remember that, but once you do it's a really great set-up. I'm surprised to see complaints in reviews about controls, I've never played a touch screen game that was so easy and responsive to play.
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It depends on how long it hangs out in the top 25. Yes, it's an astounding feat - but let's now hope it has staying power.
That said, it's a crying shame there isn't some link to MattyCollector, etc. in it - this many eyes haven't seen He-man for quite some time, and assuredly a lot of sales are coming from people who loved it as a kid and haven't thought about it in years. PRICELESS advertising...if it led them to MOTUC...
I wouldn't mind it if they released the skeleton henchmen with the axes as an MOTUC figure...
I cant find this in the SA iStores! This stinks!
I can't get this cos my appleID is only valid for the SA itunes store... I hate you Apple!
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I've found another hidden teleporter, this time on the first level of Grayskull Interior...
Basically, when you get to this platform...
...drop underneath it...
...and you'll be teleported to a small chamber with some delicious gems.
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This game kept me up too late last night but I can't wait to get back into it again this evening. I don't think the controls are any worse than other iOS games out there. I give it an A+ and hope that it's popularity will bring new fans into the fold.
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I've been spending gems on the Lores (the 5,000 ones). Check out this one! It would've been awesome in the game.
any chance someone could do a video review/playthru of the game for those of us who wont/cant buy it due to not owning a Iphone or tablet?
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Great game! Lots of fun! I am a little frustrated with the controls, mainly when it comes to turning around quickly, other than that no complaints. So I am a weird OCD gamer when it comes to games like this but I won't move on to a new level until I have 3 stars on every level. Has anyone gotten 3 stars on 1-3??? If so, HOW?!
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I was wondering about how to get 3 stars too, but I have on several occasions. When I finish the levels with 3 stars some acheivements I got included : over 85% of enemies klled, over 85% of gems collected, and less than 4 hits to complete level. I'm not sure about time either being a factor. Any other theories?
I think an easy way to get 3 stars on bosses is just to get a few power of grayskulls and ManatArms power ups. ManatArms destroyed Skeletor in 20 sec
I can't believe what an incredible (and unexpected) success this has been.
Hopefully it's raising a lot of eyebrows over at Mattel.
The game is cool, awesome fun for 0.79€
1-3's stars must be glitched or something, I get over 85% of the jewels and beaten it without getting hit. I have no idea what else to do since that's usually all you need to get 3 stars.
Not to mention you have to deal with unskippable cutscenes in that stage.
I was originally bummed because I wouldn't be able to play this... BUT - strangely and coincidentally enough I just fell into a brand new iPad 3 (long story short... Won a $500 Mohegan Sun gift card four years ago at a trade show for work - never used it then found myself once again at Mohegan Sun Casino at another trade show for work and stumbled upon an apple store (that was never there before). Needless to say I got a 32 GB iPad 3 for $140... Was thrilled...
THEN after using my new iPad for a few days (I didn't realize the game was already out) I was in the app store and saw the MOTU game!!! I downloaded it immediately and played it! GREAT game! Though it is still early for me - one qualm I have is that you cannot change directions/turn around while in mid-jump or mid-jump+attack... The is a MAJOR play control flaw (HINT developers... correct it!!!). With the onslaught of enemies it is pivotal that you be able to quickly turn around and attack as needed,
Even though the play control of this game is GOOD... Play control makes or breaks a game. Mega Man, Metroid, Castlevania: SOTN all have superior play control and allow the player to be one with the controller/character... This game would be greatly improved with this minor alteration I suggest above...
GREAT graphics and presentation! Can't wait to play more!!!


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CARMICHAELS – A Cumberland Township man was taken by helicopter to UPMC-Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh Tuesday evening after he was allegedly run over by a car driven by his landlord.
The condition of Matthew Thorpe, 39, of 901 Route 88 South, Carmichaels, was not released. According to a criminal complaint filed with Magisterial District Judge Lou Dayich, Sandra Sue Vrabel, 67, of 1189 Walnut Hill Road, intentionally ran over Thorpe.
Vrabel is charged with aggravated assault, accidents involving death or personal injury, aggravated assault by vehicle, two counts of terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, harassment with physical contact, backing up a vehicle improperly, reckless driving and failing to stop and give information or to render aid.
Court documents indicate Thorpe and Vrabel have been involved in an ongoing dispute over the residence on Route 88 South.
According Thorpe's wife, Ruthanne Redman Thorpe, her husband came into their residence asking for a cellphone because Vrabel allegedly threatened to blow his head off. Ruthanne Thorpe told police she followed her husband outside where he told Vrabel to repeat the threat she had just made.
Ruthanne Thorpe said she saw Vrabel get into her car and heard her husband say he was going to call 911. He then walked toward the rear passenger's side of Vrabel's Chevy Cruz and flipped open the cellphone to take a photograph of Vrabel's license plate number, Ruthanne said.
It was then, according to the criminal complaint, that Vrabel looked back, slammed her vehicle into reverse and turned the steering wheel so the vehicle would travel in the direction of Thorpe and hit the gas.
Ruthanne Thorpe told police she saw Vrabel's car hit her husband's inner hip and thigh before he went under the tire while screaming, "Please God don't." She alleged Vrabel then placed the car in drive, pulled forward over Thorpe, looked back again and placed the car in reverse a second time.
Ruthanne Thorpe told police she smacked the window and told Vrabel, "Don't do this." She said Vrabel then put the vehicle into drive and said, "I'm going to blow all your heads off," before driving south on Route 88.
According to the complaint, a neighbor, Yvonne Rnea Kurcaba, told police she heard tires squealing, exited her residence and saw Thorpe lying in the grass.
Police said they observed a blue Chevy Cruz with slight damage on the rear passenger side parked near Vrabel's Smithfield residence when they went there to arrest her.
She made the $25,000 bond and was released from Greene County jail. A perliminary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Sept. 20 before Dayich.
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How long do you have to live somewhere to be considered a local? In the recent Cecil Township supervisors race, some strange and sometimes angry fault lines emerged. Intertwining interests of culture, longevity and economics intersected in this little country township to create anger and hard feelings over diverging views of what Cecil will be in the future, and who will run it.
My wife and I built our house nine years ago. Our daughter was born here. Our pets lived and died here. This is our home. In the years since we moved in, we've made almost $150,000 in mortgage and tax payments, not to mention physical improvements to our home. We have invested heavily in our life in Cecil Township, and so have our neighbors.
In this week's election, Cindy Fisher, a relatively recent arrival who, like my family, lives in a newer subdivision, ran against Frank Egizio, a 51-year resident of Muse. Fisher's effort to become the first supervisor from one of the new residential neighborhoods created tensions that I'd not witnessed in the decade since I moved here. She, and by extension all of the newer residents, were denigrated as "plastic house people." At a meet-the-candidate event in a local park, another resident confronted us over a plate of cookies that she claimed was not allowed. Pictures were taken of our group, I suppose, as evidence of the transgression. The police had to intervene. In a separate incident, a local man was arrested for threatening Fisher with physical harm in a voicemail message.
We live in Mayberry. This is ridiculous.
Intersecting economic and cultural issues caused friction. Zoning to protect residential areas, particularly with respect to the gas industry, has come into conflict with longtime landowners who are understandably seeking the economic benefits of the gas boom. Unfortunately, with agitation from a few individuals, the race became a proxy war between longtime residents and new ones for the future direction of Cecil Township, and it got pretty ugly. From there it seemed to become an argument about control over township institutions and whether or not the newcomers are welcome to the decision-making process that guides life in Cecil.
After living in Cecil for the better part of a decade, I would have thought that my family and my neighbors would have been accepted into the fabric of township life. To some extent we have – Fisher won her race, but it was disheartening to find such animosity in the community. Whether it was control, or fear, or economic self-interest that drove the debate, I was disappointed to learn that there are still people who think of us, the newer residents, as outsiders. We're not. We live here and we're staying here, and over time, as development continues, we'll have more say in township affairs, not less. We're not here to deprive existing residents of anything, but we do expect our significant investment in Cecil Township to be protected. That's not too much to ask.
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LONGVIEW, Wash. (KPTV) - A new coffee product that could soon be hitting shelves offers a special ingredient that just recently became legal in Washington state: cannabis.
The pot-infused cold-brewed coffee is called "Legal." Each bottle will contain about 20 milligrams of THC, the chemical in marijuana that makes you high. That's enough to give you what the company's founder calls an "alert, creative high."
"The recommendation that we put on the bottle is start with half, wait an hour, see how you feel, then have the rest of it," said Adam Stites.
Stites is the founder of Mirth Provisions. Along with the spiked coffee, they also have four kinds of sparkling cannabis-infused, fruit-flavored sodas.
Stites says the products will be sold exclusively at the 334 licensed marijuana retail stores that open in Washington next month.
Stites hopes to have the drinks ready in time, pending inspection by Washington's Department of Agriculture.
The 11-ounce drinks are expected to sell for as much as $11 a bottle.


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I can't see Mattel making a vintage-styled Crystal Castle because it was basically a doll house. Which works out fine, since I don't want a vintage-style Crystal Castle.
If they make a Filmation-style Crystal Castle, though, it wouldn't really be a playset by virtue of the fact that it's much taller than it is wide. Nothing would fit inside.
I think this Castle Greyskull thing is a one-time deal. It's the one playset they feel fans will completely support, so even if it's a huge success, I doubt it will convince them to try a CC. Sadly.


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Big news in the publishing world: Penguin and Random House have announced their decision to merge.
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A Washington man charged in a crash last summer that killed a 21-year-old woman learned Wednesday that he also faces a charge of driving under the influence.
Zachery Reihner, 25, of 286 E. Prospect Ave., waived his case to court. He had been scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Central Court before District Judge Valarie Costanzo. In addition to DUI, he is charged with homicide by vehicle, reckless endangerment, accidents involving death while not properly insured and several traffic violations.
Rebecca Soffel was pronounced dead at the scene of the July 14 crash in the 200 block of East Maiden Street in Washington. When city police arrived, they found a Jeep Grand Cherokee near a utility pole partially on the sidewalk off the eastbound lane of East Maiden near South Lincoln Street.
Reihner was pinned inside the vehicle. Police were not able to immediately see Soffel because she was pinned under the collapsed roof. Reihner was taken to Washington Hospital and later transferred to UPMC-Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment.
Police said Reihner was driving between 77 and 88 mph when he crashed the vehicle into the pole. He told police that he and Soffel had been drinking at a local bar. Tests showed his blood-alcohol content did not exceed the 0.08 percent legal limit but he tested positive for unspecified opiates, according to court documents.
During the court proceeding, defense attorney Steve Toprani asked Costanzo to reduce Reihner's $100,000 bond. Toprani explained that Reihner would be living with his grandmother and has a chance to work for a company that provides home care for the elderly, working with an aunt who would provide him with transportation.
"He would be available for upcoming court dates," Toprani assured Costanzo.
Michael Lucas, first assistant district attorney, opposed the reduction and said he considered the bond appropriate.
Costanzo denied the request, saying she also felt it was appropriate given the charge of homicide by vehicle.
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