TODAY'S NEWS: JUNE 27, 2011

JASMINE BROOKS REPORTS ON NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN WOMAN KILLED IN 1-81 CRASH

A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN WOMAN WAS KILLED SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN TREMONT TOWNSHIP WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE 81. POLICE TELL US 30-YEAR-OLD ABBY MILLER SUFFERED SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. MILLER WAS NOT WEARING HER SEAT BELT.

PHARMACY ROBBERIES SWEEPING US

PHARMACY ROBBERIES ARE SWEEPING THE UNITED STATES WITH INCIDENTS UP 81% IN JUST FOUR YEARS. LOCALLY, FIVE COUNTY PHARMACIES HAVE BEEN ROBBED SINCE LAST NOVEMBER. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS DESPERATE ADDICTS AND DEALERS ARE TURNING TO VIOLENCE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON NARCOTIC PAINKILLERS WHICH CAN SELL ON THE STREET FOR AS MUCH AS $80 A PIECE.

STATE NEWS:

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. (AP) - STATE POLICE SAY A SCHOOL BUS THAT OVERTURNED ON INTERSTATE 81 IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA STRUCK A CAR THAT HAD VEERED INTO ITS LANE BEFORE FLIPPING OVER. STATE POLICE SAY NEARLY TWO DOZEN ADULTS AND CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS SAY THE INJURIES WEREN'T LIFE-THREATENING.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN THROWN OUT OF A NORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA TAVERN FOR SMOKING, RETURNED WITH A GUN AND OPENED FIRE. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, AND FIVE OTHERS INJURED. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE GENESIS TAVERN IN THE GERMANTOWN SECTION OF THE CITY. POLICE SAY CARL SHARPER WAS KILLED.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - OFFICIALS IN PHILADELPHIA SAY A FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS REPRIMANDED AFTER POSING SHIRTLESS FOR A CHARITY CALENDAR IS DEAD. FIRE COMMISSIONER LLOYD AYERS SAYS JACK SLIVINSKI WAS FOUND DEAD EARLY SATURDAY IN HIS LAWNDALE HOME. AYERS CALLS HIS DEATH "DEVASTATING" AND SAYS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

HERNDON, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SAY AN ELDERLY MAN HAS DIED IN A LAWN MOWING ACCIDENT. STATE POLICE SAY BARRY SNYDER OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP WAS MOWING HIS LAWN NEAR A DITCH WHEN HIS LAWN TRACTOR ROLLED DOWN THE EMBANKMENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY SNYDER BECAME TRAPPED UNDER THE MOWER AND DIED A SHORT TIME LATER.

NATIONAL NEWS:

BUCHANAN, N.Y. (AP) - POPULATIONS AROUND AMERICA'S AGING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS HAVE SWELLED SINCE 1980, BUT AN AP INVESTIGATION FINDS SOME ESTIMATES OF EVACUATION TIMES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN DECADES. MEANWHILE, MORE THAN 90 OF THE NATION'S 104 OPERATING REACTORS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO RUN AT HIGHER POWER FOR MANY YEARS,
RAISING THE RADIATION RISK IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT.

BROWNVILLE, NEB. (AP) - UTILITIES RUNNING BOTH OF NEBRASKA'S NUCLEAR PLANTS ARE GETTING GOOD GRADES FROM FEDERAL REGULATORS AS THEY FIGHT FLOODWATERS FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER. OFFICIALS SAY ONE PLANT IS STILL SAFE EVEN THOUGH THE RIVER HAS BROKEN THROUGH A BERM PROTECTING IT. THAT PLANT IS DOWN FOR REFUELING AND THERE'S NO
WATER IN IT.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A RULING IS DUE FROM THE SUPREME COURT TODAY THAT COULD HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY. THE QUESTION BEFORE THE COURT IS THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF BANS ON THE SALE OR RENTAL OF ULTRAVIOLENT VIDEO GAMES TO CHILDREN. CALIFORNIA WANTS SUCH A BAN BUT LOWER COURTS HAVE SAID NO.

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA JUMPS DIRECTLY INTO THE FRAY TODAY AS HE HOSTS SENATE LEADERS FOR TALKS ON SPENDING CUTS AND RAISING THE LIMIT OF HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT CAN BORROW. HE'LL MEET SEPARATELY WITH DEMOCRATIC LEADER, SEN. HARRY REID, AND REPUBLICAN LEADER, SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) - OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL TAKE MANY WEEKS BEFORE THE SOURIS (SUHR'-IHS) RIVER RETREATS FROM MINOT, N.D. AND RETURNS TO ITS BANKS. BUT THE RIVER HAS PEAKED AND RESIDENTS ARE BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT RECOVERY. OWNERS OF THE 4,000 HOMES THAT WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ARE PONDERING THE FUTURE.