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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Strong-arm robbery attempt has police searching for suspects in Selinsgrove

SELINSGROVE – Police in Selinsgrove are looking for two men who were part of an attempted strong-arm robbery in the borough this morning. Reports say two unknown males allegedly followed a 20-year-old female student in a parking lot, just off of University Avenue on the campus of Susquehanna University. The incident happened just before 2 a.m. and police say the suspects ran from behind the victim and tried to take a duffle bag she was carrying. The female victim resisted and the two male suspects fled the scene. The student was not injured in the incident.

Police say they were able to track two sets of footprints at the scene and continue to investigate the attempted robbery. The suspects are described as two males, both wearing black hooded sweatshirts and jeans. The one male was wearing dark colored jeans and is approximately 6 feet tall with a thin build. The other male was wearing light or faded jeans and is shorter at 5’8’’ or 5’9’’ with a muscular build. Selinsgrove State Police and members of campus security assisted borough police at the scene. They ask anyone with information on this incident to contact them. (Sara Lauver)

“Agriculture and the Susquehanna River” is focus of recent Symposium

LEWISBURG – A crowd of nearly 100 people gathered last night to discuss and focus on a variety of issues facing “Agriculture and the Susquehanna River.” It was the opening event for the third annual Susquehanna River Symposium and one of the speakers was Secretary of Agriculture, Dennis Wolff. He addressed the importance of agriculture for the state of Pennsylvania and says we are one of the largest suppliers to the National market. Wolff says the state exports over a billion dollars worth of products a year. He says in the U.S., Agriculture will be exporting over 100-billion dollars this year. Wolff adds that the number one thing that is helping with the trade deficit is agriculture and says we have farmers that not only feed us very well, but also feed the world.

Congressman Christopher Carney was also present at the Symposium. It is a two-day educational event that was held on the campus of Bucknell University.

Giant recalls dog food

UNDATED – Giant Food Stores have announced a recall of four types of Pedigree Dog Food. They say they have removed the packages from the shelves due to possible salmonella contamination. The recall includes Pedigree brands of:

- Large Breed Original

- Mealtime Crunchy Bite Small

- Small Crunchy Bites Beef and…

- Small Crunchy Bites

Consumers who may have purchased these packages are urged to return them to the store for a full refund. The recall is also listed online at www.giantfoodstores.com. (Sara Bartlett)

Cocolamus Creek Disposal ordered to stop trash transfer station

HARRISBURG – The Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a Juniata County-based disposal company to discontinue transferring trash on its property. Cocolamus Creek Disposal Service was allegedly using the waste hauler business illegally to operate a municipal waste transfer and processing facility without a permit. The activity is a violation of PA’s Solid Waste Management Act. Cocolamus is a family owned waste management company that serves Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Union and Perry counties.

Some of the big institutions fighting for the river and the bay, on Roundtable

SUNBURY – This weekend on our Roundtable program we continue the re-launch of our annual series of stories on the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. Boroughs to the Bay and Beyond is the award-winning, year-round series, which looks at the issues facing these critical watersheds, and focuses on solutions. This weekend, three major institutions helping The Valley environment, are represented on the show. The North Central Pennsylvania Conservancy, the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds and the SEDA-COG Community Resource Center. We discuss the mission of these groups, their accomplishment and their ongoing projects. We talk about the watershed’s relationship to human health, the Greenway initiative and the ‘State of the River’ in our region. You can hear Roundtable Sunday on: Eagle 107 (107.3FM) at 6a.m., 100.9, The Valley, at 6a.m., WKOK at 9a.m., Talkradio 1380 WMLP, 11a.m., 94KX at 11p.m.

And anytime, at www.wkok.com.

Rachel Ray features Reptiland on her website

ALLENWOOD – Rachel Ray is best known for her talk show and programs on the Food Network, however, she has a new feature called “Rach to the Rescue”. The crew from “Rach to the Rescue” was recently in Allenwood at Reptiland. Laura Brennan of Reptiland says they were there to tape a web program about undiscovered treasures across the country. The video is now posted online and features owner Clyde Peeling. You can find it at www.rachelrayshow.com. (Rachel Ray Show) Reptiland is located on Route 15 in Allenwood and is open daily, year-round. They feature animals such as crocodiles, snakes, frogs, birds and lizards, just to name a few. Fortunately for the animals, they weren’t there to do a cooking show. (Ali Stevens)

Carney commends I-80 tolling decision

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Chris Carney is expressing his excitement about Thursday’s decision by the federal government to reject the plan to toll Interstate 80. He says tolling would have been detrimental to people living in the I-80 corridor and for economic development. Carney says Pennsylvania needs to invest in transportation and infrastructure, but not through tolling.

Now that this decision is made, he says his full focus is now on the Central Susquehanna Valley Transposition project. Carney announced progress on the CSVT this week, after meeting with officials from the Appalachian Regional Commission and PennDOT. He says they are looking for 13 miles within the Appalachian Development System that can be re-designated to the CSVT. The decision is ultimately up to Governor Ed Rendell. (Sara Bartlett)

Chemists to honor Priestley

NORTHUMBERLAND – Local chemists are celebrating a 50-year association with the Joseph Priestley House Museum by recognizing the achievements of the man credited with discovering oxygen. William Simpson, the chairman of the Susquehanna Valley Section of the American Chemical Society compares Priestley favorably to inventor Thomas Edison. He says Priestley made the most of what was available in his day, and had to use thermal decomposition of other compounds to confirm that oxygen was indeed an element. Priestley was already known worldwide as a chemist and theologian when he moved to Northumberland from England, some say escaping persecution for dissenting religious views.

Priestley’s most famous experiments will be recreated Saturday by re-enactor Ronald Blatchley of Mifflinburg. It is part of an anniversary day from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Joseph Priestley House Museum, 472 Priestley Avenue, Northumberland. (Matt Farrand)

Doctor recommends taking initiative to stop suicide

DANVILLE – This is Suicide Prevention Week. Dr. Stephen Paolucci of Geisinger Health Systems is pointing to progress made, in spite of alarming increases in suicide historically. He notes the suicide rate rose in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s, but is now fairly stable. Dr. Paolucci says though teens attempt suicide most often, more effective help is now available.

Paolucci recommends watching for changes in behavior, including increased drug or alcohol use, and taking the initiative to talk to someone about how they feel. Local suicide hotlines include one sponsored by Northumberland County Mental Health Services at 1-800-222-9016. (wpgm/wbgm)

A pharmaceuticals plant in Riverside will expand and create more jobs

RIVERSIDE – A local plant has big plans to expand and add more jobs. Cherokee Pharmaceuticals of Riverside is looking to break ground this year on a $2-million expansion, which will feature a new building to house equipment used to make drug ingredients. Construction should be complete by 2010 according to PRWT Services, the company that owns Cherokee. About 20 new jobs will be added, once the project is complete. Merck sold the building in January to PRWT, but all of the plant workers were kept on, which totals about 400 people. (Ali Stevens)

Death threat lands Mifflinburg man in jail

MIFFLINBURG – A Mifflinburg man is in jail after allegedly threatening to kill a woman at his home Sunday. Mifflinburg Police say 45-year-old Trevor Arbogast tried to choke and kill the woman at the home on Walnut Street. Arbogast turned himself into police Monday. He was placed in jail on a violation of his probation from a previous incident in Snyder County. (Sara Bartlett)

Two Catawissa residents charged in a gift card scheme in Lewisburg

LEWISBURG – A man and woman from Catawissa have been charged for a gift card scheme at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Lewisburg. State police say 41-year-old Mark McDowell and 24-year-old Jennifer Britton took two vacuum cleaners and a DVD player from the shelves in the store in January. Then they took the stolen items to the customer service desk, where they returned them for $1,000 in gift cards. Police say this isn’t the first time Britton has done this. She is also accused of stealing a blender, toaster oven, mixer and vacuum cleaner in December and then returning those items for gift cards. Another woman from North Carolina is also connected to the scheme. The thefts were caught by video surveillance. (Ali Stevens)

A supervisor charged with sexually assaulting an inmate will go to court

DANVILLE – A woman supervisor at the North Central Secure Treatment Unit will go to court, charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old inmate. 45-year-old Lisa Croak of Danville waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday. Croak reportedly confessed to a sexual act with the boy in early July in an office at the Montour County facility. She was released on bail, charged with institutional sexual assault and corruption of minors and was suspended from her job without pay. (Ali Stevens)

Latest Pennsylvania news, sports, business and entertainment:

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police officers and others are already gathering for a viewing Friday for the third Philadelphia police officer killed in the last ten months. Hundreds of fellow officers, friends and family members lined up for a Thursday evening viewing at a funeral home for 40-year-old Officer Isabel Nazario.

The Friday morning viewing is at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. A funeral mass is scheduled at noon. Officials say Nazario's body will be flown on Saturday to her native Puerto Rico for burial.

Nazario was an 18-year veteran of the Philadelphia police force. She was killed last Friday when the patrol car in which she was riding was struck by a stolen vehicle. Her partner, Officer Terry Tull, was seriously injured and it isn't clear whether he'll be able to attend the funeral.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The federal government is rejecting Pennsylvania's plan to add tolls to Interstate 80.

Gov. Ed Rendell said at a Capitol news conference Thursday afternoon that Transportation Secretary Mary Peters told him the proposal doesn't meet technical and statutory requirements. The decision puts new focus on Rendell's alternative plan to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike as a way to raise money for other transportation needs. The lease proposal faces stiff opposition in the Legislature.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has updated its list of "dams of special concern." Those 75 dams have the greatest risk of causing problems in heavy rains. The agency distributed the list to emergency planners last week before Tropical Storm Hanna. DEP spokesman Tom Rathbun says most dams on the list have spillways that aren't considered adequate to handle worst-case

levels of rainfall. The rest are on the list for other reasons, such as ongoing construction or rehabilitation, seepage problems or doubts about stability. Emergency plans for the dams are on file at municipal and county

offices and should be available for public inspection.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania utility industry officials and consumer groups want Gov. Ed Rendell to release $10 million in state money to supplement federal home heating assistance for the poor this winter.

The groups issued their pleas in testimony to state utility regulators Thursday during a hearing on energy and home heating prices. The supplemental home heating assistance was included in a $650 million package the governor signed in July to improve conservation and encourage alternative energy and fuels. The legislation calls for the state to set aside $10 million in home heating assistance annually over four years. But Michael Love of the Energy Association of Pennsylvania says that money can be spent only if Rendell declares an energy emergency.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's top fiscal watchdog says the federal government has assured him that the state's student loan agency will maintain its tax-exempt status if fewer state lawmakers serve on its board. Auditor General Jack Wagner last month called for slashing the number of legislators on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency's board after he released an audit criticizing its spending.

Wagner said Friday the Internal Revenue Service recently told his office restructuring the board wouldn't affect PHEAA's tax-exempt status. An IRS spokesman isn't commenting. Sen. Sean Logan, the board's vice chairman, says he's not opposed to reducing the number of lawmakers on the board, but he'd like to hear directly from the IRS.

Pennsylvania Lottery numbers

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Pennsylvania State Lottery:

FRIDAY NIGHT

Daily Number

5-1-3

Big 4

4-2-8-5

Quinto

3-1-0-6-0

FRIDAY MIDDAY

Daily Number

7-5-8

Big 4

5-9-0-8

Quinto

0-2-5-2-8

Treasure Hunt

5-20-21-25-26

The winning numbers drawn Friday in the "Pennsylvania Cash 5" game were: 02-09-14-28-43.

The winning numbers drawn Friday in the "Pennsylvania Match 6 Lotto" game were: 08-12-20-25-35-41.

SNL – Will Tinay Fey return to play Sarah Palin?

NEW YORK (AP) -- We may not know until someone utters the words "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" whether Lorne Michael was successful in persuading Tina Fey to return to SNL temporarily

to play Sarah Palin. Ever since John McCain picked Palin as his running mate, people have noticed her resemblance to Fey. Michaels says talks with Fey are "ongoing." He'd also like Maya Rudolph to return to play Michelle Obama. Fred Armisen will contine to play Barack Obama and Obama himself will make an appearance in Saturday's season premiere. Michael Phelps will host. The musical guest will be Lil' Wayne, who Phelps listened to before each of the eight races he won gold medals in at the Olympics.

Feds promote greener ways to navigate planes

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal officials say new technologies for navigating planes and controlling air traffic can save fuel, cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce delays. Federal Aviation Administration officials yesterday used the arrival of an Airways New Zealand flight in San Francisco to showcase the techniques

They involve controlling airplanes monitored by satellite-based GPS navigation rather than ground-based radar. Officials say GPS navigation will allow planes to take more direct routes, saving time and fuel. The Airways New Zealand pilot says the flight saved 1,200 gallons of jet fuel and avoided 12 tons of carbon from being

emitted into the air. Plus, passengers arrived five minutes ahead of schedule. Officials say a nationwide conversion to GPS-based navigation is expected to be complete in 2025 and cost about 16 billion to 22

billion dollars.

Court tosses delivery man's claim to Hughes cash

DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court has rejected a second attempt by a delivery man to claim a piece of Howard Hughes' fortune. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has ruled that a jury in 1978 already determined that a hand-scrawled will offered by Melvin Dummar as evidence wasn't authentic.

His plight was first dramatized by the 1980s Academy Award-winning "Melvin and Howard." He renewed his claim in 2006 after a man claimed he dropped Hughes off at a Nevada brothel in December 1967, near where Dummar says he discovered Hughes face down and bloodied in the desert. Dummar claims the eccentric billionaire aviator-movie mogul-industrialist left him 156 million dollars in his will as a

reward.

	Here is the latest from Newsradio 1070 WKOK

Sunday, September 14, 2008 Strong-arm robbery attempt has police searching for suspects in Selinsgrove SELINSGROVE – Police in Selinsgrove are looking for two men who were part of an attempted strong-arm robbery in the borough this morning. Reports say two unknown males allegedly followed a 20-year-old female student in a parking lot, just off of University Avenue on the campus of Susquehanna University. The incident happened just before 2 a.m. and police say the suspects ran from behind the victim and tried to take a duffle bag she was carrying. The female victim resisted and the two male suspects fled the scene. The student was not injured in the incident. Police say they were able to track two sets of footprints at the scene and continue to investigate the attempted robbery. The suspects are described as two males, both wearing black hooded sweatshirts and jeans. The one male was wearing dark colored jeans and is approximately 6 feet tall with a thin build. The other male was wearing light or faded jeans and is shorter at 5’8’’ or 5’9’’ with a muscular build. Selinsgrove State Police and members of campus security assisted borough police at the scene. They ask anyone with information on this incident to contact them. (Sara Lauver) “Agriculture and the Susquehanna River” is focus of recent Symposium LEWISBURG – A crowd of nearly 100 people gathered last night to discuss and focus on a variety of issues facing “Agriculture and the Susquehanna River.” It was the opening event for the third annual Susquehanna River Symposium and one of the speakers was Secretary of Agriculture, Dennis Wolff. He addressed the importance of agriculture for the state of Pennsylvania and says we are one of the largest suppliers to the National market. Wolff says the state exports over a billion dollars worth of products a year. He says in the U.S., Agriculture will be exporting over 100-billion dollars this year. Wolff adds that the number one thing that is helping with the trade deficit is agriculture and says we have farmers that not only feed us very well, but also feed the world. Congressman Christopher Carney was also present at the Symposium. It is a two-day educational event that was held on the campus of Bucknell University. Giant recalls dog food UNDATED – Giant Food Stores have announced a recall of four types of Pedigree Dog Food. They say they have removed the packages from the shelves due to possible salmonella contamination. The recall includes Pedigree brands of: - Large Breed Original - Mealtime Crunchy Bite Small - Small Crunchy Bites Beef and… - Small Crunchy Bites Consumers who may have purchased these packages are urged to return them to the store for a full refund. The recall is also listed online at www.giantfoodstores.com. (Sara Bartlett) Cocolamus Creek Disposal ordered to stop trash transfer station HARRISBURG – The Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a Juniata County-based disposal company to discontinue transferring trash on its property. Cocolamus Creek Disposal Service was allegedly using the waste hauler business illegally to operate a municipal waste transfer and processing facility without a permit. The activity is a violation of PA’s Solid Waste Management Act. Cocolamus is a family owned waste management company that serves Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Union and Perry counties. Some of the big institutions fighting for the river and the bay, on Roundtable SUNBURY – This weekend on our Roundtable program we continue the re-launch of our annual series of stories on the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. Boroughs to the Bay and Beyond is the award-winning, year-round series, which looks at the issues facing these critical watersheds, and focuses on solutions. This weekend, three major institutions helping The Valley environment, are represented on the show. The North Central Pennsylvania Conservancy, the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds and the SEDA-COG Community Resource Center. We discuss the mission of these groups, their accomplishment and their ongoing projects. We talk about the watershed’s relationship to human health, the Greenway initiative and the ‘State of the River’ in our region. You can hear Roundtable Sunday on: Eagle 107 (107.3FM) at 6a.m., 100.9, The Valley, at 6a.m., WKOK at 9a.m., Talkradio 1380 WMLP, 11a.m., 94KX at 11p.m. And anytime, at www.wkok.com. Rachel Ray features Reptiland on her website ALLENWOOD – Rachel Ray is best known for her talk show and programs on the Food Network, however, she has a new feature called “Rach to the Rescue”. The crew from “Rach to the Rescue” was recently in Allenwood at Reptiland. Laura Brennan of Reptiland says they were there to tape a web program about undiscovered treasures across the country. The video is now posted online and features owner Clyde Peeling. You can find it at www.rachelrayshow.com. (Rachel Ray Show) Reptiland is located on Route 15 in Allenwood and is open daily, year-round. They feature animals such as crocodiles, snakes, frogs, birds and lizards, just to name a few. Fortunately for the animals, they weren’t there to do a cooking show. (Ali Stevens) Carney commends I-80 tolling decision WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Chris Carney is expressing his excitement about Thursday’s decision by the federal government to reject the plan to toll Interstate 80. He says tolling would have been detrimental to people living in the I-80 corridor and for economic development. Carney says Pennsylvania needs to invest in transportation and infrastructure, but not through tolling. Now that this decision is made, he says his full focus is now on the Central Susquehanna Valley Transposition project. Carney announced progress on the CSVT this week, after meeting with officials from the Appalachian Regional Commission and PennDOT. He says they are looking for 13 miles within the Appalachian Development System that can be re-designated to the CSVT. The decision is ultimately up to Governor Ed Rendell. (Sara Bartlett) Chemists to honor Priestley NORTHUMBERLAND – Local chemists are celebrating a 50-year association with the Joseph Priestley House Museum by recognizing the achievements of the man credited with discovering oxygen. William Simpson, the chairman of the Susquehanna Valley Section of the American Chemical Society compares Priestley favorably to inventor Thomas Edison. He says Priestley made the most of what was available in his day, and had to use thermal decomposition of other compounds to confirm that oxygen was indeed an element. Priestley was already known worldwide as a chemist and theologian when he moved to Northumberland from England, some say escaping persecution for dissenting religious views. Priestley’s most famous experiments will be recreated Saturday by re-enactor Ronald Blatchley of Mifflinburg. It is part of an anniversary day from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Joseph Priestley House Museum, 472 Priestley Avenue, Northumberland. (Matt Farrand) Doctor recommends taking initiative to stop suicide DANVILLE – This is Suicide Prevention Week. Dr. Stephen Paolucci of Geisinger Health Systems is pointing to progress made, in spite of alarming increases in suicide historically. He notes the suicide rate rose in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s, but is now fairly stable. Dr. Paolucci says though teens attempt suicide most often, more effective help is now available. Paolucci recommends watching for changes in behavior, including increased drug or alcohol use, and taking the initiative to talk to someone about how they feel. Local suicide hotlines include one sponsored by Northumberland County Mental Health Services at 1-800-222-9016. (wpgm/wbgm) A pharmaceuticals plant in Riverside will expand and create more jobs RIVERSIDE – A local plant has big plans to expand and add more jobs. Cherokee Pharmaceuticals of Riverside is looking to break ground this year on a $2-million expansion, which will feature a new building to house equipment used to make drug ingredients. Construction should be complete by 2010 according to PRWT Services, the company that owns Cherokee. About 20 new jobs will be added, once the project is complete. Merck sold the building in January to PRWT, but all of the plant workers were kept on, which totals about 400 people. (Ali Stevens) Death threat lands Mifflinburg man in jail MIFFLINBURG – A Mifflinburg man is in jail after allegedly threatening to kill a woman at his home Sunday. Mifflinburg Police say 45-year-old Trevor Arbogast tried to choke and kill the woman at the home on Walnut Street. Arbogast turned himself into police Monday. He was placed in jail on a violation of his probation from a previous incident in Snyder County. (Sara Bartlett) Two Catawissa residents charged in a gift card scheme in Lewisburg LEWISBURG – A man and woman from Catawissa have been charged for a gift card scheme at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Lewisburg. State police say 41-year-old Mark McDowell and 24-year-old Jennifer Britton took two vacuum cleaners and a DVD player from the shelves in the store in January. Then they took the stolen items to the customer service desk, where they returned them for $1,000 in gift cards. Police say this isn’t the first time Britton has done this. She is also accused of stealing a blender, toaster oven, mixer and vacuum cleaner in December and then returning those items for gift cards. Another woman from North Carolina is also connected to the scheme. The thefts were caught by video surveillance. (Ali Stevens) A supervisor charged with sexually assaulting an inmate will go to court DANVILLE – A woman supervisor at the North Central Secure Treatment Unit will go to court, charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old inmate. 45-year-old Lisa Croak of Danville waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday. Croak reportedly confessed to a sexual act with the boy in early July in an office at the Montour County facility. She was released on bail, charged with institutional sexual assault and corruption of minors and was suspended from her job without pay. (Ali Stevens) Latest Pennsylvania news, sports, business and entertainment: PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police officers and others are already gathering for a viewing Friday for the third Philadelphia police officer killed in the last ten months. Hundreds of fellow officers, friends and family members lined up for a Thursday evening viewing at a funeral home for 40-year-old Officer Isabel Nazario. The Friday morning viewing is at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. A funeral mass is scheduled at noon. Officials say Nazario's body will be flown on Saturday to her native Puerto Rico for burial. Nazario was an 18-year veteran of the Philadelphia police force. She was killed last Friday when the patrol car in which she was riding was struck by a stolen vehicle. Her partner, Officer Terry Tull, was seriously injured and it isn't clear whether he'll be able to attend the funeral. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The federal government is rejecting Pennsylvania's plan to add tolls to Interstate 80. Gov. Ed Rendell said at a Capitol news conference Thursday afternoon that Transportation Secretary Mary Peters told him the proposal doesn't meet technical and statutory requirements. The decision puts new focus on Rendell's alternative plan to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike as a way to raise money for other transportation needs. The lease proposal faces stiff opposition in the Legislature. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has updated its list of "dams of special concern." Those 75 dams have the greatest risk of causing problems in heavy rains. The agency distributed the list to emergency planners last week before Tropical Storm Hanna. DEP spokesman Tom Rathbun says most dams on the list have spillways that aren't considered adequate to handle worst-case levels of rainfall. The rest are on the list for other reasons, such as ongoing construction or rehabilitation, seepage problems or doubts about stability. Emergency plans for the dams are on file at municipal and county offices and should be available for public inspection. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania utility industry officials and consumer groups want Gov. Ed Rendell to release $10 million in state money to supplement federal home heating assistance for the poor this winter. The groups issued their pleas in testimony to state utility regulators Thursday during a hearing on energy and home heating prices. The supplemental home heating assistance was included in a $650 million package the governor signed in July to improve conservation and encourage alternative energy and fuels. The legislation calls for the state to set aside $10 million in home heating assistance annually over four years. But Michael Love of the Energy Association of Pennsylvania says that money can be spent only if Rendell declares an energy emergency. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's top fiscal watchdog says the federal government has assured him that the state's student loan agency will maintain its tax-exempt status if fewer state lawmakers serve on its board. Auditor General Jack Wagner last month called for slashing the number of legislators on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency's board after he released an audit criticizing its spending. Wagner said Friday the Internal Revenue Service recently told his office restructuring the board wouldn't affect PHEAA's tax-exempt status. An IRS spokesman isn't commenting. Sen. Sean Logan, the board's vice chairman, says he's not opposed to reducing the number of lawmakers on the board, but he'd like to hear directly from the IRS. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) Pennsylvania Lottery numbers HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Pennsylvania State Lottery: FRIDAY NIGHT Daily Number 5-1-3 Big 4 4-2-8-5 Quinto 3-1-0-6-0 FRIDAY MIDDAY Daily Number 7-5-8 Big 4 5-9-0-8 Quinto 0-2-5-2-8 Treasure Hunt 5-20-21-25-26 The winning numbers drawn Friday in the "Pennsylvania Cash 5" game were: 02-09-14-28-43. The winning numbers drawn Friday in the "Pennsylvania Match 6 Lotto" game were: 08-12-20-25-35-41. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) SNL – Will Tinay Fey return to play Sarah Palin? NEW YORK (AP) -- We may not know until someone utters the words "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" whether Lorne Michael was successful in persuading Tina Fey to return to SNL temporarily to play Sarah Palin. Ever since John McCain picked Palin as his running mate, people have noticed her resemblance to Fey. Michaels says talks with Fey are "ongoing." He'd also like Maya Rudolph to return to play Michelle Obama. Fred Armisen will contine to play Barack Obama and Obama himself will make an appearance in Saturday's season premiere. Michael Phelps will host. The musical guest will be Lil' Wayne, who Phelps listened to before each of the eight races he won gold medals in at the Olympics. Feds promote greener ways to navigate planes SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal officials say new technologies for navigating planes and controlling air traffic can save fuel, cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce delays. Federal Aviation Administration officials yesterday used the arrival of an Airways New Zealand flight in San Francisco to showcase the techniques They involve controlling airplanes monitored by satellite-based GPS navigation rather than ground-based radar. Officials say GPS navigation will allow planes to take more direct routes, saving time and fuel. The Airways New Zealand pilot says the flight saved 1,200 gallons of jet fuel and avoided 12 tons of carbon from being emitted into the air. Plus, passengers arrived five minutes ahead of schedule. Officials say a nationwide conversion to GPS-based navigation is expected to be complete in 2025 and cost about 16 billion to 22 billion dollars. Court tosses delivery man's claim to Hughes cash DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court has rejected a second attempt by a delivery man to claim a piece of Howard Hughes' fortune. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has ruled that a jury in 1978 already determined that a hand-scrawled will offered by Melvin Dummar as evidence wasn't authentic. His plight was first dramatized by the 1980s Academy Award-winning "Melvin and Howard." He renewed his claim in 2006 after a man claimed he dropped Hughes off at a Nevada brothel in December 1967, near where Dummar says he discovered Hughes face down and bloodied in the desert. Dummar claims the eccentric billionaire aviator-movie mogul-industrialist left him 156 million dollars in his will as a reward. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)