4 BEHREND BEACON
October 23, 2009
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POLICE REPORTS
On Tuesday, Oct 13 shortly
after 8 p.m. a complaint was
made to Behrend police that
money was missing from the
Behrend RUB Desk, in the
Reed building.
On Oct 16 at 5:20 p.m. police
responded to a buglar alarm in
the Glenhill Farm House.
In the early morning of Oct 18
an RA called to request police
assistant in breaking up a party
in Scorpion Hall. One student
was cited for Underage drink
ing.
Penn State Behrend Police and Safety
LOCAL NEWS
Children ages 2 through 17
came down with almost three
quarters of all of the Type A in
fluenza cases reported to the
Erie County Department of
Health through Saturday.
School absenteeism proves it.
At Iroquois Junior High School,
while almost one-third of the
students were absent Wednes
day, most teachers and admin
istrators were in school.
So far in October, 563 Type A
flu cases have been confirmed
in Erie County. And the number
is increasing almost hourly,
said Cindy Miller, communica
ble diseases nursing supervisor
for the Health Department.
A majority of those cases are
presumed to be HINI influenza
commonly called swine flu.
Many more cases probably
went unreported as people with
flulike symptoms simply stayed
at home to recover.
A man terrified individuals in
a parking lot Tuesday morning,
police said. He was arrested a
second time 16 hours later.
Police said John A. Michnya,
45, was arrested in the 400
block of East 10th Street on a
charge of public drunkenness
just before midnight Tuesday.
He had also been arrested at
7:50 a.m. Tuesday on summary
charges of public drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. Police
arrested him Tuesday morning
after responding to a call of a
naked man at the Intermodal
Transportation Center, 208 E.
Bayfront Parkway.
Police who responded said
Michnya was with a naked
man, who was homeless in the
van. Michnya was drunk and
became disorderly at the scene.
The other man was not ar
rested.
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WORLD NEWS
1. Attack shuts all
Pakistan schools
PAKISTAN -- Eight people
died and at least 18 were
wounded in the twin blasts at
the International Islamic Uni
versity.
The Taliban said it carried
out the attack, and there would
be more violence unless the
army ended its offensive in the
tribal areas of South Waziris
tan.
It is not clear what caused the
explosion. Initial reports saying
that a US drone had struck the
house proved to be false.
2. Vancouver 2010
Olympics torch lit
CANADA -- The torch for the
2010 Vancouver Olympics was
lit in a ceremony at the ancient
Greek site of Olympia on Thurs
day, less than four months ahead
of the games' opening ceremony.
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an eight-day trip through
Greece, before being trans
ported to Canada for what will
be the longest domestic torch
relay in the games' history.
Women dressed in white togas
performed a ceremony on the
green hillside at Olympia
3. Inside China's
HI N 1 vaccine labs
CHINA -- Every day, tens of
thousands of fertilized eggs are
delivered to Sinovac laborato:
ries in Beijing. Each egg is in
fected with the HINI virus,
then incubated for three days.
Examined, every egg individu
ally before the virus is ex
tracted and used to make a
vaccine.
BBC World News
China is becoming the first
country to begin mass inocula
tions sometime around the be
ginning of October.
According to Yin Weidong
the secret lies in years of vac
cine research and development.
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4. Ex-NY police
chief Kerik in jail
NEW YORK, New York -- A
judge sent Renard Kerik to
prison for passing on secret
pre-trial documents, saying Mr
Kerik must not "influence wit
nesses or prospective jurors."
Kerik denies all charges and
is accused of corruption, tax
evasion and lying to White
House officials.
He faces 15 federal counts
brought against him. If con-
victed, he could face up to 142
years in prison and $4.75 mil
lion.
5. Girl found dead
FLORIDA -- Deina Thomp
son clutched a tissue in her
hand, wiped her eyes and told
reporters that she couldn't be
lieve it was her daughter's body
found.
Standing outside her home in
Florida, Thompson looked into
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The body of her daughter, 7-
year-old Somer Thompson, was
found in a landfill, Clay County,
Florida.
6. Senate approves
broadened hate
crimes measure
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The
Senate voted Thursday to ex
tend new federal protections to
people who are victims of vio
lent crime because of their sex
or sexual orientation.
The measure broadens the
definition of federal hate
crimes to include those com
mitted because of a victim's
gender or gender identity or
sexual orientation. It gives vic
tims the same federal safe
guards already afforded to
people who are victims of vio
lent crimes because of their
race, color, religion or national
origin
BBC World News
Joe Hirn
Senior
Software Engineering
"I like the cold, so I'm
prepared."
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QUOTE OF
THE WEEK
"All life is an experi
ment. The more
experi
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FACT OF THE WEEK
A toothpaste used %
throughout ancient ~
China contained a liberal
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powder.
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