'VEDNESDAN„jULY 21, 2010 sentenced for explosion I,KIiS-BARRE A northeastern Pennsylvania man en sentenced to eight to 16 years in prison for sparking plosion that damaged 59 properties and injured two '2,0 girls. %fay. 43 year-old David Lamoreaux admitted causing comer's fiery blast that left him with severe burns t - 15.2; months of treatment. to day. Luzerne County Judge Tina Polachek Gartley !I'-.P(i. I Antoreaux on two counts of arson and one count catastrophe. .secu t ors say Lamoreaux wanted to kill himself and e his estranged wife into the home. ensuing blast }mocked down two passing teens, one of suffered a broken leg. The explosion also damaged 55 thi ce businesses and a school. )y giraffe born at zoo 111, -- It's a girl! And she's 6 feet tall! Philadelphia Zoo is welcoming a newborn giraffe the born at the zoo in 13 years unnamed female born Saturday is the offspring of 9- , ‘;(1 Ste!ia: and 1-year-old Gus. tofictials made the birth announcement Tuesday. the giraffe was delivered after a 15-month gesta . ttel I hat both mother and calf are doing well. sore when Stella and her calf will make their rirbiO ,1‘ the first few weeks of a calf's life are the most crit- • 1 . crashes into deer, found dead BTREE -- Police believe a western Pennsylvania c 1 t who struck a deer with his bike killed himself , :ay 47 year-old William Amos, of Export, likely “ it inflicted gunshot wound on Friday. he Idy as discovered under his bike near a dead deer c;:rlwv in Crabtree, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh. . initially suspected Amos died from injuries in the crash, but they discovered a handgun and a id to lnc back of his head after lifting the bike off his '_'pi Stephen Limani says investigators are still ~H tits of gunpowder residue tests. r. y attempted with hammer, chisel - Police have arrested a man they say tried iind chisel to break through the wall of a 1 ,, commit a burglary: • ii ;es gay they arrested 35-year-old Sitha Hen after he yij: , yi t hrough the rear wall of the Labor Ready temp i;u.lienn Township. ollicer saw Hen chiseling into the wall before behind a basketball-sized hole in the ed a short time later. in lieu of $25,000 bail hospitalized after joyride L Police say a 12-year-old southwestern hoy is hospitalized after crashed his family's ,ehicle while joyriding. County haven't released the name or the boy, who is being treated at UPMC's !i , lsoital of Pittsburgh. ih boy took the vehicle from his home in Township early Tuesday then drove several rash.ing into a utility pole on Route 50. , -curred about 20 miles west of Pittsburgh. he boy will be charged in the incident. qice identify two men killed Tuesday 1 111,1,5 Authorities in western Pennsylvania have men shot and ldlled early Tuesday in the 1 , --:tiburb of Penn Hills. County Medical Examiner's office says the 3. 4-year-old Shawn Houser of Erie and 27-year ),..1,01. of Penn Hills. son Houser was shot to death in the sport-util driving from a bar at about 2:30 a.m. h di brother ran from the car but collapsed and • • i say it's unclear whether the shooting was iolence in nearby eastern Pittsburgh neigh- pliice stepped up patrols in the city's East End .zAis. where two 17-year-olds were shot and killed :,'Hge(ily tried to rob an armed man inside a vehi- ,H11;i1T, oilov, , us on Twitter for up-to-the-moment news www.twitter.com/dailycollegian the Da i ly ollegian '-irLvves St.. , JliNerstly Park, PA 16801-3882 2009 Collegian Inc. On the World Wide Web i , oe. which can be found at www.psucollegian.com, is updat- rmation published in the print edition. 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Extended forecast at campusweathersenice.com c, High 86 Courtesy of Campus Weather Service Judiciary panel OKs Kagan WASHINGTON Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kagan to be the fourth female justice. Just one Republican joined Democrats to approve Kagan's nomination and send it to the full Senate, where she's expected to win confirmation within weeks. "Elena Kagan will be confirmed," predicted Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary chairman. "She will go on the U.S. Supreme Court." Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., broke with his party to cast the sole GOP "yes" vote on President Obama's nominee , to succeed Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired in June. The vote was 13-6. "What's in Elena Kagan's heart is that of a good person who adopts a philosophy I disagree with," Graham said. "She will serve this nation honorably, and it would not have been someone I would have chosen, but the person who did choose, President Obama, I think chose wisely." At the White House, Obama hailed the vote as a "bipartisan affir mation of her strong performance" in confirmation hearings, and said Kagan would be "a fair and impar tial" justice who understands the impact of Supreme Court decisions on everyday people's lives. He called on the Senate to con firm her before Congress takes a monthlong summer break starting August 7 a deadline Majority Leader Harty Reid, D-Nev., said he looks forward to meeting. Strategists on both sides expect a few more Republicans to back Kagan in the full Senate, where Democrats have more than enough votes to confirm her. Several Republicans believed to be potential supporters of Kagan's said in brief interviews Tuesday that they had yet to decide whether to back her. They include Sens. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and Olympia Snowe of Maine. But Kagan is likely to win fewer GOP supporters than Obama's first high court pick, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in part because of the heightened political pressures fac ing senators little more than 100 days out from midterm election con tests. Most Republicans are against Kagan, arguing that she would put 8.0.8 From Page 1 said the timing of the concert is par ticularly good. "The reason I like it is because it's at the beginning of the year," Duggan (junior-public relations) said. "It's good to have such a big concert at the beginning of the school because everyone gets back, and I think with everyone returning from summer they haven't seen each other, so I think it's a good way to get back with your group of friends." Makeover From Page 1 "I think with Kate in charge, she's our fearless leader, she's terrific," Marshall said. "She's going to organize everybody, so everything gets done in a very timely way, so I'm very excited for it." Kissell said she became involved with the show after the owner of Custom Home Rirnishing Academy, Margie Nance, recommended her to producer Ann Cummings. Nance said Cummings often asks for suggestions for people in differ ent locations, and when Cummings asked for someone in Pennsylvania, Nance immediately thought of Kissell. psucollegian.com Camping From Page 1. last weekend that drew about 1,000 people. There are 80 campsites in the state park, Block said. Each campsite has a picnic table and a fire ring and most of them can accommodate either a tent or a trail er. Elizabeth Murphy Alex Weisler ...Jared Shanker Katie Sullivan ....Edgar Ramirez Kevin CMIli Laura Nichols Chris Zook The area has a sanitary dump sta tion and washhouses with flush toi lets, showers and coin-operated laundry machines. Bill Landis ....Andrew Robinson Heather Schmetzlen Jenna Ekdahl Steph Witt Most sites have electrical hookups, Block said. Block said the camping season begins in March and ends in late December. Kelsey Thompson Alissa Nemzer Julia Brondani ....Brittany Thrush ..Danielle Meyers Campers can make their reserva tions online or call 888-PA-PARKS, Block said. By Julie Hirschfeld Davis ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER "Kate's been to our school several Raystown Lake Region is another Nominee Elena Kagan answers questions during a hearing in June her political views ahead of the law. They point to what they call her liberal agenda and on such issues as abortion and gun rights, and have chastised her for the decision as dean of Harvard Law School to bar military recruiters from the campus career services office because of the policy against openly gay soldiers. "She has deeply held liberal, pro gressive views," said Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the top Republican on the Judiciary panel. As a justice, he said, Kagan "will not be the objective, impartial arbiter and settler of disputes, but someone who would use the opportunity to redefine words to advance an agen da that's not in the court's role to advance." Democrats praised Kagan, the 50- year-old who has served as the Obama administration's solicitor general, calling her a highly quali fied glass ceiling-shattering nomi nee who could bring consensus to an ideologically divided court. "It becomes more and more apparent that we need a return to the center and a justice who will urge moderation and who will push for consensus. Elena Kagan's record gives me confidence that she could be just such a voice," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. If confirmed, Kagan would be the fourth woman to serve on the court . Her swearing-in would also mark the first time that three women have served together on the nine-mem ber Supreme Court of its overall his tory The debate over her nomination has unfolded against a highly parti san backdrop, at a time when Bernie Punt, director of sales and marketing for the BJC, said the con cert was scheduled because both of the artists are "hot, big [artists]." "They were both available, and we teamed them together. I think this is going to be the first time they've been on the same billing," he said. "This is kind of two artists that are emerging this summer. I know there's a lot of popularity not only with college students but high school students as well. It should go pretty well." Because of UPAC funding, stu dents can purchase discounted $2O tickets at noon on July 28 with a times," Nance said. "She's trained very hard and taken so many differ ent courses, and she loves her craft and what she does, and I've seen her work, and she's done excellent work, so I have no doubt that she'll do a good job." Kissell, who owns local interior design business Picadilly Interiors, said she has assembled a team of about 20 fabricators and four to five installers. Though she said she won't know what the project entails until "the day the interior designers knock on the door and talk to the family," she is looking forward to getting started and seeing how she matches up to the challenge of designing. "I am so excited," Kissell said. "It's probably one of the most excit ing things I've done professionally in area students can camp and enjoy wildlife only minutes from State College. The Raystown Lake Region is located in neighboring Huntingdon County, about 30 miles from State College. The region was recently named one of the "Coolest Small Towns in America" for 2009 by Budget Travel Magazine, according the Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau website. "A lot of people come here for boating purposes," Raystown Lake Region Ranger Allen Gwinn saki Gwinn said the lake region offers campsites that are open from April 1 until Nov. 1. People don't have to make a reser vation to camp in the region but they are available upon request, Gwinn said. Gwinn and Block both said people need to respect nature and the other THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Republicans are focused on making sharp distinctions between them selves and Obama, whose approval ratings are sagging. "It's a tough political environment out there," noted Graham. Republicans have been quicker to announce their opposition to Kagan than they were last year to Sotomayor. Graham is the only Republican so far to say he'll vote "yes." Democrats attributed the differ ence to political considerations by the GOP "Sadly, it appears election-year politics may deprive her of the vote total that her nomination deserves," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Politically active conservative groups are pressuring GOP sena tors to oppose Kagan's nomination. The National Rifle Association is urging a "no" vote or a filibuster to block Kagan outright, saying she's hostile to the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, and has warned that it will downgrade supporters in candi date ratings that are circulated to millions of gun-owning voters. The Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion rights group, wrote to senators Monday urging opposition based on Kagan's actions as a Clinton administration official to resist a broad ban on a procedure opponents call partial-birth abor tion. The group pointed to Kagan's intervention with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in the mid-1990s to prevent the professional group from issuing a flat statement saying the controversial procedure was never medically necessary valid student ID at the BJC, Eisenhower Auditorium and Downtown Theatre. Tickets for the general public go on sale at noon on July 30 for $35. They can be purchased at the BJC, Eisenhower Auditorium, Downtown Theatre and Penn State Altoona Campus, online at bjc.psu.edu or by calling (814) 865- 5555. Punt also said the BJC plans to "re-launch" ticket sales again in the HUB once school begins for stu dents. To e-mail reporter: krlslo6@psu.edu my business at Picadilly Interiors. I'm most excited to find out about this house and the circumstances that the family is in to receive this gift. Everyone I've talked to is just so willing and excited to do this for this family." Though Kissell said she does not think she will obtain a lot of "TV cov erage" because she will be "one of a couple hundred in a red shirt," view ers will be able to see the items she and her team make. Overall, Nance said she thinks Kissell will meet the challenge. "Kate is just a great person," she said. "I know that the producers will enjoy working with her, and volun teering to do this is something she's really looking forward to doing." To e-mail reporter: krlslo6@psu.edu people who are visiting the camp sites. "We sometimes tend to forget that we are not the only ones that are out there having a great time try to be more considered and safe in our recreation activities," Gwinn said. Mullins said he has been camping in the State College area for ten years and there are several pieces of equipment he won't leave his house without, including his back pack, a good sleeping bag, a tent, hiking shoes and a first aid kit. Mullins said student adventurers are encouraged to read guidebooks before going on their trip for advice and to be somewhat prepared. "That will give you detailed infor mation people that write these books are usually the people that lay the trail and maintain the camp sites," Mullins said. To e-mail reporter: tolslos@psu.edu
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