A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN IS DEAD AFTER A FRIDAY MORNING ACCIDENT ON ROUTE 22 BETWEEN FULLERTON AVENUE AND MacARTHUR ROAD. STATE POLICE SAY A DRIVER WAS GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE STRUCK THE REAR OF A SECOND CAR, CAUSING THAT CAR TO HIT A THIRD VEHICLE. THE SECOND CAR FLIPPED OVER AND EJECTED ONE OF ITS OCCUPANTS, WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE SHORTLY AFTER THE 2:30AM ACCIDENT. TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY'RE LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
A LEHIGH VALLEY MAN WILL STAND TRIAL IN THE BRUTAL SLAYING OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AFTER THE MAN'S MOTHER TESTIFIED HE CALLED HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BRUTAL ATTACK AND HEARD THE VICTIM BEGGING FOR HELP. JONATHAN SCHAFFER WAS BOUND OVER FOR TRIAL IN THE SEPTEMBER KILLING OF HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND, LAUREN WOLSTENHOLME, AT THEIR ALLENTOWN HOME. AN AUTOPSY FOUND WOLSTENHOLME HAD MORE THAN 40 KNIFE WOUNDS. SCHAFFER'S MOTHER TESTIFIED HER SON CALMLY TOLD HER HE'D KILLED WOLSTENHOLME. BUT DONNA SCHAFFER SAID SHE HEARD WOLSTENHOLME CALLING FOR HELP AND ASKED HER SON IF THE WOMAN WAS STILL ALIVE. DONNA SCHAFFER SAID HER SON WENT SILENT FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN TOLD HER WOLSTENHOLME WASN'T ALIVE ANYMORE. POLICE SAY JONATHAN SCHAFFER TOLD THEM WOLSTENHOLME HAD ATTACKED HIM WITH A KNIFE.
LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW BASIC TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR POLICE OFFICER CANDIDATES TO BE WAIVED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED FEDERAL AND MILITARY LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING HAS BEEN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR CORBETT. STATE REP. MARCIA HAHN SAYS IT'S COMMON-SENSE LEGISLATION. "ASKING THESE MEN AND WOMEN, WHO HAVE UNDERGONE EQUIVILENT TRAINING AT OTHER LEVELS, TO REPEAT THEIR TRAINING IS SIMPLY WASTING TIME AND MONEY," HAHN SAYS. SHE WAS THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THE BILL.
GAMING REGULATORS SAY TABLE GAMES REVENUE WAS UP 4 PERCENT LAST MONTH AT PENNSYLVANIA'S 11 CASINOS DESPITE THE EFFECTS OF SUPERSTORM SANDY. THE PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD SAYS CASINOS REPORTED $55.3 MILLION IN GROSS REVENUE FROM TABLE GAMES IN OCTOBER. THAT'S UP 4.2 PERCENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD THE YEAR BEFORE. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE STATE REPORTED SLOTS REVENUE WAS DOWN 4.4 PERCENT IN OCTOBER, PARTLY DUE TO THE EFFECT SANDY HAD ON BUSINESS LATE IN THE MONTH. GAMING BOARD SPOKESMAN RICHARD MCGARVEY SAYS TABLE GAMES REVENUE LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER WITHOUT SANDY. INCREASES IN PRIOR MONTHS HAD MOSTLY BEEN IN DOUBLE DIGITS, AS TABLES ARE NEWER AND GROWING FASTER THAN SLOTS.
PENNSYLVANIA GAMBLING REGULATORS SAY THEY HAVE RECEIVED SIX APPLICATIONS FOR THE SECOND CASINO LICENSE IN PHILADELPHIA. THE GAMING CONTROL BOARD ANNOUNCED THE LIST FRIDAY, A DAY AFTER THE DEADLINE. THE LICENSE PERMITS A CASINO WITH UP TO 5,000 SLOT MACHINES AND 250 TABLE GAMES. PHILADELPHIA HAS HAD SUGARHOUSE CASINO UP AND RUNNING SINCE SEPTEMBER 2010. THE GROUPS APPLYING FOR THE SECOND PHILADELPHIA LICENSE INCLUDE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER BART BLATSTEIN, WHO WANTS TO PUT A CASINO AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER HEADQUARTERS OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER AND PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS. WYNN RESORTS, THE COMPANY RUN BY CASINO MAGNATE STEVE WYNN, SUBMITTED PAPERWORK FOR A PROJECT NOT FAR FROM THE SUGARHOUSE CASINO. THREE GROUPS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR CASINOS IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA, NOT FAR FROM THE SPORTS STADIUMS. A SIXTH GROUP PLANS A CASINO DOWNTOWN.
THE GROUP THAT IS LICENSED TO RUN NEW JERSEY'S FIRST LEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY IS PARANOID OVER SALES TAXES. GREENLEAF COMPASSION CENTER CO-FOUNDER JOE STEVENS SAYS THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE GROUP FROM OPENING IN A MONTCLAIR STOREFRONT IS THE STATE'S DECISION ON WHETHER IT MUST CHARGE SALES TAXES. BUT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE SHOP CAN OPEN NOW EVEN IF THE SALES TAX ISSUE IS NOT DECIDED FOR GOOD. STATE SEN. NICHOLAS SCUTARI, A MAIN SPONSOR OF THE LAW ALLOWING POT FOR PATIENTS, SAYS HE INTENDED FOR CANNABIS TO BE SUBJECT TO A 7 PERCENT SALES TAX. BUT THE LAW IS SILENT ON THE ISSUE OF SALES TAXES.
PENN STATE RUNS A HIGH TEMPO OFFENSE AND COACH BILL O'BRIEN SAYS HIS DEFENSE WILL SEE A SIMILAR OFFENSE WHEN THE NITTANY LIONS HOST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. "OFFENSIVELY THEY RUN A VERY FAST TEMPO. I MEAN ULTRA-FAST. THEY TRY TO RUN BETWEEN 90 AND 100 PLAYS IN A GAME SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CHALLENGE FOR OUR DEFENSE," O'BRIEN SAYS. PENN STATE, WHICH IS 6-AND-4, HAS NEVER LOST TO INDIANA. KICKOFF IS AT NOON ON WAEB.
EAGLES ROOKIE QUARTERBACK NICK FOLES GETS HIS FIRST EVER NFL START TOMORROW WHEN THE EAGLES VISIT WASHINGTON. OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MARTY MORNHINWEG SAYS JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE TEAM IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT FOLES CAN DO. "IT IS EXCITING CERTAINLY FOR THE YOUNG MAN, THE BALLCLUB, THE PLAYERS AND THE COACHES. THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME UNKNOWNS AND THAT'S THE EXCITING PART," MORNHINWEG SAYS. FOLES STARTS IN PLACE OF MICHAEL VICK, WHO SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AGAINST DALLAS A WEEK AGO.
