17 PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AFTER A SUNDAY AFTERNOON FIRE ON NORTH SEVENTH STREET IN ALLENTOWN. THE FIRE BEGAN AROUND 12:30 AT 509 NORTH SEVENTH AND SPREAD TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORING APARTMENT BUILDING. TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION. FIRE CHIEF ROBERT SCHEIRER BELIEVES THE BUILDING CAN BE SAVED. FIRE MARSHALS NOW BEGIN THE TASK OF DETERMINING WHAT CAUSED THE THREE-ALARM FIRE.
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED A FIRE THAT DESTROYED AN OLD BARN THAT HAD BEEN CONVERTED INTO APARTMENTS. THE FIRE BEGAN AROUND 4 O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING AT 1508 PEN ARGYL ROAD IN PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP AND DESTROYED THE BARN THAT WAS CONVERTED INTO THREE APARTMENTS BY THE OWNERS OF GREGGO FARMS. ONE RESIDENT WAS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION.
PERHAPS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FOUR-AND-A-HALF MONTHS IN THE HISTORY OF THE DaVINCI SCIENCE CENTER END TODAY WITH THE FINAL DAY OF THE CENTER'S BODIES REVEALED EXHIBIT. "IT'S ALLOWED US TO EXPAND OUR BASE AND ALLOWED US TO GAIN POPULARITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY CREATE AWARENESS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE AT THE DaVINCI SCIENCE CENTER. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE GAINED WILL BE COMING BACK FOR OTHER EXPERIENCES. IT'S BEEN A GREAT LONG-TERM GROWTH ENGINE," SAYS THE CENTER'S DENNIS ZEHNER. BODIES REVEALED FEATURES 11 AUTHENTIC SPECIMENS HIGHLIGHTING THE HUMAN BODY'S MAJOR SYSTEMS. THE EXHIBIT HAS DRAWN SOME OF THE BIGGEST CROWDS IN THE CENTER'S HISTORY.
CARDINALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD MEET IN MID-MARCH TO ELECT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S NEXT POPE. DeSALES UNIVERSITY'S FATHER THOMAS DAILEY EXPECTS THAT MAN TO BE ELECTED BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY AT THE END OF MARCH. "I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE LONG BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS AGO THAT THEY DID THIS. THEY ALL KNOW EACH OTHER, KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND KNOW THE SITUATION OF THE CHURCH. SO, I THINK THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE PROCESS WILL HELP TO SPEED IT UP," FATHER DAILEY SAYS. HE FIGURES NO MORE THAN A WEEK WILL BE NEEDED TO ELECT THE NEXT POPE. IF HE HAD TO GUESS, DAILEY SAYS HE'D BET ON THE NEW POPE BEING IN HIS UPPER 60S AND COME FROM EUROPE. FATHER DAILEY WAS THE GUEST ON THIS WEEKEND'S 'OUTLOOK'.
OFFICIALS SAY A PENNSYLVANIA MAN WAS ARRESTED AT NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER SCREENERS NOTICED A LOADED GUN IN HIS CARRY-ON BAG. 59-YEAR-OLD ROBERT KELLERMAN OF LONG POND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY JUST AFTER 6 A.M. SUNDAY BY PORT AUTHORITY POLICE. THEY WERE NOTIFIED AFTER TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SCREENERS SAW THE .22-CALIBER HANDGUN AT A CHECKPOINT INSIDE TERMINAL C. KELLERMAN WAS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON. OFFICIALS SAY KELLERMAN TOLD POLICE HE FORGOT THE GUN WAS INSIDE THE BAG. AIRLINE PASSENGERS ARE PERMITTED TO TRAVEL WITH FIREARMS ONLY IN CHECKED BAGGAGE. THEY MUST BE STORED PROPERLY AND UNLOADED.
PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACH BILL O'BRIEN WAS AMONG THE SPEAKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY'S ANNUAL DANCE MARATHON AND HE TOLD THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS INSIDE THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER THAT THE FOUR DIAMONDS FUND AT PENN STATE HERSHEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS WHAT'S RIGHT ABOUT PENN STATE. "COURAGE, HONESTY, WISDOM AND STRENGTH...IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR IN THE LAST YEAR ABOUT PENN STATE IS THAT WHAT WE AS A UNIVERSITY, AS A STUDENT BODY ARE ALL ABOUT. IT'S THOSE FOUR WORDS," O'BRIEN TOLD THE STUDENTS. ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT SAY THEY'VE RAISED $12.37 MILLION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH AND CARE, SHATTERING LAST YEAR'S RECORD BY NEARLY $1.7 MILLION. THE EVENT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THON, REQUIRES MORE THAN 700 PARTICIPANTS TO STAND ON THEIR FEET FOR 46 HOURS.
