IF TURNING THE CLOCKS AHEAD AN HOUR TONIGHT ISN'T ENOUGH OF A REMINDER THAN SPRING IS ALMOST HERE, THE ACCU-WEATHER FORECAST IS.  "THE AVERAGE HIGH NOW IS 46, SO WHEN WE'RE CALLING FOR 50 TODAY, IT'S REALLY ONLY A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL," SAYS ACCU-WEATHER'S DEAN DEVORE.  WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND A HIGH SATURDAY OF 50 AND A SUNDAY HIGH OF 58, DEVORE SAYS ANY REMAINING PILES OF SNOW PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF PARKING LOTS WILL TAKE A SERIOUS HIT THIS WEEKEND.

  A MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF SIMPLE ASSAULT AND OTHER CHARGES FOR ATTACKING TWO WOMEN IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHILE HE WAS NAKED AND BLOODY THEN GNAWING ON THE HEAD OF ONE OF THEM.  21-YEAR-OLD DOYLESTOWN RESIDENT RICHARD CIMINO JR. PLEADED GUILTY IN WAYNE COUNTY COURT.  SENTENCING IS MAY 2.  INVESTIGATORS SAY CIMINO STRIPPED DOWN AND BROKE INTO AN EMPTY HOME IN HAWLEY IN SEPTEMBER, THEN WAS BADLY HURT JUMPING FROM A WINDOW.  AUTHORITIES SAY HE THEN ATTACKED TWO WOMEN WALKING DOWN THE STREET, GNAWING ON THE HEAD OF ONE.  BOTH ESCAPED.  CIMINO WAS FOUND LYING IN THE ROAD, COVERED IN BLOOD.  OFFICIALS BELIEVE HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOME KIND OF DRUG.

  MUSIKFEST HAS A COUPLE OF CURRENT BIG NAMES COMING TO SANDS STEEL STAGE THIS AUGUST, WITH CARLY RAE JEPSEN AND KE$HA BOOKED.  NOW, MUSIKFEST IS DIPPING INTO A DIFFERENT ERA.  BLUES LEGEND BB KING IS COMING TO BETHLEHEM ON AUGUST 5 AND WILL CO-HEADLINE WITH ANOTHER LEGEND, PETER FRAMPTON.  TICKETS GO ON SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE FRAMPTON/KING CONCERT NEXT FRIDAY.

  THEY'RE STARTING TO GET THEIR GREEN ON IN ALLENTOWN.  JEAN GALLAGHER SAYS THE ANNUAL PUB CRAWL IS SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE WEST END OF ALLENTOWN.  "IT'S EXCITING.  WE GO TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PUBS THAT ARE OUR SPONSORS.  EVERYBODY SIGNS UP AND GETS A FREE T-SHIRT.  IT COSTS $15.  WE MOVE FROM PUB TO PUB THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND WE TRY TO SPEND ABOUT A HALF-HOUR AT EACH PUB AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE," GALLAGHER SAYS.  THE MONEY GOES TO OFFSET EXPENSES OF THE ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN THE CITY.  ABOUT 600 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART SATURDAY NIGHT.