NOBODY WAS INJURED WHEN A BIG SINKHOLE OPENED UP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING NEAR THE BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP HOME OF DORIS JENKINS.  THE TOWNSHIP ESTIMATES THE HOLE AT THE END OF HER DRIVEWAY MEASURES AT LEAST 30 FEET WIDE AND 12 FEET DEEP.  EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THE TOWNSHIP WAS IN THE AREA FIXING A MUCH SMALLER SINKHOLE NEAR SEWER LINES.  NO OTHER HOUSES IN THE AREA SHOW ANY SIGNS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. JENKINS AND HER DAUGHTER WERE EVACUATED FROM THE HOUSE.　

  A NEW YORK WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER A SUNDAY EVENING ACCIDENT ON I-78 IN UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP. CELIA MARRERO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH, WHICH CLOSED THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF I-78 NEAR ROUTE 309 FOR MORE THAN FIVE HOURS. POLICE BELIEVE A MINIVAN DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE MERGED INTO THE CENTER LANE WHERE IT HIT A JEEP, WHICH THEN HIT A CAR IN THE RIGHT LANE. ALL THREE VEHICLES FLIPPED OVER AND MARRERO, WHO WAS A PASSENGER IN THE JEEP, WAS KILLED.　

  POLICE IN ALLENTOWN ARE INVESTIGATING THE WEEKEND DEATH OF A 15-MONTH-OLD BOY. CORDERO JAMES DIED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AN AUTOPSY IS HAPPENING TODAY. THE CHILD'S FATHER, MICHAEL JAMES, WAS ARRESTED HOURS EARLIER FOR ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN. POLICE AREN'T SAYING HE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE DEATH OF HIS SON.　

  OFFICIALS SAY A CHARTER BUS TAKING PENN STATE STUDENTS BACK TO CAMPUS AFTER SPRING BREAK CAUGHT FIRE ON INTERSTATE 70, BUT NO ONE WAS HURT. IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 P.M. SUNDAY NEAR BREEZEWOOD AND THE BUS WAS SAFELY EVACUATED. PENN STATE SPOKESWOMAN LISA POWERS SAYS IT WAS ONE OF THREE BUSES BRINGING STUDENTS FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON, D.C., BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS AFTER SPRING BREAK. POWERS SAYS THE BUS WAS SPONSORED BY THE WASHINGTON DC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. SHE SAYS STUDENTS SMELLED SMOKE ON THE BUS AND THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND THE STUDENTS EVACUATED. MUCH OF THE LUGGAGE WAS REMOVED BEFORE THE FIRE SPREAD, BUT SOME LEFT ONBOARD WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LATER ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WASN'T IMMEDIATELY KNOWN.　

  HOST OF WAEB'S "MORE THAN MONEY" GENE DICKISON SAYS RECORD SETTING NUMBERS ON WALL STREET MIGHT BE A BIT OF FOOL'S GOLD. "THE KEY COMPONENTS TO A GROWING STOCK MARKET ARE A GROWING ECONOMY AND THE KEY COMPONENTS TO A GROWING ECONOMY ARE JOB CREATION AND THE EXPANSION OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. WE DON'T HAVE EITHER OF THOSE AT THIS POINT," DICKISON SAYS. HE ADMITS TO BEING SURPRISED BY THE BIG NUMBERS ON THE DOW. HE SAYS JOB NUMBERS DO NOT SUPPORT THOSE NUMBERS. HE SAYS REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL SECTORS ARE DOING WELL HOWEVER, WHICH WOULD WARRANT KEEPING AT LEAST ONE FOOT IN THE MARKET.　

  MS AWARENESS WEEK BEGINS TODAY. KEVIN MOFFITT IS WITH THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY. "MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IS A DISEASE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND WHAT IT DOES IS SHORT CIRCUITS MESSAGES FROM YOUR BRAIN TO THE REST OF YOUR BODY. IT CAN CAUSE TINGLING IN YOUR FINGERS, NUMBNESS IN YOUR LEGS AND IT COULD EVEN AFFECT THE WAY YOU SEE AND THINK," MOFFITT SAYS. PROMINENT PEOPLE DEALING WITH MS INCLUDE MONTEL WILLIAMS, ANN ROMNEY AND NEIL CAVUTO. MOFFITT WAS AMONG THE GUESTS ON THIS WEEKEND'S 'OUTLOOK' PROGRAM.　

  THOUSANDS OF FACULTY MEMBERS AT PENNSYLVANIA'S 14 STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITIES ARE IN LINE TO SEE ANNUAL PAY RAISES OF BETWEEN 3.5 AND 7 PERCENT OVER THREE YEARS UNDER A CONTRACT THEY'VE VOTED TO APPROVE. THE ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FACULTIES, REPRESENTING 5,500 FACULTY MEMBERS, SAY THE PACT WITH THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY. THE SYSTEM'S BOARD IS SLATED TO VOTE MARCH 20. THE 5,500 FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE WORKED WITHOUT A CONTRACT SINCE JUNE 2011. THE FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT, RETROACTIVE TO JULY 1, 2011, CALLS FOR RAISES OF 1 OR 2 PERCENT IN EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. BUT FACULTY MEMBERS ALSO WOULD GET ANNUAL "SERVICE INCREMENT" INCREASES OF 5 PERCENT INCREASE FOR THOSE WITH UP TO FIVE YEARS' SERVICE OR LESS.　

  GOV. TOM CORBETT'S TOP PUBLIC WELFARE OFFICIAL SAYS HE'S SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO FIND AFFORDABLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR PENNSYLVANIANS. THAT SEARCH WILL TAKE HIM TO WASHINGTON TO MEET WITH U.S. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS. THEY'LL DISCUSS WHETHER PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD EXPAND MEDICAID UNDER THE 2010 FEDERAL AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. THE MEETING ISN'T SET YET. BUT IT'LL BE CLOSELY WATCHED. FLORIDA GOV. RICK SCOTT AND ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE BEEBE RETURNED TO THEIR STATES AFTER MEETING WITH SEBELIUS, SEEMINGLY BEARING CONCESSIONS. ALAN WEIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR STATE HEALTH POLICY SAYS IT ISN'T CLEAR WHETHER THEY HAD TO FIGHT FOR THOSE CONCESSIONS, OR WHETHER SEBELIUS AGREED PRECISELY TO GET FLORIDA AND ARKANSAS TO JOIN THE MEDICAID EXPANSION. BUT IT'S CLEAR SHE WANTS STATES TO JOIN.　

  POLICE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ALLEGE THAT A MAN FABRICATED A STORY ABOUT BEING THE VICTIM OF A HIT-AND-RUN LAST MONTH BECAUSE HE WANTED A RIDE HOME. THE 18-YEAR-OLD BEACH HAVEN RESIDENT WAS WALKING ALONG ROUTE 11 IN SALEM TOWNSHIP AT ABOUT 1 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 8 WHEN HE CALLED FOR HELP. POLICE SAID HE TOLD OFFICERS AND BERWICK AMBULANCE PERSONNEL THAT HE HAD BEEN STRUCK IN THE LEFT LEG BY A PICKUP TRUCK, BUT THEY COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF AN INJURY. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THAT HE EVENTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED HAVING MADE UP THE STORY SO HE COULD GET A RIDE. THEY SAID THE SUSPECT WILL NOW BE FACING CHARGES OF CAUSING A FALSE ALARM, FILING A FALSE REPORT AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.