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CYAN MAGENTA BLACK SCTIMESTRIBTIMESPAGES A01 072610 00:04 SUPERIMPSC CYAN MAGENTA BLACK NOVA, YANKS HUMBLE ROCHESTER Sports, Bl NEWSSTAND 75f HOME-DELIVERED 43 FINAL MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010 Tornado victims dazed and amazed but not hurt Rendell: Cameras can catch uninsured Plan: Video every car; check policy; mail fine STEVE McCONNELL STAFF PHOTO Ann Carpenter of Curtis Valley, Clinton Wayne County, fixes a neighbor's mailbox that was smashed by Friday's tornado. The twister uprooted dozens of large trees and broke fences in Curtis Valley. Storm cleanup continues cross-reference them with the motorist's insurance policy information. If a driver is found to lack valid insurance, a notice to pay a fine would be mailed to him. A contractor would collect the fines and receive a percentage of the revenue as payment.

"Drivers without insurance put all drivers at risk," said Mr. Rendell in testimony before the Senate Transportation Committee. "For that reason alone, we should be employing that technology" He estimated the system would generate $115 million in revenue annually a sum that would fill part of the gap caused by the absence of 1-80 tolls. Mr Rendell has offered a number of revenue-generating ideas, including an excess profits tax on oil companies Please see CAMERAS, PageA6 BY ROBERT SWIFT HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF HARRISBURG A proposal to identify uninsured drivers through a network of surveillance cameras is emerging as a non-tax option for new transportation revenue. Gov.

Ed Rendell broached the idea last week as he urged senators to consider a range of ideas to address the $470 million-a-year revenue gap created when federal officials rejected the state's application to toll Interstate 80. The administration requested proposals from commercial firms last year to set and run an "online insurance verification system," but no contracts have been awarded. The system would use cameras installed along state highways to take pictures of vehicle license plates and STEVE McCONNELL STAFF PHOTO Some say Pa. laws lax on teen drivers Brian Wrightson, emergency services director for the American Red Cross of Lackawanna County, stands next to an uprooted tree off Route 247 in Clinton Twp. Sunday.

The tornadoes uprooted hundreds of trees, knocked down power lines, severely damaged a Beach Lake automotive business, ripped the roofs off several barns; broke windows and sent siding, shingles and fence posts flying at scattered residences in their paths. It also left residents amazed by the damages tor Official: BP's CEO out change the mammoth tasks ahead of BP, from stopping the offshore oil gusher for good, to cleaning up the millions of gallons that have already leaked, to paying billions in claims all while defending its stock price and repairing its battered reputation. The senior U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because an announcement had not been made, was briefed on the decision by Please see HAYWARD, PageA7 BY HARRY R. WEBER AND TAMARA LUSH ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS BP's Tony Hay-ward, whose gaffes added insult to oil-spill injury for the Gulf Coast, is on his way out as CEO, a U.S.

government official said Sunday Many residents found small comfort in that as BP's biggest mistake under Mr. Hay-ward continued to foul their waters, their beaches and their way of life. A change in leadership will not An estimated 60 to 80 homes are damaged and hundreds of trees flattened. BY STEVE McCONNELL STAFF WRITER CLINTON TWP Three tornadoes and perhaps more touched down in Wayne County Friday night with one twister carving a 15-mile path with winds estimated at up to 125 mph, the National Weather Service confirmed Sunday in what is expected to be the agency's final report on the storms. No injuries have been reported but destruction is widespread and cleanup efforts continued through INSIDE St.

Joe's Festival raises $400,000 When the 49th annual St. Joseph's Center Festival wrapped up Sunday, more than $400,000 had been raised to help the center's programs. St. Joseph's president, Sister Maryalice Jacquinot, I.H.M., gave all the credit to her volunteers. Local, A3 Thrill ride serves many purposes Knoebels Amusement Resort is building an anthra-cite-themed roller coaster horror attraction that uses part of the famed Golden Nugget, which had its heyday in the 1960s in Wild-wood, N.J.

The Black Diamond is set to debut next year. Lifestyles, CI Geithner: Tax cuts should expire Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says letting Bush-era tax cuts for wealthy Americans expire is "the responsible thing to do." Business, Dl Good morning Sunny HIGH: 83 LOW: 57 Weather, B8 Subscri ptions 348-9 190 Classified ads 348-9157 Classified D2 Lottery A2 Comics C4 Movies C3 Editorial A8 Obituaries B6-7 HealthSci C6 Sports Bl Horoscope C2 TV C3 All content copyright 2010 The Times-Tribune nadoes can cause. Jim Hauenstein of Clinton Twp. said a twister went right by his house, and the pressure alone blew out a few of his windows. "To close the door, I had to put my shoulder right up against it," said Mr.

Hauenstein, adding that in his 60-years residing in Clinton Twp. he has never experienced a tornado. "It blew all the trees down, but never hurt the house," he said. Ann Carpenter, 54, who lives a few miles up the road from Mr. Hauenstein, said she was sitting at the kitchen table when the twister came through her yard, uprooting several very old trees on the family property and barely sparing her home.

Please see STORMS, Page A 7 HAYWARD Endangered turtles being released in Gulf. Health Science, C6 operation in Logar Province, where the two men were attacked. Police officers at checkpoints were handing out reward notices, and radio stations in Logar were announcing the reward. The Taliban suggested that the capture of the two sailors had been fortuitous, that the pair had strayed into an area they controlled. 3 years punished landlords who rented to aliens or businesses that employed them.

The ordinance ignited a firestorm of opposition from the Latino community and a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union and others that land-ed Hazleton in federal court. Months after a nine-day trial, Judge Munley struck Critics say tougher seat belt rules, cell phone ban and passenger limits will save lives. BY STEVE McCONNELL STAFF WRITER It's the leading cause of death for teenagers across the U.S., but when they turn 16 it's time to drive no matter what. But sometimes the privilege turns tragic. Reminders dot the Northeast Pennsylvania landscape, where makeshift roadside memorials are kept up by loved ones.

Blooming flowers, mementoes, and freshly painted crosses beside a guardrail serve as grim reminders of so far failed efforts by advocates and lawmakers to strengthen Pennsylvania's teen driving laws that some say are the weakest in the nation. Among the more vivid recent reminders is a 16-year-old Abington Heights student who received her driver's license only one month before she died in an accident in Newton Twp. in April; and two 19-year-old Search widens for Distracted driver crashes Cell phone related crashes in Pennsylvania Accidents involving handheld devices Accidents involving hands free devices 1,500, 1,200 900 600 300 0 to PI to I1- to in '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 PA. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; STATE REP. JOSEPH MARKOSEK women not wearing seat belts in two separate fatal crashes in Lackawanna and Wayne counties.

In all, there were 34,376 accidents attributed to younger drivers throughout the state in 2008, the most recent figure available. Of that, 8,654 accidents involved drivers 16 and 17 years old and 14,010 involved 18 and 19 years old age groups far more likely to be in an accident than any other. Teen drivers are about five times Please see TEENS, PageA6 its the city from enacting ordinances that disrupt a carefully drawn federal statutory scheme," Judge Munley wrote. Hazleton appealed to the circuit court. After oral arguments Oct.

31, 2008, the lawyers predicted the court would rule in six to 12 months. They are still waiting. "I believe the length of the decision on appeal indicates it is a very difficult case," said Mr. Barletta, the father of the Please see HAZLETON, PageAl THE NEW YORK TIMES KABUL, Afghanistan As a huge manhunt for two missing American sailors widened throughout a dangerous region of eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, a Taliban spokesman said that one of the Americans had been killed in an ambush and the other one had been captured. Adm.

Mike Mullen, the Hazleton waiting for ruling on law chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in Kabul on Sunday that the military would "do all we can" to return the sailors. The United States military in Afghanistan was offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to their return. Afghan and American forces were carrying out an immense aerial and ground Hazleton's immigration law. Today is the third anniversary of the ruling by U.S. District Judge James M.

Munley that grabbed national attention in finding the Luzerne County city's immigration law was unconstitutional. Lawyers in the case say they have no idea when the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rule. The case grew out of Hazleton Mayor Lou Barlet-ta's attempt to clamp down on illegal immigration through a city ordinance that down the city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act in a 206-page opinion. "Whatever frustrations the city of Hazleton may feel about the current state of federal immi gration enforce ment, the nature of the political syst I system in United States pro-hib- T7 Appeals court taking inordinate amount of time to decide the fate of immigration law.

by joe Mcdonald staff writer While the national debate over illegal immigration plays out in Arizona, lawyers across the country are still waiting for a federal appeals court decision on a lower court ruling that invalidated "22222.