Tuesday, September 22, 2009

8am Headlines


President Barack Obama sat down with late night TV talk show host David Letterman on Monday, wrapping up a blitz of television appearances as he tries to build support for his top domestic priority, an ambitious health care overhaul plan.

"Was Jimmy Carter onto something ... was this unease rooted in racism, or is that just something to talk about?" Letterman asked.

"First of all, I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election," Obama said to huge laughs from Letterman and the audience.


Residents got to decide "needle or no needle" when it came to getting their flu shot Monday.

Vineland became the first in the area to test the new PharmaJet needle free injection technology at their drive-through clinic Monday afternoon.

Those who came out for the vaccine got to opt for the new device or the traditional injection, "One of the nice features of the system is that without needles there's no possibility of needle stick injuries to either the patient or the health care worker,


Penn State University says the body of a missing student has been found at the bottom of a stairwell about 75 yards from where he was last seen alive.

The university said Monday evening that 18-year-old freshman Joseph Dado, of Latrobe, was found dead at about 6 p.m yesterday. University police say it looks like Dado fell about 15 feet to the concrete below.


Authorities say a parachute failed to fully open during a tandem jump at a northwestern Ohio skydiving center, killing an instructor and his student.

Witnesses say instructor Daniel Mathie and student Sierra Thomas spiraled to the ground Saturday night. They landed in a field near the Cleveland Parachute Center and were pronounced dead at the scene.

two tandem teams jumped from an aircraft at about 8,000 feet.

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