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The Times Leader timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE, PA
SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2011
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U.S., other nations begin air strikes
The dirty business of using ‘bath salts’
The international strikes come hours after an emergency summit in Paris.
Authorities throughout area warn that cocaine substitute has dangerous consequences
By RYAN LUCAS and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI Associated Press
By EDWARD LEWIS elewis@timesleader.com
tacks, but the report could not be independently verified. The longtime Libyan leader vowed to defend his country from what he called “crusader aggression” and warned the involvement of international forces will subject the Mediterranean and North African region to danger and put civilians at risk. The U.S. military said 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from American and British ships and submarines at more than 20 coastal targets to clear the way for air patrols to ground Libya’s air force. French fighter jets fired the first salvos, carrying out several strikes in the rebel-held east,
BENGHAZI, Libya — The U.S. and European nations pounded Moammar Gadhafi’s forces and air defenses with cruise missiles and airstrikes Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat. Libyan state TV claimed 48 people had been killed in the at- See LIBYA, Page 14A
Law enforcement in Northeastern Pennsylvania is growing increasingly concerned over a product marketed as “bath salts” that’s being used as an alternative to cocaine. These bath salts are not the typical crystals sold in the soap and lotion aisle of a beauty store. This product is marketed mostly in head shops and gas stations INSIDE under the same Don’t try this disguise. It is lekind of salts gal to sell and in your bath, purchase. Page 16A Users snort, inShop owner gest or smoke the says he substance similar follows law, to cocaine or Page 16A crack, undercover drug detectives explained. Adverse effects of bath salts, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, include extreme paranoia, hallucinations, rapid heart rate, suicidal thoughts, disorientation, insomnia and kidney failure. It is causing headaches for law enforcement with reports of people wanting to harm themselves or others, or causing disturbances in public. Recent local incidents include: • A state police criminal commander said troopers recently encountered a man who had disrobed and threatened to harm himself while running in traffic on the Nanticoke-West Nanticoke Bridge. • Scranton police believe Ryan Foley, 25, was high on bath salts
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Wyoming Seminary students Masahiro Chiba, left, Mako Matsuzaki and Ariko Ando discuss their time in Japan during the earthquake and tsunami.
Seminary students recall quake during spring break
By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com
his feet. Chiba, 16, of Tokyo, is one of three Japanese nationals studying at Wyoming Seminary Upper School who returned home during their spring break vacation and found themselves
KINGSTON – Masahiro Chiba was on a date at the Ueno Park Zoo in Tokyo at 2:46 p.m. on Friday, March 11. All at once, the birds in the aviary starting crying out, he said. About 5 seconds later, the first See STUDENTS, Page 14A tremors of a massive 9.0 earthquake shook the ground beneath INSIDE: Food items tainted, 9A.
See SALTS, Page 16A
Area native live from New York
Rob Klein of Forty Fort has been a comedy writer for the hit NBC show since 2007. By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com
PHOTO COURTESY OF ©2011/DANA EDELSON/NBC
Saturday Night Live writer Rob Klein, a Forty Fort native, collaborates with show cast member Andy Samberg. Klein graduated from Wyoming Valley West High School.
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Forty Fort native Rob Klein spends his days thinking of ways to make people laugh. He collaborates with world-famous celebrities. His work appears on national TV. Klein’s position since 2007? Writing for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” “It’s really fun. You’re always bu-
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sy, and you’re never bored,” said Klein, who graduated from Wyoming Valley West High School in1999, as class valedictorian. Klein was always a fan of SNL and its actors. “Comedy in general I loved as a little kid, but I don’t think I ever thought it was what I was going to do when I grew up,” said Klein, 30, the son of Marilyn and Gene Klein, the latter a former Luzerne County chief clerk/administrator. The idea of comedy writing as a career surfaced while Klein was majoring in English at Harvard University, where he was able to write for the well-known under-
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graduate humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon. Klein said he practically lived at the Lampoon’s castle-like headquarters. “I loved the people there. I loved the culture. The Lampoon was my favorite thing about being in college,” Klein said. “I didn’t think of writing there as something that was going to help me with my career.” Other Lampoon writers have gone on to write for SNL, so Klein applied several times. He submitted packets of comedy sketches he had written until he was hired. SNL head writer Seth Meyers, who anchors the show’s Weekend
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MEET ROB KLEIN
Age: 30 Hometown: Forty Fort Status: Single Current residence: Greenwich Village, New York City Education: 1999 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School, valedictorian; 2003 graduate of Harvard University, magna cum laude
Update, said Klein makes his presence known at work in the NBC offices on the17th floor of the Rockefeller Center in New York City. See NATIVE, Page 15A
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