CMYK Slocum Chapel With a new year Outgoing leader still in service comes a new you seeks help Historic Exeter Township Five easy ways to U.S. weighs travel request chapel is 144 years old get healthy in 2012 for Yemen’s president NEWS, 3A HEALTH, 1C NATION & WORLD, 4A The Times Leader WILKES-BARRE, PA timesleader.com TUESDAY,DECEMBER 27,2011 50¢ WITH MORE PEOPLE off, rush of bargain-hunters CLIMATE CHANGE SPORTS locally and nationally was that much greater SHOWCASE New fuel for coal vs. gas NFL SAINTS 45 FALCONS 16 debate NHL Wilkes-based group finds natural gas has RANGERS 3 smaller greenhouse footprint. ISLANDERS 0 By STEVE MOCARSKY HURRICANES 4 AP PHOTO [email protected] DEVILS 2 Rodrigo Urias, 12, looks at ‘Battlefield 3’ while browsing through games Monday at GameStop inside the Music City Aresearch group based at Wilkes University Mall in Odessa, Texas. Like most retailers, GameStop had after-Christmas sales on several items. recently revised its position on whether burning coal or natural gas has a worse impact on the en- NBA vironment and global warming. Based on several new studies, the Institute for N.J. NETS 90 Energy and Environmental Research of North- Mad-dash Monday eastern Pennsylvania concluded that, contrary WIZARDS 84 to findings in an April study by researchers at Cornell Univer- PACERS 91 By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER sity, natural gas produced from [email protected] Marcellus Shale wells has a PISTONS 79 WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Hoping to lower greenhouse footprint scoop up a great deal on Christmas than coal. lights, Debbie Grenewicz traveled to According to the institute es- MIZZOU TAKES the Target department store Monday say, the use of natural gas and BOWL TROPHY morning, only to leave with a tough the other fossil fuels for energy Klemow Missouri made sure its lesson regarding post-holiday sales: releases greenhouse gases, es- final football game as a You snooze, you lose. pecially carbon dioxide, into member of the Big 12 was By the time Grenewicz, of Askam, the atmosphere. Those gases decided early. James got to the store around 11 a.m., the are thought to increase global Franklin ran for two shelves that had held dozens of boxes temperatures. touchdowns and threw of LED lights on sale at half price were Studies conducted between for another, and the Ti- all but empty. 2000 and 2007 suggested that gers easily beat North “I can’t believe this,” Grenewicz said natural gas produces fewer Carolina 41-24 in the Inde- as she made her way out of the story greenhouse gases than coal, es- pendence Bowl on Mon- empty-handed. “I expect this on Black pecially when used to generate day night. Missouri (8-5) Friday, but not the day after Christ- electricity. ends the season on a mas. You have to wonder what time But a study by a team of researchers at Cornell four-game winning streak people came out.” University published in April found that extract- for the first time since The answer: 7 a.m., right when the ing natural gas from shale released large quanti- 1965. Sports, 1B doors opened. ties of methane – a far more potent greenhouse “We had 125 people waiting in line gas than carbon dioxide. to get inside,” said Target senior team The researchers concluded that when the full leader Casey Curcio, who was manag- DON CAREY/ THE TIMES LEADER life-cycle of energy extraction, delivery and use ing the store Monday. Mia and Selena Rubino of Mountain Top shop with their mother, Krista, on is considered, shale gas produces up to twice the The line of customers was great Monday at the Wyoming Valley Mall. greenhouse gas emissions compared to burning news for Target as well as other retail- coal or oil – especially when viewed over a 20- ers, which are counting on post-holi- ing to the National Retail Federation. Retail experts predicted the day af- year time span. day sales to boost their profits. While that’s more than the average 10- ter Christmas would be the third busi- However, seven analyses released in the sum- Retailers nationwide are expected year sales increase of 2.6 percent, it’s est shopping day of the year, thanks in mer and fall of 2011 came to a different conclu- to sell $469.1billion worth of goods still lower than the 5.2 percent in- part to the fact that it fell on sion than the Cornell study. All seven found that from November through December, a crease the industry saw last year, the INSIDE 3.8 percent increase in sales, accord- NRF said. SeeSHOP, Page 8A SeePOLLUTION, Page 5A ANEWS: Local 3A Nation & World 4A 2012 GOP PRESIDENTIAL RACE Obituaries 2A, 6A Urgent-care centers fill gap in health-care system Editorial 7A BSPORTS: Scoreboard 2B Proponents say facilities take CHEALTH: Birthdays 4C Campaign for Iowa Crossword 5C pressure off of emergency Movies/TV 6C rooms while lowering costs. DCLASSIFIED: Funnies 12D caucus in last week By ANDREW M. SEDER WEATHER Santorum only contender in take in. It’s killing jobs,” he said. [email protected] Kearney Quinn state Monday. Others to Texas Gov. Rick Perry counter- Following years of patients Rain in the P. M. ed with an advertisement that crowding area emergency rooms High 43. Low 27. arrive beginning today. said four of his rivals combined with non-threatening ailments, a Details, Page 8B —none of them Romney — have medical care concept being in- served 63 years in Congress, troduced to the Wyoming Valley By DAVID ESPO “leaving us with debt, earmarks is expected to bring relief to hos- and THOMAS BEAUMONT and bailouts.” pitals. Associated Press Former Pennsylvania Sen. Known as urgent-care centers, DES MOINES, Iowa — An Io- Rick Santorum, who has invested many facilities have sprung up wa caucus campaign that has cy- more time in Iowa than any other locally in Northeastern Pennsyl- cled through several Republican contender, countered that “most vania during the past year, and CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER presidential front-runners en- Americans now believe that a lit- experts believe more will follow. MedExpress Dr. Joan Orloski DO, right, talks with Haile Crockett, tered its final week Monday, as tle bit of experience going into a The centersinclude: Geisin- who cut his thumb, as Marlene Shields, RN, puts on a bandage. unpredictable as the day conser- job like president is probably a ger urgent-care clinics in Dallas vatives began competing to good thing.” and South Wilkes-Barre; Con- cy rooms are meant to handle. And many urgent-care facili- emerge as Mitt Romney’s chief ri- Santorum was the only presi- centra Urgent Care on Highland Urgent care facilities are ties are also equipped with X-ray val. dential candidate in the state dur- Park Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre equipped to handle non-life- machines and laboratories so Romney, the former Massa- ing the day. Township; and MedExpress Ur- threatening injuries and illness- staff can quickly diagnose condi- chusetts governor, released a That changes today, with bus gent Care centers on Kidder es such as minor burns and lacer- tions. They are staffed by physi- new television commercial for tours planned by Perry, former Street in Wilkes-Barre and the ations, bee stings, sprains and cians, physician assistants, nurse the state in which he cited a “mor- House Speaker Newt Gingrich West Side Mall in Edwardsville. fractures, cold and flu symp- practitioners, nurses and licens- 6 0981510011 al imperative for America to stop They fill the gap between what toms, minor infections and asth- spending more money than we SeeIOWA, Page 5A family physicians and emergen- ma complications. SeeCARE, Page 5A K PAGE 2A TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27,2011T➛ timesleader.com HE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com THE COMPANY LINE Cops: Texas gunman DETAILS LOTTERY was dressed as Santa MIDDAY DRAWING DAILY NUMBER 3-4-3 Seven found dead in apartment 60, dead. Police say one of the BIG FOUR 5-6-3-5 QUINTO 6-7-2-0-6 on Christmas in what police dead, a middle-aged man, is sus- pected of being responsible. A TREASURE HUNT consider a murder-suicide. motive for the shootings remains 01-02-11-26-27 unclear. Investigators worked over- NIGHTLY DRAWING By DANNY ROBBINS night, meticulously searching DAILY NUMBER 1-5-6 Associated Press the apartment, along with three BIG FOUR 0-7-5-8 GRAPEVINE, Texas — Six vehicles parked outside. members of a Texas family appar- “It appears they had just cele- QUINTO 6-9-7-0-8 ently opened Christmas presents brated Christmas. They had CASH FIVE just before a relative dressed as opened their gifts,” Grapevine 08-16-19-20-32 Santa Claus showed up, opened Police Sgt. Robert Eberling said MATCH SIX fire and killed them before killing Sunday, adding that the apart- 09-11-16-30-41-45 himself, police said Monday. ment was decorated for the holi- Grapevine police spokesman day, including a tree. HARRISBURG – No player Sgt. Robert Eberling said the Two handguns were found matched all five winning shooter showed up in the Santa near the bodies, and it appears all numbers drawn in Monday’s outfit shortly before gunfire died of gunshot wounds, he said. “Pennsylvania Cash 5” game erupted and was a member of the Grapevine Police Lt. Todd so the jackpot will be worth family. The identity of the shoo- Dearing said investigators be- $330,000. ter and the victims were to be re- lieve that the victims were relat- Lottery officials said 65 leased after autopsies were con- ed, though some were visiting players matched four num- ducted Monday, he said.