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• First Responders: Locating 911 Callers More Difficult With Cell Phones

  07-12-2016 23:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Many homeowners are dumping their landlines and going completely wireless.
  You can certainly save money that way, but first responders say it could come at a price.
  Cell phone coverage has gotten so good that the question is no longer “can you hear me now?” It’s “can you find me now?”
  “We’re having to locate you through the data we receive through the carriers,” Chief Matt Brown with Allegheny Co. Emergency Service said.
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• Police Looking For Thieves Who Stole Donation Box For Cancer Victims

  07-12-2016 23:04
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Thieves made off with a donation box for cancer victims in Cranberry Township.The Cranberry Township Police Department posted these photos on their Facebook page of the thieves.
  Police say the men took the donation box from a convenience store.They posted their photos in hopes that someone might know who the men are so they can track them down.If you have any information about the men, call the Cranberry Township Police Department at 724-776-5180 extension 5 or email ti
  
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• Kidsburgh: Pittsburgh Youth Chorus Opens Doors For Kids

  07-12-2016 22:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Music is a big part of the holidays, and there’s nothing more beautiful than children singing carols.
  The Pittsburgh Youth Chorus is our region’s most prestigious youth choral group. They have been around for 33 years — started at the request of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra when they needed children’s voices for the Mahler Symphony.
  FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: Kidsburgh.org
  After that, the children wanted to keep singing, so the chorus just
  
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• 2 Juveniles Charged In Tennessee Wildfires That Killed 14

  07-12-2016 22:46
  
  SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings.
  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, local District Attorney General James Dunn and Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced charges at a news conference Wednesday, but released few other specifics about the juveniles or how the fires started.
  Dunn said the juveniles face aggravated arson charges in the fire
  
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• Walmart cancels plans for McCandless store

  07-12-2016 22:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Walmart has pulled the plug on its plans to build a supercenter store in McCandless, one month after O’Hara grocer Giant Eagle purchased two tracts of land that were critical to the Arkansas retailer’s proposal.
  
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• Blawnox man convicted in rare child-porn trial after representing himself

  07-12-2016 22:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Blawnox man who represented himself in a rare federal child pornography trial was quickly found guilty today on all counts.
  
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• Walmart Decides Not To Pursue McCandless Development

  07-12-2016 21:22
  
  MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — After much debate, controversy and legal red tape, Walmart will not be coming to the North Hills after all.
  The decision was announced Wednesday afternoon through a statement from the company.
  The statement from Walmart spokesman Phillip Keene reads in full:
  “After much deliberation, we have decided not to pursue development of a new store in McCandless.
  “We greatly appreciate the support we received from the community, and many others, as we worked
  
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• Dunlap: Be Mad At The Right Person

  07-12-2016 20:49
  
  I got an interesting question — actually questions — from a friend the other day.“What do you think PirateFest will be like?” he asked.“The attendance?” I responded.
  “Well, that and the mood – both of those things?” was the double-pronged probe thrown back at me from my friend.So, yeah, two questions.Two questions from a friend who is a diehard Pirates fan; a person who stuck with the franchise through all the losing and regularly heads to th
  
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• Twitter Users Believe Time Magazine Gave Donald Trump Devil Horns On Cover

  07-12-2016 20:47
  
  (CBS Local /AP) — Did Time magazine give Donald Trump horns on its “Person of the Year” cover?
  Many on social media believe so.
  Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Stock Surges Nearly 10 Percent Since Trump Elected
  People took to Twitter to point out that it appears Time gave the president-elect devil horns with where they placed him on the cover.Nice job with the devil horns on @realDonaldTrump @TIME #time #trump pic.twitter.com/jtUCnGGuyg
  — Chris Marion (@CMa
  
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• OneJet Adding New Non-Stop Service From Pittsburgh

  07-12-2016 20:40
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Add Richmond, Virginia, and Albany, New York, to the list of growing non-stop destinations from Pittsburgh International Airport.
  The news comes after OneJet Airlines announced Wednesday that they will begin non-stop service to the two cities in March.
  OneJet CEO Matthew Maguire tells KDKA Radio, “It’s very good business for us. It’s a very good product for our customers. And relative to the size of what we do, Pittsburgh is a massive ma
  
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• Police: Young Man Escapes Detention Center, Steals Truck, Leads Police On Chase

  07-12-2016 20:24
  
  UNITY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A young man is in custody after police say he escaped from a detention center in Westmoreland County, stole a pickup truck and led officers on a chase along Route 30.
  According to the criminal complaint, it all started around 2 p.m. Tuesday when 18-year-old Kasaon Murphy escaped from custody at Adelphoi Village.Murphy had been committed to the facility by the court.Police say Murphy then went to the Auto Zone in Latrobe where he stole a pickup truck while its owner
  
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• United Airlines To Begin Charging For Overhead Bin Space

  07-12-2016 20:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) —United Airlines will reportedly begin charging to use the overhead bins starting next year.The Denver Post reports United Airlines will begin charging customers for the use of an overhead bin in 2017.The Post reports that as part of the company’s new pricing tier, Basic Economy passengers who purchase the airline’s cheapest fares will only be allowed one personal item that must fit under your seat.United will also reportedly not assign customers seats until t
  
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• 5 Affordable Holiday Escapes For Families

  07-12-2016 20:00
  
  By Randy Yagi
  The holidays have arrived and what better way to celebrate this magical time of year than by spending time with your family? Nevertheless, while it’s always fun to simply stay close to home, with presents to open, goodies to eat and carols to sing, it might also be an opportune time to take a budget vacation destination to recharge and get away from it all. Not only will you be able to provide fun and exciting things to do with your children, you’ll also be able to rel
  
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• Police: Man left 5 kids home alone to rob convenience store

  07-12-2016 19:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police said a Brookline man left his five kids home alone in squalid conditions while he robbed a convenience store.
  
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• Police: Black Cat Crosses Suspect’s Path, Rats Him Out

  07-12-2016 19:43
  
  EPHRATA, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania police department says a black cat was lucky for one of its officers tracking down a fugitive.
  The Ephrata Police Department posted on its Facebook page that officers were searching for Jonathan Michael Steffy last month over an outstanding bench warrant.
  They found the 23-year-old in a backyard but he fled. As they searched the area, one officer noticed a black cat in a nearby yard staring intently at a shed.The officer checked that shed, but it was empt
  
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• Showdown in Washington over coal miner benefits enters final days

  07-12-2016 19:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  The fate of health care and pensions of thousands of coal miners is taking center stage this week as Congress struggles to pass a funding bill by Friday to keep the government open for the next four months.
  
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• Congress tackling miners’ benefits

  07-12-2016 19:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  The fate of health care and pensions of thousands of coal miners is taking center stage this week as Congress struggles to pass a funding bill by Friday to keep the government open for the next four months.
  
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• Allegheny County passes budget with slight cost-of-living increase, money for parks and bridges and no property tax increases

  07-12-2016 19:21 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County’s operating and capital budget for 2017 passed Tuesday, with property taxes maintained at current levels.
  
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• Report: LGBT Students Still Face Discrimination At School

  07-12-2016 19:05
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A report from an international human rights organization concludes many public schools are still hostile environments for LGBT students.
  The lengthy report from Human Rights Watch, released Wednesday in Sioux Falls, was based on interviews primarily with current and former high school students, parents, administrators and teachers in Alabama, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Utah.
  It documented several challenges lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender students
  
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• A Life on the Hill: Coming home to a city ready to explode

  07-12-2016 18:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  To read more about "A Life on the Hill: The journey of Sala Udin mirrors the experience of many African-American Pittsburghers," please visit http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/life-on-the-hill/#chapterSix
  
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• 19 gifts fit for a hipster from Pittsburgh's indie artists

  07-12-2016 18:17
  Illustrator Matthew Buchholz's alternate history series features monsters added to vintage artwork, such as a gigantic cat tipping over the Leaning Tower of Pisa and tentacled monsters wreaking havoc on bridges. Where to find it: on display through Dec. 11 at Sweetwater Center for the Arts, 200 Broad St., Sewickley, various local bookstores and online .
  
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• History Center Observes 75th Anniversary Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

  07-12-2016 17:57
  
  PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA/AP) – Today marks the 75th anniversary of the day President Franklin Roosevelt said would “live in infamy.”
  It was on Dec. 7, 1941 that Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, drawing the United States into World War II. Today, survivors are gathering to honor the more than 2,300 service people killed in the raid.
  Andy Masich, president and CEO of the Heinz History Center, tells “The KDKA Morning News” that like the
  
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• Port Authority, bus drivers reach tentative contract agreement again

  07-12-2016 17:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  For the second time in four months, Port Authority bus drivers and mechanics have reached a tentative four-year contract agreement that would grant drivers raises of 11.25 percent.
  
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• Two second-graders at Penn Hills school sickened after sniffing substance in test tube

  07-12-2016 17:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two second-graders at Imagine Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship were taken to the hospital today as a precaution when one brought a test tube with anticoagulant to school and opened it in class, authorities said.
  
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• Two 2nd graders at Penn Hills charter school sickened after sniffing substance in test tube

  07-12-2016 17:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two second-graders at Imagine Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship were taken to the hospital today as a precaution when one brought a test tube with anticoagulant to school and opened it in class, authorities said.
  
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• Penn Hills students sickened after sniffing substance in test tube

  07-12-2016 17:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two students at Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship were sickened today when one brought a test tube with anticoagulant substances to school and opened it, police said. 
  
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• Cops: Man Left 5 Kids Home Alone To Go Rob Convenience Store

  07-12-2016 17:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Police say a Pittsburgh man left his five kids home alone in squalid conditions while he robbed a convenience store.
  Police say 36-year-old Anthony Heard robbed the CoGo’s early Tuesday, then returned to buy something wearing the same hat and shoes while officers were interviewing the victimized clerk.
  Police say they arrested Heard after the clerk recognized his clothing, and Heard protested that he couldn’t go to jail because his wife had been arrested the d
  
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• Police Seek Laundry Mat Arson Suspect

  07-12-2016 17:18
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are looking for a man who set fire to a trash can in a laundry mat in South Oakland last month.
  The incident happened around 7:25 a.m. on Nov. 22 at the business located in the 3200 block of Kennett Square.
  (Source: Pittsburgh Police)
  According to police, the fire spread from the trash can to a laundry tub. The business and apartments above it sustained extensive smoke damage.
  People were in the upstairs apartments at the time the fire b
  
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• Study Finds Men More At Risk Of Overeating During Holidays

  07-12-2016 17:07
  
  CBS Local – Eating the most at the holiday table is a classic Power-Dad move. When everyone else quits on their second plate, there’s always the one person to grab that third dish and it’s usually a man.
  A study conducted by the Cornell Food and Brand Lab has found that men are at risk at overeating, simply because of their ego.
  “Even if men aren’t thinking about it, eating more than a friend tends to be understood as a demonstration of virility and strength,&r
  
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• Uber Wants Pennsylvania To Delay Rules For Driverless Cars

  07-12-2016 16:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Ride-sharing company Uber wants the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to delay policy recommendations that govern the testing of driverless cars.
  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says Uber, which has been testing the driverless cars in Pittsburgh for weeks, wants PennDOT to wait for legislation to be passed before it attempts to regulate such testing.
  PennDOT’s proposed guidelines, which were released Tuesday, would let the state access Uber’s data about
  
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• Source: Students Sickened By Unknown Substance At Charter School

  07-12-2016 16:41
  
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — Police, firefighters and paramedics have been called to an elementary school in Penn Hills.
  According to emergency dispatchers, they were called to the former Washington Elementary school, now called the Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship, on Main Street after 10 a.m.
  Sources tell KDKA several students have become sickened and one woman is unresponsive.
  Students are reportedly being moved to the gym as a precaution.
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• Officials: 2nd Grader Brings Test Tube Containing Anti-Coagulant To School

  07-12-2016 16:41
  
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — Two students were rushed to the hospital from a charter school in Penn Hills after an unknown substance in a test tube caused some alarm.
  Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the former Washington Elementary school, now called the Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship, on Main Street after 10 a.m.
  According to officials, a second grader brought the test tube to school after obtaining it during a visit to some type of lab.
  The substance inside was b
  
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• Siberia Stunned By Meteor And Loud Explosion

  07-12-2016 16:31
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/CBS) – Residents in Siberia are checking for damage after a violent meteor rocked the region.Witnesses in the Khakasiya region say a meteor streaked overhead then a loud explosion was heard.Videos posted to social media show the sky illuminated briefly, followed by a loud explosion.The official website for the town of Sayanogorsk described the suspected meteor as a falling “celestial body.”
  CBS News reports: “At about 18:37 a flying shining object was see
  
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• Police release video in search for South Oakland arson suspect

  07-12-2016 16:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are asking the public’s help in identifying an arson suspect in connection with a South Oakland incident.
  
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• Police beat Dec. 7

  07-12-2016 16:06
  Man sought: An arrest warrant for Vincent E. Knight, 22, of Pascagoula, Miss., has been issued for a Nov. 6 incident at California Terrace.
  
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• Police: ‘Out-Of-Control’ Suspect Shot After Charging At Officers

  07-12-2016 15:56
  
  JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — State police say a domestic disturbance suspect is in critical condition after being shot by police officers overnight in Washington County.
  Police were called to a home on Bethel Ridge Road in Avella just before 12:30 a.m. for a domestic dispute.
  According to police, the suspect’s mother told police her son, 20-year-old Steven Ward, was “out of control, damaging property and being physical with family members.”
  State police say Ward, who was a
  
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• Police: College Student Put Bleach In Girlfriend’s Water Bottle In Attempt To Abort Pregnancy

  07-12-2016 15:56
  
  MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A central Pennsylvania university student already accused of trying to abort his girlfriend’s pregnancy by putting bleach in her water has now been charged with trying to kill her in the process.
  LNP reports Lancaster County prosecutors added the attempted homicide charge Tuesday against 20-year-old Theophilous Washington, of Washington, D.C.
  The former Millersville University student is already awaiting trial on attempted homicide and reckless endangerment c
  
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• Washington County man critically wounded in police shooting

  07-12-2016 15:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police shot a Washington County man involved in an overnight domestic disturbance, critically wounding him.
  
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• Florida Grocery Store Offers Beer And Wine While You Shop

  07-12-2016 15:49
  
  CBS Tampa (Jacksonville, FL) – Going to the grocery store is surely a chore, just something that needs to get done. Conversely, most of the time at least, going and grabbing drinks is a treat to be looked forward to. Well, what happens when a Florida grocery store tries to imbue a little of the latter with the former?
  It’s true– at Lucky’s Market in Jacksonville, Florida, customers can purchase a pint of beer for $3 or a glass of wine for $2, throw it in their&n
  
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• Trump Named Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year

  07-12-2016 15:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Time magazine on Wednesday named President-elect Donald Trump its Person of the Year.
  “It’s a great honor. It means a lot,” Trump said in a telephone interview on NBC’s “Today” show.
  Time editor Nancy Gibbs said on the program that Democrat Hillary Clinton was the No. 2 finalist. Gibbs said the choice of Trump this year was “straightforward.”
  “When have we ever seen a single individual who has so defied expectations, b
  
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• Police investigating attempted child luring in West Oakland

  07-12-2016 15:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating an attempted child luring in West Oakland.
  
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• Thursday Night Breakdown: Raiders, Chiefs Battle For AFC West Lead

  07-12-2016 15:19
  
  By Danny Cox
  When the 2016 NFL regular season started, many expected the Denver Broncos, the defending Super Bowl champions, would contend for the AFC West crown. While they’re definitely still in the race at 8-4, the Broncos are third in the division, behind the Oakland Raiders (10-2) and Kansas City Chiefs (9-3).
  This week’s Thursday Night Football matchup between the Raiders and Chiefs promises to be one of the season’s most important and most exciting. The AF
  
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• Cooking With Rania: Holiday Cookie Bar

  07-12-2016 14:59
  
  This week, Rania Harris is making her 499th appearance in the Pittsburgh Today Live kitchen. On this special occasion (and just in time for the holiday season), she making one of her classic recipes, an Apricot Nut Torte!
  Apricot Nut Torte
  Ingredients:
  1 box dried apricots
  1 cup sugar
  4 cups chopped walnuts
  1 cup sugar
  1 teaspoon cinnamon
  3 sticks sweet butter
  4 cups flour
  1 small cake yeast
  1/4 c. Warm water
  1/4 c. Milk
  4 egg yolks
  Directions:
  In a small pot, bring apricots, sugar and enough wa
  
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• PTL Links: Dec. 7, 2016

  07-12-2016 14:53
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Polar Plunge for Special Olympics
  Leslie Bonci’s Winning Plate
  First Night Pittsburgh
  Cooking With Rania
  Rania’s Recipes: Apricot Nut Torte
  What’s New Dr. Frank
  
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• TRAFFIC: Route 65, I-376 airport ramp lane restrictions scheduled

  07-12-2016 14:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  PennDOT is closing a lane along northbound Route 65/Ohio River Boulevard today for drilling work.
  
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• Couple Charged After Infant OD’s On Methadone

  07-12-2016 14:20
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pittsburgh couple being treated for heroin addiction has been charged with endangering their infant son who overdosed on methadone, a drug used to treat addicts.
  The 2-month-old boy wasn’t breathing and had to be revived with Narcan, a drug used to revive overdose victims in October.
  Police say 38-year-old Lorie Adkins told them she took methadone shortly before breastfeeding the boy, and believes she might have passed the drug to him that way. But Allegheny Count
  
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• Sheriff’s Office: Kidnapping, Rape Suspect Found Hiding Behind Dryer, Arrested

  07-12-2016 14:02
  
  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) — Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man suspected of kidnapping and raping a woman.
  George Holiday, 26, of Duquesne, was wanted on three separate warrants.
  The Sheriff’s Office says a tip sent them to the Monview Housing complex in West Mifflin. Sheriff’s deputies searched two apartments there and found Holiday hiding behind a dryer.
  He was taken into custody.
  Police have been looking for Holiday since an incident at a gas station in
  
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• Auditor Says Clearer Rules Needed For Use Of Drilling Fees

  07-12-2016 13:25
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – Pennsylvania’s auditor general says the state should rein in what he called questionable spending of some of the hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from a natural gas drilling boom that have swelled local government coffers under a nearly five-year-old state law.
  In a new report, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, a Democrat, said the program needs better spending guidelines, improved reporting requirements and more rigorous state oversight. He also s
  
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• Duquesne man wanted on rape, kidnapping, other charges arrested

  07-12-2016 13:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 26-year-old Duquesne man wanted on several charges, including kidnapping and rape, was apprehended in West Mifflin late Tuesday.
  
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• Baby Jesus Statue Stolen From Bethlehem Nativity Scene

  07-12-2016 12:49
  
  BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) – Police are looking for the woman who stole the baby Jesus statue from a Nativity scene in Bethlehem.
  Surveillance cameras captured the theft from Payrow Plaza early Sunday.
  Police say the statue was recovered, along with an incoherent note, in neighboring Bethlehem Township.
  The woman was seen walking a dog before she drove off.
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