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• Veteran Returns To Combat Zones, Risks Life To Save Pets

  23-01-2017 23:57
  
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There is a delicate and dangerous operation that happens overseas, where lives are on the line, and precious cargo hangs in the balance.
  One man has made it his mission to rescue and bring home war zone pets.
  “It’s dangerous enough that if my identity was released, and people knew we were trying to help military members I could very easily be killed,” said the man.
  But it’s a mission the special ops veteran voluntarily takes on — the re
  
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• Pittsburgh mayor plans to meet with family of man killed in Larimer police-involved shooting

  23-01-2017 23:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said today that he plans to meet with the family of a man killed this weekend after police opened fire while responding to his home for a report of a burglary in progress.
  
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• Peduto plans to meet with family of man killed in Larimer police-involved shooting

  23-01-2017 23:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said today that he plans to meet with the family of a man killed this weekend after police opened fire while responding to his home for a report of a burglary in progress.
  
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• KDKA Anchors Make Good On AFC Championship Bet With CBS Boston

  23-01-2017 23:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Ahead of the AFC Championship Game, the KDKA-TV Morning News team made a friendly wager with WBZ-TV in Boston.
  They would donate to the KDKA-TV Turkey Fund and wear Steelers gear if we won and we would donate to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and don Pats apparel if they won.
  Well, you know how the game went.
  Monday morning, Rick Dayton, Heather Abraham and Ron Smiley hit the streets of Pittsburgh wearing New England Patriots apparel.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
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• Pittsburgh Executive Part Of 1st Official Trump Meeting At White House

  23-01-2017 23:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A dozen top manufacturing business leaders gathered at the White House on Monday morning to meet with President Trump in what he described as his first “official” meeting.
  And a Pittsburgh CEO was there — Mario Longhi, president and CEO of the U.S. Steel Corporation.
  “What we want is fair trade, fair trade. We’re going to treat countries fairly, but they have to treat us fairly,” the President told the executives.
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• Flood advisory issued for much of Western Pa.; turnpike under a weather emergency

  23-01-2017 23:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  In the wake of torrential rain that has been pouring throughout the area, the National Weather Service today issued a flood advisory for much of Western Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike is now operating under a weather emergency.
  
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• Flood advisory issued for much of Western Pa.

  23-01-2017 23:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  In the wake of torrential rain that has been pouring throughout the area, the National Weather Service today issued a flood advisory for much of Western Pennsylvania.
  
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• Police responding to burglary kill homeowner, not intruder

  23-01-2017 23:11
  
  CORRECTS DATE OF INCIDENT TO SUNDAY NOT MONDAY AND JAN. 23 PHOTO TO UNDATED PHOTO - This undated photo provided by the city of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Safety shows Juan Brian Jetter-Clark.
  
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• Ohio River flood of 1937

  23-01-2017 23:11
  View looking west along the flooded railroad yards, with the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company Central Warehouse and Mount Washington on the left, the 32.4-foot high Monongahela River on the right and the Wabash and Point Bridges in the background on Jan. 23, 1937. The Ohio River flooded in late January and early February of 1937 after eighteen straight days of rain and sleet.
  
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• West Deer man charged with beating woman 'beyond recognition'

  23-01-2017 23:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  A West Deer man beat a woman “beyond recognition” by striking her in the face with a wood burner tool and the stock of a BB gun, pulling out chunks of her hair and kicking her repeatedly in the face, police said.
  
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• Opening Night: Casellula @ Alphabet City

  23-01-2017 22:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  For a place that specializes in cheese and wine in a city neighborhood setting with sleek décor and a location adjacent to a progressive bookstore, the crowd at Casellula @ Alphabet City was expectedly urbane, albeit with a distinctly Pittsburgh bent: some folks arrived after protesting the inauguration of the 45thPresident, others from a rally for the Steelers at nearby Stage AE.
  
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• Romantic Valentine’s Day Destinations

  23-01-2017 22:00
  
  We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. Run away this Valentine’s Day with your significant other to the vacation of your dreams. These five destinations offer an adventure for every type of romantic. Sans the traditional v-day gifts of chocolate and roses by treating yourselves to some quality alone time. After all, what is life but one grand adventure.
  San Francisco, California
  Tennessee Williams once said, “America has only three cities: New York, San Francis
  
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• Red Cross Issues Emergency Call For Blood Donations

  23-01-2017 21:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion.
  Now a major blood shortage has the American Red Cross issuing an emergency call for donations.
  For more information on where in Western Pennsylvania you can donate, click here. 
  
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• Keidel: Brady And Ryan, A Contrast In QBs

  23-01-2017 21:58
  
  By Jason Keidel
  All Super Bowls have their own stories, plots and subplots.
  The more — or the more intense — the merrier. From the tete-a-tete between Ray Buchanan and Shannon Sharpe to the worldwide ankle watch on Terrell Owens to Hollywood Henderson questioning Terry Bradshaw’s IQ, we like our sporting events distilled to storylines, to good vs evil.
  In the absence of that this year — unless you find some vicarious thrill in Roger Goodell’s quite conspicuous
  
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• Pittsburgh Ranked No. 4 Best City For Foodies

  23-01-2017 21:40
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Where classic comfort food meets a fresh infusion of trendy cuisine, Pittsburgh has caught the eye of foodies around the world.
  Smart Asset has placed the Steel City as the #4 best foodie city in America.
  Miami, Florida.
  Seattle, Washington
  San Francisco, California
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Cincinnati, Ohio
  Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Denver, Colorado
  Tucson, Arizona
  Honolulu, Hawaii
  New Orleans, Louisiana
  How were these cities selected?
  Smart Asset gathered data for seven f
  
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• Pa. Wife Admits Killing Spouse After He Got PFA Order Against Her

  23-01-2017 21:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pennsylvania woman has pleaded guilty to shooting her husband hours after he got a protection-from-abuse order against her.
  Patricia Katchur pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced Monday to 15 to 30 years in prison.
  Allegheny County police say the 56-year-old Katchur shot her husband May 13, 2015. Katchur had been living with her sister since the couple fought days earlier, but she returned to their McKeesport home to get some belongings.
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• McKeesport woman pleads guilty to third-degree murder for killing estranged husband

  23-01-2017 20:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  A McKeesport woman will spend 15 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to third-degree murder. 
  
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• Dunlap: Steelers Flubs Just As Much The Story

  23-01-2017 19:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) – Stop this insanity. Please, I beg you.
  Stop with this whole, “No matter what the Steelers did, they weren’t going to beat the Patriots anyway because New England was so well coached and Tom Brady played so well” nonsense.
  It’s grating, infuriating and exasperating.
  And you know what, when a team loses, it doesn’t have to be an either/or proposition that some are trying to make it out to be.
  Was New England really good in the AFC tit
  
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• Police: Woman Brutally Beaten With Wood Burner, BB Gun

  23-01-2017 19:45
  
  WEST DEER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A man is behind bars after police say he brutally beat a women in West Deer Township.
  The female victim was brought to the West Deer Township Police station just before 10 p.m. Sunday.
  According to a criminal complaint, she was completely covered in blood and beaten beyond recognition.
  She told officers that Frank Daniels attacked her and said he was going to kill her.
  Daniels allegedly choked the woman, threw a wood burner on her and rolled it on her repea
  
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• Police seek public's help after car stolen from Hampton dealership

  23-01-2017 19:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Hampton police are seeking two men in connection with the theft of a vehicle from a local car dealership.
  
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• Man Charged After 2 Meth Labs Discovered In Aliquippa

  23-01-2017 19:24
  
  ALIQUIPPA (KDKA) — A man is facing charges after two meth labs were discovered in Aliquippa this weekend.
  Around 6:30 Saturday, Aliquippa and Hopewell officers stopped a driver in the parking lot of Crestmont Shopping Center on Brodhead Road. They were called on report of reckless driving.
  Police saw items used in the production of methamphetamine drugs.
  Emergency responders shut off the area surrounding the traffic stop and several businesses closed early due to the po
  
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• Man Accused Of Pulling Fire Alarm At Steelers Hotel Says He’s A Die-Hard Patriots Fan

  23-01-2017 19:16
  
  BOSTON (CBS) – The man police say pulled a fire alarm early Sunday morning at the hotel where the Pittsburgh Steelers were staying was arraigned in South Boston Municipal Court Monday.
  CBS Boston reports a State Police report says Dennis Harrison, 25 of East Boston, told officers he “got drunk and did something stupid” because “the Steelers are staying here.”
  Harrison was charged with charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and setting off a false fir
  
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• Report: 7 Cars Vandalized In Greensburg

  23-01-2017 19:12
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Seven cars were damaged in the dead of night over the weekend in Greensburg.
  The Tribune-Review reports the vehicles were all parked along the 200 and 300 blocks of Brown Avenue.
  The damaged took place late Friday evening or early Saturday morning.
  Targeted vehicles were keyed and some had tires slashed.
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• Police Search For Men Who Vandalized Vehicles In Greensburg

  23-01-2017 19:12
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Multiple cars were damaged in the dead of night over the weekend in Greensburg.
  The vehicles were all parked along the 200 and 300 blocks of Brown Avenue.
  The damaged took place late Friday evening or early Saturday morning.
  Surveillance video shows two men keying vehicles and slashing tires.
  “Alongside the vehicle, it looked like some one keyed it ran a sharp object down it,” Greensburg Police Capt. Robert Stafford said.
  Surveillance video shows t
  
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• Police Search For Men Seen Vandalizing Vehicles In Greensburg

  23-01-2017 19:12
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Multiple cars were damaged in the dead of night over the weekend in Greensburg.
  The vehicles were all parked along the 200 and 300 blocks of Brown Avenue.
  The damaged took place late Friday evening or early Saturday morning.
  Surveillance video shows two men keying vehicles and slashing tires.
  “Alongside the vehicle, it looked like some one keyed it ran a sharp object down it,” Greensburg Police Capt. Robert Stafford said.
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• Man's ear bitten off during fight about President Trump, police say

  23-01-2017 18:40
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• Pa. Man Convicted Of 3 Murders As Teen Kills Himself In Prison

  23-01-2017 18:22
  
  CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a man who broke into a classmate’s home in 2007 and stabbed the teenager and his parents to death in 2007 has killed himself in prison.
  Cumberland County Deputy Coroner Jeff Miller said Monday that 25-year-old Alec Kreider was found hanging in his cell Friday at the state prison in Camp Hill.
  The Department of Corrections says staff members tried to revive Kreider after a guard found him unconscious in his cell. He was pronounced dead at a hospit
  
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• 2 Officers On Leave Following Fatal Shooting In Larimer

  23-01-2017 18:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two police officers are now on leave after shooting and killing a man during a burglary investigation.
  The officers were investigating a burglary in Larimer Sunday morning, when a man inside the house started shooting.
  The police officers returned fire and killed the man.
  The criminal complaint for Juan Brian Jeter-Clark, 23, says he had broken into a home at 129 Finley Street around 4 a.m.
  The homeowner, 57-year-old Christopher Mark Thompkins, was asleep with his ex-wi
  
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• Sergeant at Allegheny County Sheriff's Office arrested in domestic dispute

  23-01-2017 18:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  A sergeant with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Sunday after being involved in a domestic dispute with his wife, according to a statement by the sheriff's office.
  
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• Pa. Senate grills corrections officials on plan to close two prisons

  23-01-2017 18:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania senators peppered state corrections officials at a hearing this morning with questions about the safety, savings and speed of a plan to close two prisons this year.
  
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• Indiana Lawmaker Apologizes For ‘Fat Women’ Meme

  23-01-2017 18:00
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indiana state senator is apologizing for an “offensive” message about women who attended the Women’s March on Washington, but says he doesn’t know how it was posted to his Facebook account.
  The meme says, “In one day, Trump got more fat women out walking, than Michelle Obama did in 8 years,” and appears to include a photo of women participating in Saturday’s march. It has since been deleted.
  Republican Sen. Jack Sandlin says
  
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• Video: Crews Find 3 Puppies Alive Under Avalanche-Hit Hotel

  23-01-2017 17:56
  
  FARINDOLA, Italy (AP) – Rescue crews say they have found three puppies alive in the rubble of an Italian mountain hotel slammed by an avalanche.
  Firefighter spokesman Fabio German said the discovery signals that there are still chances of finding some of the 23 people still buried under the snow alive. Emergency crews have held out hope that survivors found air pockets under the tons of snow and rubble.
  So far nine people have been rescued from the snow-covered Hotel Rigopiano, which was h
  
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• Ben Roethlisberger Says Game Was ‘Maybe Too Big’ For Young Teammates

  23-01-2017 17:43
  
  Ryan Mayer
  Big Ben and the Steelers couldn’t seem to get the offense clicking for much of last night’s 36-17 loss in the AFC Championship to the New England Patriots in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Part of the offense’s problems stemmed from an early groin injury suffered by star running back Le’Veon Bell, but Roethlisberger thinks something else was to blame for the loss. According to Roethlisberger’s comments in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the moment was “too bi
  
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• Lawsuit: Trump Businesses Violate Constitution

  23-01-2017 17:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – A legal watchdog group is filing a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments.
  The group says Trump is violating the so-called emoluments clause in the Constitution that prohibits him from receiving money from diplomats for stays at his hotels or foreign governments for leases of office space in his buildings. The language in the clause is disputed by some legal scholars.
  
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• Allegheny Co. Deputy Sheriff Sergeant Arrested On Domestic Assault Charges

  23-01-2017 17:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An Allegheny County deputy sheriff sergeant was arrested on domestic assault charges Sunday.
  Curtis Sowder, 28, was taken into custody at his residence in Bridgeville following a domestic violence incident involving his spouse.
  Sowder was taken to the Allegheny County Jail and has since been released after posting bail.
  A 7-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, Sowder has been placed on paid administrative leave.
  The Sheriff’s Office is reportedly &ldqu
  
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• Pittsburgh-area gasoline prices fall again to $2.62 a gallon

  23-01-2017 17:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  After rising for much of December, retail gasoline prices in the Pittsburgh region have eased slightly, dropping 3 cents per gallon in the last week, according to GasBuddy.com, a price-tracking website.
  
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• Kid’s Menu Is Just As Unhealthy As It Was 5 Years Ago, Study Finds

  23-01-2017 17:10
  
  (CBS Local) – Obesity has been a long discussed topic and it’s seemed there’s been a public push towards a healthier living. Unfortunately, though, a crucial option to be healthy has remained largely unchanged in five years: the kid’s menu.
  A study conducted by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that the Kids LiveWell program, launched to do things like positively alter things like
  
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• Police: Man Bites Ear Off Another Man During Argument About Trump

  23-01-2017 16:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh police were searching for a man who bit the ear off another man as they argued about President Donald Trump.
  Officers responded to a gas station in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood about 6:45 a.m. Monday, after the victim ran there for help.
  Police say they know who the ear-biting suspect is, but have declined to name him while they searched for the suspect and continued to investigate.
  Police spokeswoman Emily Schaffer says she’s unable to say
  
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• Man Bit Roommate’s Ear Off Out Of Fear Trump Would ‘Send Him Back To Mexico’

  23-01-2017 16:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Police say a man bit the ear off another man in Pittsburgh as they argued about President Donald Trump.
  Victim Marco Ortiz, 30, was bitten at his apartment at around 6:45 a.m. Monday in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood after a verbal argument turned physical. He ran to a gas station for help.
  According to Ortiz, the roommate bit off part of his ear, twisted his finger and threatened to kill him. Not because of anything Ortiz did, but because his roommate fe
  
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• Pittsburgh man's ear bitten off during argument over Trump

  23-01-2017 16:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  An early-morning argument about President Donald Trump resulted in a fight during which a man's ear was bitten off in East Liberty.
  
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• Pittsburgh man's ear bitten off during argument

  23-01-2017 16:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  Concerns about immigration status led to an early-morning argument between roommates that escalated into a fight during which one man's ear was bitten off Monday.
  
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• Pedestrian struck by car in Washington County flown to hospital

  23-01-2017 15:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  A pedestrian was flown to a local hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Route 19 in Peters Township this morning.
  
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• 2 Jailed In Fatal Overdoses Linked To Elephant Tranquilizer

  23-01-2017 15:51
  
  BEAVER, Pa. (AP) – Two Pennsylvania men have been jailed on charges they caused separate overdose deaths linked to abuse of an opioid-based sedative for elephants and other large animals.
  County Coroner David Gabauer says the deaths, which occurred in Beaver Falls in late November and New Brighton in mid-December, are the first in Pennsylvania linked to carfentanil.
  Nineteen-year-old Hakeem Shamier Stuckey is charged with drug delivery resulting in death and other charges for the November
  
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• Steelers Team Grades: Pittsburgh Suffers Blowout Loss To Patriots After Losing Le’Veon Bell To Injury

  23-01-2017 15:30
  
  By Danny Cox
  For the majority of the season, running back Le’Veon Bell has been the leader of the Steelers and the one who directed the charge into the AFC Championship. On Sunday night, he needed to be at his very best to help the rest of the team be on top of their game, but an early injury took him—and the rest of the team—out of the game.
  After Bell’s groin injury in the first quarter, nothing seemed to work for the Steelers, and it led to a 36-17 defeat at the hands
  
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• PTL Links: Jan. 23, 2017

  23-01-2017 14:34
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Bakn
  Orphans Of The Storm
  Yelp Pittsburgh
  Financial Advisor Rob Wilson
  Monster Jam
  USA Sumo
  
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• PTL Links: Jan. 20, 2017

  23-01-2017 14:34
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Bakn
  Orphans Of The Storm
  Yelp Pittsburgh
  Financial Advisor Rob Wilson
  Monster Jam
  USA Sumo
  
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• TRAFFIC: West Carson St. daytime lane closures begin today

  23-01-2017 14:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Beginning today, daytime lane closures and traffic shifts will be in place on West Carson Street (Route 51) on weekdays for the rest of the month.
  
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• Armed Pa. homeowner pursuing burglar is shot dead by police

  23-01-2017 14:03
  It appears to be a fatal case of mistaken identity, with Pa. police shooting and killing an armed western Pennsylvania homeowner pursuing a burglar in his house.( It appears to be a fatal case of mistaken identity.
  
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• Painfully True: Outcoached & Outplayed, Patriots Just Better

  23-01-2017 13:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Over the next two weeks, in the run-up to Super Bowl LI, you’re going to hear an awful lot of platitudes about Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, and the New England Patriots.
  A lot of it regarding the organization being the most consistently successful franchise in NFL history is going to be painfully true. A lot of it regarding Belichick’s ability to coach circles around his colleagues is going to be painfully true. And a lot of it regarding Brad
  
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• Armed Robbery Suspect Flees After Confrontation With Customer

  23-01-2017 12:43
  
  BULLSKIN TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Police are investigating after an armed robbery suspect wrestled with a customer and got away in Fayette County Sunday afternoon.
  According to police, the incident happened at Breakneck Market in Bullskin Township around 5 p.m.
  A man wearing a ski mask and sunglasses entered the store, approached the counter and demanded money. As the clerk hands over cash, a customer enters the store and confronts the suspect.
  While the two are wrestling, the suspect pulls out a
  
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