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• Consol to lay off 200 miners in Greene County

  07-02-2017 23:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  Consol Energy Corp. announced Tuesday it will lay off 200 workers at its Bailey coal mine in Greene County.
  
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• Consol to lay off 200 mine workers in Greene County

  07-02-2017 23:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  Consol Energy Corp. announced today it will lay off 200 workers at its Bailey coal mine in Greene County.
  
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• Pa. Rep. Introduces Bill To Close Loophole In Fight Against Opioid Epidemic

  07-02-2017 22:48
  
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — Gov. Tom Wolf has said that fighting the state’s heroin and opioid epidemic is a top priority for his administration.
  Now, a local Republican representative is focused on closing a major loophole to keep the drugs off the streets.State Rep. Tedd Nesbit, of Mercer and Butler counties, is well aware of Pennsylvania’s drug problem.
  “Opioid overdoses have now overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of accidental death, and in glancing at the news storie
  
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• Army To Allow Completion Of Dakota Access Oil Pipeline

  07-02-2017 22:30
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Army has notified Congress that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, completing the four-state project to move North Dakota oil to Illinois.
  The Justice Department filed court documents Tuesday including letters to members of Congress from Deputy Assistant Army Secretary Paul Cramer. The Army intends to allow the crossing under Lake Oahe as early as Wednesday.
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• Tractor Trailer Rollover Accident Shuts Down I-79 North

  07-02-2017 22:03
  
  CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — An accident involving a tractor trailer has shut down Interstate 79 northbound near Cranberry this afternoon.
  The accident happened around 3:20 p.m. near the Cranberry exit.
  Emergency dispatchers say the tractor trailer, which was hauling steel coils, rolled over.
  The crash has closed down I-79 north in that area.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the tractor trailer driver was injured.There’s no word on his condition.
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• Tractor Trailer Rollover Accident On I-79 North Causing Traffic Mess

  07-02-2017 22:03
  
  CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — An accident involving a tractor trailer is causing traffic back-ups on Interstate 79 northbound near Cranberry this afternoon.
  The accident happened around 3:20 p.m.PennDOT says the crash is restricting traffic on the northbound I-79 ramp to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Exit 77).
  Emergency dispatchers say the tractor trailer, which was hauling steel coils, rolled over.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the tractor trailer driver was injured.There’s no word
  
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• State legislators, education officials react to appointment of Betsy DeVos

  07-02-2017 21:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Some Pennsylvania education advocates are disappointed that Michigan billionaire Betsy DeVos is officially the U.S. Secretary of Education, but many said today they will continue to press her to protect public education.
  
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• 2 Butler Co. Schools Evacuated Over Separate Concerns, Students Dismissed Early

  07-02-2017 21:45
  
  BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA/AP) — The Butler Senior High School and Butler Intermediate High School were both evacuated Tuesday and students sent home early over separate concerns.
  Over at the high school, students were evacuated while crews worked to fix a natural gas leak nearby; and at the intermediate school, a threat on a bathroom wall prompted that evacuation.
  William Pettigrew, the acting superintendent of the Butler School District says the gas leak was found outside the high school, but fum
  
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• Triple Treat: Snow Moon, Eclipse, & Comet Could Dazzle Stargazers Friday

  07-02-2017 21:44
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Stargazers are in for a special treat Friday as a lunar eclipse, “snow moon,” and comet will all occur on the same day.The full “snow moon” will kick things off on Friday evening.The Old Farmer’s almanac says the full moon was named the “snow moon” because of the heavy snow that typically arrives in February.
  The moon is supposed to be at its fullest around 7:33 p.m. Friday.By that time, a lunar eclipse will be underway.
  The lun
  
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• Wolf proposes a familiar shale gas tax and gets a familiarly cold response

  07-02-2017 21:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf is again trying to raise revenue for the state budget by proposing a tax on shale gas production identical to the one he pitched and eventually dropped from budget negotiations last year.
  
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• Feds at Pittsburgh airport find drugs in wig shipment from Kenya

  07-02-2017 21:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  Federal agents today said they found 50 kilos of dried khat, an herbal stimulant commonly chewed in Africa and the Middle East, buried under packages of wigs in a shipment from Kenya to Pittsburgh.
  
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• Lawsuit: District allowed ingestion of contaminated water at Butler elementary school

  07-02-2017 21:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Butler resident and her daughter, who has concerning lead levels in her blood, have filed a complaint against the Butler Area School District and its former school superintendent due to extended lead contamination in well water at the Summit Elementary School, despite school officials being long aware of the problem. 
  
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• Woman Charged For Threatening To Shoot Westmoreland Co. Judge

  07-02-2017 20:52
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) – A woman is facing charges for threatening to kill a judge at the Westmoreland County Courthouse.
  According to police, Tammy Felbaum entered the courthouse just before 11 a.m. on Monday for a civil trial.
  Felbaum placed her purse on the X-ray scanner belt and said, “I have guns and an uzi in my purse, also a rocket launcher.”
  She proceeded to walk through the metal detector and said, “I’m going to shoot a judge today.”
  Officers detained her
  
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• Higher education gets little in Wolf's budget; $100 million more proposed for K-12

  07-02-2017 20:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf today proposed no dollar increase in next year's state budget for the four state-related universities, or for Pennsylvania's 14 community colleges, but a 2 percent or nearly $9 million boost  for the 14-state-owned universities.
  
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• Victims identified in double-fatal fire at White Oak apartment complex

  07-02-2017 20:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities are investigating a fire at a White Oak apartment building Tuesday that killed a 4-year-old boy and an elderly woman.
  
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• Authorities: Two dead in White Oak apartment fire

  07-02-2017 20:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two people have died in an apartment fire in White Oak, authorities said today.
  
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• Authorities investigating double-fatal fire at White Oak apartment complex

  07-02-2017 20:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities are investigating a fatal fire at a White Oak apartment building that killed two people this afternoon.
  
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• Sources: Grandmother, Child Killed In White Oak Fire

  07-02-2017 20:26
  
  WHITE OAK (KDKA) – Two people died Tuesday afternoon in a White Oak townhouse fire.
  Sources tell KDKA that the victims are a grandmother and a child, reportedly about 3-years-old.According to officials at the scene, the fire broke out in the 2800 block of Lincoln Way around 1 p.m.Several fire companies responded to the scene, along with police and paramedics.
  “At 12:52 [p.m.], fire departments were called out to a structure fire at 2807 Lincoln Way,” Chief Brandon Schmidt, of t
  
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• Grandmother, Child Killed In White Oak Townhouse Fire

  07-02-2017 20:26
  
  WHITE OAK (KDKA) – Two people died Tuesday afternoon in a White Oak townhouse fire.
  The victims are a grandmother and young child, identified by officials as 83-year-old Anita Clark and 4-year-old Azire Clark-Roberts.Jerry Fleischer, who lives in the same apartment complex, said, “That’s probably what’s most devastating to everybody, the fact that a child was involved.All that was first heard through text messages was that there were two fatalities, then we found out it w
  
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• At Least 2 Dead In White Oak Fire

  07-02-2017 20:26
  
  WHITE OAK (KDKA) – At least two people have died in a White Oak apartment fire.
  According to officials at the scene, the fire broke out in the 2800 block of Lincoln Way around 1 p.m.
  The identities of the victims have not been released at this time.
  The cause of the fire is unknown.
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• Jury to get Duquesne double homicide case

  07-02-2017 20:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  A jury this afternoon will begin deliberating the fate of a Duquesne man accused of gunning down two other men on a spring evening nearly four years ago.
  
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• Jury acquits Duquesne man in double homicide case

  07-02-2017 20:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  A jury today deliberated for less than two hours before acquitting a Duquesne man of gunning down two other men on a spring evening nearly four years ago.
  
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• Despite protests in Pittsburgh, man deported to Mexico

  07-02-2017 19:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Mexican-born man who had resided in Pittsburgh was deported this morning despite a high-profile, Pittsburgh-based campaign on his behalf.
  
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• 2017 Top 100 Best Places To Live List Is Out

  07-02-2017 18:56
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) –The annual list of the top 100 best places to live in the USA is out, and Pittsburgh didn’t fare too well.The Steel City came in 58th according to the U.S. News & World Report.The list says Pittsburgh “is on the verge of greater heights.”In the rankings, Pittsburgh was given the following:Desireability – 6.0Value – 7.9Job Market – 6.1Quality of Life – 6.0Net Migration – 5.8
  That gave Pittsburgh an overall scorecard of 6
  
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• Mayor Calls For Investigation Into Cause Of Boil Water Advisory

  07-02-2017 18:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Mayor Bill Peduto is calling for a targeted investigation into the recent water issues that affected parts of Pittsburgh.
  Low levels of chlorine were detected, which prompted officials to issue a Boil Water Advisory for 100,000 customers.
  The mayor wants to further investigate the specific issue that prompted the advisory.
  “This is not a fishing expedition. We simply want to discover what went wrong, and how to keep these events from happening again,” Mayor
  
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• PWSA board approves state reviews of its operations

  07-02-2017 17:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  In the wake of last week’s boil-water advisory for 100,000 city residents, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority board today officially invited state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro to conduct a performance audit of the public water provider.
  
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• City Council names Scott Schubert permanent police chief

  07-02-2017 17:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Council unanimously approved Scott Schubert's appointment as the permanent chief of the city's Police Bureau this morning. But the comity lasted only a few moments before a dispute over his predecessor broke out.
  
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• Investigators cannot determine cause of fire that killed Ohio Township teen

  07-02-2017 17:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  One month after a fire claimed the life of a 15-year-old girl, Allegheny County officials have concluded that the cause of the blaze in Ohio Township will be listed as "undetermined."
  
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• Fire Marshal: Gas Dryer Likely Started Fire That Killed Avonworth H.S. Teen

  07-02-2017 17:18
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – The county fire marshal says a natural gas clothes dryer likely caused the house fire that killed a 15-year-old Avonworth High School student last month.
  The Allegheny County fire marshal says Tuesday that there was too much fire and collapse damage to confirm the cause of the fire that killed Hannah Milbert.
  Hannah was a star soccer goalie at Avonworth High School. She helped her team reach the playoffs last fall, and she received the All-WPIAL award at the December
  
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• Pa.'s Most Waned: Suspects on the Loose

  07-02-2017 17:16
  Police in Lower Paxton Township are searching for Edward Martinez, 27, who is wanted on criminal trespass and harassment charges. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts whereabouts of Martinez, is asked to contact Dauphin County Crime Stoppers via the county Crime Watch website , or call 1-800-262-3080.
  
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• Ethics Board: No probable cause to probe Peduto fundraising

  07-02-2017 16:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh's Ethics Hearing Board has found no probable cause to investigate the fundraising activities of city Chief of Staff Kevin Acklin on behalf of Mayor Bill Peduto, according to a letter released today.
  
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• Who Will Win A GRAMMY? Here Are The Odds

  07-02-2017 16:56
  
  By Radio.com Staff
  (RADIO.COM) – Who will take home the big awards at the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards? That’s a question for oddsmakers.
  According to online oddsmakers Bovada, Beyoncé will edge out Adele for Album of the Year, with Sturgill Simpson coming in as the dark horse at 22/1. While Queen Bey is the favorite for Album of the Year, Adele holds a slight advantage for both Record or the Year and Song of the Year.
  Bovada sees Best New Artist as the closest race of the evenin
  
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• Gov. Wolf Proposes $2B In Spending Cuts To Balance Budget

  07-02-2017 16:28
  
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Gov. Tom Wolf is proposing more than $2 billion in spending cuts to help balance the state budget.
  Wolf delivered his third budget speech to the state legislature Tuesday morning. It didn’t take him long to lay down a key marker — no broad-based tax hikes.
  However, that does mean cuts in spending to balance the budget.
  Addressing an overwhelmingly Republican general assembly, the Democratic governor hailed the accomplishments that both Republicans and Democr
  
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• Big Budget Mystery: Where Will Wolf Get $2B In Cuts, Savings?

  07-02-2017 16:28
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf’s office says the Democrat will propose more than $2 billion in cuts and savings to help wipe out a huge deficit without needing a major tax increase or cutting aid to schools or social services.
  The big question is how Wolf’s administration arrives at that figure.
  He’s not saying yet, but the proposal will be in the Democrat’s $32 billion-plus budget plan he’s releasing Tuesday.
  Wolf also is expected to ask lawmakers to im
  
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• Police: DUI Suspect Fought With Officers While Wearing Lingerie

  07-02-2017 16:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh police have charged a man with drunken driving and fighting with officers who allegedly found him semi-conscious behind the wheel of a car while wearing pink lingerie.
  Police say 51-year-Daniel Marchese was also exposing himself when they arrived to find him in the running car, going in and out of consciousness in the middle of an intersection Monday afternoon.
  Police say they found an open bottle of whiskey and two guns in the car, and that Marchese kicked at
  
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• Alcosan to provide $9M to help stem sewage overflows via 32 municipal projects

  07-02-2017 16:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Alcosan has approved the distribution of $9 million in matching grants for 32 municipal projects that the agency says will “significantly reduce” sewage overflows in the region's rivers and streams.
  
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• Cops: Man Exposed Self At Strip Club, Claimed To Be Officer

  07-02-2017 15:59
  
  SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) – Police say a Pennsylvania man called 911 to complain that he was wrongly kicked out of a strip club, only to be jailed on charges including indecent exposure and impersonating an officer.
  Spring City police say 48-year-old Steven Clement called them shortly after 2 a.m. Monday after he was kicked out of Baby Dolls and demanded to “know why he was being treated this way.”
  That’s when two employees told police that Clement had exposed himself to a st
  
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• Exercise May Not Be Completely Linked To Weight Loss, Study Finds

  07-02-2017 15:14
  
  CBS Local – It’s possible that weight loss isn’t directly pushed by exercising, according to a study conducted by Loyola University of Chicago.
  Working out promotes good health across the board but not necessarily weight loss. Losing weight includes burning calories, but when the body burns more calories, the hungrier it gets leading those lost calories being replaced. Studies have also confirmed that notion as well as burning calories through exercise doesn’t make u
  
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• Coroner: Woman Dies After Getting Stuck In Clothing Drop Box

  07-02-2017 15:00
  
  NATALIE, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania woman has died after getting her arm caught in a clothing donation drop-off box.
  Northumberland County Coroner James Kelley says 56-year-old Judith Permar died from a combination of trauma injuries she sustained in the accident and hypothermia.
  The coroner says the Mount Carmel woman used a step stool to reach into the bin, and her left arm became stuck when the stool collapsed. She broke left her arm and wrist and couldn’t get free.
  Investigators b
  
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• PTL Links: Feb. 7, 2017

  07-02-2017 14:30
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Steel City Kitties
  Mall At Robinson
  Allegheny Co. Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
  Pittsburgh Magazine
  L.I.F.E. Author Beth Carey
  
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• Penguins To Host First Local Sports LGBTQ Night

  07-02-2017 14:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins and NHL will team up with the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh for the first ever “You Can Play” night at PPG Paints Arena, when the Pens take on the Calgary Flames.
  Gary Van Horn, president of the Delta Foundation, an advocacy organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Pittsburgh, says it is a big step toward inclusion.
  “Pittsburgh identifies with its beloved sports teams very well so
  
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• Penguins To Host First Local Sports LGBT Night

  07-02-2017 14:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins and NHL will team up with the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh for the first ever “You Can Play” night at PPG Paints Arena, when the Pens take on the Calgary Flames.
  Gary Van Horn, president of the Delta Foundation, an advocacy organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Pittsburgh, says it is a big step toward inclusion.
  “Pittsburgh identifies with its beloved sports teams very
  
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• Penguins Host First Local Sports LGBTQ Night

  07-02-2017 14:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins and NHL are teaming up with the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh for the first ever “You Can Play” night at PPG Paints Arena, as the Pens take on the Calgary Flames tonight.
  Gary Van Horn, president of the Delta Foundation, an advocacy organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Pittsburgh, says it is a big step toward inclusion.
  “Pittsburgh identifies with its beloved sports teams very
  
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• TRAFFIC: Route 51 lane closures scheduled this week

  07-02-2017 14:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Single-lane restrictions are scheduled this week along Route 51 between Bausman Street in Bon Air/Knoxville and Lebanon Church Road in Pleasant Hills.
  
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• TRAFFIC: At least one injured when vehicle goes over hillside in Beechview

  07-02-2017 14:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  At least one person was injured this morning when a vehicle went over a hillside near Brashear High School in Beechview.
  
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• 1 Dead, 1 Injured In Fayette Co. Crash

  07-02-2017 14:01
  
  WHARTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A crash in Fayette County left one man dead and another injured Monday night.
  According to police, the crash happened at the intersection of Skyline Drive and National Pike in Wharton Township around 5:41 p.m.
  Carey Kelley, 27, of Uniontown, pulled onto National Pike in front of another vehicle and was struck in the driver’s side door.
  Kelley was taken to Uniontown Hospital, where he later died.
  The 24-year-old male driver of the other vehicle was also taken
  
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• National guidelines say fewer interventions make for better births

  07-02-2017 13:05
  "The less intervention, the more control you feel you have over it," said Kathy Rex-Reefer, 31, of Bloomfield, who had help from both her husband, Brandon Reefer, and midwives at West Penn Hospital when she gave birth to her daughter, Frances, now 22 weeks old. Midwives and physicians in Pittsburgh say the guidelines released Jan. 25 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are a welcome confirmation of longtime midwife practices and more recent adaptations in hospital labor an
  
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• Cheeto That Looks Like Harambe Sells For $100,000 On eBay

  07-02-2017 12:24
  
  A Cheeto that bears a resemblance to slain gorilla Harambe has sold for nearly $100,000 on eBay.
  Bidding on the cheese snack the seller said he found in a bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos began at $11.99 on Jan. 28. It ended early Tuesday morning with a winning bid of $99,900. The listing showed a picture of the Cheeto side-by-side with a gorilla climbing a tree.Time is running out! Place your bid to buy this cheeto that looks like #Harambe – Currently at $100k, no returns…https://t
  
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• Senate Set To Confirm Education Secretary By Narrow Margin

  07-02-2017 10:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) — The Senate is poised to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary by the narrowest possible margin, with Vice President Mike Pence expected to break a 50-50 tie.
  The vote planned around 12 noon today will come after Democrats undertook a marathon speaking binge in the overnight hours in a show of opposition to the nominee, Betsy DeVos. DeVos is a wealthy GOP donor who has devoted herself to boosting alternatives to public education, spark
  
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• Pence Breaks Senate Tie To Confirm DeVos As Education Secretary

  07-02-2017 10:47
  
  WASHINGTON (KDKA/AP) – The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie.
  The Senate historian says it was the first time a vice president had to break a tie on a Cabinet nomination.
  Two Republicans joined Democrats Tuesday to vote to derail DeVos’ nomination. Democrats cited her lack of public school experience and financial interests in organizations pushing charter schools. DeVos has said she wou
  
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