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• Man surrenders to police on gun charge connected to 3-year-old's death

  17-03-2017 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Mount Washington man who had a gun in his house that a 3-year-old girl used to fatally shoot herself on Sunday has turned himself in to police on charges he was illegally in possession of the firearm.  
  
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• Some Westmoreland Co. Movie Theaters Undergoing Changes, Upgrades

  17-03-2017 23:38
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — A few local movie theaters are going through some big upgrades, and that means changes for the moviegoers who use them.
  Bought out by movie theater giant AMC, three Carmike Cinemas in Westmoreland County are undergoing some big changes.
  In Delmont, the Carmike signs will be coming down.Carmike Delmont 12 will closed for the day on Tuesday, March 28 till 7 p.m. and then reopen as AMC Classic Delmont 12.
  At Carmike Greensburg 15 at the Westmoreland Mall, it’s the sa
  
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• Martin Scores 26 As West Virginia Beats Elon 75-62 In NCAAs

  17-03-2017 23:13
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Coming off an exhilarating victory over second-ranked Baylor, West Virginia found itself surprisingly incapable of bringing that kind of emotion into the NCAA Tournament.
  The result was a close game against Elon that didn’t turn in the Mountaineers’ favor until the fourth quarter.
  Tynice Martin scored 26 points and Katrina Pardee made a pair of pivotal 3-pointers to help West Virginia squeeze out a 75-62 victory Friday.
  The sixth-seeded Mountaineers (24
  
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• Expert: Doctor Shortage Caused By Congress’ Failure To Deal With Residency Reimbursement

  17-03-2017 22:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Friday was “match day” at medical schools across the country, including the University of Pittsburgh’s medical school.
  “It’s everything we look forward to, from the day we get our white coats until today. It’s where we’re going to spend three to seven years of our residency,” said Nick Welko, a Pitt medical student.
  On “match day,” fourth year medical students get matched with the hospital where they can begin
  
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• PWSA Flushing Water System In Eastern Neighborhoods After Odor Complaints

  17-03-2017 22:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Officials with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority say they are flushing the water system in the city’s eastern neighborhoods following complaints about an odor.
  PWSA says they are closely monitoring the areas that are experiencing the sulfide odors and flushing the system by opening fire hydrants.
  According to PWSA officials, the odor may have been caused by a “temporary shutdown of the water pre-treatment process,” so workers could do repairs an
  
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• Police Arrest Convicted Felon Wanted In Connection With 3-Year-Old’s Death

  17-03-2017 22:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A convicted felon wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 3-year-old girl turned himself into police around 2 p.m. Friday.JUST IN…40 y/o Paul Parrish in custody in connection w/ shooting death of Yasha Ross. KDKA TV NEWS@6 pic.twitter.com/WXbUYLPnm8
  — Ralph Iannotti (@IannottiRalph) March 17, 2017
  Paul Parrish, 40, was one of several people in the basement of a Mount Washington home last Sunday, smoking marijuana, when 3-year-old Yasha R
  
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• Family Of 11-Year-Old Killed In 2015 Home Invasion Still Hoping For Justice

  17-03-2017 22:30
  
  MT. OLIVER (KDKA) — It has been 500 days since a home invasion shooting that claimed the life of 11-year-old David McIntyre of Mt. Oliver. His older brother C.J. was shot too, but survived.
  It happened at the McIntyre family home on Hays Street on Nov. 1, 2015.
  David and his brother C.J. were playing video games in the living room when a man came in the front door and opened fire.
  “When the dude shot, he hit me first. David caught me. After that, several more gunshots. After the
  
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• PWSA says sulfur smell in East End water not harmful and flushing will fix the problem

  17-03-2017 22:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  After complaints Friday from East End neighborhood residents and building owners about a strong sulfur smell in their drinking water, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority began flushing fire hydrants to bring fresh water into the system.
  
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• Puppy Abandoned With Broken Legs Gets Her Casts Off, Continues To Recover

  17-03-2017 21:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Animal shelter workers say Laney, the injured puppy abandoned last month at the Animal Rescue League/Western Pa. Humane Society, is “well on her way to recovery.”
  The shelter posted an update on their Facebook page saying Laney’s casts are now off her two front legs.
  They say she still needs several weeks of physical therapy, but she is doing much better.
  Laney was left in the vestibule of the shelter in late February suffering from two broken legs.The
  
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• Fred Rogers re-emerges as champion for PBS

  17-03-2017 21:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  A video of Fred Rogers testifying before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee in 1969 has re-emerged as a rallying cry for opposition to President Donald Trump’s spending plan to cut off federal funds for the arts.
  
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• Turnpike Starts Removing Interchanges’ E-ZPass Signal Lights

  17-03-2017 21:45
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is starting to remove or cover up the red, yellow and green lights that indicate if a driver’s E-ZPass has been properly read.
  Officials said Friday the decommissioning is starting at the Harrisburg West interchange and will continue though the calendar year.
  Federal guidelines now prohibit their use.
  The turnpike says more modern toll equipment is being installed, and as part of that it’s adopting the federal guidelin
  
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• Woman ‘Almost Crashed Car’ When Snake Slithered From Vent

  17-03-2017 21:16
  
  VENICE, Fla. (AP) – Something more than air came slithering out of a car vent in Florida.
  Monica Dorsett says she “almost crashed her car” when a red rat snake crawled out the air conditioner vent as she drove down a highway in Venice.
  Dorsett tells Fox 13 she was in traffic on March 10 when she saw the snake slither out of the vent to the left of her steering wheel. She cut across two lanes and stopped in a parking lot.My mom almost crashed her car today cause a snake started
  
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• Black rhino gives birth at Pittsburgh Zoo

  17-03-2017 21:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  Azizi, an endangered East African black rhinoceros, has given birth to a calf at Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, the second born at the zoo since 2014.
  
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• WATCH: Fan Essentials: Biggest Collapse

  17-03-2017 20:31
  
  Alyssa Naimoli
  The NCAA Tournament, with so many games, has seen its fair share of thrilling victories… and epic collapses. Experts and fans like to focus on the teams that put it all together. But what happens when it all falls apart?
  In this edition of Fan Essentials, CBS Sports Radio personalities looked at some of the worst collapses in NCAA Tournament history history. So many teams have dropped the ball, but these teams took it to new lows.
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• Director of CMU's CERT cybersecurity team departs

  17-03-2017 20:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  Six weeks after being named director, Edward (Ned) Deets has left the CERT Cybersecurity Division of Carnegie Melon University's Software Engineering Institute. No reason for the departure was given.
  
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• Harlem comes to Pittsburgh: Jazz and ballet combine at August Wilson Center

  17-03-2017 19:57
  Diversity is on display as dancers from Harlem and Pittsburgh join forces for a program that combines ballet styles, musical genres and performers with different backgrounds at the August Wilson Center. The collaboration includes eight performances and a series of community events through March 26 .
  
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• Hospital Dresses Babies In Green For St. Patrick’s Day

  17-03-2017 19:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Washington Health System is celebrating some extra lucky babies this St. Patrick’s Day.
  The adorable infants were dressed in green and adorned with shamrock crowns and green mustaches.
  Check out their festive outfits!
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• WATCH: Michigan’s Red-Hot 2nd Half Shooting Leads To Win

  17-03-2017 19:45
  
  Ryan Mayer
  Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament opened with a bang as the 7-seed Michigan Wolverines and 10-seed Oklahoma State Cowboys put up a combined 183 points as the Wolverines took home a 92-91 win. As you might be able to tell, the game was an offensive affair, but the difference was Michigan’s shooting from three in the second half. The Wolverines have been a very good three point shooting team this season, but their second half performance was otherworldly.
   Michigan was 11-for-15 f
  
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• Frazer woman charged with killing husband after beer argument to stand trial

  17-03-2017 19:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Kentucky woman said Friday that her best friend, Teresa Drum, told her on the phone Feb. 27 that she had just killed her husband Dennis and then sent her a cell phone picture of his body.
  
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• City, developer headed for court in dispute over Penn Plaza redevelopment

  17-03-2017 19:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  The contested Whole Foods Market redevelopment effort in East Liberty is bound for formal court arguments by next month.
  
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• Students Evacuated After Bomb Threat At Pivik Elementary School

  17-03-2017 19:22
  
  PLUM BOROUGH (KDKA) – Students at Pivik Elementary School have been evacuated due to a bomb threat.
  According to the Plum Borough School District, the threat was found on a piece of paper in a bathroom.
  All students have been evacuated to the Plum Senior High School. The students will remain at the high school until regular dismissal time.
  Parents who want to pick up their children will need to go to the high school.
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• Smallman Galley holds final audition for its new class of chefs

  17-03-2017 19:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  It resembled a locker room scene from before a prize fight: with white headphone buds tucked into her ears that matched her white chef’s coat, Julia Shay Mirek focused on her notes and nodded to the playlist she picked to get her fired up. Moments later, she laced on a black apron to fire, plate and serve seven dishes of food that could potentially change her life.
  
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• PWSA interim director to stay on for up to a year

  17-03-2017 18:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  The interim director of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority will remain in that position through March 2019, city officials announced Friday.
  
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• Endangered Black Rhino Calf Born At Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

  17-03-2017 18:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — And baby makes three!
  The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is announcing the birth of an endangered black rhinoceros calf. According to the IUCN-Red List, there are only 450 eastern black rhinos in Africa.
  Photo: Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
  She is the second born at the Zoo since 2014.
  Wednesday afternoon, zookeepers noticed the mother rhino, named Azizi, was a bit restless.
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• What Are The Ten Most Irish Cities In America?

  17-03-2017 18:29
  
  CBS Local– As most of America, Irish decent or not, is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in some granular or grandiose way, one may begin to ponder: what is the most Irish city in the country?
  Boston is generally considered to be a heavily Irish-American city, but are they really? What about the rest of the Northeast? Anywhere further west or south?
  Thankfully, Realtor.com has you sorted.
  The hegemony in the Northeast is as predicted, but Boston just sneaks into the t
  
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• Report: Butler Man Threatened To Kill His Children, Family Cat

  17-03-2017 18:19
  
  SUMMIT TWP. (KDKA) — A Butler man is accused of threatening to kill his children and the family cat.
  According to Butler Radio, Michael Edward Mazurek, 49, was arrested early Thursday morning.
  State police were called to a Summit Township home for a domestic dispute.
  Upon arrival, Mazurek’s 25-year-old son told officers he was in his room when his father came in holding the family cat, as well as a knife, and threatened to slash the animal’s throat. The son was able to pry
  
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• Police: Butler Man Threatened To Kill His Children, Family Cat

  17-03-2017 18:19
  
  SUMMIT TWP. (KDKA) — A Butler man is accused of threatening to kill his children and the family cat.
  Michael Edward Mazurek, 49, was arrested early Thursday morning.
  State police were called to a Summit Township home for a domestic dispute.
  Upon arrival, Mazurek’s 25-year-old son told officers he was in his room when his father came in holding the family cat, as well as a 12-inch knife, and threatened to slash the animal’s throat. The son was able to pry the cat away, whic
  
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• Police: Butler Co. Man Threatened To Kill His Children, Family Cat

  17-03-2017 18:19
  
  SUMMIT TWP. (KDKA) — A Butler man is accused of threatening to kill his children and the family cat.
  Michael Edward Mazurek, 49, was arrested early Thursday morning.
  State police were called to a Summit Township home for a domestic dispute.
  Upon arrival, Mazurek’s 25-year-old son told officers he was in his room when his father came in holding the family cat, as well as a 12-inch knife, and threatened to slash the animal’s throat. The son was able to pry the cat away, whic
  
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• Concrete truck overturns in Hill District

  17-03-2017 18:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  Emergency crews responded to a report of an overturned concrete truck in the Hill District Friday afternoon that spilled oil and water onto the road.
  
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• Ex-Power Ranger Pleads Guilty To Killing Roommate With Sword

  17-03-2017 17:52
  
  LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) – A former “Power Rangers” TV actor has pleaded guilty to killing his roommate, who was stabbed to death with a sword.
  Thirty-eight-year-old Ricardo Medina entered a plea Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to voluntary manslaughter with the use of a sword. He faces six years in state prison.
  Prosecutors say Medina stabbed Joshua Sutter several times in the abdomen two years ago at their house in Green Valley, a mountain town north of Los Angele
  
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• Police Searching For Man Who Allegedly Had Sex With 16-Year-Old Runaway

  17-03-2017 17:48
  
  HEMPFIELD TWP. (KDKA) — Police are searching for a man accused of having sex with a runaway minor from Jeannette.
  State police say John Paul Feather, 24, smoked marijuana with the 16-year-old before having sexual intercourse with her.
  He is charged with corruption of minors.
  Feather is described as 5’5″ and 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo on his right arm that says “Stone,” and one on the left arm that says “World.”
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• Keidel: March Madness, The Best Time For Sports

  17-03-2017 17:37
  
  By Jason Keidel
  March Madness. No sport has coined its golden moment better than men’s college basketball. Not March Mayhem. Not March Delirium. Not March Playoffs.
  Madness.
  It’s the rare moment when we are allowed to forget our bills, our troubles and our lives.
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  Even the Super Bowl, America’s preeminent sporting event, lasts only a few hours. And we’re often reminded that it’s also a business transaction, with commercial
  
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• Pittsburgh police seek help identifying hit-and-run car that struck child in Sheraden

  17-03-2017 17:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver of a red car involved in a hit and run last month in Sheraden that injured an 8-year-old girl.
  
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• Ivan Nova Looking Good In Spring Training

  17-03-2017 17:15
  
  BRADENTON, Florida (Sports Radio 93-7 The Fan) – After signing a 3-year, $26 million contract to remain with the Pirates following the trade in July, starter Ivan Nova is backing it up with a solid spring.
  Nova is 1-0 with 7 strikeouts and a 0.90 ERA and said knowing he is a lock in the rotation, allows him to really improve on his game, including drilling down on his change-up.
  “I always say when you are fighting for a spot you don’t get the chance to repeat on your change-up,
  
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• Hiker Loses Hand In Pennsylvania Campfire Explosion

  17-03-2017 16:43
  
  KEMPTON, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania hiker is recovering after his left hand was blown off while trying to start a campfire.
  The accident happened on the Appalachian Trail, which runs about 2,200 miles from Maine to Georgia. Ethan Kunkel, deputy chief of the Kempton Fire Company, tells The (Allentown) Morning Call that the man grabbed the wrong substance out of his backpack and it exploded. The chief didn’t say what the substance was.
  Kunkel says the explosion, which happened about 10:
  
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• Penguins: Malkin & Hainsey Out With Upper-Body Injuries

  17-03-2017 16:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The hits just keep on coming for the Pittsburgh Penguins as Evgeni Malkin and Ron Hainsey have been added to the injury report.
  According to head coach Mike Sullivan, Malkin will not play tonight against New Jersey due to an upper- body injury.Coach Sullivan: “Geno will not be available for tonight. He has been dealing with an upper-body injury for a while. We will know more soon.”
  — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) March 17, 2017
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• Airport Security Dog Shot, Killed After Running Loose On New Zealand Tarmac

  17-03-2017 16:34
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand police shot and killed a young security dog at the Auckland Airport after it escaped its handler and ran loose for more than three hours on the tarmac, disrupting at least 16 flights.
  Many people in New Zealand were upset Friday that the dog was killed and some questioned why it couldn’t have been tranquilized instead.
  Named Grizz, the dog was being trained to detect explosives by New Zealand’s Aviation Security Service.
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• Detective: Exotic Dancer Took Money To Sell Baby, Backed Out

  17-03-2017 16:26
  
  WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania detectives say an exotic dancer made a deal to sell her newborn daughter for $1,700, accepted the money but didn’t follow through on the arrangement.
  Lycoming County Detective William Weber tells Pennlive.com that 22-year-old Keanaendigo James signed a notarized agreement in April to sell her daughter, who was born in July. She is wanted on charges of theft and dealing in infant children.
  Detectives learned about the deal when the woman who agree
  
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• Mister Rogers explains why PBS cuts may be a bad idea

  17-03-2017 16:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  The President wants to cut funding for Public Television, but Mister Rogers steps up to explain why he thinks that’s not a good idea.
  
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• Mister Rogers explains why PBS cuts are a bad idea

  17-03-2017 16:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  The President wants to cut funding for Public Television, but Mister Rogers steps up to explain why that’s not a good idea.
  
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• Pirates Prospect Gift Ngoepe Making Strides

  17-03-2017 16:18
  
  BRADENTON, Florida (SportRadio 93-7 The Fan) – There has been a lot of trailblazing for Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Gift Ngoepe.
  As the first black South African to sign a professional baseball contract, he is setting a new standard with each level that he moves up. And if his bat ever catches up to his glove, he will reach the pinnacle of his sport.
  Last year playing mostly shortstop, the 27 year-old made 8 errors in 461 chances. However, Ngoepe only hit .217 in Triple-A with a .289 on b
  
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• Flamingo Stoned, Kicked To Death By Young Boys At Czech Zoo

  17-03-2017 16:10
  
  CZECH REPUBLIC (KDKA) — Three boys, ages 6, 8 and 10, are accused of sneaking into a Czech Republic zoo and brutally killing a beloved flamingo.
  (WARNING: This story contains an image that some might find disturbing.)
  Zoologist Jan Vašák told the Prague Morning that the boys broke into the Jihlava Zoo during the day and scaled a fence to get into the flamingo enclosure. They proceeded to throw rocks and sticks at the animals and kicked one bird so hard he eventually bled to d
  
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• Pa. Couple Sentenced For Sneaking Nigerian Woman Into Country To Become ‘A Slave’

  17-03-2017 16:04
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania couple has been sentenced to federal prison for sneaking a Nigerian woman into the country so she could essentially become what a federal judge calls “a slave.”
  The Express-Times in Easton reports (http://bit.ly/2nMnybQ ) John and Godever Ibechem were sentenced on Thursday to serve nine months in federal prison each.
  The Palmer Township couple acknowledged they plotted to smuggle the woman in to care for their two young boys and failed to pa
  
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• High lead levels detected in water in Allegheny Valley elementary classroom

  17-03-2017 15:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Water-quality tests in the Allegheny Valley School District have revealed lead levels in the water taken from one classroom at Colfax Upper Elementary School were “higher ... than acceptable.”
  
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• Alarm briefly evacuates City-County Building, Downtown

  17-03-2017 15:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Maintenance work apparently set off an evacuation alarm Friday morning at the City-County Building, Downtown, Pittsburgh public safety spokeswoman Emily Schaffer said.
  
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• Spirit Airlines Pilot, Wife Found Dead From Apparent Fentanyl Overdose

  17-03-2017 15:49
  
  CENTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say a commercial airline pilot and his wife have died of an apparent overdose from the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl.
  Police say the bodies of 36-year-old Brian Halye (hah-LEE) and 34-year-old Courtney Halye were found by their children Thursday morning in Centerville, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Cincinnati.
  The Dayton Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/2m9enGd ) Brian Halye was a pilot for Spirit Airlines, which told the newspaper Halye l
  
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• Penguin, Rubber Ducky, T. Rex Become Newest Monopoly Game Tokens

  17-03-2017 15:42
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The boot has been booted, the wheelbarrow has been wheeled out, and the thimble got the thumbs down in the latest version of the board game Monopoly. In their place will be a Tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky.
  More than 4.3 million voters from 146 countries weighed in on which tokens they wanted to see in future versions of the property-acquisition game, which is based on the real-life streets of Atlantic City. Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based Hasbro a
  
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• Vendor Issue Causing Transaction Delays For Citizens Bank Customers

  17-03-2017 15:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Citizens Bank has reported a problem that is affecting customers’ transactions.
  The bank issued an alert this morning saying customers could see a delay in transactions posting to their accounts.
  “Due to a vendor processing issue affecting multiple financial institutions, customers are seeing a delay in transactions posting to their accounts. We appreciate the patience of our customers as we work with our vendor to resolve this issue.”Stay With KDKA.co
  
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• Citizens Bank: Vendor issue causes delays in transactions

  17-03-2017 14:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  A problem at a company that processes transactions for Citizens Bank and other financial institutions caused delays in the posting of direct deposits and other transactions to customers' accounts Friday morning, the bank said.
  
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• Citizens Bank: Customers reporting delays in transactions

  17-03-2017 14:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Citizens Bank customers in Pittsburgh were experiencing delays in transactions — including direct deposits — to their accounts as of Friday morning
  
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