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• Waiter Fired After Asking Customer For Proof Of Residency

  19-03-2017 23:52
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) – A waiter was fired from a Southern California restaurant after asking customers to prove they had legal residency before serving them.
  The Los Angeles Times reports Sunday that 23-year-old Brenda Carrillo says she and a friend got the question at Saint Marc in Huntington Beach. Carrillo says the waiter later asked her sister and another friend to see their proof of residency.
  She says the women complained to the manager and left. One later posted an account
  
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• Report: Pennsylvania Woman Accused Of Lewdly Harassing Gay Man

  19-03-2017 22:38
  
  CHAMBERSBURG (KDKA) — A Pennsylvania woman is facing charges, accused of inappropriately touching and molesting a gay man in order to “mess” with him.
  Rachel Nicole Acevedo, 36, is charged with indecent assault and harassment, according to Public Opinion.
  Court documents indicate the incident took place in January at a Southampton Township residence, located in Cumberland County.
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• Wife: Glen Campbell Can No Longer Play Guitar

  19-03-2017 22:00
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Glen Campbell’s wife says Alzheimer’s disease has robbed the 80-year-old singer’s ability to play guitar.
  But Kim Campbell tells The Tennessean that her husband occasionally breaks into a solo air guitar routine, which she says is “kind of fun.”
  Glen Campbell was diagnosed with the brain-ravaging disease in 2011 and went on a world tour afterward. The singer known for such hits as “Rhinestone Cowboy,” ”Wichita Lin
  
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• Crosby’s Hat Trick Leads Penguins By Panthers 4-0

  19-03-2017 21:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby again picked up the slack with Evgeni Malkin out, getting his 10th career hat trick Sunday and leading the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Florida Panthers 4-0.
  Crosby’s natural hat trick came in a span of 11 minutes between the second and the third period, pushing his goal total to an NHL-high 40 and moving him into a tie with Edmonton’s Conner McDavid for the league scoring lead with 80 points. Linemates Conor Sheary and Jake Guentzel assisted on
  
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• Woman Charged With Child Endangerment After Kids Found In Road

  19-03-2017 20:57
  
  CENTER TWP. (KDKA) — A 21-year-old woman is facing charges after two children she was caring for were found in the middle of an Indiana County road.
  Around 4 p.m. Mar. 11, a passerby noticed two children, ages 2 and 4, in the middle of Cherry Lane Road in Center Township. That person stopped and helped bring the children to safety.
  Police say Rayann Smithula was responsible for watching the children when they walked out of the house, down a driveway and into the street.
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• Police: Woman Assaulted By Husband, Taken To Hospital With Neck Fracture

  19-03-2017 20:43
  
  JENNER TWP. (KDKA) — A man is facing charges after an assault in Somerset County that sent his wife to the hospital.
  Darren Paul Duncan, 49, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment.
  The incident took place around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at a home along Boy Scout Road in Jenner Township.
  According to a report from state police, officers were called to the residence for a physical altercation.
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• WATCH: John Beilein Celebrates Michigan Win With Water Gun

  19-03-2017 19:46
  
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  The Michigan Wolverines advanced to the Sweet 16 on Sunday afternoon with a 73-69 win over the Louisville Cardinals. The Wolverines have been on a sustained magical run over the course of the last couple of weeks winning four straight in the Big Ten tournament before holding off a game Oklahoma State team in the Round of 64 on Friday. Following the team punching their ticket to the Sweet 16, the Wolverines had some fun with their celebration.Water gun celebration! #MarchMadness pic.tw
  
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• Garbage Truck Driver Charged In Kentucky Interstate Wrecks

  19-03-2017 19:43
  
  PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) – Police in Kentucky say at least six people were injured and a garbage truck driver was arrested after the truck traveled the wrong way on an interstate highway and struck several vehicles.
  Media outlets report police pursued the truck, which traveled east in the westbound lanes of Interstate 24 before crossing the median into eastbound traffic and crashing Friday. State Police Trooper Jody Cash says in a news release some of the injuries were believed to be life-threate
  
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• Woman Still In Critical Condition After Fall At Bar On St. Patrick’s Day

  19-03-2017 19:13
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – A Cleveland hospital says a 20-year-old woman remains in critical condition after a fall from a second-story balcony inside a bar on St. Patrick’s Day.
  A police spokesman said earlier Sunday that the woman had died but later said there were “conflicting reports” and then confirmed she was still alive.
  A MetroHealth hospital spokeswoman said the woman whose identity has not been released was in critical condition Sunday.
  Cleveland.com reports the woman fel
  
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• Woman Dies After Fall At Cleveland Bar On St. Patrick’s Day

  19-03-2017 19:13
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – Police say a 20-year-old woman has died from injuries after a fall from a second-story balcony inside a Cleveland bar on St. Patrick’s Day.
  A Cleveland police spokesman said Sunday that the woman whose identity has not been released died Friday.
  Cleveland.com reports the woman fell headfirst at a crowded downtown bar after the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade.
  Investigators say she hit her head on a granite rail.
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• Researchers Plan Manned 2018 Expedition To Titanic

  19-03-2017 19:07
  
  WOODS HOLE, Mass. (AP) – Researchers are planning what they say is the first manned submersible expedition to the Titanic since 2005.
  OceanGate Expeditions recently announced that the seven-week research mission will depart from Newfoundland, Canada, in May 2018.
  Experts from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts are also taking part.
  Everett, Washington-based OceanGate says the goal of the mission is to assess the condition of the wreck and document – but not col
  
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• Vandals contaminate water supply at Westmoreland mobile home park

  19-03-2017 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Vandals contaminated the private water system of a mobile home park in Westmoreland County on Sunday, leaving some 50 homes within the community without water service.
  
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• Police: Vandals Contaminated Mobile Home Park’s Water System

  19-03-2017 17:38
  
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Someone contaminated the water for a Hempfield Township mobile home park Sunday.
  It happened at the Pine View Manor mobile home park on Sugar Pine Lane around 5 a.m.
  According to state police, an unknown actor or actors entered the community’s water facility, dumped $1,000 worth of water treatment chemicals and poured an unknown substance into the nearby water tower.
  As a result, the water for the 50-unit mobile home community is unsafe to use, forcing 100
  
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• Police: Actor Pours Unknown Substance Into Mobile Home Park Water

  19-03-2017 17:38
  
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Someone contaminated the water for a Hempfield Township mobile home park Sunday.
  It happened at the Pine View Manor mobile home park on Sugar Pine Lane around 5 a.m.
  According to state police, an unknown actor or actors entered the community’s water facility, dumped $1,000 worth of water treatment chemicals and poured an unknown substance into the nearby water tower.
  As a result, the water for the 50-unit mobile home community is unsafe to use.
  Some reside
  
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• Make-A-Wish Kids Sign Penguins Contracts, Join Players On The Ice

  19-03-2017 16:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Penguins signed a few new players Saturday when kids from the Make-A-Wish Foundation joined the team.
  Five Penguins fans, between the ages of 8 and 17, signed honorary one-day contracts, then joined a few players on the ice at PPG Paints Arena after the team’s practice.
  “It just feels awesome because I’ve waited 2 or 3 years for this, and I finally get it and it’s just awesome,” 12-year-old J.J. Darts said.
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• Man fatally shot inside Homewood tavern

  19-03-2017 14:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 20-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday in the Homewood South neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Death ruled homicide for man shot inside Homewood tavern

  19-03-2017 14:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 20-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday in the Homewood South neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
  
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• 20-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot In Homewood Bar

  19-03-2017 11:38
  
  HOMEWOOD (KDKA) — A man was fatally shot in a bar in Homewood early Sunday morning.
  It happened around 4:30 a.m. on Kelly Street and Brushton Avenue.
  According to police, officers were sent to the scene for a report that someone had been shot inside a bar.
  A 20-year-old male victim was found at the scene, where he was pronounced dead.
  The victim has not yet been identified.
  Police say no further details are available at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.
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• Homeowners fearful after landslides in South Side Slopes

  19-03-2017 06:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Andrew Fetzko spent more than three years building his new home on Windom Street, a secluded strip with dramatic city views from the South Side Slopes.
  
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• A mother's belief her sons had disabilities led to their drowning deaths

  19-03-2017 05:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Laurel Michelle Schlemmer viewed herself as meek, proper, naive and a people-pleasing rule follower. 
  
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• Health insurance debate divides Peters home-care owner, aide

  19-03-2017 05:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  David Ellenwood has spent the past six years building from scratch a 281-employee business in one of the nation’s most vital, growing fields — personal care assistance for elderly and/or disabled individuals in their own homes.
  
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• Jacob Bacharach's second novel is a gem

  19-03-2017 05:23
  If you like to think about Pittsburgh as a series of sentimental celebrations - a montage of salt-of-the-earth steelworkers, championship-winning athletes and the pleasures of a close-knit family gathered together over cookies at the holidays - Jacob Bacharach's new novel, "The Doorposts of Your House and on Your Gates" isn't for you. However, if you, like me, enjoy seeing Pittsburgh through keen intellect and a gimlet eye, you'll love Mr. Bacharach's take on the 'Burgh and the settlements radia
  
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• Town hall crowd sends message to lawmakers: Keep our insurance

  19-03-2017 05:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  One after another they took the microphone Saturday in Oakland, some having stood in line an hour or longer to tell their congressman how they felt about health insurance, and about the prospect of losing it.
  
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• Big crowd sends message to congressman: Keep our insurance

  19-03-2017 05:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  One after another they took the microphone Saturday in Oakland, some having stood in line an hour or longer to tell their congressman how they felt about health insurance, and about the prospect of losing it.
  
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• Obituary: Rev. David Gleason / Strong pulpit skills and a personal touch

  19-03-2017 05:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  When the Rev. David Paul Gleason became pastor of the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1989, the historic congregation was struggling as its membership was declining and its Downtown neighborhood was almost bereft of actual residents.
  
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• Police: Man Shot & Killed Wife In Grocery Store Parking Lot

  19-03-2017 04:55
  
  AUBURN, Ga. (AP) – Police are investigating a fatal shooting outside a grocery store in a suburb northeast of Atlanta.
  WSB-TV reports Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith says the shooting happened Saturday around 5:20 p.m. in the parking lot of an Ingles grocery store in Auburn.
  According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, a 911 call came from the store about a domestic disturbance.
  Officers arrived to find 51-year-old Dorothy Russell of Statham, Georgia, shot to death in a car.
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• Mayor joins mourners at Brighton Heights vigil for shooting victim

  19-03-2017 02:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  More than 40 people, including Mayor Bill Peduto, gathered Saturday evening to share prayers and comfort in remembrance of Raghib Dolphin, a 24-year-old Fineview man who was shot and killed last month in Brighton Heights.
  
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• Kiski Township Home Destroyed By Flames

  19-03-2017 02:07
  
  KISKI TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A home in Kiski Township was destroyed by flames on Saturday.
  It happened around 3:30 p.m. on Gartley Street.
  Officials say someone in the house put grease on the stove and forgot about it.
  Witnesses were stunned by the huge cloud of smoke billowing from the house.
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  “I came outside and there was just smoke everywhere. I could barely see the house, there was so much smoke,&rd
  
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• Poll: Most Young Americans See Trump As Illegitimate President

  19-03-2017 01:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jermaine Anderson keeps going back to the same memory of Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of the United States, referring to some Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers.
  “You can’t be saying that (if) you’re the president,” says Anderson, a 21-year-old student from Coconut Creek, Florida.
  That Trump is undeniably the nation’s 45th president doesn’t sit easily with young Americans like Anderson who are the nation’s
  
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• Authorities Arrest North Carolina 17-Year-Old In His Mother’s Death

  19-03-2017 01:36
  
  CARY, N.C. (AP) — A woman was strangled by her teenage son in a case that has puzzled an affluent North Carolina town for more than a year, authorities said.
  Seventeen-year-old Arnav Uppalapati was arrested Thursday night and charged with murder in the 2015 death of his mother, according to a Town of Cary news release.
  Emergency personnel were led to Nalini Tellaprolu’s body in the garage of her home on Dec. 17, 2015 after Arnav Uppalapati had called 911 to say he found her there.
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• Woman, 20, killed in Washington County crash

  19-03-2017 00:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 20-year-old woman was killed in a crash in Washington County Saturday afternoon.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Liberty Bridge, inbound Liberty Tunnel closed til Sunday morning

  19-03-2017 00:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Liberty Bridge will be closed this weekend in both directions so crews from Joseph B. Fay Co. can perform critical work on the permanent repair of damage caused by a construction fire in September.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Liberty Bridge, inbound Liberty Tunnel closed til Sun. morning

  19-03-2017 00:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Liberty Bridge will be closed this weekend in both directions so crews from Joseph B. Fay Co. can perform critical work on the permanent repair of damage caused by a construction fire in September.
  
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