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• Child Dead, Others Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak At Michigan Hotel Pool

  01-04-2017 23:11
  
  NILES, Mich. (AP) – Authorities say a carbon monoxide leak caused by a malfunctioning pool heater at a southwestern Michigan hotel has killed a child and sickened about a dozen other people, including seven other children and several police officers.
  WNDU-TV and WSBT-TV report officials at Lakeland Hospital in Niles confirmed the child’s death Saturday. No other details about the child were released.
  Quality Inn & Suites employees called 911 around 10 a.m. after seeing six unresp
  
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• Watch: Teacher Gives 4th-Graders Fake ‘Spelling Test” As April Fool’s Prank

  01-04-2017 22:53
  
  ROYAL OAK, MI (KDKA) — An elementary school teacher in Michigan pulled off his April Fool’s Day prank a bit early this year, much to the delight of everyone on the internet.
  Fourth-graders at Oakland Elementary School groaned when Joe Dombrowski announced there would be a surprise spelling test on Wednesday.
  For several minutes, the students struggled to work through the “test,” mostly because the words Dombrowski asked them to spell were completely made up.
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• Ford Recalling 53,000 Trucks That Can Roll Away While Parked

  01-04-2017 22:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Ford is recalling 53,000 2017 F-250 trucks because they can roll away even when they are parked due to a manufacturing error.
  Ford says drivers should use the parking break to make sure that parked cars don’t move.
  Dealers will also replace the defective part for free, but Ford doesn’t have the replacement parts yet. It will notify owners when the parts are available.
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• College Students Arrested After Prostitution Sting In Florida

  01-04-2017 21:41
  
  MIAMI, Fla. (KDKA) — Three college students are locked up following a prostitution sting in Coral Gables, CBS Miami reports. 
  Police say Samara Charlotin, 19, and Acacia Friedman, 23, were high-priced escorts.
  Maury Noun, 21, allegedly orchestrated the deal that brought officers into the picture.
  Noun met with an undercover officer at Hotel Colonnade’s restaurant where they discussed the terms: Noun would receive $3,000 for brokering the deal and the undercover officer would be
  
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• Colombia: 154 Dead After Rivers Overflow In The Middle Of The Night

  01-04-2017 21:27
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes, sweeping away cars and killing at least 154 unsuspecting residents.
  The incident triggered by intense rains happened around midnight in Mocoa, a provincial capital of about 40,000 tucked between mountains near Colombia’s southern border with Ecuador.
  Muddy water and debris quickly surged through the city’s streets, toppling hom
  
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• 127 Dead After Rivers Overflow In Colombia

  01-04-2017 21:27
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes and killing at least 127 unsuspecting residents, authorities said Saturday.
  The incident triggered by intense rains happened around midnight in Mocoa, a city of about 40,000 tucked between mountains near Colombia’s southern border with Ecuador.
  Muddy water and debris quickly surged through the city’s streets, toppling homes, rip
  
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• Marchers call on city to buy Penn Plaza Apartments for affordable housing

  01-04-2017 21:18
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• Deaths Of Pa. Man, Wife Probed As Murder-Suicide

  01-04-2017 21:03
  
  ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say an elderly man apparently shot and killed his wife and then turned the weapon on himself in their central Pennsylvania home.
  Officials in Lancaster County say the deaths of 78-year-old Glenn Morris and his 76-year-old wife, Janet, are being investigated as a murder-suicide.
  Northwest Regional Police and the district attorney’s office said a neighbor found the couple dead in their bed on Thursday. There were no signs of forced entry or a strug
  
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• Homewood forum explores role of black community in Pittsburgh tech sector

  01-04-2017 20:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  Kelauni Cook had been to one too many tech events where she was the only black female in the room to remain quiet any longer.
  
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• Missing 2-Year-Old Girl Found In West Virginia Creek Dies

  01-04-2017 20:47
  
  WALTON, W.Va. (AP) – Fire department officials say a 2-year-old girl has died after she was found in a creek in West Virginia.
  According to the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Walton Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Kelley says the girl went missing Friday evening from a Walton area home.
  Kelley says the person watching her left her on the porch for a moment, returned, and the girl was gone.
  Kelly says at least 40 first responders and others searched for the girl.
  About an hour after she went
  
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• Ringgold probes allegations of hazing, drinking on baseball team trip to Florida

  01-04-2017 20:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Ringgold School District is investigating allegations that some students consumed alcohol and were subjected to hazing during a booster-sponsored trip to Florida last month for exhibition games by the boys varsity and junior varsity baseball teams.
  
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• Vice President Pence To Deliver Grove City College Commencement Address

  01-04-2017 20:44
  
  GROVE CITY, Pa. (KDKA) — Vice President Mike Pence will speak at Grove City College’s commencement in May.
  According to the Grove City Collegian, the college’s president, Paul McNulty, announced the news in an email to students and others in the college community.In his email announcing @mike_pence as Commencement speaker, @GCCPrezMcNulty asked for prayer #Commencement2017 #mikepence #TheCollegian pic.twitter.com/lNdCjZEzNz
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• High School Baseball Team Treats Officers To Lunch

  01-04-2017 20:20
  
  MCCANDLESS (KDKA) — A high school baseball team showed local police officers their appreciation by treating them to lunch Friday.
  The North Allegheny baseball team brought McCandless police officers pizza, pasta, salad and desserts to thank them for their service.
  The McCandless police posted photos from the lunch on their Facebook page, wishing the team “fun and success on the ballfield and in life.”
  (Photo Credit: Facebook/Town of McCandless Police Department)
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• 2 Small Planes Collide Mid-Air In Florida, Killing 2 People

  01-04-2017 19:51
  
  EDGEWATER, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say two people are dead after their single-engine airplanes collided midair over the central Florida coast.
  The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that the planes crashed into a wooded area near Edgewater on Saturday morning.
  The Federal Aviation Administration says one of the planes was a Cessna 170 and the other an “unidentified experimental aircraft.”
  A witness told the newspaper that she saw the planes collide around 8:45 a.m. while flying
  
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• Man Testifies He Never Intended To Kill Ex-Girlfriend

  01-04-2017 18:18
  
  BEAVER, Pa. (AP) – A man charged in the rape and slaying of his ex-girlfriend in western Pennsylvania has testified that he never intended to kill the victim.
  The Beaver County Times reports that 27-year-old Edward Baker took the stand Friday in Beaver County and said a “grenade” went off in his brain and 30-year-old Addaleigh Huzyak “was just in the crossfire.”
  Authorities say the victim broke up with Baker the week before she was killed in June in her apartment in
  
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• Armed, masked man robs Bloomfield Arby's

  01-04-2017 17:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating the robbery Friday night of an Arby’s in Bloomfield by an armed, masked man.
  
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• Police Investigating Armed Robbery At Bloomfield Arby’s

  01-04-2017 17:30
  
  BLOOMFIELD (KDKA) — Police are investigating after an Arby’s restaurant in Bloomfield was robbed Friday evening.
  It happened around 8:30 p.m. at the Arby’s in the 5100-block of Baum Boulevard.
  Officers were sent to the scene for a report that the restaurant had been robbed at gunpoint.
  Police say a black male entered the Arby’s, walked into an employees-only area, pulled out a semi-automatic firearm and demanded money. He fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount
  
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• Several Sent To Hospital After Ambulance, Car Crash

  01-04-2017 12:14
  
  NEW KENSINGTON (KDKA) — Several people were sent to the hospital late Friday night after an ambulance and a car crashed in New Kensington.
  It happened at Freeport Road and Tarentum Bridge Road around 11:30 p.m.
  The ambulance was from Oklahoma Borough, and it was transporting a patient to a trauma center in the Pittsburgh area at the time of the crash.
  The cause of the crash is unclear at this point.
  The conditions of the victims are unknown.
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• Dallas investment firm acquires Eyetique

  01-04-2017 06:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  Local eye care company Eyetique has been acquired by a Dallas-based investment firm.
  
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• Family recognized stolen Rockwell painting by pool-cue hole

  01-04-2017 06:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA — A family who lost a Norman Rockwell painting in a burglary at their home more than 40 years ago got it back Friday and knew for sure it was theirs because of a scrape and hole the exact size of the butt end of a pool cue.
  
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• Liberty Bridge restrictions begin this weekend

  01-04-2017 06:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  An extended season of disruption for motorists who use the Liberty Bridge begins this weekend and will be concentrated on the Uptown end of the bridge.
  
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• April Fools! Sarris "Walking Man" chocolate sculpture is a joke!

  01-04-2017 06:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Carnegie Museum of Art made an unusual announcement Friday morning to news outlets and social media.
  
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• Worried Family & Friends Organize Search For Missing Man In Butler Co.

  01-04-2017 05:32
  
  BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — Family and friends of a man who disappeared more than a week ago say they are organizing a search party this weekend.
  Greg Bosko, 55, vanished 10 days ago in Butler County.
  His brother, Dan, and other relatives and friends plan to meet Saturday morning in Rotary Park in the city of Butler to search the neighborhood and surrounding area for him.
  Dan says his brother disappeared after driving a couple to the city from Kittanning, in Armstrong County, where he had permitt
  
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• Carbon court news

  01-04-2017 05:08
  The following actions were filed by credit card companies, or their collection agencies, for alleged defaults on credit card/loan accounts. Capital One Bank, Glen Allen, Virginia, filed two actions as follows: Cayse Charron, 3215 Hemlock St., Palmerton, seeking $1,575; and Robert Strohl, 123A S. First St., Lehighton, seeking $11,250.16.
  
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• Furry Tails: Cory The Dog Continues Recovery, Loves Getting Belly Rubs

  01-04-2017 04:56
  
  Officials with Animal Friends say a dog found abused in Bridgeville earlier this year is making lots of progress in his recovery.
  
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• Emaciated Dog Found In Bridgeville Making Progress, ‘Thriving’

  01-04-2017 04:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Officials with Animal Friends say a dog found abused in Bridgeville earlier this year is making lots of progress in his recovery.
  Cory was extremely emaciated when he was discovered in a now condemned home.He couldn’t walk on his own and had to be carried to safety.
  He was given two blood transfusions and a healthy diet.
  Now, the shelter says Cory is putting on weight and thriving.On their Facebook page, Animal Friends posted a video Friday evening showing a part
  
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• Several power outages reported throughout region

  01-04-2017 04:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  The curtain dropped early on Riverview High School’s musical Friday when an outage knocked out power for hundreds of Duquesne Light customers in Oakmont. 
  
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• Crosby Leads Penguins To 4-3 Win Over Rangers In Shootout

  01-04-2017 04:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist in regulation and then got the clinching goal in the shootout to lift Pittsburgh to a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Friday night, snapping the Penguins’ four-game skid.
  Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust also scored for Pittsburgh, and Matt Murray stopped 30 shots for his 29th win of the season. With the win, the Penguins topped their point total last season en route to winning the Stanley Cup.
  Chris Kreider tied the score with
  
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• School Officials: Weapon In Middle School Turned Out To Be Plastic Toy

  01-04-2017 03:43
  
  McKEESPORT (KDKA) — A report of a gun at a middle school in McKeesport prompted an investigation on Friday, before it was discovered to be a toy.
  According to a statement from the McKeesport Area School District, a student at Founders’ Hall Middle School reported seeing what they thought was a weapon to school administrators.
  Officials investigated and found the device to be a plastic lookalike.
  The school says its weapons policy includes toys.
  The district’s statement goes on
  
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• Anti-Allergy Medicine EpiPen Recall Expands To U.S.

  01-04-2017 03:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — A recall of the emergency anti-allergy medicine EpiPen is expanding to the U.S. and other markets in North America, Europe, Asia and South America because the allergy shots may not work.
  The notice issued Friday by Mylan N.V. expands upon warnings made earlier this month after two reports of the device failing. The recall now covers 13 lots distributed from December 2015 through July 2016.
  Mylan didn’t immediately respond to a question about how many devices ar
  
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• Furry Tails: Fonzie & Shelby Are Waiting For A Forever Home

  01-04-2017 02:43
  
  Are you looking to bring a pet into your home? Local animal shelters are a great place to find a furry companion. So, as part of Furry Tails, I’ll be doing an ongoing feature on adoptable pets from local animal shelters once a week. If you have room in your heart and are looking to bring a lovable ball of fur into your home, maybe one of these guys is meant to be a part of your family!_____________________________________________________
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• Cops: Mom Trying To Load Kids In SUV Hits, Kills 6-Year-Old Daughter

  01-04-2017 01:32
  
  CHESTER, Pa. (AP) – Police in suburban Philadelphia say a mom loading her children into her SUV at the start of the school day accidentally backed over her 6-year-old daughter, killing the girl.
  Police in Chester say the 29-year-old woman had put her 4-year-old in a back car seat Friday morning and was pulling out of a tight parking space to enable her other children to get into the vehicle.
  They say that’s when the 4-year-old got out of the car seat and started lowering the window a
  
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• At Least 10 Kids Report Breathing Issues At Pa. Water Park

  01-04-2017 01:27
  
  POCONO SUMMIT, Pa. (AP) – Officials say about 10 children were sickened at an indoor Pennsylvania water park complaining of breathing problems and nausea.
  The Times-Tribune in Scranton reports four people were taken to hospitals Thursday over the ordeal at Kalahari Resorts park in Pocono Summit.
  Emergency dispatchers told the newspaper that chlorine was likely the cause of the reactions.
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• New director announced at Shuman Juvenile Detention Center

  01-04-2017 01:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County Manager William D. McKain has named the new director of Shuman Juvenile Detention Center. 
  
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• Smoke From Butler Fire Devastates Family-Owned Store

  01-04-2017 00:51
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) — Towering flames raged for hours in Butler on Sunday morning, destroying apartments and a diner.Days later, rain falls on rubble that was once a three story building. The flames that destroyed the building on Center Avenue never touched the Capco Paper Company, which is half a block away. But the smoke – that’s a different story.
  Owner Sam Capicotto discovered later that smoke had destroyed his entire inventory of party supplies.
  “They’re going to bri
  
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• Great Race ‘Early Bird’ Pricing About To End

  01-04-2017 00:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Time is running out to save money on your registration for the Great Race.
  If you sign up before April 1, you’ll pay just $25 for one registration or $40 for two.
  The Great Race is set for Sunday, Sept. 24.
  If you would like to register, visit: http://www.rungreatrace.com/register.html
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• Key To Fighting Cancer May Lie In Germs

  01-04-2017 00:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (CBS) — A year ago, Audra Katz was diagnosed with breast cancer. But before she got treatment, she gave researchers a stash of her germs.
  “They gave me the kit. I was able to do it at home. It was a couple of swabs,” she says.
  “It’s the new frontier of health, in medicine,” says Emma McCune, a researcher at UCSF.
  In samples taken from her mouth and gut, Audra handed over a treasure trove. Her microbes, along with samples from other breast cancer pat
  
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• Non-Stop Charter Air Service From China To Pittsburgh To Begin This Summer

  01-04-2017 00:20
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Airplanes fly in and out of Pittsburgh every day — non-stop from 68 cities.
  The furthest away is Frankfurt, Germany. But how about Beijing, China?
  “We’re very excited to announce non-stop service from China to Pittsburgh that’s going to start charter this summer,” Airport Authority spokesman Bob Kerlik told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Friday.
  In China this week, Allegheny County executive Rich Fitzgerald and Airport Authority CEO Christ
  
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