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• Dogs Found Living In Crowded Chicken Coops Rescued From Farm

  06-04-2017 23:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Thirteen dogs are receiving medical care at Animal Friends and the Washington Area Humane Society after being rescued from a farm where they were kept, hungry and sick, in crowded chicken coops.
  The two shelters rescued the dogs back on March 22 after a Washington County humane officer got a tip about the situation.
  Animal Friends Communications Director Shannon Tremblay says the rescue was a partnership.
  “Together with the Washington Area Humane Society, we were
  
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• ‘Sleeping Beauty Syndrome’ Is Rare But Very Real Disorder

  06-04-2017 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (CBS) — Delanie Weyer is adventurous, fishing, traveling and skydiving. Like many 23-year-olds she wants to experience the world.
  But at 18, something happened to her on a school trip that wouldn’t be explained until years later.
  “When I was 18 was my first episode is what they call it. I was sleeping a lot, when I was awake I was delusional,” Delanie said.
  Delanie barely remembers it. It would go on to happen another four times over the course of five years.
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• Penn State board leadership asks Lord to resign immediately

  06-04-2017 23:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Leadership of Penn State University's board of trustees apparently is not satisfied with trustee Albert Lord's decision this week to forgo a re-election bid following controversial remarks he made about about Jerry Sandusky's victims.
  
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• PA: Nearly 100 Attend First Public Session for BRT Plans

  06-04-2017 22:51
  April 05--The first session Wednesday of an open house on the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system between Downtown and Oakland drew about 100 people to the University of Pittsburgh's Alumni Hall. Transportation planners for Pittsburgh and the Port Authority outlined plans for the system, which could cost $200 million to $240 million depending on which options are chosen.
  
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• Leaders Urge Penn St. Trustee To Quit After Sandusky Remarks

  06-04-2017 22:47
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Two leaders of Penn State University’s board say a fellow trustee should immediately step down over comments aimed at people he described as “so-called victims” of Jerry Sandusky.
  Chairman Ira Lubert and Vice Chairman Mark Dambly said Thursday that trustee Al Lord’s comments were offensive and embarrassing to the board majority, the university community and sexual assault victims.
  Lord has said he’s not seeking a second term on the board
  
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• Solar Panels To Help Power Kentucky Coal Museum

  06-04-2017 22:42
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Coal Museum won’t need as much coal anymore.
  The museum in Benham, Kentucky, is installing solar panels on its roof, part of a project aimed at lowering the energy costs of one of the city’s largest electric customers.
  Opened in 1994, the museum is housed in a building that was once the company store for the former coal camp town. The museum houses relics from the state’s coal mining past, including some items from the personal collectio
  
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• Allegheny County drug overdoses jump by 44 percent, break record

  06-04-2017 22:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  Last year drug overdoses claimed the lives of 610 people in Allegheny County, according to a final tally released by the Office of the Medical Examiner, and that death toll announced Thursday exceeded the prior year's by nearly 200.
  
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• Allegheny County drug overdose deaths surge to 613 in 2016, breaking record

  06-04-2017 22:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  When surging drug overdose deaths finally spurred state legislation last year, many policymakers warned that there would be no immediate reversal of the trend.
  
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• Trump Says Assad May Have To Step Down After Chemical Attack

  06-04-2017 22:04
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – President Donald Trump is suggesting that Syrian President Bashar Assad may have to leave power after this week’s chemical weapons attack.
  Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said Thursday that what happened in Syria is “a disgrace to humanity.” Asked if Assad should go, Trump said, “He’s there, and I guess he’s running things so something should happen.”
  The president would not discuss what, if anything, the U
  
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• County Announces Clemente Bridge Closure Plan For Pirates Season

  06-04-2017 21:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Department of Public Works today announced a modified closure plan for the Roberto Clemente Bridge during the 2017 Pirates season.
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  Mondays-Thursdays – The bridge will remain open to vehicular traffic.
  Friday, April 7 (Home Opener) – The bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic starting at 10:00 a.m., and it will reopen to vehicular traffic one hour after the end of the game.
  Fridays, April 14-May 19 – The bridg
  
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• Top 5 Pirates Home Openers Of All-Time

  06-04-2017 21:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (Sports Radio 93-7 The Fan) – The Pirates kickoff season number 17 at PNC Park Friday when they host the Atlanta Braves in their 2017 home opener.
  The Pirates are 7-9 in home openers since opening PNC park in 2001.
  Ivan Nova is expected to start in what should be an electric atmosphere.
  Here’s a look at some of the most memorable home openers in recent years.
  1. March 31, 2014: The Pirates were coming off their first playoff appearance in 20 years and hosted the Chicago Cu
  
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• Cable Giant Comcast Offers Cellular Plans On Verizon Network

  06-04-2017 20:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Comcast will start selling cellphone plans in the coming months, using a network it’s leasing from Verizon.
  Many subscribers will save money, especially if they don’t use a lot of data. Only Comcast internet customers can sign up.
  Comcast says its wireless service is aimed at holding onto its customers. Comcast’s key competitors – AT&T’s DirecTV and Verizon’s FiOS – are part of companies with wireless offerings.
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• Comedian Don Rickles Dies At Age 90

  06-04-2017 20:16
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Comedian Don Rickles has died at age 90.
  Paul Shefrin, his longtime publicist and friend, said Rickles died Thursday of kidney failure at his Los Angeles home.
  For more than half a century, “Mr. Warmth” headlined casinos and nightclubs from Las Vegas to Atlantic City. N.J., and appeared often on late-night TV talk shows.
  This is a developing story, stay with KDKA and KDKA.com for more information. 
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• Plum police, school district investigate six bomb threats in four weeks

  06-04-2017 20:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  A junior high school student in Plum has been charged in connection with a recent bomb threat, and similar charges are pending for two high school students behind multiple other threats in the past few weeks.
  
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• Eight Tax Moves That Could Save You Money

  06-04-2017 20:08
  
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
  Beth Kobliner is a personal finance commentator and journalist, and the author of the New York Times bestseller Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties. Her new book, Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not!), is on sale now from Touchstone, an imprint of our sister company, Simon & Schuster.
  Here are some ideas that might work for you come tax time:
  Bunch Your Deductions Into One Year
  If you don’t have
  
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• 2017 NFL Draft Prospects: Top Running Backs

  06-04-2017 20:00
  
  Ryan Mayer
  The NFL Draft is slated to take place in the city of brotherly love from April 27th-April 30th. As you get ready to watch who your team will select, CBS Local Sports will preview the top available prospects in the various different position groups.The running back in today’s NFL has dropped significantly in value as teams have moved more towards passing offenses and two-back systems. The days of the 300-carry back are largely behind us it would seem. However, the Dallas Cowboys
  
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• Pride Day At PNC Park

  06-04-2017 19:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — PNC Park is hosting its first-ever Pride Day.
  Tickets have gone on sale for the event, set to be held on July 2.
  “Join the Pirates and supporters of the LGBT Community at PNC Park for our first Pride Day,” a statement reads on the team’s website.
  Each ticket includes a special Pirates Pride Day cap.
  Use the Coupon Code: PRIDE.
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• Police: Teens took part in Homewood kidnapping, failed to call for help

  06-04-2017 19:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two teenagers rode with a McKeesport man as he abducted his 1-year-old baby and the mother of the child on Wednesday, then left the woman with the man and failed to call for help, according to police. 
  
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• Report: Plan In The Works To Revive Stoney’s Beer Brand

  06-04-2017 19:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A classic Western Pennsylvania beer brand is set to undergo a revival focused on returning to its roots.
  According to our partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the trademarks and licenses for Stoney’s beer have been purchased by two partners who have formed the Stoney’s Brewing Co.
  The beers were once brewed in Smithton, Westmoreland County, by the Jones Brewing Co.
  The brand’s new owners are Jon King and John LaCarte.
  King is the great-grandson of
  
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• Plan In The Works To Revive Stoney’s Beer Brand

  06-04-2017 19:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s a look and a name that’s synonymous with beer in Western Pennsylvania.
  Stoney’s beer — the brew that made Smithton famous — is back with the original family at the helm.
  “It’s like coming home, my great-grandfather Stoney Jones started it back in 1907. Myself and my investing partner John LaCarte and I are bringing it back to the family,” Jon King said. “We’re going to try and make it like my great-gr
  
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• Dunlap: The Penguins Can Win Without Letang

  06-04-2017 19:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – The Pittsburgh Penguins will still show up for the playoffs.
  They will apparently give it a go.
  They will be there. They will take their chances. They will pull on their skates and actually try as hard as they can. Oh yes, they will not forfeit.
  If you listen to some fans — and even media-types — who spend hours studying this hockey club, the Penguins might as well just fold up shop after the dreadful news that all-everything defenseman Kris Letang w
  
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• Crews Respond To Crash In Beechview Neighborhood

  06-04-2017 19:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Crews were called Thursday afternoon to the Beechview area for vehicle collision.
  It happened around 1 p.m. in the 2100 block of West Liberty Avenue.
  Images from the scene showed an Allegheny health Network vehicle crashed into a pole, and a black car crushed against a separate pole.
  No injury information was available.
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• Woman Pleads Over Girls ‘Gifted’ To Suspected Predator

  06-04-2017 19:03
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Pennsylvania woman accused of “gifting” her young daughters to a man who considered them wives has pleaded guilty to child endangerment.
  Prosecutors say 43-year-old Savilla Stoltzfus and her husband got financial help from suspected predator Lee Kaplan.
  Authorities found 11 girls, ages 6 to 18, living with Kaplan when they arrested him in suburban Philadelphia in June. They believe six were sexually assaulted.
  One girl had two children with Kaplan after mo
  
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• Pa. School Officials Find Loaded Gun In Student’s Backpack

  06-04-2017 19:00
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Officials at a central Pennsylvania high school say they’ve found a loaded gun in a student’s backpack.
  Central Dauphin East High School officials say the student was suspected of having a weapon during an incident last week off of school property.
  When the student was called to the assistant principal’s office to be questioned about that Thursday morning, there was a scuffle before officials found the gun in the backpack.
  The student was subdued by
  
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• After takeover bid, Unilever announces major overhaul

  06-04-2017 18:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Consumer products giant Unilever is overhauling its operations and returning billions of dollars to shareholders, in an effort to maximize value after rebuffing a $143 billion takeover bid by rival Kraft Heinz.
  
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• 5 Charged Following String Of Bomb Threats Against Plum School District

  06-04-2017 18:54
  
  PLUM (KDKA) — Five people have been charged following a string of bomb threats made against the Plum Borough School District.
  In a letter sent to parents, the District indicates that five of six people accused of orchestrating the threats have been charged.
  There have been six bomb threats in less than a month in the Plum Borough School District.
  “The District is simultaneously pursuing appropriate disciplinary actions against the students, which includes expulsion hearings,” t
  
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• Watch: Woman Gets Head Stuck In Subway Door In New York

  06-04-2017 18:23
  
  NEW YORK (KDKA) — A viral video shows a bizarre situation in New York.
  A woman in the Bronx managed to get her head caught between the doors of a train at Woodlawn Terminal on Tuesday.
  The woman appears relatively calm as people pass her by.At one point, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker appears. CBS New York reports the worker was aware of the issue and went to the conductor’s cab to free the woman.
  Once she was set free, the woman refused medical attention and left the
  
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• The Annual ‘Fan Morning Show’ Masters Poll

  06-04-2017 18:18
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- The Fan Morning Show is keeping the tradition alive of participating in some kind of poll relating to The Masters, which of course is taking place at Augusta National this weekend.
  For this year’s poll, each participant picked 10 golfers from the pool. At the end of the tournament, the total earnings of each golfer from the weekend will be added up and whichever participant has the highest total purse at the end, wins the poll. Each participant could pick any gol
  
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• Structural Engineers Called To Assess Turtle Creek Landslide

  06-04-2017 18:11
  
  TURTLE CREEK (KDKA) – Structural engineers are trying to assess a landslide that is threatening at least one home in Turtle Creek.
  However, all the recent rain is not making it easy.
  In the 500 block of Ayers Avenue, the road is blocked off because of a landslide that happened Wednesday. It forced at least one family out of their home. Right now, they’re not sure when they’re going to be allowed back inside.
  The massive pile of dirt and debris in the middle of the road has been
  
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• Cranberry teen clothing retailer struggling to pay the bills

  06-04-2017 18:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  In another blow to struggling brick-and-mortar stores, Cranberry-based apparel chain rue21 Inc. is missing payments, according to a report from Debtwire.
  
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• Cranberry retailer rue21 struggling to pay the bills

  06-04-2017 18:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  In another blow to struggling brick-and-mortar stores, Cranberry-based apparel chain rue21 Inc. is missing payments, according to a report from Debtwire.
  
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• Store Apologizes For Hitler Image In Kids’ Coloring Books

  06-04-2017 18:02
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – A chain of Dutch stores has apologized after inadvertently selling children’s coloring books featuring an image of Adolf Hitler.
  The Kruidvat chain of drugstores posted a statement on its website saying the coloring books, which went on sale this week, were immediately pulled from shelves after the discovery of an “inappropriate image.”
  The image shows Hitler giving a Nazi salute. On his left arm is a red band with a swastika.
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• Woman Accused Of Killing Father Of Her Children Raises Unprecedented $35M Bail

  06-04-2017 17:51
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A California woman accused of killing the father of her two children is expected to be released from jail after posting an unprecedented $35 million bail raised by wealthy friends, family and business associates with ties to China.
  Tiffany Li pleaded not guilty to murder and directing her boyfriend and another man to kill Keith Green and dispose of his body. Prosecutors say she feared losing custody of her children.
  Li was arrested in May in Hillsborough, a wealthy sub
  
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• Highlighting the accomplishments of residents of the South Hills

  06-04-2017 17:51
  The partners of the certified public accounting firm of Goff Backa Alfera & Company, LLC , announce the addition of Nancy L. Ankrom as senior consultant in the Tax Department. Ankrom of Pleasant Hills received her Bachelor of Science from California University and her Master of Accounting from Chatham University.
  
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• Wabtec buys Pittsburgh rail parts supplier

  06-04-2017 17:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Wabtec Corp. said it has acquired Thermal Transfer Corp., a supplier of industrial heat exchangers based in Duquesne and with annual sales of about $25 million.
  
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• Man Who Was High During Car-Train Crash That Killed Fiancée, Daughter Sentenced

  06-04-2017 17:35
  
  YORK, Pa. (AP) – A man who was high on marijuana when his vehicle was hit by a train in Pennsylvania, killing his fiancée and injuring their young daughter, must spend four to eight years in prison.
  Twenty-eight-year-old Akim Jones-Williams, of Laurel Springs, New Jersey, was sentenced Wednesday by a York County judge.
  He had previously been convicted of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and other charges in the July 5, 2014, crash that killed Cori Sisti.
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• Nearly 600,000 Asthma Inhalers Recalled By GSK

  06-04-2017 17:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Nearly 600,000 asthma inhalers in the United States have been recalled.
  An FDA document indicates the reason for the recall is a “defective delivery system” due to a leak in the Ventolin inhalers. Reuters reports drugmaker GSK is trying to figure out what caused the problem, and is pulling the inhalers from hospitals, pharmacies, retailers and wholesalers.
  The recalled inhalers have a lot number of 6ZP9848, 6ZP0003 or 6ZP9944 and expire in March or April of
  
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• WATCH: Golf Greats Emotionally Pay Tribute To Arnold Palmer At Masters Opening Ceremony

  06-04-2017 17:06
  
  Bryan Altman
  On Thursday morning in Augusta, Georgia, golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player stepped up to the first tee of Augusta National to kick off the 81st Masters, but something was missing from the ceremonial opening tee shot.
  That, of course, would be Arnold Palmer, one of the titans of the game of golf who passed away this past year at the age of 87.
  Palmer had been a first-tee fixture since 2006 and was joined by Nicklaus in 2010 and by Player in 2012.
  In memory of Palmer, patrons
  
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• Quadruplet Brothers Accepted At Ivy League Universities

  06-04-2017 16:55
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) – Quadruplet brothers in Ohio have all been accepted at some of the nation’s top universities, including each of them to both Yale and Harvard.
  The Wade brothers of the northern Cincinnati suburb of Liberty Township say they have been notified in recent days of acceptances from a number of notable schools. Lakota East High School principal Suzanna Davis tells the Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News that the four seniors epitomize academic focus but are well-rounded,
  
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• Snow showers headed into Pittsburgh

  06-04-2017 16:53 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburghers will have to take out those winter coats again as snow and blustery winds head our way overnight into Friday.
  
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• Pa. House Votes To Restore Minimum Sentences

  06-04-2017 16:52
  
  Harrisburg (News Radio 1020 KDKA) – The state House has again passed legislation to restore mandatory minimum sentences in Pennsylvania.
  Previous mandatory minimum sentence laws were struck down by courts. A bill to address the courts’ concerns and restore mandatory minimum sentences for a number of violent crimes and drug trafficking offenses, sponsored by Republican Todd Stephens, passed the House Wednesday.
  “It does two things: it increases public safety, and it ensures just
  
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• House Intelligence Committee Chair Steps Aside From Russia Probe

  06-04-2017 16:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the House intelligence committee says he will temporarily step aside from the panel’s probe into Russian meddling in the election.
  In a statement on Thursday, Republican congressman Devin Nunes of California says that several left-wing activist groups have filed accusations against him with the office of congressional ethics.
  Nunes says the charges are false and politically motivated. But he says it’s in the best interest of the committee to ha
  
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• Suspect In Fatal Barracks Ambush Hospitalized; Trial Delayed

  06-04-2017 16:04
  
   
  MILFORD, Pa. (AP) – An anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania police trooper and injuring a second in a 2014 ambush at their barracks has been hospitalized and his trial has been delayed.
  Defense attorney Michael Weinstein tells The Associated Press he was informed that Eric Frein was taken to the hospital around 8 a.m. Thursday. He says he doesn’t know the reason.
  Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin told the AP that prosecutors and the defense a
  
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• Historic designation sought for Oliver Bath House

  06-04-2017 16:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Historic Review Commission has recommended that Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission advance historic designation for the Oliver Bath House to City Council.
  
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• Bully Ray Doesn’t Miss WrestleMania, Thrilled To Be In Ring Of Honor

  06-04-2017 15:22
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  We’re coming off of WrestleMania, the largest pro wrestling event of the year. WWE’s annual extravaganza draws in excess of 100,000 fans from around the world. It is the stage every wrestler dreams of performing on and where every fan wants to be. But one-half of one of the most decorated tag teams in the history of sports entertainment chose not to be there. He was wrestling one night earlier about an hour away for Ring of Honor.
  Bully Ray wrestled in front of 70,00
  
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• Cat Nearly Crushed In Garbage Truck, Found Tied Up, Doused With Gasoline In Trash Bag

  06-04-2017 15:19
  
  READING, Pa. (AP) – The Humane Society is offering a $1,000 reward after a cat was found tied up and doused in gasoline before being put into a plastic trash bag that was nearly crushed in a Pennsylvania garbage truck.
  The cat was dumped in the bag Tuesday morning in Reading.
  Two workers from Harold Adam Refuse Removal had tossed the bag into their truck, but later discovered the cat when they heard it making sounds inside the bag.
  The Humane Society of Berks County is offering the reward
  
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• PTL Links: April 6, 2017

  06-04-2017 15:09
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Cultural Trust, “The Man Who Planted Trees”
  Big Burrito Restaurant Group
  Doug Oster
  Andy Amrhein At Evey True Value Hardware
  Kidsburgh
  Next Pittsburgh
  Cultural Trust/PNC Broadway Series, “The King And I”
  Public Theater, “Daddy Long Legs”
  PICT Classic Theatre, “Oedipus Rex”
  Quantum Theatre, “Collaborators”
  City Theatre, “Wild With Happy”
  Cultural Trust/PNC Br
  
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• 30 Players: Christian Arroyo Hopes To Force His Way Onto Giants In 2017

  06-04-2017 14:52
  
  By Rich Arleo
  CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. 
  2016 season (Minors): 119 G, 474 AB, .274 BA, 3 HR, 49 RBI, 1 SB, .689 OPS
  The San Francisco Giants turned heads when they drafted Christian Arroyo out of high school in the first round of the 2013 draft. Since then, it’s been Arroyo who has done nothing but turn heads in the Minor Leagues on his way to becoming t
  
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• Former East McKeesport official going to prison for sex trafficking

  06-04-2017 14:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  The former public works director in East McKeesport is headed to federal prison for four years for sex trafficking in teenage girls provided by a Homestead pimp.
  
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• Officials: Man Shared Child Porn Involving Sex Acts With Animals

  06-04-2017 14:41
  
  MORRISTOWN, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio man is accused of sharing child pornography online that showed young kids being forced to engage in sexual acts with animals.
  Thirty-year-old Russell Conrad, of Morristown, is facing charges of pandering obscenities involving a minor and possession of child pornography. Authorities say other charges may be filed. It’s unclear if he has an attorney who can comment.
  The investigation began when police in Brunswick who are part of the Ohio Internet Crimes
  
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