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• Tree Falls Across 2 Campers In Pennsylvania, Killing Girl, 10

  30-04-2017 23:53
  
  KIRKWOOD, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a tree fell across two campers in a Pennsylvania campground, killing a 10-year-old girl in one of the vehicles.
  LNP newspapers reports that emergency crews in Lancaster County were called to Oma’s Family Campground in Colerain Townshipat about 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
  Quarryville fire chief Joel Neff said emergency personnel had to cut the tree and the camper to reach the trapped girl, but found her unconscious and not breathing. Neff called it “a
  
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• Pirates’ Kuhl Leaves Game After Being Hit By Comebacker

  30-04-2017 23:39
  
  MIAMI (AP/KDKA) – Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chad Kuhl left his team’s game at Miami in the fifth inning Sunday after he was hit in the leg by Dee Gordon’s sharp one-hopper.
  The ball caromed off the inside of Kuhl’s right leg near his knee, and he collapsed in pain as Gordon reached on a single. Kuhl was examined by a trainer, rose and threw several warmup pitches but then left the game, walking to the dugout accompanied by manager Clint Hurdle.
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• Justin Bour Has 6 RBIs To Help Marlins Beat Pirates 10-3

  30-04-2017 23:31
  
  MIAMI (AP/KDKA) – Justin Bour drove in six runs with four hits, both career highs, and the Miami Marlins rallied from a three-run deficit to end a four-game losing streak by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-3 Sunday.
  Bour improved his batting average from .184 to .222. He had an RBI double in the second, an RBI single in the fourth, a two-run single in the fifth and a two-run homer in Miami’s six-run seventh.
  Bour helped the Marlins avert a series sweep and shake an offensive slump
  
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• Worker Dies After Bucket Truck Tips Over

  30-04-2017 22:36
  
  WAYNE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A man died after the bucket truck he was in tipped over in Wayne Township early Sunday afternoon.
  It happened just after noon in the 300-block of Dutch Ridge Road.
  A witness who lives on Dutch Ridge Road says a Penn Power worker was in the bucket of a bucket truck, repairing lines, when the truck tipped over and the worker was ejected onto the roadway. The witness was told that it was a 30-foot fall.
  According to the Wayne Township fire chief, the worker was pronoun
  
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• Cedar Point, Knott’s Berry Farm Adds Metal Detectors

  30-04-2017 21:24
  
  SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) – Amusement park visitors to the “Roller Coaster Capital of the World” can expect slightly longer wait times to pass through new metal detectors.
  The parent firm of Cedar Point added another level of security to all of its parks.
  Cedar Point spokesman Tony Clark says the process for passing through metal detectors should go quickly.
  Cedar Point will open Saturday with a newly expanded water park called Cedar Point Shores. It has the second most roller coaste
  
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• Electrical worker killed in fall from bucket truck

  30-04-2017 20:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  An electrical worker has died after he fell from his bucket truck, according to a supervisor with the Lawrence County emergency dispatch center.
  
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• 1-Year-Old Dies After Falling Into Mercer County Pond

  30-04-2017 19:42
  
  SPRINGFIELD TWP. (KDKA) — A baby died in a tragic incident on Sunday in Mercer County.
  State police say it happened around 8:30 a.m. at a residence on New Castle Mercer Road in Springfield Township.
  A 1-year-old boy was found to have fallen into a small pond in the yard.
  Attempts to revive the child were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead.
  No further information was released.
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• Tree Falls Across 2 Campers In Pennsylvania, Killing 1 Person

  30-04-2017 19:16
  
  KIRKWOOD, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a tree fell across two campers in a central Pennsylvania campground, killing a person in one of the vehicles.
  LNP newspapers reports that emergency crews n Lancaster County were called to Oma’s Family Campground in Colerain Township at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
  Quarryville fire chief Joel Neff said emergency personnel had to cut the tree and the camper to reach a trapped individual.
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• In Mount Morris, armed robber uses semi-automatic to rob pub

  30-04-2017 19:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  An armed robbery was reported early Sunday in the village of Mount Morris in Perry, Greene County.
  
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• Two critically hurt after being struck by train near former Heinz plant

  30-04-2017 18:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two men were critically injured on Sunday when they were struck by a train on the Norfolk Southern tracks along South Canal Street near the intersection with Chestnut Street on the North Side.
  
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• PennDOT announces overnight activities in Squirrel Hill Tunnel

  30-04-2017 18:49
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• PA Turnpike Launches Cashless Tolling On Beaver Valley Expressway

  30-04-2017 18:49
  
  BEAVER (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Turnpike is trying out a cashless tolling system on the Beaver Valley Expressway. Cashless tolling allows all Toll 376 customers to pay without stopping at the toll plazas.
  Customers must pay tolls using E-ZPass or PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE. E-ZPass customers will have their toll deducted from their pre-paid account as usual. Customers without E-ZPass will receive a PA Turnpike TOLL-BY-PLATE invoice.
  The plan went into effect on Sunday.
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• PA Turnpike Launches Cashless Tolling At Beaver Valley Expressway

  30-04-2017 18:49
  
  BEAVER (KDKA) — Beginning Sunday, you won’t be able to use cash on the Beaver Valley Expressway.
  The Pennsylvania Turnpike is trying out a cashless tolling system. Cashless tolling allows all Toll 376 customers to pay without stopping at the toll plazas.
  Customers must pay tolls using E-ZPass or PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE. E-ZPass customers will have their toll deducted from their pre-paid account as usual. Customers without E-ZPass will receive a PA Turnpike TOLL-BY-PLATE invoice.
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• State police warn of 'one pot meth labs'

  30-04-2017 18:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police are alerting the public to "one pot meth labs" — a device that some authorities refer to as a mobile ticking time bomb.
  
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• Young child reported drowned in Mercer County

  30-04-2017 18:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  A one-year-old boy from Mercer County fell into a small backyard pond Sunday morning and died.
  
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• Child drowns after falling in backyard pond in Mercer County

  30-04-2017 18:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  A one-year-old boy from Mercer County fell into a small backyard pond Sunday morning and died.
  
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• Pennsylvania Aims To Smash US Embargo On Cuban Rum

  30-04-2017 18:02
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The agency that controls Pennsylvania’s state-owned wine and liquor stores is working to lift the embargo on Cuban rum.
  Getting a license from the federal government would pave the way for the nation’s private spirits wholesalers to follow suit.
  An agency spokeswoman says the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is assembling an application to the U.S. Treasury Department.
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• Chicken House Fire In Pennsylvania Kills About 19,000 Birds

  30-04-2017 17:30
  
  STRASBURG, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say an overnight fire in a chicken house in central Pennsylvania killed about 19,000 of the birds.
  Fire crews in Lancaster County were called to the blaze in Strasburg Township at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
  Officials said 19,000 chickens that were just brought in last Monday and housed in the barn perished in the blaze.
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  Chief Wesley Hicks of the Refton Fire Co. said nine
  
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• Two Struck By Train On North Side

  30-04-2017 17:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two people were struck by a train on the North Side Sunday.
  It happened around 10:30 a.m. in the area of the Pressley Street High Rise and North Canal Street.@CBSPittsburgh#Breaking news 2 people struck by a train on the #Northside. pic.twitter.com/WNhLFNkCmi
  — k00nix (@K00NIX) April 30, 2017
  Officials say two men were laying on the tracks, in an enclosure, when a Norfolk Southern came through and hit them.
  Both were taken to Allegheny General Hospital in critical
  
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• Truck Falls On Person In Westmoreland County

  30-04-2017 16:20
  
  FAIRFIELD TWP. (KDKA) —  One person was injured Sunday when a truck they were working underneath fell in Westmoreland County.
  It happened around 9:30 a.m. on Robey Ridge Road in Fairfield Township.
  Emergency dispatchers say one person was flown to an area hospital in unknown condition.
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• Rising Lake Erie Water Levels Prompt Erosion Fears

  30-04-2017 16:10
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) – Officials say higher water levels in Lake Erie may be a boon to boaters, but the increase is contributing to erosion in places like Presque Isle State Park and could cause other problems.
  The Erie Times-News reports that the latest report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ says Lake Erie is several inches higher than it was a month ago.
  Presque Isle State Park officials say higher lake levels mean erosion in the dunes where water normally doesn’t reach. Opera
  
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• Police say naked teen was target of extortion

  30-04-2017 16:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 17-year-old boy from Crawford County was the target of extortion related to nude pictures taken of him.
  
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• Person killed after being trapped inside burning vehicle

  30-04-2017 15:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  One person died in a fiery crash Sunday morning in Fayette County.
  
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• Sheriff: Arkansas Boy, 9, Found Dead One Day After Sister’s Body Found

  30-04-2017 14:29
  
  POLK COUNTY, Ark. (KDKA) — The body of a 9-year-old Arkansas boy has been found in a heavily wooded area, one day after the body of his two-year-old sister was found.
  CBS News reports the children’s mother and another relative were found dead earlier in the week.
  The children, Reilly James Scarbrough, and Acelynn Wester, were reported missing on Saturday, April 22. Acelynn’s body was found in a heavily wooded area in the same vicinity where her mother, 43-year-old Bethany Jo We
  
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• Person Killed In Fiery Fayette County Crash

  30-04-2017 13:29
  
  SPRINGFIELD TWP. (KDKA) — One person is dead after an early morning crash in Fayette County.
  According to state police, it happened around 1:45 a.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of Springfield Pike in Springfield Township.
  The operator of a vehicle lost control for unknown reasons while traveling westbound. Upon that loss of control, the vehicle crashed into a traffic sign, telephone pole and a tree on the left shoulder of the roadway.
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• Hacker Threatens To Release Stolen Copies Of Netflix Series

  30-04-2017 13:04
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A hacker claims to have stolen the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Black,” and is asking for an unspecified ransom to not release the entire fifth season online.
  The hacker, who goes by the name The Dark Overlord, has already purportedly uploaded the first episode to an illegal file-sharing service. The Associated Press could not legally confirm the authenticity of that uploaded file.
  New episodes of “Orange” are
  
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• Hacker Releases Stolen Copies Of Netflix Series

  30-04-2017 13:04
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A hacker claims to have followed through on a threat to release several episodes from the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Black.”
  The hacker, who goes by the name The Dark Overlord, announced the move on Twitter early Saturday. The post included a link to an illegal file-sharing service where purportedly 10 episodes from the series’ upcoming fifth season were available for download. The Associated Press could not legal
  
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• Official: Deaths Reported, Dozens Hospitalized After Texas Tornado

  30-04-2017 12:28
  
  CANTON, Texas (AP) — Fatalities have been reported and dozens of people were taken to hospitals after a tornado hit a small city in East Texas, authorities said.
  Canton Fire Department Capt. Brian Horton said during a news conference late Saturday that “a number of fatalities” were reported, but that it wasn’t yet clear how many, after powerful storms swept through the community earlier in the evening.
  The storms left behind a trail of overturned vehicles, mangled trees a
  
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• Journalists Celebrate Press Freedom At White House Correspondents’ Dinner Without Trump

  30-04-2017 12:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Prominent Washington journalists, if not Hollywood stars, celebrated the First Amendment during the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an event that lacked the glitter of past years because of the absence of the president of the United States.
  With President Donald Trump sending his regrets, the attention was no longer focused on an in-person roasting of the commander in chief and his humorous remarks about politics and the press. The red carpet that once fe
  
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• Brian O'Neill: Walkers and drivers and bikes, oh my

  30-04-2017 07:54
  Demonstrators will gather Thursday afternoon in Lawrenceville in the hope of increasing walkers' odds of making it across the road but, before I get to that, let me make a U-turn back to our famously lousy driving. You've probably heard that the online insurance marketplace EverQuote put Pittsburgh in a tie with New York City as having the worst group to regularly sit behind a wheel.
  
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• 25 years later, city schools facing similar problems from the past

  30-04-2017 06:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  On a warm, late summer evening in 1992, a requiem of sorts played out at the Pittsburgh Public Schools offices in Oakland.
  
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• Pittsburgh natives fighting a corporate giant over 'delay spray'

  30-04-2017 06:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  When Greg Kaminski, originally from New Kensington, and Jeff Abraham, from Canonsburg, met each other at a conference in Santa Clara, Calif., 30 years ago, they quickly became friends, bonding over their shared Pittsburgh accents and the semiconductor field both worked in.
  
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• Wake of the flood: Helping Connellsville flood victims an act of faith

  30-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. — Having lived for years in the Dutch Bottom area of Connellsville, Glenn and Shelly Siple were used to looking downstream on Mountz Creek for any signs of flooding during heavy rains. That’s because the usual pattern was for water to back up the creek from a swollen Youghiogheny River.
  
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• Harris still sees herself as an advocate, not a politician

  30-04-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  She’s been a city councilwoman, a school board member, and a Democratic committeewoman. Yet when mayoral candidate Darlene Harris says, “I never really turned into a politician, I’m still the community advocate,” there is some truth to it.
  
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• Obstetrician Delivers 3 Sets Of Twins In Just Over 24 Hours

  30-04-2017 05:57
  
  WHEELING, W.Va. (KDKA) — One obstetrician in Wheeling, W.Va., had a very busy day this week.
  Obstetrician Dr. Emily Morris delivered three sets of twins in just over 24 hours at Wheeling Hospital.
  According to the hospital, Morris delivered a set of fraternal brothers, a fraternal brother and sister, and a set of identical brothers.
  Almost 1,200 babies are born at Wheeling Hospital every year.
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• Penguins Chase Holtby, Beat Capitals To Take 2-0 Series Lead

  30-04-2017 05:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Phil Kessel scored twice, Sidney Crosby set up more goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins chased Braden Holtby on the way to a 6-2 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 2 Saturday night that gave them a commanding 2-0 lead in their second-round series.
  Marc-Andre Fleury was brilliant again in stopping 34 of the 36 shots he faced for Pittsburgh, which also got goals by Matt Cullen, Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin. The Penguins scored three goals on 14 shots on Holtby, w
  
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• One Pa. City Is Poised to Crush the 21st Century...What I learned...

  30-04-2017 03:59
  On a blustery late-winter morning with a light whorl of snowflakes falling near the banks of the Allegheny River, Sarah, a friendly young PR person for Uber, opened the rear passenger door of a Volvo SUV that had so much electronic gear installed on the roof, it looked like it was wearing a crown. She gestured for me to take a seat.
  
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• Nova Tosses 3-Hit Shutout, Pirates Win 4-0 Over Marlins

  30-04-2017 03:51
  
  MIAMI (AP) – Ivan Nova pitched a three-hitter and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marlins 4-0 on Saturday night.
  John Jaso homered and drove in two runs, Jordy Mercer knocked in a run, and Gregory Polanco had two doubles for the Pirates, who have won three straight.
  Nova (3-2) struck out seven and did not walk a batter in the 95-pitch masterpiece.He retired 11 in a row at one point.
  Nova continued his impressive start to the season, which includes walking just one batter over 27 inni
  
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• 100 Days In, Trump Says He’s Brought About ‘Profound Change’

  30-04-2017 02:54
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday marked his 100th day in office by saying he had brought “profound change” to Washington and reaffirming that “my only allegiance” is to those he governs.
  On a threshold that Trump has both derided and tried to define, the president also said he is putting Americans first even as he learns on the job.
  “My only allegiance is to you, our wonderful citizens,” Trump said in his weekly radio address.
  It
  
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• Steelers Select QB, DB, Long Snapper, Linebacker On Day 3 Of NFL Draft

  30-04-2017 02:07
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers selected a quarterback, a defensive back, a long snapper, and a linebacker on Day 3 of the NFL Draft.
  Around 1:30 p.m. the Steelers announced their selection of Joshua Dobbs from Tennessee.With the 135th pick in the 2017 #NFLDraft, we select QB Joshua Dobbs. pic.twitter.com/kefGLhF63X
  — Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) April 29, 2017
  Dobbs was selected with the same pick as Dallas took Dak Prescott last year.
  Ben Roethlisberger is th
  
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• Steelers Fans Excited To Welcome James Conner To Team

  30-04-2017 00:29
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It was the moment of a lifetime for James Conner.
  Friends and family in Erie celebrated as the western Pa. boy was drafted to join the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  Conner’s story is an inspiration – fighting cancer, practicing while wearing a surgical mask, and ultimately winning his fight.
  But Conner says he is much more than the guy who beat cancer. Joining the Steelers is another step in his journey.
  The next time we see Conner running through Heinz Field, he wil
  
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