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• Young Montgomery County man dies in Youghiogheny River in dam outflow area

  13-05-2017 23:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  A young man who apparently dove into very cold water churning from the base of the Youghiogheny Dam near Confluence Friday evening drowned shortly afterward, according to Fayette County Coroner Phillip E. Reilly on Saturday.
  
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• Police: 1 Boy Shot, 1 Hit In Head During Pa. Restaurant Robbery

  13-05-2017 23:31
  
  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Police say one boy was shot in the groin and another hit on the head during an early morning robbery at a McDonald’s restaurant in western Pennsylvania.
  Detective Thomas Keirn told The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat that a group of juveniles was in the Richland Township restaurant at about 3 a.m. Saturday when the masked gunman entered and went to the restroom, possibly to rethink his robbery plan. When two of the boys also went to the restroom, the man tried to r
  
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• Armed Inmate At Illinois Hospital Shot And Killed By SWAT

  13-05-2017 23:07
  
  GENEVA, Ill. (AP) – Authorities say officers have fatally shot an armed jail inmate who had taken a worker hostage at an Illinois hospital.
  Kane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Patrick Gengler says a SWAT team quickly moved in to Delnor Hospital in Geneva after negotiations broke down with the inmate Saturday afternoon. Gengler says an officer shot and killed the inmate, whom he identified as 21-year-old Tywon Salters.
  Gengler says the female hostage was “extremely emotional
  
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• Armed Inmate At Illinois Hospital Holding Person Hostage

  13-05-2017 23:07
  GENEVA, Ill. (AP) – Authorities say a jail inmate being treated at a hospital outside Chicago is holding an employee hostage after taking a gun from a correctional officer.
  Kane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Patrick Gengler says SWAT teams and crisis negotiators are on scene at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, about 40 miles west of Chicago.
  Gengler says Saturday’s standoff was contained to one section of the emergency room. Officials say the male inmate from Kane County Jail gai
  
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• Couple To Wed After Losing Nearly 600 Pounds Together

  13-05-2017 22:55
  
  SYRACUSE (KDKA) — Frustrated with his ever-growing weight that peaked at 675 pounds, Ronnie Brower began dieting and working out on his way to losing an astounding 458 pounds. His four-year fitness journey, chronicled on Facebook, earned him the admiration of a woman at his gym who similarly was trying to lose a lot of weight.
  Brower and that admirer, Andrea Masella, formed a bond around that shared mission, and on Saturday they will get married in their hometown of Syracuse, New York, cel
  
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• Arizona Radio Station Stops Airing PSA On Hiding Evidence Of Child Pornography

  13-05-2017 22:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An oldies country music radio station serving a rural Arizona area that aired a public service announcement for two years telling people how to hide potential evidence in child pornography cases has stopped doing so after advertisers received threats, the station’s owner said Wednesday
  KAVV-FM owner Paul Lotsof said in an interview that he does not like child pornography but created the announcement because he thinks Arizona’s 10-year minimum sentence for each im
  
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• Man Calls 911 In Florida To Ask To Be Deported

  13-05-2017 21:20
  
  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in southwest Florida say a Guatemalan man was arrested after he dialed 911 to ask for his deportation.
  The Collier County Sheriff’s Office says 29-year-old Cesar Sanchez placed the call in Naples and told an operator that he wanted to be sent back to Guatemala. In an audio recording of the conversation released on Friday, a man says he is not well, but clarifies, “It’s not an emergency. All I want is to be deported.”
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• Penn Township home invasion suspect apprehended in Ohio

  13-05-2017 21:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police in Penn Township, Westmoreland County, reported the apprehension Friday of a suspect in a recent home invasion burglary. Police chief John Otto posted the announcement on the department’s Facebook page.
  
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• ‘Sting’ Operation Leads To Recovery Of Stolen Bees

  13-05-2017 20:54
  
  GREAT FALLS, Montana (AP) – A Montana beekeeper has recovered hives that were stolen from him in California, thanks to an agricultural sting operation.
  Lloyd Cunniff of Choteau reported 488 hives stolen in January, after he had transported them to California for the almond pollination season.
  A tip led Fresno County authorities to find stolen hives worth $170,000 in a rented bee nursery space, a cow pasture and hidden in a drainage along a freeway.
  Fresno County Detective Anders Solis, mem
  
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• Trump Says It’s Possible He Could Pick FBI Head By Next Week

  13-05-2017 20:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “we can make a fast decision” on a new FBI director, possibly by late next week, before he leaves on his first foreign trip since taking office.
  “Even that is possible,” he told reporters when asked whether he could announce his nominee by Friday, when he is scheduled to leave for the Mideast and Europe.
  At least five candidates to be the bureau’s director were in line Saturday for the first interview
  
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• Inmate charged with smuggling drugs into Somerset jail

  13-05-2017 20:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former Confluence man faces additional charges after guards said they discovered drugs taped to his body when he was brought to Somerset County Jail on an Allegheny County bench warrant.
  
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• Undercover Agents Find Registered Church To Be Sex Club

  13-05-2017 20:10
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Undercover inspectors have determined that a building registered as a church was being operated as a sex club.
  WTVF-TV reports that the city of Nashville has filed a complaint against the owners for “maintaining a public nuisance by permitting acts of lewd conduct” and violating a state law banning sex clubs from operating within 1,000 feet of a school.
  The longtime downtown swingers club underwent a conversion in 2015 when it relocated to a run-down off
  
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• WVU Commencement Features Honorary Degree For Bill Withers

  13-05-2017 20:00
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – About 4,500 degrees are being issued as part of West Virginia University’s commencement weekend, including an honorary doctorate for “Ain’t No Sunshine” singer Bill Withers.
  The Dominion Post of Morgantown reports that the weekend involves 17 ceremonies to hand out more than 3,000 undergraduate degrees, 915 master’s and 531 doctorates.
  Withers received his honorary music degree on Friday. His hits include “Just the Two of Us,&rdq
  
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• Suspect not found in SWAT action in Elliott

  13-05-2017 19:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  For two hours Saturday morning, a SWAT team of Pittsburgh police unsuccessfully sought to apprehend a man in Elliott on both a federal warrant and a warrant in a Bethel Park rape case, according to police spokeswoman Sonya Toler. The team was called out at about 10:30 a.m., with a report of the suspect being seen going into a home on Ainsworth Street. At 12:23 p.m., K-9 officers were used to clear the building and the suspect was not there, Ms.Toler said.
  
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• SWAT Called To Elliott Home, Suspect Not Found

  13-05-2017 19:02
  
  ELLIOTT (KDKA) — SWAT was called to a home in Elliott on Saturday morning, but they did not find the suspect.
  SWAT was called to a home on Ainsworth Street around 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
  According to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler, a male warrant suspect was seen going into the home. The suspect, who was not identified, is wanted on a federal warrant and a warrant for rape out of Bethel Park.
  (Photo Credit: Tim Lawson/KDKA)
  Toler says K-9 units cleared the home just before 1
  
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• Report: Woman Accused Of Killing Father Deemed Mentally Incompetent

  13-05-2017 18:30
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman who has been accused of fatally stabbing her father is mentally incompetent to stand trial, according to a forensic psychiatrist.
  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that 27-year-old Christina Nicassio’s attorney said Friday that a forensic psychiatrist deemed Nicassio mentally incompetent, and she will likely go to a state hospital for psychiatric treatment.
  This news comes days after Nicassio allegedly hurt herself while in the Allegheny County Jail by
  
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• 2 get prison terms for 2012 botched robbery-homicide in Monessen

  13-05-2017 17:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two men have been sentenced to serve 10 to 20 years each in prison in a shooting death during a botched robbery more than four years ago.
  
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• 5 overdose in Erie County hotel

  13-05-2017 17:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  Emergency personnel responded to five reported overdoses at a Summit Township hotel early Saturday morning, according to Erie County 911.
  
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• Coroner: Allentown Father Kills Daughter, 18, Then Self

  13-05-2017 17:20
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say an Allentown father shot and killed his 18-year-old daughter and then turned the weapon on himself.
  Officials said a relative called 911 at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday to report the shooting before he ran out of the home. Arriving officers found the bodies of 60-year-old Jose Santos and 18-year-old Maria Santos.
  The Lehigh County coroner’s office said both were pronounced dead just after 3 a.m. Saturday of gunshot wounds to t
  
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• Missing Indiana Man Found Unharmed

  13-05-2017 15:56
  UPDATE: Police say Timothy Slaughterbeck has been found unharmed. No further information has been released.
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police say a man who was in Pittsburgh for a business trip has gone missing.
  According to police, 34-year-old Timothy Slaughterbeck was staying at a hotel in downtown Pittsburgh while on a business trip. He was supposed to check out on Wednesday, but he did not do so.
  Slaughterbeck is described as a white male with short brown hair and brown eyes. He is 5-feet-10-
  
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• Pittsburgh Police find missing man unharmed

  13-05-2017 15:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 34-year-old man owning a car with Indiana license plates has been found, unharmed, after being reported missing by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Missing Persons Unit Saturday. Timothy Slaughterbeck was staying at a Downtown hotel, visiting Pittsburgh for business, but did not check out Wednesday as planned.
  
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• Wilkes-Barre Man Charged For Allegedly Defecating On Church Steps

  13-05-2017 13:49
  
  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (KDKA) — Wilkes-Barre City Police say a man is facing charges for allegedly defecating on church steps.
  It happened around 1 p.m. Wednesday on North Main Street.
  According to police, someone called 911 and reported that there was a man on the steps of a church with his pants down. When officers arrived on the scene, the suspect was not there, but the witness provided a description of the man.
  A man matching the description was located nearby. The man was later identified
  
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• Iannetta Beaned, More Bad Blood As Dbacks Top Pirates 11-4

  13-05-2017 13:30
  PHOENIX (AP) – Chris Iannetta homered early for Arizona, and later was bloodied by a fastball to the face as the Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-4 Friday night in what became the latest episode of ill will between these teams.
  Iannetta turned into a pitch from reliever Johnny Barbato in the seventh inning and appeared to be struck in the nose. Iannetta was down in the dirt for several minutes with blood dripping off his face.
  Iannetta eventually was helped to his feet and walke
  
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• Police: Man In Pittsburgh For Business Trip Is Missing

  13-05-2017 12:24
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police say a man who was in Pittsburgh for a business trip has gone missing.
  According to police, 34-year-old Timothy Slaughterbeck was staying at a hotel in downtown Pittsburgh while on a business trip. He was supposed to check out on Wednesday, but he did not do so.
  Slaughterbeck is described as a white male with short brown hair and brown eyes. He is 5-feet-10-inches tall and about 280 lbs. Police say he has tattoos on the back of both calves. He may be wearing tan s
  
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• No injuries in a three-alarm fire in Wilkinsburg

  13-05-2017 07:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  No one was injured in a three-alarm fire late Friday at an apartment building in Wilkinsburg, officials said.
  
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• Man Leads Police On Wild Chase In Stolen Car During Crime Spree

  13-05-2017 06:18
  
  BEAVER, Pa. (KDKA) — A man is in custody after police say he led them on a wild chase during a crime spree through two counties on Friday evening.
  Multiple police departments throughout Allegheny and Beaver counties took part in the chase, which lasted several hours.
  It all started in Moon Township when police say they got a tip that the suspect was driving around erratically in a stolen car.
  State police identify the suspect as 26-year-old Matthew Ankrom from Pittsburgh. Sources say he wa
  
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• Witness to 2014 homicide backs away from ID

  13-05-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A witness to a 2014 homicide was at the center of a contentious court hearing Friday after he backed away from his initial identification of a man seen running from the crime scene.
  
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• Summit urges cities to plan now for shared transportation system

  13-05-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Gabe Klein experienced a prelude of what he expects urban living to be like in the U.S. in the not-too-distant future during a year-end trip to Stockholm and Amsterdam:
  
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• Spreading kindness in memory of her mother helps young mom endure weeks she dreaded

  13-05-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  For nearly two decades, Christie Pham dreaded Mother’s Day.
  
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• Philadelphia DA's trial moved back a few weeks

  13-05-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Despite his expressed desire for a speedy resolution to the matter, the judge overseeing Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' federal bribery and corruption case on Friday postponed the trial until next month.
  
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• DNC staff paid bonuses of nearly $1 million, filings show

  13-05-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee used some of the leftover money it raised for the Democratic National Convention to pay nearly $1 million bonuses to staff and volunteers, prompting the Republican head of the state Senate to call for an audit.
  
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• Allegheny County fund would encourage more landlords to rent to subsidized tenants

  13-05-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A special fund aims to encourage more local landlords to participate in the Housing Choice Voucher Program, commonly referred to as Section 8.
  
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• Young Man Earns Degree Despite Health Obstacles, Physical Limitations

  13-05-2017 05:32
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Earning a college degree is a big accomplishment for anyone, but a graduate who was honored Friday night at Duquesne University had more obstacles than normal. And yet, he didn’t allow any of them to get in his way.
  “As long as you have the strength to do it, you can do anything,” said Grant Stoner of Jefferson Hills. “It doesn’t matter your limitations.”
  At 13-months-old, Grant was diagnosed with a rare disorder called Spinal Muscula
  
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• Young Man Earns Degree Despite Enormous Health Obstacles, Physical Limitations

  13-05-2017 05:32
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Earning a college degree is a big accomplishment for anyone, but a graduate who was honored Friday night at Duquesne University had more obstacles than normal. And yet, he didn’t allow any of them to get in his way.
  “As long as you have the strength to do it, you can do anything,” said Grant Stoner of Jefferson Hills. “It doesn’t matter your limitations.”
  At 13-months-old, Grant was diagnosed with a rare disorder called Spinal Muscula
  
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• Teenager shot in Knoxville

  13-05-2017 04:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  A teenage boy was shot in the shoulder Friday night in Knoxville, Pittsburgh police said.
  
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• Furry Tails: Jackie & Willy Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  13-05-2017 03:20
  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!_____________________________________________________
  Jackie
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  Jackie may be living with a di
  
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• Former Steeler to serve probation in connection to graffiti spree

  13-05-2017 02:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Former Steelers running back Baron Batch on Friday entered a court program for nonviolent first-time offenders stemming from charges he tagged more than three dozen locations in Pittsburgh and Baldwin Borough with graffiti.
  
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• Police - child luring a misunderstanding

  13-05-2017 01:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police said a possible child luring attempt Thursday outside of a Mt. Lebanon elementary school was a misunderstanding.
  
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• Former county clerk implicated in estate scheme enters accelerated rehab program

  13-05-2017 00:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former Allegheny County probate clerk who was charged in connection to the filing of an estate that was later voided entered a court program on Friday for nonviolent first-time offenders. 
  
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