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• 17-year-old girl who ran away from home in Butler County found safe

  05-01-2018 23:39
  
  Anyone with information is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police Butler at 724-284-8100.
  
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• Another candidate emerges in Pittsburgh District 8 council race

  05-01-2018 23:36 via post-gazette.com
  A third candidate has emerged for a Pittsburgh City Council seat representing part of the East End.
  
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• City seeking to preserve affordable East End units

  05-01-2018 23:26 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority has solicited proposals from property owners with rental units that are either vacant or occupied with low-income tenants in order to potentially transfer a rental subsidy after federal officials pulled it from a group of properties last year over what they said were poor living conditions.
  
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• Rescuers save goose that froze to river

  05-01-2018 23:22
  
  It's already been a rough 2018 for this goose. 😂
  
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• Stanton Avenue in Lawrenceville reopened after being closed for hours due to water main break

  05-01-2018 23:21
  
  Stanton Avenue could be closed from Poe Way to 52nd Street as late as 4 p.m. Friday.
  
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• Leechburg police chief charged with sex crimes

  05-01-2018 23:21 via post-gazette.com
  The state Attorney General’s office on Friday said it had arrested Leechburg police Chief Michael Diebold for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a teenage girl and related crimes.
  
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• Leechburg police chief accused of unlawful contact with a minor

  05-01-2018 23:16
  
  Diebold was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover agent from the attorney general's office who was posing as a 14-year-old girl online.
  
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• Large fire burning at home in Derry Township, Westmoreland County

  05-01-2018 23:14
  
  Sky 4 video showed large flames burning through the roof of the house in Derry Township, Westmoreland County.
  
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• What experts say about Trump's legal approach to Bannon, 'Fire and Fury'

  05-01-2018 23:11 via post-gazette.com
  If President Donald Trump wants to take legal action relative to the book released Friday purporting to show life inside his inner circle, experts say his best bet would be to go after former White House strategist Steve Bannon in a breach of contract case. 
  
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• WCVB viewers share severe Bomb Cyclone flooding pics on u local

  05-01-2018 23:10
  
  You uploaded photos and videos to u local to share your local weather conditions and the photos are unbelievable.
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: NFL Wild Card Match-Ups

  05-01-2018 22:57
  Tennessee Titans vs. Kansas City ChiefsSaturday, January 6, 2018, 4:35 pm ET
  KANSAS CITY -9
  The Titans have been one of the more frustrating teams to analyze all season long. They limp into the playoffs for the first time since 2008. The key in this game will be avoiding the big mistake, which is very tough to avoid for a young team going up against a Chiefs squad well-equipped for the challenge. Lay the points.
  SportsLine Expert: Emory Hunt (41-32-4 in last 77 NFL ATS picks)
  Atlanta Falcons vs.
  
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• Wife of Russian man slain in US meets vet who got his kidney

  05-01-2018 22:49
  Erin Bond, center, 33, of Apple Valley, Minn., and her husband, John, right, 35, go in for a group hug with Olga Kemaeva, 34, the widow of Russian tourist Anton Kemaev, as they meet for the first time at the Residence Inn by Marriott on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Giant Eagle closing store in Monroeville

  05-01-2018 22:46 via post-gazette.com
  The Giant Eagle on Old William Penn Highway in Monroeville is slated to close. 
  
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• Leechburg Police Chief Arrested, Charged With Underage Solicitation

  05-01-2018 22:36
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  LEECHBURG (KDKA) — The police chief of Leechburg is being charged with felony counts of underage solicitation.
  The state Attorney General’s Office is charging Chief Michael Diebold with unlawful contact with a minor and criminal attempt to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, both are first-degree felonies.
  “This is extremely startling,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. “To arrest the chief of police of Leechburg for u
  
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• Alice Cooper will appear at the Steel City Con in April

  05-01-2018 22:26 via post-gazette.com
  We’ve seen a lot of Alice Cooper on local stages in recent years.
  
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• Keidel: NFL Wild Card Weekend Predictions

  05-01-2018 22:23
  By Jason Keidel
  The only NFL weekend better than wild card weekend is the divisional round. So consider the next two days a delicious appetizer to next weekend’s main course, with four games between teams with almost identical records. Indeed, the home team in all four games didn’t win more than one game more than their opponent this weekend.
  So let’s get to it…
  Tennessee Titans (9-7) @ Kansas City Chiefs (10-6)Saturday, January 6, 4:35 p.m. ET
  The Titans limp into Arrow
  
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• Feces-Smearing Passenger Forces Flight To Divert To Alaska, Reports Say

  05-01-2018 21:54
  CBS Local — An unstable United Airlines passenger made the trip from Chicago to Hong Kong stink for flyers after he reportedly smeared feces all over the plane’s bathrooms. The man, who also tried to stuff his shirt in the toilet, forced the flight crew to divert to Alaska so he could be removed.
  According to KTVA-TV, United Airlines flight 895 had to make the emergency stop at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage on Jan. 4. Airport police report there was a “pas
  
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• Beaver County school bus monitor charged with assaulting 5-year-old girl

  05-01-2018 21:36 via post-gazette.com
  A 61-year-old school bus monitor in Beaver County has been charged with child endangerment after police say he lifted a 5-year-old girl by the neck and put her in her seat in December.
  
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• Pittsburgh real estate broker sentenced in mortgage fraud scheme

  05-01-2018 21:33 via post-gazette.com
  George Kubini, who with Squirrel Hill landlord Dov Ratchkauskas ripped off homeowners and lenders in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that preyed on unsophisticated home buyers, is headed to federal prison for five years.
  
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• ‘SHAME ON YOU’: Cats Reportedly Abandoned Outside Shelter In Freezing Cold

  05-01-2018 21:29
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  CBS Local — An animal shelter in Michigan lashed out at a man who allegedly abandoned three cats out in the freezing cold before the facility opened for business.
  According to the Cooper Country Humane Society, in a Facebook post that has now been taken down, a cat and two kittens were left in an uncovered cage outside the Houghton shelter in four-degree weather.
  “To the middle-aged gentleman in the burgundy pickup truck. SHAME ON YOU!!!”
  
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• College Basketball Games Of The Week: Sooners, Mountaineers Meet In Big 12 Clash

  05-01-2018 20:49
  By Steve Silverman 
  Saturday, January 6
  No. 7 Oklahoma (12-1, 2-0) at No. 6 West Virginia (13-1, 2-0), 7:15 p.m. ET, ESPN2
  The Sooners are one of the most surprising and exciting teams in the nation, as they are led by freshman sensation Trae Young.
  The Sooners are averaging 95.8 points per game and connecting on 50.6 percent of their shots from the field, while the Mountaineers are averaging 84.2 ppg and hitting 43.9 percent of their shots.
  The Sooners have won 10 games in a row since an e
  
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• JuJu Smith-Schuster Goes Undercover As TV Reporter, Asks Fans About Burfict Hit

  05-01-2018 20:46
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster’s hit on Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was a hot topic back in December, and Smith-Schuster apparently wanted to find out what fans thought for himself.
  A video posted on Smith-Schuster’s YouTube channel shows the 21-year-old going to a costume shop to get a disguise then heading out to the North Shore wearing a wig, glasses and a suit to find some
  
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• Antonio Brown Only Unanimous AP All-Pro Selection, 3 Other Steelers Join Team

  05-01-2018 20:21
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  PITTSBURGH (AP/KDKA) — Antonio Brown is one of four repeaters from last season on The Associated Press 2017 NFL All-Pro Team, and the only unanimous choice.
  In voting announced Friday, the brilliant wide receiver of the Pittsburgh Steelers drew all 50 ballots from a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league. Brown missed the last two-plus games with an ankle injury.
  He is one of four players to make his fourth All-Pro squad, joining
  
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• So it begins? National groups investing in Pa-18 special election

  05-01-2018 20:17 via post-gazette.com
  With a March 13 special election over two months away, two national conservative groups are preparing to fight in the air and on the ground in the 18th Congressional District. And given the potential national implications for the race between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone, they may be harbingers of more to come.
  
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• Testimony: Fatal McKeesport shooting prompted by $100 debt

  05-01-2018 20:09 via post-gazette.com
  Two men shot each other during an argument about a $100 debt, witnesses testified Friday during a preliminary hearing for the sole survivor of the October shootout, Damien Ashley, 29.
  
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• Homeowner’s Group Tells Veteran He Can’t Fly U.S., Marine Flags

  05-01-2018 20:00
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  CBS Local — A former U.S. Marine in Texas is fighting for the flag once again; this time against his local homeowner’s association (HOA) who have told him he can not fly the country’s flag outside his home.
  “If they’re going to take them down, it’s going to be a fight to take them down, and no one fights harder than a veteran combat Marine,” Michael Pereira said, via the Austin American-Statesman. The veteran and h
  
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• Carnegie Museums offer free Sundays

  05-01-2018 19:45 via post-gazette.com
  With the new year, Carnegie Museums in Oakland are offering “Free Sundays” — free admission on the third Sunday of each month to Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Museum of Art. 
  
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• Rising Cable, Satellite Rates Give Consumers Chance To Seek Out Alternatives

  05-01-2018 19:24
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Cable television and satellite TV providers are jacking up their customer bills in 2018.
  “They’re raising rates because they have got to be more competitive with the content that they buy,” says Point Park University Prof. Paige Beal.
  “And because that content — sports in particular — is more expensive for them to buy right now, they’re passing that along to the consumer,” she told KDKA m
  
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• Cable Bills On The Rise In 2018, Companies Blame Rising Fees

  05-01-2018 19:24
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  NEW YORK (AP) – Cable and satellite TV providers are ringing in the new year with an unwelcomed gift: higher cable bills.
  Comcast, for instance, says customer bills will rise 2.2 percent, on average, in 2018. AT&T is raising DirecTV’s prices by up to $8 a month in mid-January. Smaller providers are planning increases, too.
  Over the past decade, prices for TV service have risen almost twice as fast as inflation.
  Cable companies point to rising fe
  
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• Tiny nonprofits get boost with 'small and mighty' grants

  05-01-2018 19:02 via post-gazette.com
  For the second consecutive year, the Pittsburgh Foundation is targeting some of its grantmaking to tiny nonprofits that it believes can make a big impact in the lives of people who live in poverty and others at risk such as the homeless or those recovering from substance abuse.
  
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• ‘Mad Pooper’ Copycat Caught On Video Terrorizing Homeowners

  05-01-2018 18:54
  CBS Local — As if one “Mad Pooper” wasn’t enough, another person has allegedly begun terrorizing a couple in Arkansas by leaving his feces on their property.
  According to multiple reports, a Little Rock woman and her fiance have been the victim of two poop attacks since December. The first public dumping took place on Dec. 30, when the couple’s driveway security camera caught the suspect run between their two parked cars and squat down.
  “It wasn’t a dog.
  
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• ‘Be Prepared’: AAA Offers Cold Weather Car Safety Tips

  05-01-2018 18:48
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There is no worse feeling than on a cold day, you get in your car and it won’t start, or you have a break down and no emergency plan.
  In that event, AAA has you covered from under the hood of the vehicle to the tires and an emergency plan.
  Jim Garrity, AAA spokesperson, says there are some things you should have taken care of long before the cold weather rolled in.
  “Make sure your belts don’t have any cracks in them.
  
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• Leader of Pittsburgh police accountability group charged with insurance fraud

  05-01-2018 18:46 via post-gazette.com
  A leader of a community group focused on police accountability has been charged with felony insurance fraud related to a September vehicle crash.
  
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• Authorities Trying To Identify Green Tree Bank Robber

  05-01-2018 18:22
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  GREEN TREE (KDKA) — Allegheny County Police and the FBI are trying to identify the person who robbed a Green Tree bank Thursday afternoon.
  It happened just before 2:30 p.m. at the First Commonwealth Bank on Mansfield Avenue.
  According to the FBI, the man displayed a note and handed the bank employee a plastic bag from a Pennsylvania Wines and Spirits store. He then left the scene.
  No one was injured.
  (Photo Credit: FBI Pittsburgh Field Office)
  The suspect
  
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• Starting this weekend, you can skate under the Gardiner

  05-01-2018 17:58
  Crews put the finishing touches on the first phase of the skating trail that is part of The Bentway, the new public space under the Gardiner Expressway. Torontonians will have a new spot in which to channel their inner Elizabeth Manley, as the first phase of The Bentway skating trail underneath the Gardiner Expressway is set to open Saturday morning.
  
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• Allegheny County employee charged with harassing ex-boyfriend

  05-01-2018 17:48 via post-gazette.com
  A 31-year-old analyst in the Allegheny County Controller’s office was charged Wednesday with harassing his ex-boyfriend by submitting anonymous tips about the man to Pittsburgh city officials.
  
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• Report: Comcast Fired 500 After Claiming Tax Cut Would Create Jobs

  05-01-2018 17:36
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  CBS Local — Telecommunications giant Comcast has been caught in another embarrassing situation, this time involving layoffs and their support of the government’s tax overhaul.
  According to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Comcast fired over 500 sales personnel shortly before Christmas, despite claiming that Congress’s new tax cut bill would help them create thousands of jobs. The fired door-to-door sales representatives were also al
  
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• Tractor Trailer, Vehicle Collision Shuts Down I-80 In Venango County

  05-01-2018 17:11
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  IRWIN TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — No one was injured in a collision involving a tractor trailer and a vehicle in Venango County late Friday morning.
  It happened just before 10 a.m. on I-80 westbound in Irwin Township.
  A photo from Clintonville Fire Chief Gerry Rea shows a vehicle that appears to be stuck under the semi truck’s trailer.
  (Photo Credit: Clintonville Fire Chief Gerry Rea)
  The fire chief says no one was injured in the crash. Tow trucks were on the
  
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• Ohio Man Found Dead From Hypothermia On Front Porch

  05-01-2018 16:49
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  AKRON, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say a 64-year-old Ohio man whose body was found on the front porch of his home by a meal delivery driver froze to death.
  The Akron Beacon Journal reports the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday confirmed that Darnell Wilson, of Akron, died of hypothermia.
  His body was found Tuesday by a woman delivering food for the Mobile Meals program. The high temperature in Akron reached just 14 degrees that day.
  It
  
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• It’s So Cold In Florida, Iguanas Are Falling From Trees

  05-01-2018 16:37
  MIAMI (AP) – It’s so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.
  The National Weather Service in Miami said temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) early Thursday in parts of South Florida. That’s chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami’s suburbs.
  It’s so cold the iguanas are freezing and falling out of trees @CBS12 pic.twitter.com/9nCTfKPaGJ
  — Maxine Bentzel (@MaxineBentzel) Janu
  
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• Obituary: Fred Reginella / City engineer navigated geographic, financial challenges in Pittsburgh (Feb. 20, 1933 - Dec. 31, 2017)

  05-01-2018 16:25 via post-gazette.com
  The tail end of Fred Reginella’s long career as a director of engineering and construction for the City of Pittsburgh was frustrating.
  
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• Obituary: Fred Reginella / City engineer navigated geographic, financial challenges in Pittsburgh

  05-01-2018 16:25 via post-gazette.com
  The tail end of Fred Reginella’s long career as a director of engineering and construction for the City of Pittsburgh was frustrating.
  
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• Mega Millions, Powerball Jackpots Reach More Than $1 Billion Combined

  05-01-2018 15:55
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are now more than $1 billion combined.
  The Pennsylvania Lottery says the two jackpots have never been this high at the same time.
  The Mega Millions jackpot is now at $450 million. The next drawing will take place Friday. Tickets can be purchased until 9:59 p.m. for a chance at Friday night’s jackpot.
  Only two jackpot-winning Mega Millions tickets have been sold in Pennsylvania since 2010.
  
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• Mega Millions, Powerball Jackpots Reach Combined $995 Million

  05-01-2018 15:55
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots have now climbed to a combined $995 million.
  The Pennsylvania Lottery says the two jackpots have never been this high at the same time.
  The Mega Millions jackpot is now at $445 million. The next drawing will take place Friday. Tickets can be purchased until 9:59 p.m. for a chance at Friday night’s jackpot.
  Only two jackpot-winning Mega Millions tickets have been sold in Pennsylvania since
  
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• 'He's an angel for us': Man in UK helps save boy’s life with cheek swab

  05-01-2018 15:55
  
  With a cheek swab, Swanand Patwardhan became a hero.
  
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• Police: Man Rips Heads Off 20 Chickens While Drunk On Christmas

  05-01-2018 15:43
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  MILFORD, Conn. (AP) – Police say a Connecticut man killed 20 chickens and ripped their heads from their bodies in a drunken, jealous rage on Christmas.
  Milford police Officer Michael DeVito tells the Hartford Courant that the man was drinking with a friend when he saw social media pictures of his wife with other people. DeVito says the man became enraged and told his friend to drive to the homes of the people with his wife.
  Police say he went to several l
  
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• History's verdict: You can't be sure if it's Westinghouse

  05-01-2018 15:36 via post-gazette.com
  Toshiba’s planned $4.6 billion sale of Westinghouse Electric Co., an often-teetering pillar of Western Pennsylvania’s economy for more than 130 years, is the latest chapter in the venture’s sometimes proud, sometimes tainted history.
  
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• PTL Links: Jan. 5, 2018

  05-01-2018 15:02
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
  Hidden Valley Resort
  Dean Lives
  Aubrey Worek
  Girl Scout Cookies
  
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• Parks celebrate 90 years of buffalo, swimming, skating and the great outdoors

  05-01-2018 14:30 via post-gazette.com
  Allegheny County intended its parks to be the “people’s country clubs” in an area where working people had few opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. Except in 1927, the outdoors wasn’t all that great.
  
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• Defense Attorney: Man Thought ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Host Told Him To Kill Mother

  05-01-2018 14:13
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  AKRON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio man who reportedly believed “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak instructed him to kill his elderly mother has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
  The Akron Beacon Journal reports that a judge made the ruling Thursday in the murder case against 48-year-old Derrick Williams.
  Defense attorney Brian Pierce says the Williams believed he was getting messages from the TV game show when he heard his hometown mentioned
  
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