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• Lawyers Accused Of Ethical Lapses In Sandusky Investigation

  25-03-2018 22:52
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The agency that investigates and prosecutes wrongdoing by Pennsylvania lawyers wants the state Supreme Court to punish Penn State’s former general counsel and a prosecutor who helped convict Jerry Sandusky of child molestation.
  The allegations against Cynthia Baldwin and Frank Fina relate to their involvement with the grand jury investigation more than five years ago.
  The state Office of Disciplinary Counsel is pursing petitio
  
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• When, Where & How To Watch Stormy Daniels’ Interview On ’60 Minutes’

  25-03-2018 22:37
  Tonight on 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper will interview Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress and director who alleges an affair with Donald Trump in 2006 and 2007. It is the first and only interview Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has conducted about the subject.
  Date: March 25, 2018
  Time: 7 p.m. ET/PT
  Channel: CBS — find your local CBS station
  Streaming: CBS All Access
  CBS News describes the Daniels interview:
  The 60 Minutes segment will include an examination of the poten
  
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• Man Sentenced To 60 Years In Prison After Trying To Sell 4-Year-Old For Sex

  25-03-2018 22:30
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  HOUSTON (CBS) — A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after trying to sell his 4-year-old daughter for sex on Craigslist in Texas, CBS affiliate KHOU reports. Andrew Turley, 30, was convicted of trafficking of a child and compelling prostitution of a person under 18.
  According to CBS News, prosecutors said the father’s Craigslist post in 2015 was titled “Play with Daddie’s [sic] Little Girl.” Turley believed he w
  
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• Rust’s OT Winner Gives Penguins Season Sweep Of Flyers

  25-03-2018 22:09
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Rust redirected a pass from Sidney Crosby 2:25 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins finished off a season sweep of the Philadelphia Flyers with a 5-4 victory on Sunday.
  The Flyers tied it on Sean Couturier’s goal with 43 seconds left in regulation but the Penguins controlled the extra period. Rust ended it when he got his stick down in time to get a piece of Crosby’s pass from the top of the left circle and knock i
  
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• President Trump’s Weekly Address 3/25/18

  25-03-2018 22:04
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterWASHINGTON (KDKA) — Above you can watch President Donald Trump’s weekly address from the White House from March 25, 2018.
  Rep. Robin Kelly, of Illinois, gave the Democratic Response, seen in the video below. 
   
  
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• Cranberry woman faces homicide charge after speeding away as boyfriend clung to vehicle

  25-03-2018 21:31 via post-gazette.com
  With her boyfriend clinging to the luggage rack of her SUV, a 28-year-old Cranberry woman sped along residential streets in the Butler County suburb for a half-mile — the boyfriend screaming for onlookers to “Call 911” and “Call the police” — until velocity tore him from the driver’s side of the vehicle, his body sliding, tumbling and rolling 53 feet until colliding with a light post.
  
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• Hospital gives book to each baby in NICU to help bonding, brain development

  25-03-2018 19:14
  Brad and Kara Curran read to their twin sons in the neo-natal intensive care unit at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. When Brad and Kara Curran's twin sons were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at a Pittsburgh hospital earlier this month, the Currans said they had no idea what to expect.
  
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• Santorum: Instead Of Calling For Gun Laws, Kids Should Take CPR Classes

  25-03-2018 16:50
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterBy Eli Watkins, CNN(CNN) — CNN commentator and former Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Rick Santorum on Sunday suggested students protesting for gun control legislation would be better served by taking CPR classes and preparing for active shooter scenarios.
  “How about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem, do something about maybe taking CPR classes or trying to deal with situations that when there is a violent shooter that you can actu
  
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• Trump Says ‘Many Lawyers’ Want To Represent Him

  25-03-2018 15:04
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – President Donald Trump says many lawyers and top law firms want to represent him in the Russia case following a shake-up of his legal team.
  Attorney John Dowd is leaving Trump’s legal team. He has been key to molding Trump’s legal defense in the special counsel’s Russia’s investigation.
  Trump says on Twitter on Sunday that he’s “happy with my existing team.” He notes that “many lawyers
  
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• Authorities identify man who died from injuries after being thrown from a vehicle in Cranberry

  25-03-2018 14:48 via post-gazette.com
  A man who was said to have been thrown from a moving vehicle in Butler County has died from his injuries.
  
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• District 17: a race upended by redistricting could pit incumbents against each other

  25-03-2018 13:15 via post-gazette.com
  Look at it from any angle, and Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional district might seem more like a bizarro world come November.
  
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• 'Hamilton' is coming to Pittsburgh. And with it comes the cyber scalpers

  25-03-2018 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  You know the drill. You follow the rules to the letter and still get shut out of seeing your favorite band or musical the moment tickets go on sale. And if you still want a ticket, there are plenty to be had — on Internet sites selling them for hundreds of dollars above face value.
  
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• 2 Firefighters Killed, 3 injured In West Virginia Accident

  25-03-2018 12:35
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPRATT, W.Va. (AP) – Authorities in West Virginia say two firefighters were killed and three others were injured when a volunteer fire department’s truck flipped while responding to a call about a highway accident that also had fatalities.
  Kanawha County Manager Jennifer Herrald said in an email Saturday night that members of the Pratt Volunteer Fire Department were on their way to the wreck on the West Virginia Turnpike when their truck flipped. She
  
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• Forward Lanes, a local hangout in Squirrel Hill for decades, closes

  25-03-2018 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  Forward Lanes has picked up its last spare.
  
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• Riverhounds Opens 2018 Season With Scoreless Draw In Nashville

  25-03-2018 04:55
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  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KDKA) — The Riverhounds opened their 2018 season Saturday night against expansion Nashville SC with a scoreless draw in front of a crowd of over 18,000 in Tennessee.
  Both teams had scoring opportunities, though Pittsburgh had the better of the chances to win the match and outshout the hosts 13-6.
  Early in the second half, Hounds midfielder Christiano Francois made a nice run down the right side and played a give and go with forward Romeo
  
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• Police: Man Pretends Car Was Stolen After DUI Driver Gets Stuck On Railroad Tracks

  25-03-2018 04:05
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  DUQUESNE (KDKA) — Duquesne Police say a man lied and said his car had been stolen after a drunk driver got the car stuck on railroad tracks.
  Duquesne Police say officers were called to Grant Avenue and SR-837 for a report of a car stuck on the railroad tracks.
  A witness told police they saw the vehicle come down Grant Avenue and drive onto the railroad tracks after taking too wide of a turn around the bend.
  After the car got stuck on the tracks, the witne
  
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• New Castle Police K9 Chases Down Wanted Man, 2 Arrested

  25-03-2018 03:35
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  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — A car and foot chase ended with a New Castle Police K9 catching up to a wanted man Saturday.
  According to New Castle Police, a patrol officer was near Long Avenue when he spotted 29-year-old Deonte Adams Jr., who was wanted on felony drug warrants, in the passenger seat of a vehicle.
  The officer tried to pull the vehicle over, but the driver, later identified as 27-year-old Nathan Stokes, sped off. Police pursued the vehicle through mu
  
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• Family Searching For Plum Man Missing Since February 2017

  25-03-2018 00:54
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  PLUM (KDKA) — Family members are searching for a young man who went missing in Plum more than a year ago.
  Matthew Sheets says his brother, 20-year-old Zackery Sheets, was last seen on Feb. 19, 2017.
  He said before he went missing, his brother had fallen into “bad groups of friends.”
  Their father said Zackery left his cigarettes and his cell phone behind the night he went missing.
  “The night that he left, he was just supposed to go to the
  
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• Family Searching For Plum Man Missing Since February

  25-03-2018 00:54
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  PLUM (KDKA) — Family members are searching for a young man who went missing in Plum more than a month ago.
  Matthew Sheets says his brother, 20-year-old Zachary Sheets, was last seen on Feb. 19.
  He said before he went missing, his brother had fallen into “bad groups of friends.”
  Their father said Zachary left his cigarettes and his cell phone behind the night he went missing.
  “The night that he left, he was just supposed to go to the stor
  
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• Meet the two Democrats hoping to unseat Rep. Daryl Metcalfe

  25-03-2018 00:51 via post-gazette.com
  Democratic voters in the Pennsylvania’s 12th state House district were introduced Saturday to the two candidates who are vying for the chance to unseat GOP state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, who has served in the state House since 1999.
  
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• An 'American crisis': March For Our Lives draws thousands in Pittsburgh

  25-03-2018 00:23 via post-gazette.com
  They marched. They chanted. They pleaded with loud voices, with tears, and with passion.
  
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• Man Arrested, Drugs, Guns & Cash Seized From New Castle Home

  25-03-2018 00:04
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  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — Authorities arrested a man and seized drugs, guns and cash from a New Castle home Friday.
  New Castle Police say they conducted an investigation after they had received numerous complaints of suspected drug traffic at a home in the 900 block of Warren Avenue.
  When authorities searched the home, they found a revolver and a semiautomatic handgun that had been reported stolen.
  They also found, heroin, crack cocaine, two digital scales with
  
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