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• Audubon Society: 2nd Hays Bald Eagle Egg Most Likely Won’t Hatch

  30-03-2018 22:43
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  HAYS (KDKA) — Sad news for bald eagle watchers… The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania says the second egg in the Hays bald eagle nest most likely won’t hatch.
  The egg isn’t broken or cracked, but it has been more than 37 days since it was laid, which is beyond the normal window for eggs to hatch.WATCH LIVE HERE: Hays Bald Eagle CamThe Audubon Society says it’s unclear if the egg was non-viable from the start or if it won&rsq
  
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• Police: Stanton Heights man pointed gun at boy, used racial slur

  30-03-2018 21:26 via post-gazette.com
  A 26-year-old Stanton Heights man was charged with pointing a gun at a boy after the boy refused a sexual advance Thursday, according to court records.
  
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• Edinboro presidents -- turnover has stepped up in recent years

  30-03-2018 20:59 via post-gazette.com
  Edinboro University presidents (permanent and temporary) over the last 40 years:
  
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• Netflix Hiring People To Binge-Watch Content

  30-03-2018 20:54
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Netflix is hiring people to binge watch its shows.
  The company is currently looking for an editorial analyst to watch, rate and review its content.
  Netflix says the ideal candidate has an in-depth knowledge of the film or television industry, can write well and is comfortable using publishing tools.
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• Police Seek Help Identifying Shadyside Package Theft Suspect

  30-03-2018 20:38
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  SHADYSIDE (KDKA) – Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a package theft suspect in Shadyside.
  According to police, a package was stolen from a home along Alder Street Wednesday morning.
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  Surveillance footage shows a man walk onto the porch, grab the package and leave.
  Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (412)-422-6520.
  
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• McKees Rocks man wanted in connection with home invasion, assault of girl

  30-03-2018 20:34 via post-gazette.com
  A 42-year-old man climbed through an unlocked window, grabbed a kitchen knife from a counter, made his way to an upstairs bedroom, assaulted a girl and cut her when she fought back, according to Pittsburgh police.
  
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• McKees Rocks man wanted in connection to home invasion, assault of girl

  30-03-2018 20:34 via post-gazette.com
  A 42-year-old man climbed through an unlocked window, grabbed a kitchen knife from a counter, made his way to an upstairs bedroom, assaulted a girl and cut her when she fought back, according to Pittsburgh police.
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Stable After Heart Surgery

  30-03-2018 20:19
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  NEW YORK (AP) – Arnold Schwarzenegger is recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after undergoing heart surgery.
  The 70-year-old former California governor had a scheduled procedure to replace a pulmonic valve on Thursday, according to Schwarzenegger’s spokesman. He was in stable condition on Friday.
  Schwarzenegger was a bodybuilding star before turning to movies. His career as an action hero took off with the box-office hit “Conan
  
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• Randall gives $2M to University of Pittsburgh for entrepreneurship center

  30-03-2018 20:08
  The University of Pittsburgh's Innovation Institute announced plans for the Big Idea Center, aiming to advance student entrepreneurship.
  
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• Penn Hills Landslide Prompts Officials To Condemn 3 Homes

  30-03-2018 19:18
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  PENN HILLS (KDKA) – Penn Hills officials have condemned three homes after a landslide sent debris crashing into at least one home.
  According to officials, the landslide is happening in the 200 block of Bramble Street.
  (Photo Credit: Ian Smith/KDKA)
  Residents noticed the hillside starting to move a little bit Thursday night. By Friday morning, trees and other debris crashed through the back of one home. That home and two others have been con
  
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• Elton John: I’m Still Standing — A GRAMMY Salute To Air On Tuesday, Apr. 10 On CBS

  30-03-2018 18:40
  Elton John: I’m Still Standing—A GRAMMY® Salute, will be broadcast on Tuesday, Apr. 10 at 9/8c on CBS and CBS All Access, and features a collection of all-star performers from across the musical map, who will all gather together to celebrate the illustrious career of this true music legend.
  Not only will the bill include Elton John himself, performing a medley of his timeless hits—including “Bennie And The Jets” and “Philadelphia Freedom”—
  
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• State Rep. John Maher's DUI case closed, expunged

  30-03-2018 18:39 via post-gazette.com
  HARRISBURG — The DUI case filed against state Rep. John Maher (R-Upper St. Clair) has been closed and expunged from the court record.
  
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• Gateway School Board member accused of anti-Semitic comments resigns

  30-03-2018 18:23 via post-gazette.com
  Gateway School Board member Steve O’Donnell has resigned after he was accused of making anti-Semitic remarks, but says he is not stepping down because of the controversy and that he stands by his comments. 
  
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• 2 Arrested In Connection With 2017 Death Of Vandergrift Woman

  30-03-2018 18:13
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  DERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a Vandergrift woman.
  Last March, the body of 34-year-old Ronny Cable was found badly burned in Derry Township. Officials said her remains were found in a wooded area off of Strawcutter Road.
  Photo: Bring Our Missing Home
  Cable was last heard from on Feb. 16., when she posted on Facebook to say she was headed to Walmart.
  Police say surveillance vid
  
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• Leadership turnover affects Edinboro - with 6 presidents in 11 years - and other state system schools

  30-03-2018 17:30 via post-gazette.com
  Marc Sylvester needed a moment just to count them all.
  
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• Edinboro University has had 6 presidents in 11 years

  30-03-2018 17:30 via post-gazette.com
  Marc Sylvester needed a moment just to count them all.
  
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• Two killed in five-vehicle wrong-way crash on I-79

  30-03-2018 17:24 via post-gazette.com
  Two people were killed in a wrong-way crash on southbound I-79 around 3 a.m. Friday morning, authorities said.
  
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• Florida School Shooting Survivor Rejects Fox News Host’s Apology For Mocking Tweet

  30-03-2018 17:09
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  By Lindsey Ellefson and Joanna Pinto, CNN
  (CNN) — David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, on Friday rejected an apology from Fox News host Laura Ingraham for her tweet mocking his college acceptance record.
  Asked by CNN’s Alisyn Camerota whether he accepts the apology from Ingraham, who tweeted to more than 2 million followers, Hogg said simply, “No.”
  WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24: Ma
  
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• Family Dollar at McKees Rocks Plaza slapped with consumer alert

  30-03-2018 16:59 via post-gazette.com
  A Family Dollar store at the McKees Rocks Plaza in McKees Rocks was hit with a consumer alert by the Allegheny County Health Department because of a mouse infestation.
  
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• One of three escaped teenagers captured, returned to Shuman

  30-03-2018 16:57 via post-gazette.com
  One of three teenagers who escaped from Shuman Juvenile Detention Center in Lincoln-Lemington Thursday night was captured early Friday morning.
  
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• Widow Of Pulse Nightclub Gunman Acquitted On All Charges

  30-03-2018 16:48
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  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay Orlando nightclub has been acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI and helping her husband in the 2016 attack.
  Noor Salman was found not guilty of charges of obstruction and providing material support to a terrorist organization.
  (Photo Courtesy: CBS Miami)
  Salman was married to Omar Mateen when he attacked the Pulse nightclub.
  Prosecutors say Salman knew about Mate
  
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• Drue Heinz, Philanthropist, Widow Of Heinz CEO, Dies At 103

  30-03-2018 16:29
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The widow of the former head of the H.J. Heinz Co. and a longtime patron of the literary arts has died. Drue Heinz was 103.
  The Heinz family and The Heinz Endowments said she died Friday in Lasswade, Scotland.
  (Photo Courtesy: The Heinz Endowments)
  Drue Heinz was known for her philanthropy and longtime support of the literary arts. She endowed a literature prize at the University of Pittsburgh and was closely involved in t
  
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• Bethesda-Homewood units have new owner, new name

  30-03-2018 16:00 via post-gazette.com
  A group of troubled East End properties have a new owner who is seeking to rehabilitate them.
  
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• Police department adapts as force shifts toward less-experienced officers

  30-03-2018 15:30 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh police Detective Donald Pasquarelli never thought about retiring, even as he approached age 65 and faced a mandatory boot from the force.
  
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• Language-learning startup Duolingo wants you...to move to Pittsburgh.

  30-03-2018 15:22
  For commuters sitting in traffic on Highway 101, heading home to tiny apartments that eat up most of their paychecks, a new bright-green billboard offers yet another reason to pack up and leave the Bay Area. The billboard was erected last week by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based startup Duolingo - the maker of a popular online language-learning platform and mobile app - to lure tech talent away from Silicon Valley and into the Steel City.
  
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• PTL Links: March 30, 2018

  30-03-2018 15:02
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Construction Junction
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  Crossroads Foundation, Are You Smarter Than A Crossroads Scholar?
  Motorcycle Safety Symposium
  YWCA 150th Gala
  City Theatre “White Chip” 
  
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• Drue Heinz - philanthropist, literary force, wife of Heinz CEO - dies at 103

  30-03-2018 14:56 via post-gazette.com
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• Drue Heinz - philanthropist, literary force, widow of H.J. “Jack” Heinz II - dies at 103

  30-03-2018 14:56 via post-gazette.com
  Drue Heinz, a generous patron of the arts, Pittsburgh’s biggest literary angel, co-founder of Ecco Press and publisher of The Paris Review for 15 years, died Friday in Lasswade, Scotland. She was 103 and the widow of H.J. “Jack” Heinz II, grandson of the founder of H.J. Heinz Co, which he also led as CEO.
  
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• Drue Heinz — philanthropist, literary force, widow of H.J. 'Jack' Heinz II — dies at 103

  30-03-2018 14:56 via post-gazette.com
  Drue Heinz, a generous patron of the arts, Pittsburgh’s biggest literary angel, co-founder of Ecco Press and publisher of The Paris Review for 15 years, died Friday in Lasswade, Scotland. She was 103 and the widow of H.J. “Jack” Heinz II, grandson of the founder of H.J. Heinz Co, which he also led as CEO.
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: Final Four

  30-03-2018 14:49
  Chicago Bulls vs. Orlando MagicFriday, March 30, 2018, 7:00 pm ET
  Chicago +6.5
  My numbers see the Bulls hanging around with the Magic on Friday, as I’m projecting a one-score game that makes the underdog a solid position. Chicago is covering the number in 60 percent of simulations, and it should pay dividends to grab the points in a battle of moribund clubs.
  SportsLine Expert: Stephen Oh (10-3 in last 13 NBA O/U picks)
  Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas MavericksFriday, March 30, 2018, 8:30
  
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• Emergency Goalie Pressed Into Action In Blackhawks Win

  30-03-2018 14:49
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  CHICAGO (AP) – Emergency goaltender Scott Foster played the final 14 minutes after Chicago lost Anton Forsberg and Collin Delia to injuries, closing out the Blackhawks’ 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
  Forsberg was expected to start, but he was scratched after the team said he got hurt during warmups. Delia, who was just recalled from the minors Wednesday, then stopped 25 of 27 shots in his NHL debut before he was
  
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• Last call for lunch: Mitchell's Downtown ends food service Friday

  30-03-2018 14:10 via post-gazette.com
  According to a menu framed on the wall, on Aug. 23, 1933, the lunch special at Mitchell’s was a cup of Navy bean soup, and a choice of ham and cabbage, cold sardines, English beef stew or breaded veal chop with a side of potatoes, a beet salad, bread pudding for dessert and a drink, all for the peak-Depression era price of 25 cents. On Thursday — a few months shy of 85 years later — it was still a bargain: roast chicken, stuffing, potatoes and corn for a mere $8.75.
  
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• Venetia 4th-Grader To Compete In National Drive, Chip & Putt Championship

  30-03-2018 13:45
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There are a lot of people who would give just about anything to tee it up at Augusta National. A fourth-grader from our area gets to do that this weekend.
  Ellie Benson started playing golf when she was just 4 years old. Her father gave her a set of kids clubs. He took her to the driving range the next year after she had been working on her swing in the back yard. Now, Ellie is a finalist in the Drive, Chip and Putt compe
  
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• Married Teachers Charged In Sexual Assault Of Student

  30-03-2018 13:06
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  SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) – Police have charged two married teachers with the sexual assault of a student in Pennsylvania.
  The wife is a music teacher at a school in Scott, while the husband is a band director at a school near Carbondale.
  Police say the husband began a sexual relationship with the then 16-year-old girl before the two were married. Authorities say the wife supported the relationship and later participated in sexual acts.
  Both have
  
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• Multi-Vehicle Crash Shuts Down Part Of Interstate 79

  30-03-2018 10:13
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  FRANKLIN PARK, Pa. (KDKA) — The southbound lanes of Interstate 79 in Franklin Park were closed early Friday morning after a multi-vehicle crash.
  Emergency crews were called to the scene just south of the Parkway North (I-279) split shortly before 3 a.m.
  State police told KDKA-TV’s Amy Wadas that four vehicle were involved. Also, a trooper said state police had received a phone call from a driver reporting a vehicle heading the wrong w
  
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• I-79 Wrong-Way Crash Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Injured

  30-03-2018 10:13
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  FRANKLIN PARK, Pa. (KDKA) — Two people died in an early Friday morning wrong-way crash along Interstate 79.
  Emergency crews were called to the scene just south of the Parkway North (I-279) split shortly before 3 a.m. The medical examiner arrived at the scene around 6 a.m.Police received a phone call from a driver saying a vehicle had been seen heading the wrong way in the southbound lanes on I-79 just before the crash.
  Brandy Lamison, 31, i
  
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• At Least 2 Dead In Multi-Vehicle Crash Along I-79, Southbound Lanes Closed

  30-03-2018 10:13
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  FRANKLIN PARK, Pa. (KDKA) — At least two people have died in an early Friday morning multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 79.
  Emergency crews were called to the scene just south of the Parkway North (I-279) split shortly before 3 a.m. The medical examiner arrived at the scene around 6 a.m.
  State police told KDKA-TV’s Amy Wadas that five vehicle were involved.Police received a phone call from a driver saying a vehicle had been seen hea
  
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• TRAFFIC: Traffic resumes after double-fatal multi-vehicle crash closed southbound I-79

  30-03-2018 10:10 via post-gazette.com
  Traffic has resumed on southbound I-79 after a five-vehicle, double-fatal crash closed happened about two miles north of the Mt. Nebo exit and closed the roadway south of the split with I-279 (Parkway North) for about six hours. 
  
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• TRAFFIC: Multi-vehicle crash closes southbound I-79

  30-03-2018 10:10 via post-gazette.com
  A multi-vehicle crash closed southbound I-79 just south of the split with I-279 (Parkway North) just after 3:00 a.m., according to PennDOT officials.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Double-fatal multi-vehicle crash closed southbound I-79

  30-03-2018 10:10 via post-gazette.com
  Traffic resumed on southbound I-79 six hours after a fatal multi-vehicle crash closed the roadway south of the split with I-279 (Parkway North) shortly after 3:00 a.m., according to PennDOT officials.
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash closes southbound I-79

  30-03-2018 10:10 via post-gazette.com
  A multi-vehicle crash closed southbound I-79 just south of the split with I-279 (Parkway North) just after 3:30 a.m., according to PennDOT officials.
  
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• Police Beat March 30

  30-03-2018 08:21
  Disorderly house charges: Saytimma Anastaasia King, 19, of North Versailles; Sean Riley Leftwich, 19, of Erie; Kenneth Lee III, 18, of East Pittsburgh; Rebekah Mingucha-Rosales, 19, of Reading; Deshae Latrice Moore, 19, of Penn Hills; Chelsea Renee Patterson, 18, of Pittsburgh; Kyrek Trevon Sayles, 20, of McKeesport; and Javion Jordan Smith, 19, of ... (more)
  
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• Group travels to Pittsburgh chapel

  30-03-2018 08:21
  On March 14, a group from Greene and Washington counties traveled to the Troy Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh for a special Mass in Saint Anthony Chapel, led by the Rev.
  
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• WATCH: Bishop Zubik kisses the feet of inmates on Holy Thursday

  30-03-2018 05:54 via post-gazette.com
  The Bishop washed the inmates feet. The Bishop dried the inmates feet. The Bishop kissed the inmates feet. 
  
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• Expanding Service At Pittsburgh International Includes Service To San Francisco Year Round

  30-03-2018 05:37
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — You’ll be able to fly direct from Pittsburgh to San Francisco year round. The announcement was made Thursday.
  It’s yet another step that helps link Pittsburgh to tech companies on the West Coast.
  It’s also the latest in a growing list of direct flights out of Pittsburgh International.
  In 2014, Pittsburgh had 37 non-stop destinations. It now has 74.
  United is expanding its 10-month a year service to San Francisco to a
  
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• Police Searching For 3 Escaped Teens From Shuman Detention Center

  30-03-2018 04:53
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Several local law enforcement agencies are searching for three teenagers that escaped from Shuman Juvenile Detention Center on Thursday night.
  According to Allegheny County officials, the three 17-year-old suspects broke a window at the facility just before 8:30 p.m. and made their getaway.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Authorities say the three black males were all wearing blue uniforms.
  The Allegheny County Police Department and Sheriff&rsquo
  
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• Police Searching For 2 Escaped Teens From Shuman Detention Center

  30-03-2018 04:53
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Several local law enforcement agencies are searching for two teenagers that escaped from Shuman Juvenile Detention Center on Thursday night.
  According to Allegheny County officials, three 17-year-old suspects broke a window at the facility just before 8:30 p.m. and made their getaway.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Authorities say the three black males were all wearing blue uniforms.
  The Allegheny County Police Department and Sheriff’s Off
  
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• Police search for three teens who escaped Shuman

  30-03-2018 04:41 via post-gazette.com
  Three teenagers Thursday evening escaped Shuman Juvenile Detention Center in Lincoln-Lemington, an Allegheny County spokeswoman said.
  
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• Crosby Bats In Incredible OT Goal, Pens Defeat Devils 4-3

  30-03-2018 04:14
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  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Sidney Crosby batted his own rebound out of the air and into the net 19 seconds into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Devils 4-3 on Thursday night, denying New Jersey a sweep of the four-game season series.
  Kris Letang stole Taylor Hall’s pass in the opening seconds in the Pittsburgh zone and sent Crosby on a semi-break the other way. His initial shot hit the goalpost, but then the star center pulled his hands in and
  
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