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• Strassburger McKenna firm to help Pittsburgh with tax policies

  24-04-2018 23:55 via post-gazette.com
  By a 6-1 vote, Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved a six-figure agreement to help the city update forms, policies and ordinances largely concerning business taxes.
  
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• Farrell Police: Suspicious Man Approached Kids, Threw Them A Stuffed Animal

  24-04-2018 23:25
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  FARRELL, Pa. (KDKA) — Police in Mercer County are warning parents about a suspicious man who is approaching kids.
  According to the City of Farrell Police Department, an older white man who is possibly in his 70s was seen approaching children in local neighborhoods.
  One incident happened in the 1300 block of Farrell Terrace. Police say the man was not wearing a shirt, and he allegedly threw a stuffed animal to kids who were playing in front of their house.
  
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• Pa. Turnpike delays switch to cashless tolling on Findlay Connector

  24-04-2018 23:23 via post-gazette.com
  Equipment problems will delay indefinitely the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s plans to switch to a cashless toll system on the Findlay Connector near Pittsburgh International Airport, the agency announced Tuesday.
  
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• Woman pleads to voluntary manslaughter in stabbing death

  24-04-2018 23:20
  A woman has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of a stranger after an argument in a Pittsburgh bar. She was charged in the death of 33-year-old Ryan Carosi, who was found near a CoGos convenience store in the Mount Washington neighborhood early Aug. 13. Police said the two fought in Satalio's bar and later made up, but another argument began outside and she stabbed him.
  
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• Troy Hill bridge repairs complete, Rialto Street reopens

  24-04-2018 23:20
  TUESDAY UPDATE: Repairs have been completed and the Lowrie Street Bridge, and Rialto Street has been reopened, the city announced. The city of Pittsburgh closed one side of the Lowrie Street Bridge in Troy Hill last week after deficiencies were discovered, but neighbors want more information.
  
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• NRA Supporters Are Blowing Up Yeti Coolers In Company Boycott

  24-04-2018 23:03
  (CBS Local) – Gun owners around the country are blowing up expensive coolers after the NRA accused outdoor lifestyle company Yeti of joining a nationwide boycott of the gun-rights organization.
  According to a letter from Marion P. Hammer of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, Yeti has cut ties with the NRA and is refusing to do business with the NRA Foundation or offer discounts to members. “YETI should be ashamed. They have declined to continue helping Americ
  
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• Missing 13-Year-Old Found Safe In Avalon

  24-04-2018 22:40
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  AVALON (KDKA) — A missing 13-year-old boy from Avalon has been found safe.
  Police said Paul DiGbeu was reported missing after not showing up to school for the past three days.
  (Photo Credit: Avalon Borough Police)
  Avalon Police confirmed DiGbeu’s mother found him Tuesday evening and he is safe.
  
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• Avalon Police Searching For Missing 13-Year-Old

  24-04-2018 22:40
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  AVALON (KDKA) — Avalon Police are searching for a missing 13-year-old boy.
  Police say Paul DiGbeu hasn’t been in school for the past three days.
  He was possibly seen around 6:30 pm. Monday getting on a bus in Bellevue that was heading toward the city.
  (Photo Credit: Avalon Borough Police)
  DiGbeu is about 5-feet-6-inches tall and weighs about 115 pounds. Police say he speaks broken English and French.
  He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a dark hoodi
  
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• Pens Ready To Lean On Depth If Malkin Sits Against Capitals

  24-04-2018 22:12
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In their first day back at practice since closing out their first round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Penguins were on the ice at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry without their No. 2 center, Evgeni Malkin, and one of his linemates, left winger Carl Hagelin.Malkin missed Game 6 in Philadelphia Sunday with a lower body injury, while Hagelin left the game after taking a hit from Claude Giroux in the secon
  
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• Pa. Supreme Court Rules Rapper Meek Mill To Be Released

  24-04-2018 22:05
  CHESTER, Pa. (CBS/AP) — Meek Mill will soon be a free man.
  The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court has ruled that the rapper will be freed on bail from the State Correctional Institute in Chester on Tuesday afternoon.
  Philadelphia-born Mill was sentenced in November to two to four years in prison for violating probation on a roughly decade-old gun and drug case.
  I’d like to thank God, my family, and all my public advocates for their love, support and encouragement during this difficult
  
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• Shale Pipeline Operator To Pay Fine In Air Pollution Case

  24-04-2018 22:00
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A company that processes and transports natural gas and natural gas liquids in Ohio’s and Pennsylvania’s shale fields is agreeing to pay $610,000 to settle complaints by Pennsylvania and the federal government that it was violating air pollution laws.
  A consent decree filed Tuesday in Pittsburgh’s federal court also obligates two subsidiaries of Ohio-based MPLX to install equipment to reduce emissions of smog-forming po
  
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• Woman Pleads Guilty In Mount Washington Stabbing Death

  24-04-2018 21:48
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A woman has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of a stranger after an argument in a Pittsburgh bar.
  (Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Public Safety)
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that 25-year-old Ashley Henchell entered the plea Tuesday in Allegheny County Court.
  She was charged in the death of 33-year-old Ryan Carosi, who was found near a CoGos convenience store in the Mount Washington neighborhood early Aug. 1
  
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• Pennsylvania meets federal rail safety oversight requirements

  24-04-2018 21:46 via post-gazette.com
  Pennsylvania has met increased federal standards for overseeing safety on the state’s rail systems, ensuring the state will be able to receive $438.6 million in railway subsidy funds for the Port Authority and two other agencies.
  
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• 2 Sentenced To Life In Prison In Penn State Professor’s Death

  24-04-2018 21:42
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  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) – A man and woman have been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole in the death of a Penn State University professor who authorities say was pushed off a cliff at a quarry.
  Jurors deliberated for about two hours after closing arguments Monday before convicting 41-year-old George Ishler and 34-year-old Danelle Geier of all charges, including first-degree murder which carries a mandatory life term.
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• Disney Hiring Thousands Of Workers, Offering Bonuses Up To $3,000

  24-04-2018 21:17
  ORLANDO (CBS Local) – Disney World is opening up their theme parks, and their wallet, in a search for thousands of summer workers this year. The Florida resort is looking to fill around 3,500 positions and is reportedly offering signing bonuses of up to $3,000 in order to entice part-time employees.
  Disney’s annual hiring blitz is in preparation for the summer vacation season and the company is looking to staff a wide variety of jobs including culinary chefs, lifeguards, bus drivers,
  
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• Police: Creepy Neighbor Comes Over Uninvited, ‘Jiggles’ Door Knob, Gets Arrested For Harassment

  24-04-2018 21:09
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  CANONSBURG (KDKA) — A Washington County man is facing charges for harassing his neighbor and breaking into her Canonsburg duplex after she wouldn’t allow him inside.
  In addition to harassment, Whalen Chabot is charged with criminal trespass and loitering and prowling at night.
  (Source: Washington County Jail)
  According to the criminal complaint, the victim told police she had only been living in the West Pike Street duplex for about a week and just
  
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• 'Raging Grannies' want PNC to stop lending to companies involved in making nuclear weapons

  24-04-2018 20:52 via post-gazette.com
  About a dozen people identifying themselves as the “Pittsburgh Raging Grannies” picketed the annual PNC Financial Services Group Inc. shareholders meeting Downtown Tuesday, protesting the banking giant’s lending to companies involved in making nuclear weapons.
  
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• Goose Levels Golfer; Triggers Social Media Frenzy

  24-04-2018 20:41
  (CNN) — Geese are terrifying. Everyone knows this. Their bites hurt like hell and they have no respect for children or the elderly. In fact, they are the second-most terrifying bird behind turkeys (large, tenacious) and ahead of crows (eidetic, vengeful).
  So this momentous trio of photographs showing a Canada goose absolutely trucking a high school golfer near Blissfield, Michigan, is just a reminder of the natural order of things. You can have, as one Twitter user put it, a “quiver
  
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• Live Nation Kicks Off ‘National Concert Week’ With $20 Ticket Offer

  24-04-2018 20:28
  LOS ANGELES (CBS Local) – Live Nation is kicking off the summer season by offering music lovers a big discount on tickets to thousands of live events.
  The events promoter is celebrating the start of National Concert Week with $20 “all-in” tickets to over 2,000 of the company’s tour of summer concerts. The deal starts on April 30 and runs through May 8 on Live Nation’s website.
  SAVE THE DATE: National Concert Week is almost here! To celebrate summer concert seas
  
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• Primanti Bros. settles class-action wage violation suit for $2.1 million

  24-04-2018 19:41 via post-gazette.com
  Primanti Bros. — the famous Pittsburgh-based late-night haunt and destination for workingman’s fare like the overstuffed sandwich topped with fries — hasn’t been paying its workers their fair share.
  
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• Police and Semi Trucks Prevent Suicide Attempt on Detroit Freeway

  24-04-2018 19:16
  DETROIT (CBS LOCAL) – An incredible moment caught on camera, Tuesday morning when all lanes of I-696 were closed in both directions as a man considered suicide.
  This photo does show the work troopers and local officers do to serve the public. But also in that photo is a man s…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…—MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) April 24, 2018
  The Michigan State Police came up with a clever idea to shorten the fall. Acting fast they organized a row of 13 semi tru
  
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• Golf Course Flooded With Threats, Mistaken For Club Where Black Women Kicked Off

  24-04-2018 19:16
  YORK, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – A Pittsburgh golf club is getting bombarded with threatening phone calls, emails and social media posts due to a story where a group of black women were kicked off a York golf club.
  The incident happened at the Grandview Golf Club in York, but people are getting the Grand View Golf Club in North Braddock confused with the York golf course.The York incident started over the weekend when the police were called on five black women who were playing too slowly.
  One of five
  
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• MarkWest settles federal air pollution claim, promises to invest millions

  24-04-2018 19:11 via post-gazette.com
  MarkWest, which operates natural gas facilities across the region, has agreed to pay $610,000 and spend several million dollars to install emission control technology to settle an air pollution claim brought by the federal government.
  
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• Trump, France’s Macron Discuss An Array Of International Affairs

  24-04-2018 19:09
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Weighing withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that if the Iranians “restart their nuclear program, they will have bigger problems than they’ve ever had before.”
  Trump issued his warning alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office, where the two allies were to discuss the multinational nuclear accord, the war in Syria and other issues during a day of meetings
  
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• Engineer Creates ‘Everything-Repellent’ Coating To Kid-Proof Items

  24-04-2018 18:59
  ANN ARBOR (CBS Local) – An engineer in Michigan may have just answered the prayers of many parents who have messy children at home. Researchers at the University of Michigan have reportedly created a new coating that’s being called an “everything-repellent.”The Details:University of Michigan scientists develop “omniphobic” coating that can repel nearly every liquid
  Inspired by co-author’s dream to create material that would make cleaning up after hi
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Mount Washington stabbing death

  24-04-2018 18:30 via post-gazette.com
  A Mount Washington woman pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Tuesday after stabbing a man to death last summer.
  
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• Leaderboard: Andrew Landry And PGA Tour Second Chances

  24-04-2018 18:23
  By Dan Reardon
  In 1990, Mike Donald was one hole shy of completing the tournament of his life, the U.S. Open at Medinah Country Club. Donald needed only a par at the 18th of the Monday playoff to defeat Hale Irwin and find his place in golf history. He bogeyed and lost on the next hole in sudden death. Donald drifted on and off the PGA Tour over the next 15 years, never posting a win.
  In 1999, France’s Jean van de Velde stood on the tee of the final hole at Carnoustie with a three-sho
  
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• Kenmawr Bridge between Rankin and Swissvale will be replaced next year

  24-04-2018 18:21 via post-gazette.com
  After years of legal wrangling and design, the long-deficient Kenmawr Bridge that connects Rankin and Swissvale is scheduled to be replaced next year.
  
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• Heroin dealer gets five years in case of Oakland overdose death

  24-04-2018 17:23 via post-gazette.com
  Heroin and death took center stage again in federal court on Tuesday when a North Side man was sentenced to prison for doling out heroin that killed his friend three years ago.
  
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• A Big Dill! Picklesburgh Returning And Expanding To 3-Days

  24-04-2018 17:22
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Picklesburgh is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever.The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership announced that this year’s pickle festival will be July 20, 21, and 22 on the Roberto Clemente Bridge.Picklesburgh is expanding to three days this year, up from two last year.
  The bridge will be closed to vehicles and filled with vendors.The giant Heinz pickle balloon will also be back.The event will include pickle and pickle-inspi
  
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• 5-Year-Old Claims Teachers Taped Mouth Shut, Threw Out Lunch

  24-04-2018 17:17
  DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI (CBS Local) – A Michigan family is demanding answers after their five-year-old son claims two teachers repeatedly taped his mouth shut and threw out his lunch at school.
  “She put the scotch tape on my mouth,” Abdul Dannaoui said, via WNEM. “They said don’t tell your mom or dad, or no one.” The Highview Elementary School student reportedly told his parents on March 26 that he had been prevented from eating his lunch as many a
  
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• Police Issue Warning After Bobcat Spotted In Allegheny County

  24-04-2018 17:05
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An Allegheny County police department has issued a warning after a bobcat was spotted.
  Kennedy Township Police Department posted on Facebook that a bobcat was spotted by Windriver Drive.The Game Commission advises residents to keep their small pets inside when possible.
  They also warning residents not to leave food sources outside that that bobcats might get into.Of course it was just last month that a bobcat was found hiding on the Gat
  
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• Van Driver Accused Of Plowing Into Crowd In Toronto Detained On Murder Charges

  24-04-2018 16:51
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  By Holly Yan, Sara Weisfeldt and Susannah Cullinane, CNN
  (CNN) — Alek Minassian, the man suspected of plowing into pedestrians with a van Monday, was charged Tuesday with 10 counts of first-degree murder in a Toronto court.
  The 25-year-old is also charged with 13 counts of attempted murder.
  Minassian, who was wearing a white jumpsuit with his hands cuffed behind him, appeared attentive during the brief hearing. His next court appearance will be a bail hea
  
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• The Baseball Report: Manaea Records First No-Hitter Of Season

  24-04-2018 16:40
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  Three weeks into the MLB season, and we’ve already got our first no-hitter. And it came against an unlikely source. The Oakland Athletics are off to a solid start to the season, sitting at 12-11 and just 3.5 games back of the Astros in the American League West division standings. However, heading into this past weekend’s series against the Boston Red Sox, you would have been forgiven if you believed that Boston would dominate the A’s. The Red Sox had burst out of the
  
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• Ronny Jackson’s VA Nomination Hearing Postponed Indefinitely Over Improper Conduct Allegations

  24-04-2018 16:31
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  By Phil Mattingly, Ryan Nobles and Juana Summers, CNN
  (CNN) — Lawmakers leading the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Tuesday morning that the hearings will be delayed indefinitely, following allegations related to improper conduct in various stages of Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson‘s career.
  The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson and the panel’s
  
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• Get Into My Car… Amazon Begins Delivery To Vehicles

  24-04-2018 16:06
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Amazon latest perk … free delivery to your car.
  The Seattle company said Tuesday that it has begun delivering packages in 37 cities to Prime members who own newer General Motors or Volvo vehicles.
  Deliveries are available to members with 2015 year or newer Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or Cadillac vehicles with GM’s OnStar connected-car service, and those with a 2015 or newer Volvo vehicle with an active Volvo On Call account.
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• Shelter Cats Learning To High-Five To Help Adoption Chances

  24-04-2018 15:36
  (CBS Local) – An animal behaviorist is giving shelter cats a hand in getting adopted by loving families. In an effort to make them more adoptable, cats are learning how to give their new owners a friendly high-five.
  Jackson Galaxy, host of the TV series “My Cat From Hell,” has created a project known as Cat Pawsitive, which aims to help felines maintain their social skills while waiting to be adopted. “The genesis of Cat Pawsitive stemmed from the simple desire
  
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• PTL Links: April 24, 2018

  24-04-2018 15:11
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• These Pittsburgh Marathon runners don't let age slow them down

  24-04-2018 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  When bartender Shirl Mahoney retired, she told people the last thing she wanted to do was sit around the house growing old. She was true to her word. When she saw an ad for a 5K race in her town of South Park, she signed up — even though the only running she’d ever done was behind the bar.
  
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• Getting ready for work: Programs aid transition for young adults with autism

  24-04-2018 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  Young adults are always searching for a job that’s satisfying and successful. It’s the same for young people with autism, so new programs are helping them hit the job market running. At the same time, new therapies being tested at the University of Pittsburgh might improve their work experiences.
  
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• One Sweet Apology: Officer Says She’s Sorry For Tasing Firefighter By Baking Him A Cake

  24-04-2018 14:56
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  HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio police officer has apologized for a work mishap by bringing a firefighter a cake iced with an unusual message: “Sorry I tased you.”
  (Source: Hamilton Township Police Department/Facebook)
  Hamilton Township Officer Darcy Workman says she accidentally shocked firefighter Rickey Wagoner with her stun gun last week while attempting to restrain a patient being taken to a hospital. Wagoner wasn’t seriously
  
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• AAA: Gas Prices On The Rise, Pa. Average For Regular Unleaded To Hit $3

  24-04-2018 14:40
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Gas prices are on the rise in Western Pennsylvania.
  According to AAA, the average price in our area is up to $2.97 per gallon. That’s up about four cents from just one week ago.
  But higher gas prices seem to be a trend across the country.
  Nationally, drivers are paying about $2.76 per gallon.
  However, Pennsylvania is likely to be the only state in the region to reach the $3 mark or higher. The reason is the state gas tax.
  In Penn
  
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• Red Sox, Nationals Only Teams On Track To Pay Luxury Tax

  24-04-2018 14:28
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  By Ronald Blum
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals are the only teams on track to pay baseball’s luxury tax this year, according to opening-day payroll totals compiled by Major League Baseball and obtained by The Associated Press.
  Boston’s payroll at the start of the season for purposes of the tax was $233.9 million, which would cause the Red Sox to pay a $9.4 million tax. Washington’s payroll was $201 million, wh
  
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• Cosby’s Lawyers Call Accuser ‘Pathological Liar’ During Retrial Closing Arguments

  24-04-2018 14:03
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  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers urged a jury Tuesday to acquit the 80-year-old comedian of sexual assault charges they said were based on “flimsy, silly, ridiculous evidence,” arguing he was falsely accused by a “pathological liar” scheming for a big payday.
  The first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era was nearly in the hands of a jury after the defense declared that Cosby himself was the victim of an elaborate
  
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• Closing Arguments Expected As Bill Cosby’s Retrial Wraps Up

  24-04-2018 14:03
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  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby‘s sexual assault retrial will soon be in the hands of a jury.
  Closing arguments and deliberations are set for Tuesday. The defense rested Monday after Cosby said he wouldn’t testify.
  The comedian is charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault.
  The charges stem from Andrea Constand’s allegations that he drugged and molested her at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in January 2004.
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• Obituary: Eleanor H. Wist / Everyone's favorite kindergarten teacher

  24-04-2018 13:23 via post-gazette.com
  “Phenomenal,” “selfless,” “one-of-a-kind.” Those were just some of the words used to describe kindergarten teacher Eleanor Hallie Wist.
  
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• Eleanor H. Wist: Everyone's favorite kindergarten teacher

  24-04-2018 13:23 via post-gazette.com
  “Phenomenal,” “selfless,” “one-of-a-kind.” Those were just some of the words used to describe kindergarten teacher Eleanor Hallie Wist.
  
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• Three-alarm fire destroys century-old church in Hill District, first home to Ebenezer Baptist Church

  24-04-2018 12:25 via post-gazette.com
  A three-alarm fire destroyed a former Ebenezer Baptist Church in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Three-alarm fire destroys century-old church in Hill District, first home of Ebenezer Baptist Church

  24-04-2018 12:25 via post-gazette.com
  A three-alarm fire destroyed a former Ebenezer Baptist Church in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Local Organization Helps Rabbits Find Loving Homes

  24-04-2018 11:36
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When many people think about adopting an animal, they think of a dog or a cat, but rabbits are the third most popular animal to adopt.
  A local organization called Rabbit Wranglers helps abandoned and neglected rabbits, like Quartz, find safe, loving homes.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  For more information on Rabbit Wranglers, click this link.
  
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