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• Teen dead, one rescued in Lawrence County creek

  28-05-2018 23:53 via post-gazette.com
  One teenager was found dead and another person was rescued Monday afternoon from Connoquenessing Creek near Ellwood City in Lawrence County, Post-Gazette news partner KDKA-TV reports. 
  
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• One dead, one rescued in Lawrence County creek

  28-05-2018 23:53 via post-gazette.com
  One teenager was found dead and another person was rescued Monday afternoon from Connoquenessing Creek near Ellwood City in Lawrence County, Post-Gazette news partner KDKA-TV News reports. 
  
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• Hurdle Ejected Over Controversy Play As Pirates Lose To Cubs, 7-0

  28-05-2018 23:36
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Montgomery pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning, Anthony Rizzo went 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, and the sleep-deprived Chicago Cubs beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 on Monday.
  Montgomery (1-1), starting for the first time this season in place of injured Yu Darvish, retired the first 13 batters before giving up a sharp single to Corey Dickerson with one out in the fifth. He struck out five and needed just 76
  
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• Obituary: Nancy Holman / Longtime GOP committeewoman, Elsie Hillman's executive assistant

  28-05-2018 23:26 via post-gazette.com
  In Nancy Holman’s house, when her sons were old enough to reach the sink, they started washing their own dishes. 
  
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• 1 Rescued In Connoquenessing Creek, 17-Year-Old Found Dead

  28-05-2018 22:55
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  ELLWOOD CITY (KDKA) — One person was rescued in a Lawrence County creek Monday afternoon and a teenager was found dead.
  Emergency crews were searching Connoquenessing Creek in Ellwood City for at least an hour.
  One person was rescued from a rock with assistance from the Beaver Falls Fire Department. While he was stuck on the rock, he was telling rescue workers where another person he was with was last seen.
  Rescue workers recovered a body from the river a
  
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• Riders Stranded In Heat During Power Outage At Cedar Point

  28-05-2018 22:53
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  SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) – A power outage at an amusement park in Ohio left riders stranded on some of its roller coasters and other rides.
  A spokesman for Cedar Point in Sandusky says the outage Monday afternoon was caused by a car that hit a utility pole.We’re currently experiencing a power outage in a portion of the park. Ohio Edison is currently addressing this and will restore power as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience!
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• Subtropical Storm Alberto makes landfall on the Florida Panhandle

  28-05-2018 22:24 via post-gazette.com
  Subtropical Storm Alberto lumbered ashore Monday on the U.S. Gulf Coast, pelting white sand beaches with blustery winds and stinging rain that kept the usual Memorial Day crowds away.
  
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• Subtropical Storm Alberto makes landfall along the Florida Panhandle

  28-05-2018 22:24 via post-gazette.com
  Subtropical Storm Alberto rumbled inland Monday after its Memorial Day strike on the Gulf Coast, driving holiday beachgoers away amid heavy rains that raised a dangerous flood threat around the South.
  
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• Alberto downgraded to depression, dumps heavy rains on South

  28-05-2018 22:24 via post-gazette.com
  Forecasters warn Alberto, a still-menacing depression after its Memorial Day landfall on the Gulf Coast, is scattering heavy rains around the South amid heightened risks of flash flooding.
  
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• PWSA would be 'far smarter' to expand lead filter offering, county official says

  28-05-2018 22:13 via post-gazette.com
  As the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority readies a limited distribution of certified lead filters, Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner said Sunday the utility would be “far smarter” instead to supply every resident with a filter.
  
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• Police: Little Caesars Employee Shoots, Kills Attacker In Clown Mask

  28-05-2018 22:06
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  HOLLY HILL, Fla. (CBS) — A worker at a northeast Florida Little Caesars pizza shop shot and killed a man in a clown mask who attacked him, police tell CBS affiliate WKMG.
  According to the Holly Hill Police Department, Heriberto Feliciano, 28, had just walked out after closing the Holly Hill store Saturday night when a suspect wearing a clown mask attacked him.The suspect hit Feliciano with a wooden post until the post broke and tried to stab him with scis
  
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• Thousands Of Starbucks Closing Tuesday For Anti-Bias Training

  28-05-2018 22:05
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  PHILADELPHIA (AP/KDKA) — Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking in an effort to restore its tarnished diversity-friendly image.
  The coffee chain’s leaders reached out to bias training experts after the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month.
  The plan has brought attention to the little-known world of “unconscious bias tra
  
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• 9-Year-Old Raises Almost $6,000 For Brother’s Medical Bills With Lemonade Stand

  28-05-2018 21:52
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  GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) – A 9-year-old South Carolina boy selling lemonade to help his sick baby brother raised nearly $6,000 in two hours.
  Andrew Emery wants to help his parents pay for the medical bills for his little brother Dylan. The infant suffers from Krabbe disease, a rare and often lethal neurological condition.
  So on Saturday, Emery spent two hours at used truck dealership Southern Wheels in Greenwood, selling lemonade and #TeamDylan t-shirts.He ra
  
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• Crowds turn out for Memorial Day parade in Lawrenceville

  28-05-2018 21:47 via post-gazette.com
  Bedecked in red, white and blue, hundreds of Pittsburghers turned out for Lawrenceville's 110th annual Memorial Day parade on Monday.
  
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• Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With Car, 2 Others Injured

  28-05-2018 21:36
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  LATROBE (KDKA) — A motorcyclist was killed and his passenger was injured in a crash in Westmoreland County on Monday.
  According to initial reports, the driver of a Volkswagen Jetta was traveling north along Route 981 in Latrobe when it crossed the center line and struck a motorcycle that was traveling south.
  The male motorcyclist was killed in the crash. His female passenger was thrown from the bike and suffered leg injuries. Her condition is unknown.
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• ‘We Don’t Want To Be Hostages’: Pa. Hog Farm Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Putrid’ Smell

  28-05-2018 20:31
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  BERWICK, Pa. (AP) – When the wind blows a certain way, residents know to head inside. Quickly. They claim the stench from an industrial hog farm on the edge of town is unbearable.
  The gigantic “finishing” barn confines as many as 4,800 hogs. That many animals produce a lot of waste, and it’s what Will-O-Bett Farm does with the liquid manure – applying tens of thousands of gallons to nearby farm fields – that prompted a nasty
  
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• FBI Urging Everyone To Reboot Routers To Stop Malware Attack

  28-05-2018 19:24
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  PITTSBURGH (CNET) — The FBI is asking everyone to reboot their routers immediately.
  In a public service announcement published Friday, and a new addition to a US Department of Justice press release, the FBI explains that it’s hoping that the router reboots will help the US government destroy a botnet before a Russian hacking group, Sofacy, can harden the malware’s defenses.
  How would pressing a button on your router help, though? According to
  
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• Thousands Line Streets For 110th Lawrenceville Memorial Day Parade

  28-05-2018 18:59
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  LAWRENCEVILLE (KDKA) – Thousands of spectators lined the streets for the annual Memorial Day Parade in Lawrenceville.
  Today marked the 110th anniversary of the parade, which makes it one of the longest-running Memorial Day parades in the country.
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  The parade will ended in Allegheny Cemetery with an event to honor the men and women who serve our country.
  This year’s parade featured more than 65 groups, including marching bands and
  
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• ‘Protect And Extract Or Hunt And Destroy’: Controversy Surrounds Upcoming ‘Active Shooter’ Video Game

  28-05-2018 18:36
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  MIAMI (AP/KDKA) — An upcoming computer video game that would allow players to re-create school shootings by stalking school hallways and racking up kills has been condemned as insensitive and inappropriate by the parents of students who were shot to death during the school massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
  The game — titled “Active Shooter” and slated for a June 6 release — is branded as a “SWAT simulator” that
  
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• Green Beret Injured In Afghanistan Receives Hero’s Welcome In Beaver Falls

  28-05-2018 18:09
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  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) – Dozens of people filled the streets of Beaver Falls, and fire trucks from multiple departments lined every bridge between the airport and Chippewa to welcome home Staff Sgt. Luke Sciulli.
  The Economy native spent the past few months recovering and rehabilitating at a Florida hospital, returning home to Beaver Falls on Memorial Day weekend.
  “Not only is today not about me, but every day is not about me,” said Sciulli. &ldq
  
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• Money Magazine names Phipps Conservatory best park in Pennsylvania

  28-05-2018 17:35 via post-gazette.com
  All those positive reviews on Yelp earned the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens a reputation as the best park in Pennsylvania. 
  
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• Army National Guard Member Missing After Flash Flooding In Maryland

  28-05-2018 17:09
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  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (CBS) — After flash floods sent cars floating down Main Street in historic Ellicott City, Maryland, local officials said they were heartbroken to see the community so severely damaged again less than two years after a devastating flood killed two people and caused millions in damages. CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues reports that Howard County officials confirm that there is one person missing.
  The missing man has been identified as E
  
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• Hero Teacher Says Student Injured In School Shooting Is ‘Remarkable’

  28-05-2018 16:33
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  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) – The Indiana teacher who stopped a school shooting says his swift decisions were the “only acceptable actions” to save his students.
  Jason Seaman spoke publicly Monday for the first time, three days after he tackled and disarmed a student with a gun at Noblesville West Middle School.
  Seaman was shot but not seriously injured. He wants the public to focus on a 13-year-old girl who was seriously injured.
  Ella Whistler is
  
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• Indiana County Woman Critically Injured In Jet Ski Crash

  28-05-2018 16:02
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  OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) – A Pennsylvania woman whose personal watercraft was struck by another in Maryland has been hospitalized in critical condition.
  The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that 23-year-old Christine Doty of Indiana, Pennsylvania, was injured Saturday evening. Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson says she was driving a jet ski that collided at around 35 mph (56 kph) with another jet ski driven by 45-year-old Randhir Mud
  
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• Indiana County woman critically injured in jet ski collision in Maryland

  28-05-2018 15:45 via post-gazette.com
  OCEAN CITY, Md. — A Pennsylvania woman whose personal watercraft was struck by another in Maryland has been hospitalized in critical condition.
  
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• Subtropical Storm Alberto Makes Landfall On Florida Panhandle

  28-05-2018 15:05
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  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Subtropical Storm Alberto rumbled inland Monday after its Memorial Day strike on the U.S. Gulf Coast, driving holiday weekend beachgoers away as heavy rains began pelting wide areas of the Southeast amid a rising flood threat.
  Forecasters warned that downpours from the vast system of swirling storm bands now raise the danger of flash flooding across several Southern states in coming hours and days. Alberto’s ragged core m
  
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• Subtropical Storm Alberto Expected To Make Landfall Monday

  28-05-2018 15:05
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  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Subtropical Storm Alberto will likely make landfall in the northern Gulf Coast Monday afternoon or evening.
  (Photo Courtesy: NOAA)
  The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in an advisory issued at 8 a.m. EDT that the storm’s center was located about 100 miles (165 kilometers) south-southeast of Destin, Florida, and moving north at 6 mph (9 kph).
  Maximum sustained winds were clocked at 65 mph (100 kph).Subtropical storm
  
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• Water service restored for more than 3,000 in Lincoln, Glassport and Liberty

  28-05-2018 14:56 via post-gazette.com
  Water has been restored for the 3,300 households in Liberty, Lincoln, and Glassport that were without service or faced low pressure Sunday due to a water main break.
  
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• GoFundMe helps those who need it, but don't forget about the IRS

  28-05-2018 14:30 via post-gazette.com
  A GoFundMe campaign set up to help a Baldwin Borough woman whose basement was flooded last week with 4 feet of water already has raised more than $6,000 from dozens of people who chipped in various amounts of money ranging from $20 to $250.
  
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• PTL Links: May 28, 2018

  28-05-2018 14:21
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Day Celebration
  Magician Lee Terbosic
  Fine Wine & Good Spirits Stores
  Fine Wine & Good Spirits Recipes: Summer Porch Sippers
  
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• Fine Wine & Good Spirits Recipes: Summer Porch Sippers

  28-05-2018 14:19
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  Representatives from the Pa. Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores stopped by PTL to make some summer porch sipping drinks!
  Front Porch Tea (Cocktail of the Month)1-750 mL jar Ole Smoky Moonshine Peaches
  1 ½ c Sweet Carolina Sweet Tea Vodka
  ¾ c fresh lemon juice
  3-4 quarts sweet tea, to taste
  1 each, fresh peach slice and mint leafPlace a large block of ice into a punch bowl. Pour first four ingredients over the ice block and stir to combine. Serve in
  
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• Police Investigating Video Showing Officer Punching Woman On Beach While Trying To Subdue Her

  28-05-2018 14:01
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  WILDWOOD, N.J. (CBS) – Police in Wildwood, New Jersey are investigating a video posted to social media showing an officer punching a woman from Philadelphia in the head on the beach while trying to subdue her.
  Police say an internal affairs investigation was immediately initiated following the incident on a beach on Saturday and the officers have been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the full investigation.
  Emily Weinman, 20, posted on
  
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• U.S. Team In North Korea Raises Expectations Of A Trump-Kim Summit

  28-05-2018 13:37
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – The presence of U.S. officials in North Korea is raising expectations that a summit between President Donald Trump and the North’s Kim Jong Un will take place after all.
  Trump withdrew from a planned June 12 Singapore summit with Kim last Thursday, then quickly announced that the meeting could get back on track.
  On Sunday, Trump tweeted that a U.S. team had arrived in the North to make arrangements for the summit. Later, South Kore
  
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• ‘Spiderman’ Scales Building, Rescues Child From Paris Balcony

  28-05-2018 13:13
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  By: Samantha Beech and Ben Westcott, CNN
  (CNN) — A young Malian migrant who rescued a child dangling from a balcony will be made a French citizen and has been offered a job by the Paris fire brigade, the office of the French presidency said.
  Video of the rescue showed 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama climbing up four floors of the apartment building in just seconds to rescue the child, to cheers from onlookers.
  By the time Parisian emergency services arrived
  
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• ‘Spiderman’ Granted French Citizenship After Scaling Building To Rescue Child From Paris Balcony

  28-05-2018 13:13
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  By: Samantha Beech and Ben Westcott, CNN
  (CNN) — A young Malian migrant who rescued a child dangling from a balcony will be made a French citizen and has been offered a job by the Paris fire brigade, the office of the French presidency said.
  Video of the rescue showed 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama climbing up four floors of the apartment building in just seconds to rescue the child, to cheers from onlookers.
  By the time Parisian emergency services arrived
  
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• Fast-Moving Lava Sparks Immediate Evacuations In Hawaii

  28-05-2018 12:48
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  By: Susannah Cullinane and Sheena Jones, CNN
  (CNN) — A fast-moving lava flow from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano forced yet more residents out of their homes Sunday evening, with an emergency alert calling for immediate evacuations.
  Hawaii County Civil Defense told residents of sections of the Leilani Estates community to leave their homes.
  The agency said the latest evacuations were due to activity from fissure 7, one of 24 cracks in the ground that have
  
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• Port Authority expects $1.9 million increase in diesel fuel costs in next year

  28-05-2018 12:30 via post-gazette.com
  Gasoline price increases of 46 cents a gallon in the last year have added about $220 a year to the driving costs of the average motorist using about 40 gallons a month.
  
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• Walkabout: North Side identifies with ducks out of water

  28-05-2018 12:15 via post-gazette.com
  A family of ducklings on Lake Elizabeth has captured the hearts of nearby North Siders, starting several weeks ago when people first spotted them. For whatever reason, I had never, in almost 20 years in the neighborhood, seen ducklings around the lake, and many people on the neighborhood Facebook page acknowledged the same.
  
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• Port Authority moves to final design for Pittsburgh-to-Oakland bus system

  28-05-2018 12:15 via post-gazette.com
  After a second round of public meetings on Port Authority’s proposed Bus Rapid Transit system — and what changes it might have for local service — the agency will spend the next three months refining the project before it is resubmitted for federal funding.
  
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• County adds $175K to funding total for renovation of historic Mount Washington library

  28-05-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  Another piece of the renovation funding puzzle has fallen into place for the historic Mount Washington branch of the Carnegie Library system, with a $175,000 grant from Allegheny County officials.
  
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• County adds $175K in renovation funding for historic Mount Washington library

  28-05-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  Another piece of the renovation funding puzzle has fallen into place for the historic Mount Washington branch of the Carnegie Library system, with a $175,000 grant from Allegheny County officials.
  
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• Here's what's closed today for Memorial Day

  28-05-2018 11:15 via post-gazette.com
  All city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, commonwealth of Pennsylvania and federal offices and courts are closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. Banks are closed, State liquor stores normally open Mondays are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Post offices are closed with no pickup or delivery of regular mail.
  
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• Former Chief of Police McLay one of three finalists named for Seattle police chief job

  28-05-2018 05:31 via post-gazette.com
  SEATTLE — Former Pittsburgh Chief of Police Cameron McLay is one of three finalists who have been named to become Seattle’s next police chief after a national search.
  
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• Camera Captures Bear Wandering Through Lawrence Co. Yard

  28-05-2018 05:22
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  PERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A bear was spotted wandering through someone’s backyard in Lawrence County on Saturday night.
  A woman in Perry Township says her surveillance cameras caught what looks like a black bear sniffing through the grass in her yard.
  (Photo Credit: Sara Jacobs)
  At one point, it stands up to check out a birdfeeder on a pole in the yard.
  The woman says the bear has wandered through her yard for the past three nights, and one night, it
  
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• ‘I’m Gonna End Up Dying’: Senior Citizens Without Air Conditioning At Aliquippa Apartment Building

  28-05-2018 05:18
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  ALIQUIPPA (KDKA) — Several residents were sitting outside the main entrance when KDKA-TV pulled up to Towne Tower Apartments on Franklin Avenue in Aliquippa. They were sitting outside to cool off. Dozens of people that live there have health problems and a good portion are senior citizens.
  Marsha Scruggs has congestive heart failure and the heat is wearing on her.
  “I got two fans. It don’t help,” said Marsha Scruggs.
  Bret Powner moved in
  
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• Police: Abused Woman Slips Note To Animal Hospital Staff Asking To Call Cops On Boyfriend

  28-05-2018 04:38
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  DELAND, Fla. (CBS) — Florida authorities say a woman who was beaten and held captive for two days at gunpoint by her boyfriend escaped when she convinced him bring their dog to an animal hospital – and then slipped a note to a staff member. CBS affiliate WKMG-TV, citing the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, reports that 39-year-old Jeremy Floyd was arrested at DeLand Animal Hospital. He is being held without bond on domestic violence and other
  
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• Beaver Falls Park Renamed After Late Tuskegee Airman

  28-05-2018 03:48
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  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) — A park in Beaver Falls now honors the memory of a late Tuskegee Airman.
  At a ceremony over Memorial Day weekend, the park was renamed Lieutenant Calvin Smith Memorial Park.
  A plaque at the park reads, “Lt. Calvin Smith Memorial Park is named in honor of Beaver Falls resident and city councilman Calvin Smith who served with distinction with the Tuskegee Airmen group during WWII. Despite racial discrimination both within and outs
  
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• Marine Corps Veterans Finish 100-Mile Run Through Western Pa.

  28-05-2018 03:27
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A group of Marine Corps veterans remembered their fallen comrades by running a 100-mile relay over the weekend.
  It started in Hermitage, Mercer County, on Saturday and finished up Sunday morning on the North Shore.
  “The people in this country that served have gone before myself, really, and what sacrifices they’ve made and their families have made to support this country,” Marine veteran Michael Coggins said.
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• Announcer Says No National Anthem At High School Softball Game, Crowd Sings It Themselves

  28-05-2018 02:43
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  FRESNO, Calif. (CBS) — No anthem? It was no problem for a Fresno, California, crowd that started booing and then singing the “Star Spangled Banner” at a high school softball championship game after an announcer said the anthem wouldn’t be sung. Video of the act of patriotism made the rounds on the social media days before Memorial Day.CBS News reports hundreds of fans attending a game between Clovis High and Buchanan at Fresno State Univ
  
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• Line break disrupts water for Liberty, Lincoln, and Glassport

  28-05-2018 02:15 via post-gazette.com
  Liberty, Lincoln, and Glassport boroughs were facing low to no water pressure after a water main burst Sunday afternoon, according to Pennsylvania American Water Co.
  
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