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• Police Investigating Cause Of Crash That Killed Health Clinic Receptionist

  07-06-2018 23:20
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  WASHINGTON (KDKA) — Police continue to search for answers into how and why a driver plowed into a Washington medical center Wednesday, instantly killing a receptionist.
  The investigation is centered on 43-year-old Chad Spence, of Weirton, W.Va., who was driving the red Jeep Liberty that went wildly out of control into the Washington Health Clinic Outpatient Center.
  Fifty-seven-year-old Kimberly Dollard was sitting at her desk when the Jeep slammed into he
  
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• Sheriff Loses Election To His Deputy, Fires Him Moments Later

  07-06-2018 23:14
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  strong>TYNDALL, SD (CBS Local) – A South Dakota sheriff didn’t handle losing his bid for re-election well. The sheriff was defeated by his deputy and then fired him.
  Bon Homme County Sheriff Lenny Gramkow was soundly beaten by Deputy Mark Maggs on June 5. Maggs took home 878 of the 1,209 votes to become the county’s new sheriff in January.
  Gramkow apparently wasn’t ready for there to be a new sheriff in town and sent his dep
  
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• Bug Made Private Facebook Posts Public For As Many As 14M Users

  07-06-2018 23:12
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  NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook says a software bug made some private posts public for as many as 14 million users over several days in May.
  The problem, which Facebook says it has fixed, is the latest privacy scandal for the world’s largest social media company. The company said on Thursday the bug automatically suggested that users make new posts public, even if they had previously restricted to “friends only” or another private setting.
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• Dodgers Hold Off Pirates, 8-7

  07-06-2018 22:49
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Joc Pederson went deep twice, Cody Bellinger hit his third home run in as many games and the Los Angeles Dodgers used nine pitchers to hold off the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 on Thursday.
  Pederson led off the game with a solo blast off Jameson Taillon (3-5) and added a two-run shot in the eighth off Michael Feliz for his second multi-home run game in a week.
  (Photo Credit: Justin Berl/Getty Images)
  Bellinger finished 3 for 4, including a sho
  
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• Former Pittsburgh police officer charged with striking ex-girlfriend with car

  07-06-2018 22:46 via post-gazette.com
  A former Pittsburgh police officer who pleaded guilty in 2012 to promoting prostitution was accused Thursday of trying to run over the mother of his children outside her Hill District home.
  
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• Actor Dean Cain Shooting Holiday Film In West Virginia

  07-06-2018 22:41
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  CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) – Actor Dean Cain is wrapping up scenes for a holiday film being shot in West Virginia.
  News outlets report Cain attended a public meet-and-greet Wednesday in Clarksburg for the faith-based movie “Megan’s Christmas Miracle.”
  (Photo Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
  The film is about a girl who moves with her father to a coal-mining town in West Virginia and is comforted by a nativity display at her church. The g
  
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• Steel Valley seeks bond issue to settle gender-related pay disparities with teachers

  07-06-2018 22:07 via post-gazette.com
  School districts often rely on bond issues to finance big-ticket purchases such as new buildings. But using money from a debt issuance to fix gender-related pay disparities is far less common, experts say.
  
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• Retired Special Ed Teacher Leaves $1 Million To Students In Will

  07-06-2018 22:05
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  DUMONT, NJ (CBS Local) – Genevieve Via Cava was a special education teacher in New Jersey for years before passing away in 2011. Before she died, the educator made a promise to give her school a million dollars one day. Via Cava kept that promise and a new scholarship has just been created with her amazing gift.
  “I thought it was a joke, but then we got the paperwork,” Superintendent Emanuele Triggiano of the Dumont school distr
  
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• Couple Accused Of Taking Minor From Ohio To Pa. For Sex Trafficking

  07-06-2018 22:03
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An Oklahoma couple is accused of taking a minor from Ohio to Pennsylvania for sex trafficking.
  Authorities say 34-year-old Oscar Carter and 27-year-old Summer Brown, both from Tulsa, Okla., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on multiple sex trafficking charges, including sex trafficking of a child.
  Carter and Brown are accused of transporting a minor from Ohio to Pennsylvania on March 6 with the intention to have
  
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• Oklahoma pair charged with interstate sex trafficking, running Cranberry prostitution ring

  07-06-2018 21:59 via post-gazette.com
  A man and woman from Oklahoma have been indicted in Pittsburgh on charges of interstate sex trafficking in connection with a prostitution ring they are accused of operating out of a Cranberry hotel.
  
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• Video used to challenge alleged molestation victim's account in Castle Shannon restaurateur trial

  07-06-2018 21:41 via post-gazette.com
  The lawyer for a Castle Shannon restaurant owner on trial for molesting a former employee inside his business presented video footage Thursday morning that he said disputed parts of the alleged victim's account.
  
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• Pennsylvania adopts new controls for cutting methane from shale gas wells

  07-06-2018 21:25 via post-gazette.com
  New shale gas wells in Pennsylvania will have to meet permit conditions that directly control emissions of the greenhouse gas methane for the first time, the Wolf administration announced Thursday as it released final versions of contentious air quality permits that had been under development for two years.
  
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• Snake Slithers Out Of Car Air Vent While Woman Is Driving

  07-06-2018 20:57
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  WARRENTON, VA (CBS Local) – Hollywood may have just been given the perfect sequel to “Snakes on a Plane.” This time, it’s a snake in a moving car.
  A Virginia woman got a horrifying surprise when a nearly three-foot long snake came slithering out of an air vent while she was driving in Warrenton on June 4.
  “At first, I was in disbelief. I was like, ‘Oh, my God,'” Lora Goff told The Washington Post. &l
  
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• Naked Man Seen Running Through Downtown Pittsburgh, Across Ft. Pitt Bridge

  07-06-2018 20:57
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh social media is buzzing after a naked man decided to take a jog through parts of downtown and the Ft. Pitt Bridge.Several people reported seeing the naked man in downtown, and one reddit user snapped and posted this picture of the man crossing the Ft. Pitt Bridge.
  Pittsburgh police dispatchers were notified about the man.RELATED NEWS:
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• Steph Curry Golfing During Finals, Posts Two Rounds Of 71

  07-06-2018 20:53
  Ryan Mayer
  Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry’s love for golf is well known. He’s played in several pro-am events and even played a Web.com tour event last August. Curry doesn’t only golf during the off-season though, as seen by the fact that he’s posted two scores to the USGA Handicap Index this month.
  According to Golf Channel, Curry posted a pair of 71s to his handicap index during the NBA Finals. In addition to posting the round scores, a photo surfaced on Snap
  
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• Chris Matthews & Peter Edelman Reflect On Bobby Kennedy’s Life: ‘He Really Connected With People’

  07-06-2018 20:43
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  Fifty years ago this week, Senator Bobby Kennedy was assassinated shortly after winning the 1968 California primary. Kennedy is remembered today for his time as an attorney general and senator, and of course as the brother of President John F. Kennedy, but it was his spirit that left an indelible impact on the people who worked with him and knew him best.
  Television host Chris Matthews has written several books on the Kennedy family and recently published “Bobby Kennedy:
  
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• Starbucks Prices On The Rise In Most U.S. Stores

  07-06-2018 20:40
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  NEW YORK (AP) – That Starbucks habit just got a little more expensive.
  Starbucks says it’s raising the price of a regular drip coffee by 10 cents to 20 cents this week in most U.S. stores. It says a small brewed coffee is now $1.95 to $2.15 in a majority of locations.
  The company said Thursday prices remain unchanged on drinks such as lattes and iced coffees in most stores.
  Overall, Starbucks Corp. says it has hiked prices by an average of 1 to 2 pe
  
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• Jamaican national indicted as part of scam with Pittsburgh 'money mule'

  07-06-2018 20:27 via post-gazette.com
  A 22-year-old Jamaican national conspired with a 72-year-old Pittsburgh woman and others to rip off senior citizens around the country in a series of telephone scams, according to the state attorney general's office and federal agents in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Jamaican, 22, indicted in Pittsburgh in 'Jamaican lottery' phone scams

  07-06-2018 20:27 via post-gazette.com
  A Jamaican national conspired with a Pittsburgh-area accomplice and others to rip off senior citizens around the country in a series of telephone scams, according to federal agents and the state attorney general's office.
  
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• NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material On Mars, May Be Potential Life

  07-06-2018 20:18
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – New Mars discoveries are advancing the case for possible life on the red planet, past or even present.
  NASA scientists reported Thursday the Mars rover Curiosity has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient lakebed.The organic molecules preserved in 3 billion-year-old bedrock suggest conditions at Mars may have once been conducive to life. That leaves open the possibility that microorganisms once populated the red planet – and still might.
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• Dogs May Be Next Source Of Deadly Flu Pandemics, Study Finds

  07-06-2018 20:04
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  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS Local) – In recent years, Americans have been told to be on guard for various strains of influenza including “bird flu” and “swine flu.” A new report is now warning that the next deadly flu pandemic may be carried by dogs.
  Research, published in the journal mBio, warns that the flu can jump from pigs to dogs and the diversity of flu strains found in canines is continuing to grow. Similar disturbing trends
  
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• Medical Marijuana Clinic Opens In Natrona Heights

  07-06-2018 19:55
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  NATRONA HEIGHTS (KDKA) – A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Thursday morning for a medical marijuana clinic in Natrona Heights.
  Compassionate Certification Centers’ new location along Freeport Road is the sixth they have opened in the last six months.
  “Medical cannabis offers hope to many patients who have not responded to conventional medications and therapies. I am pleased to be on the forefront of clinical research and patient care with Com
  
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• Former South Fayette Football Coach Previously Accused Of Sexting Teens Jailed Again

  07-06-2018 19:33
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A former football coach who was sentenced to house arrest for sending sexual messages to teenagers is now back in jail after he allegedly solicited a 16-year-old boy.
  Patrick Onesko was convicted last year of sending explicit messages to boys at South Fayette High School, where he used to coach.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that probation officers went to Onesko’s East Millsboro home last month after receiving a tip that the
  
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• Man Allegedly Caught Leaving Walmart With $85 Worth Of Bacon In Pants

  07-06-2018 19:19
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  SOUTH UNION TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A man was allegedly caught trying to leave a Fayette County Walmart with almost $100 worth of bacon shoved down his pants.
  State troopers were sent to the Walmart in South Union Township on Tuesday for a report of a retail theft.
  When they arrived on the scene, store employees said a man and a female suspect had stolen about $85 worth of merchandise.
  The man, identified as Larry David Tomlin, allegedly had multiple packages o
  
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• Plum school board approves $64.7 million preliminary budget that includes tax increase

  07-06-2018 19:09 via post-gazette.com
  The Plum Borough school board on May 22 approved a preliminary general fund budget for the 2018-2019 school year with a tax increase of 0.8327 mills.
  
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• Gateway stadium construction moves drum corps show to Moon

  07-06-2018 19:07 via post-gazette.com
  Construction at Gateway High School’s Antimarino Stadium is forcing an annual drum corps show to change the event’s venue to Moon Area High School.
  
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• Trump Welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe To White House

  07-06-2018 18:58
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House for consultations before the U.S. leader meets with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un next week in Singapore.
  Abe requested Thursday’s meeting with Trump to coordinate strategy for the next week’s talks and to elevate his country’s concerns about the summit.
  WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 07:(AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump meets w
  
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• Trump Says He Would Invite Kim Jong Un To US If Summit Goes Well

  07-06-2018 18:58
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says that it appears his summit with Kim Jong Un is on for next week in Singapore, but says it’s always subject to change.
  Hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office to hear his “ideas’ on the talks, Trump says: “I hope it continues on this track. If it does the world will be a very happy place.”
  Abe requested the meeting with Trump to ensure Japan’s interests
  
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• Disappearing Ink makes a permanent mark on the tattoo community of Pittsburgh

  07-06-2018 18:57 via post-gazette.com
  For 19 years, Seth Leibowitz, owner of Artform Gallery and Tattoo, has lived with a regret: a botched tattoo covering his entire back that he got just before he started working as a tattoo artist.
  
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• University Offers $3,500 To Get Sick And Stay At ‘Hotel Influenza’

  07-06-2018 18:56
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  ST. LOUIS, Mo.  (CBS Local) – Looking to take 10 days off from work and get paid for it? St. Louis University is willing to fund your vacation under one condition: you have to get sick and agree to stay at “Hotel Influenza.”
  The university has converted a 24-room hotel into a research center that’s looking to intentionally expose their “guests” to the flu. The SLU team is hoping the hotel will help them test new vac
  
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• N. Carolina Pizza Cook Accused Of Adding Rat Poison In Cheese

  07-06-2018 18:50
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  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina pizza restaurant worker has been jailed on charges of putting rat poison into the cheese.
  News outlets report that a manager spotted the contaminated topping before it was served to customers at Primo Pizza in Fayetteville.
  Police announced Wednesday that 59-year-old Ricky Lee Adami of Fayetteville has been charged with distributing food containing noxious material.
  (Photo Courtesy: Cumberland County Detention Ce
  
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• Seneca Valley Middle School renamed Ryan Gloyer Middle School in honor of fallen Green Beret

  07-06-2018 18:43 via post-gazette.com
  There wasn’t a cloud in the sky as the family of Sgt. 1st class Ryan Gloyer, a fallen Green Beret and member of the Seneca Valley class of 2000, pulled down the covering to reveal the sign of the newly christened Ryan Gloyer Middle School in Harmony.
  
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• Moon officials offer informational meetings for new residents

  07-06-2018 18:43 via post-gazette.com
  Moon Township newcomers will have a chance to learn about their new local government and how it works for them.
  
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• Sixers President Of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo Resigns In Wake Of Burner Twitter Accounts Probe

  07-06-2018 18:42
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo has resigned amid an investigation into an alleged use of a variety of Twitter accounts that anonymously trash some Sixers players and fellow executives. The investigation revealed that Colangelo’s wife was behind those accounts.
  Statement from 76ers Managing Partner Josh Harris: pic.twitter.com/eCmz42FD7P
  — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) June 7, 2018“An indepen
  
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• Pennsylvania To Require Gas Drillers To Reduce Air Pollution

  07-06-2018 18:42
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania will begin enforcing tougher air pollution standards on its booming natural gas industry.
  Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Thursday that in August it will begin requiring the Marcellus Shale exploration industry to use better equipment to reduce methane emissions and other pollutants. It’ll apply to new or updated well sites and compression, processing and transmission stations along pipelines.
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• Kennywood Teases New Ride In ‘Project 412’ Facebook Post

  07-06-2018 18:34
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A new ride is coming to Kennywood in 2019, and the park says they’ll offer hints about it all summer long.
  In a post on their Facebook page Thursday, Kennywood said “Project 412” has broken ground at the park. The post also included a “ride details scratcher” with nine squares.
  “Every Thursday, we’ll scratch off another number on our PROJECT 412 card, so follow along and take your best guesses
  
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• Steel Valley approves preliminary budget with tax increase

  07-06-2018 18:30 via post-gazette.com
  The Steel Valley school board has approved a $36.8 million preliminary budget for the 2018-2019 school year that will raise taxes by 0.7280 mills to 23.489 mills.
  
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• DA Credits Cameras, Smart Policing With Reduction Of South Side Crime

  07-06-2018 18:29
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  SOUTH SIDE (KDKA) – Crime is down 37 percent in the South Side, according to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala, and it’s all thanks to security cameras and smart policing.
  “To only have 400 incidents, that’s a good number and we’re moving in the right direction and for the past couple of years, we were going in the wrong one,” said Zappala.
  He credits the South Side’s new implementation of security came
  
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• St. Anne School gets a makeover in bid to get more students

  07-06-2018 18:20 via post-gazette.com
  While the Diocese of Pittsburgh considers parish consolidations and school closings, St. Anne School in Castle Shannon is making a concerted effort to attract more students.
  
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• Trafford ex-railroad worker pleads guilty to ripping off retirement board

  07-06-2018 18:19 via post-gazette.com
  A former railroad worker from Trafford admitted Thursday that he ripped off the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board for $57,000 in disability benefits he didn't deserve.
  
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• Former Beaver Falls bank manager admits to embezzling

  07-06-2018 18:19 via post-gazette.com
  A former assistant manager of First National Bank in Beaver Falls admitted Thursday that she embezzled about $20,000 from the bank.
  
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• Researchers Create ‘Psychopath AI’ Using Violent Images Online

  07-06-2018 18:16
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  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (CBS Local) – Meet Norman.
  He’s not your everyday AI. His algorithms won’t help filter through your Facebook feed or recommend you new songs to listen to on Spotify.
  Nope — Norman is a “psychopath AI,” created by researchers at the MIT Media Lab as a “case study on the dangers of artificial intelligence gone wrong when biased data is used in machine learning algorithms.”
  The researchers set N
  
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• Ex-McKees Rocks man charged with robbing Dollar General, PNC Bank

  07-06-2018 18:15 via post-gazette.com
  A former McKees Rocks man has been charged with robbing two stores and holding up a bank with a gun earlier this year.
  
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• Homemade Plane Crashes In Butler Co. Field, Pilot Suffers Bump On The Head

  07-06-2018 18:10
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  PENN TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A pilot was injured when his experimental, homemade plane went down in a Butler County pasture late Thursday morning.
  Emergency dispatchers reported just before 11:30 a.m. that a small plane landed in a field in some trees on Royal Oak Drive in Penn Township, just south of the Butler County airport.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Tim Lawson)
  Sources at the scene of the plane crash say the pilot spent nearly 20 years building th
  
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• Homemade Plane Crashes In Butler Co. Field

  07-06-2018 18:10
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  PENN TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A homemade plane crashed in a Butler County field late Thursday morning.
  Emergency dispatchers reported just before 11:30 a.m. that a small plane landed in a field on Royal Oak Drive in Penn Township, south of the Butler County airport.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Tim Lawson)
  Police, medics and emergency personnel were sent to the scene.
  According to sources at the scene, the pilot, who built the plane himself, suffered a he
  
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• Solicitor: Aliquippa Police Chief’s Paid Administrative Leave Unrelated To Rachael DelTondo Murder Investigation

  07-06-2018 17:59
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  ALIQUIPPA (KDKA) – The Aliquippa solicitor confirms the city’s police chief has been placed on paid administrative leave. However, he said it has nothing to do with an ongoing murder investigation involving a former teacher.
  Solicitor Myron Sainovich said Police Chief Don Couch had no idea what was about to happen when he walked into an Aliquippa Council meeting Wednesday night.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  “Last evening, for personnel issues, they de
  
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• Original Gerber Baby, Now 91, Meets Current Gerber Baby

  07-06-2018 17:56
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  (CBS) — Lucas Warren was named the newest poster baby for Gerber baby food earlier this year, now he’s in the spotlight again for taking an adorable photo with the original Gerber baby. The picture shows Ann Turner Cook embracing baby Lucas — with the duo going for big smiles.Cook’s grandson, Chris Collin, shared the image over the weekend, racking over 56,000 likes on Twitter and quickly going viral. It was also featured on Gerber&rsquo
  
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• Small plane goes down in Butler County empty field; pilot suffers only minor injury

  07-06-2018 17:52 via post-gazette.com
  A small plane went down Thursday morning in an empty field in Butler County, but an emergency official said the sole occupant survived largely unscathed.
  
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• Report: Kaepernick’s Legal Team Expected To Subpoena President Trump, VP Pence In Collusion Case

  07-06-2018 17:41
  Ryan Mayer
  Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is in the middle of a legal battle with the NFL after filing a lawsuit against the league alleging collusion by the owners to keep him off any team’s roster. Several owners and commissioner Goodell have already been deposed in the case and now Kaepernick’s legal team reportedly has its sights set on President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
  According to a report from Yahoo! Sports, Kaepernick’s lawye
  
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• Police Searching For Missing Juvenile With Autism

  07-06-2018 17:39
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  MCKEESPORT (KDKA) — McKeesport Police are searching for a missing juvenile who has autism.
  Fifteen-year-old Juan Argudin is described as 5-feet-3-inches tall and 120 pounds. He was last seen wearing black pants, a blue Timberland hoodie and orange work gloves.
  (Photo Credit: City of McKeesport Police Department/Facebook)
  According to police, Argudin has autism, and he is currently off his medication.
  Police did not say when or where Argudin was last seen.
  
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