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• Erie diocese suspends priest, adds others to list of accused

  18-07-2018 23:55 via post-gazette.com
  Catholic religious order in Philadelphia reaches settlement with Massachusetts victims of two priests
  
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• Germaine Williams resigns from Pittsburgh Filmmakers

  18-07-2018 23:26 via post-gazette.com
  Germaine Williams resigns from Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Florida retail executive is named as interim leader.
  
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• ‘Quadrillion Tons Of Diamond’ May Be Hiding Under The Earth’s Surface

  18-07-2018 22:56
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  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (CBS Local) – According to a new study, there may be a massive treasure hiding beneath the Earth’s surface: a “quadrillion tons” of treasure.
  Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that a massive amount of diamond may be scattered throughout the planet’s cratonic roots, “the oldest and most immovable sections of rock that lie beneath the center of most continental
  
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• Customer Writes ‘We Don’t Tip Terrorist’ On Receipt For Waiter

  18-07-2018 22:06
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  ODESSA, Texas (CBS Local) – A Saltgrass Steak House in Texas has banned a customer after they didn’t leave a tip on a $108 bill and wrote “We don’t Tip Terrorist” on the check. The customer also circled the server’s name, Khalil, according to the Odessa American.
  Khalil Cavil posted what happened on July 14 on Facebook.
  “I was sick to my stomach,” the 20-year-old server said in his post. &ldquo
  
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• Pa. Supreme Court Tosses 2012 Welfare Law Over How Bill Was Enacted

  18-07-2018 21:58
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania law that ended cash welfare benefits in 2012 and changed other human services provisions is being invalidated over methods used to push it through the Legislature by Republican majorities.
  The state Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously struck down the multi-faceted legislation because its passage violated state constitutional requirements that bills be in each chamber for at least three session days before being vot
  
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• Study Links ADHD To Teens And Their Digital Media Use

  18-07-2018 21:30
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  LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CBS Local) – A study of teens using high-tech devices has found a link between constant use of digital media and ADHD.
  According to scientists at USC, teens who are “heavy users” of digital devices like smartphones were twice as likely to show symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder than adolescents who only use the gadgets occasionally.
  “New, mobile technologies can provide fast, high-intensity sti
  
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• President Trump Interviewed By CBS Evening News’s Jeff Glor Following Helsinki Summit

  18-07-2018 21:17
  (CBS Local)– Tonight, President Donald J. Trump will sit down for his first interview since returning from Helsinki with CBS Evening News’s Jeff Glor. This will be part two of the interview after Glor and President Trump discussed a wide range of topics a few days ago.
  Prepping for POTUS interview in our new DC bureau pic.twitter.com/MlqYlu2r9t
  — Jeff Glor (@jeffglor) July 18, 2018Tonight’s interview comes on the heels of President Trump’s remarks about misspea
  
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• Restaurant Slammed For Shaming Teen Who Paid For Meal With Change

  18-07-2018 20:55
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  LYNCHBURG, Va. (CBS Local) – A Virginia restaurant is facing public backlash after they shamed a 17-year-old customer who paid for his meal in change.
  Cohen Naulty took his friends to lunch at Beer 88 in Lynchburg on July 16. The teen, who works as a server at another restaurant in Virginia, only had a $20 bill and the quarters he collected from his tips to pay for the meal.
  Naulty paid the $45 check with his change and also reportedly left a $10 tip
  
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• Giant Jeff Goldblum ‘Jurassic Park’ Statue Appears In London

  18-07-2018 20:31
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  By: Lilit Marcus, CNN
  (CNN) — Twenty-five years ago, “Jurassic Park” brought velociraptors to a new generation — and broke a few box office records in the meantime.
  It also had the unlikely benefit of turning Jeff Goldblum, who played Dr. Ian Malcolm in the film, into a sex symbol.
  Now, to commemorate both of those events, a 25-foot, 330-pound statue of Goldblum in character as Dr. Malcolm — more specifically, as a reclining, open-
  
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• Sky Drone 5 Shows Extent Of Woman’s Cliff Plunge In California

  18-07-2018 19:53
  CALIFORNIA (KPIX/CBS LOCAL)– After a woman was found alive and rescued seven days after she drove off a cliff near Big Sur, a view from Sky Drone 5 shows just how miraculous her survival was.
  The wide view shot from the ocean side shows Angela Hernandez’ crumpled Jeep at the bottom of the 250-foot cliff leaves you with one thought: she could not have survived.
  But she did and Hernandez is recovering at an undisclosed hospital, while the story she posted on Facebook now being sha
  
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• Top 10 MLB Trade Deadline Candidates

  18-07-2018 19:39
  Ryan Mayer
  With reports stating that Baltimore Orioles shortstop Manny Machado is headed to the Los Angeles Dodgers, barring any last minute snags, the first big domino of the MLB Trade Deadline has fallen. With the All-Star Game behind us and just two weeks left before the July 31st deadline, let’s take a look at 10 more guys who could be donning new jerseys by the end of the month.
  Credit: Rob Carr/Getty Images
  1) J.A. Happ, LHP, Toronto Blue Jays
  The Blue Jays are mired in fourth place
  
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• Police: Woman Broke Into Hospital On Multiple Occasions To Steal Soda

  18-07-2018 19:34
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  GREENSBURG (KDKA) – A woman is facing charges for allegedly breaking into Westmoreland Hospital to steal soda.
  According to the criminal complaint, Katie Ziegler, 28, of Greensburg, entered the hospital by prying open a security door in the parking garage on two occasions.
  The first incident happened on June 21, while the second incident happened on July 2.
  Surveillance footage reportedly shows Ziegler enter the cafeteria and ICU conference rooms. Ziegler
  
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• Trump Says Russia No Longer Targeting U.S.

  18-07-2018 19:15
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  By Kevin Liptak, Clare Foran and Noah Gray, CNN
  (CNN) — President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that Russia is no longer targeting the United States, contradicting his top intelligence official who said the opposite earlier this week.
  The statement came amid continued furor over Trump’s remarks about election meddling made alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in Helsinki.
  Trump sought to walk back some of those comments on Tuesday. But on W
  
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• Pa. Supreme Court exonerates Jordan Brown, found delinquent of murder at age 11

  18-07-2018 19:08 via post-gazette.com
  Jordan Brown has been exonerated.
  
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• Court exonerates Jordan Brown, found delinquent of murdering his father's fiancee at age 11

  18-07-2018 19:08 via post-gazette.com
  The court reversed a lower court ruling that upheld the finding that the Lawrence County man killed his father’s fiancee with a shotgun.
  
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• WATCH: Disabled Father Taken Out Of Bed, Arrested For 1989 Car Theft

  18-07-2018 19:07
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  DETROIT, Mich. (CBS Local) – A Detroit woman’s Facebook video has gone viral after she recorded police officers taking her disabled father out of bed to face charges of allegedly stealing a car 29 years ago.
  Detroit Police served the warrant for Chris Cline’s arrest on July 13. Authorities say the warrant stems from Cline’s alleged involvement in a Detroit car theft in 1989. The man’s daughter, Trillion Wright, argued wit
  
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• After 'inexcusable' altercations, state audit finds Woodland Hills School District largely followed rules

  18-07-2018 18:47 via post-gazette.com
  After a series of high-profile skirmishes between students, officers and administrators in the Woodland Hills School District, a group of local officials last year called for an audit of school safety and finances.
  
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• Parents Charged With Murder After Infant Dies From Suffocation In ‘Time Out’

  18-07-2018 18:12
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  SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS Local) — The parents of a 4-month-old boy have been charged with murder in their son’s suffocation death.
  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced Tuesday that 42-year-old William Herring and 22-year-old Brianna Brochhausen were charged after their infant son, Hunter, died in March. They were taken into custody on July 16.Mugshots of William Herring and Brianna Brochhausen. (credit: Burlington County
  
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• Police Apologize To Black Students Stopped Over ‘Dine And Dash’ Claims

  18-07-2018 17:56
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  CLAYTON, Mo. (CBS Local) – The Clayton Police Department in Missouri has issued an apology after its police officers stopped 10 black Washington University students for allegedly not paying for their meal at an IHOP restaurant on July 7. CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV-TV reports that the incoming freshmen had just left the eatery when police received a call that a group of diners just left without paying.
  Clayton police officers reportedly ma
  
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• Family laments man's dying moments on Mount Washington as his killer is sentenced

  18-07-2018 17:34 via post-gazette.com
  A Mount Washington woman will serve at least five years in state prison for stabbing a man to death last summer.
  
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• North Carolina Woman Denied ‘LSBNSNLV’ License Plate To Honor Wife

  18-07-2018 17:27
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  GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) – A woman says her request for a specialty license plate to honor her wife has been denied by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles.
  Amy Bright told WFMY-TV in Greensboro she wanted a plate reading “LSBNSNLV,” for “lesbians in love.”
  The DMV issued a statement saying the agency has the right to deny any license plate it deems “offensive to good taste and decency.”
  The Greenville woman sai
  
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• Pa. Supreme Court upholds Philadelphia's controversial soda tax

  18-07-2018 17:03 via post-gazette.com
  In a victory for Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the city’s controversial tax on soda and other sweetened beverages.
  
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• Court Overturns Boy’s Conviction In 2009 Murder Of Father’s Pregnant Fiancée

  18-07-2018 16:56
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s highest court is overturning the conviction of a then-11-year-old boy in the 2009 shotgun slaying of his father’s pregnant fiancée, saying prosecutors didn’t provide enough evidence to support it.
  The state Supreme Court’s 5-0 ruling Wednesday reversed a finding by a juvenile court judge in Lawrence County, upheld by a state appellate court, that Jordan Brown was guilty of first-degree m
  
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• Steelers WR Antonio Brown Unveiled As Madden NFL 19 Cover Athlete

  18-07-2018 16:37
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Football and video game fans eagerly await the latest installment in the Madden series every year.
  Fans will have to wait a couple of more weeks for this year’s installment to be released, but the cover athlete has been unveiled.
  Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown will grace the cover of Madden NFL 19.
  (Photo Courtesy: EA Sports)
  Steelers fans may be cringing at the prospect of seeing their star wide receiver on the
  
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• Police: Woman Reports Man Dressed Like Ninja, Holding Shotgun Burglarized Her Home

  18-07-2018 16:09
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ/CBS Local) — An Annapolis woman was frightened to find a man dressed like a ninja hiding in her closet with a shotgun early Tuesday morning.
  According to police, the woman reported that her dog start growling, so she started checking her home and found some of her things were moved.
  When she checked her closets she found an intruder holding a shotgun inside. She told police he was dressed as a ninja. According to the report, “he was wearing a neon green and b
  
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• Ford Recalls 550K Vehicles That Can Roll Away Unexpectedly

  18-07-2018 16:06
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  DETROIT (AP) – Ford is recalling about 550,000 cars and SUVs in North America to fix a gearshift problem that could cause the vehicles to roll away unexpectedly.
  The recall covers certain 2013 through 2016 Fusion sedans and some 2013 and 2014 Escape small SUVs.
  Ford says a bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission can fall off. If this happens, the driver could shift into park but the vehicle could be in another gear. That could let the
  
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• Cardinals Tight End Ricky Seals-Jones Arrested After Trying To Use Hotel Bathroom

  18-07-2018 15:37
  Ryan Mayer
  Arizona Cardinals tight end Ricky Seals-Jones was arrested at the W Scottsdale on Saturday night on three charges after a fight ensued when he attempted to gain access to the hotel’s bathroom.
  The 23-year-old was arrested on charges of assault, disorderly conduct and third-degree criminal trespassing after witnesses said that he pushed a member of the hotel’s security team who was working at the entrance of the hotel. Police said that Seals-Jones appeared to be drunk with
  
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• British Open Storylines Going Into Carnoustie

  18-07-2018 15:33
  By Norm Elrod
  The British Open, also known as the Open Championship, is the third major of the golf season, at least until next year, when the PGA Championship moves to May. An accomplished field is set to tee off Thursday from Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland, but the buildup seems a little more relaxed than in the weeks leading up to the Masters and the U.S. Open. Perhaps it’s the hop across the pond, or the mid-July spot on the calendar, when the summer doldrums begin to set in.
  
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• Water main break on North Side, Mount Washington leaves PWSA customers dry

  18-07-2018 15:16 via post-gazette.com
  Multiple streets have been closed due to water main breaks in Pittsburgh's Marshall-Shadeland and Mount Washington neighborhoods.
  
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• Water main break on North Side leaves PWSA customers dry

  18-07-2018 15:16 via post-gazette.com
  A 12" water main break shut down Schimmer Street in Pittsburgh's Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Mobile delivery is a pretty competitive market. To stand out, William Parker focused on access.

  18-07-2018 15:15 via post-gazette.com
  William Parker recalls seeing gutted school buses in the Hill District in the early 2000s. Those “store buses,” he said, were the best place to buy snacks and household items in communities with a dearth of grocery stores. Sometimes, they were the only place.
  
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• Vanishing rural workforce: Fayette County employers struggle to fill jobs

  18-07-2018 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  When Don Travis moved his modular office manufacturing company to a spot off the main drag in Connellsville from Kansas City years ago, local economic development officials assured him that filling jobs would be no problem.
  
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• Heidelberg promotes interim borough manager

  18-07-2018 14:59 via post-gazette.com
  Council made interim borough manager Janice Adamski borough manager in a 3-2 vote at its meeting Tuesday.
  
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• Savannah Bananas Baseball Team Plays Game In Kilts

  18-07-2018 14:54
  Ryan Mayer
  The Savannah Bananas are a summer league team that competes in the Coastal Plain League with a roster that features college baseball players from across the country. On Tuesday night, they played host to the Macon Bacon, a similarly delightfully rhyming team name, but the most notable part of the night was the Bananas team attire.
  Real Ballplayers Wear Kilts. pic.twitter.com/CVJz0DSLGQ
  — Savannah Bananas (@TheSavBananas) July 17, 2018Yes, you’re seeing that correctly. The
  
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• Police: Drunken Ice Cream Truck Driver Crashes, Injures 3

  18-07-2018 14:49
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  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) – Authorities say a woman drunkenly crashed an ice cream truck into a car, injuring three people on National Ice Cream Day.
  News outlets report 35-year-old Ellaine Durham is charged with driving while intoxicated and three counts of hit-and-run for the Sunday crash.
  (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office)
  Virginia Beach Police say Durham was driving the truck through the area around 6:30 p.m. Sunday when she hit a
  
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• Woman With $92K In Unpaid Pa. Turnpike Tolls And Fees Gets Probation

  18-07-2018 14:33
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A woman who racked up more than $92,000 in unpaid tolls and fees for evading hundreds of tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike during a five-year period has pleaded guilty to theft of services.
  Lori Yearick entered her plea Tuesday. The 45-year-old Mount Joy woman was then sentenced to two years of probation and 200 hours of community service.
  Prosecutors say Yearick failed to pay turnpike tolls on 1,645 trips between January 2012 and
  
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• PTL Links: July 18, 2018

  18-07-2018 14:23
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Pittsburgh Magazine
  Picklesburgh
  Wigle Whiskey
  Wigle Whiskey Picklesburgh Drink Recipes
  Variety Bikes
  Rania’s Catering
  Rania’s Recipe: Mediterranean Grilled Chicken
  Mt. Lebanon Floral
  All Occasions
  Lendable Linens
  Winning Plate With Leslie Bonci
  
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• Wigle Whiskey Picklesburgh Drink Recipes

  18-07-2018 14:16
  Representatives from Wigle Whiskey stopped by PTL to mix up some drinks to help celebrate the return of Picklesburgh!
  Bloody Mary (Serves 4)
  2 c. tomato juice
  8 oz. Wigle Eau de Pickle
  2 tbs. pickle brine
  2 tbs. Worcestershire sauce
  2 tsp. hot sauce of choice
  1/2 lemon, juiced
  salt and pepper to taste
  garnish with pickle spear, dill frond, celery, and whatever else you like!Dill G&T2 oz. Wigle Ginever
  1/2 oz. Wigle Eau de Pickle
  3 oz. tonic
  garnish with lemon twist and dill frondPitted Pickl
  
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• Rania’s Recipe: Mediterranean Grilled Chicken

  18-07-2018 14:10
  Rania Harris stopped by PTL to cook up a delicious Green dish!
  Mediterranean Grilled Chicken and Dill Greek Yogurt Sauce
  Dill Greek Yogurt Sauce:1 garlic clove, minced
  1 cup chopped fresh dill, stems removed
  1-1/4 cups Greek yogurt (I use Fage full fat yogurt)
  1 tablespoon olive oil (or more to taste)
  Juice of ½ lemon (or more to taste)
  Cayenne pepper to taste
  Ground Cumin to taste
  Sea salt to tasteGrilled Chicken:10 garlic cloves, minced
  ½ teaspoon paprika
  ½ teaspoon allspi
  
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• The Great Pittsburgh Hot Dog Tour: Don't rate, just celebrate

  18-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  Friends and family wanted to know. Co-workers and customers demanded answers. Owners and managers got close, leaned in and softy whispered, as if about to share a national secret.
  
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• Hot Dog! Exploring Pittsburgh by way of an American favorite

  18-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  In honor of “National Hot Dog Day,” we tour the region and celebrate one of our favorite foodstuffs.
  
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• Jupiter’s Moon Count Reaches 79, Including Tiny ‘Oddball’

  18-07-2018 13:58
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  NEW YORK (AP) – It’s getting more crowded around Jupiter. A team of astronomers is reporting the discovery of a dozen new moons circling the giant gas planet.
  That brings the number of moons at Jupiter to 79, the most of any planet. Saturn is next with 61.
  Jupiter and its moons (Photo Credit: Thinkstock)
  The astronomers were looking for objects on the fringes of the solar system when they spotted the Jupiter moons. They found a dozen small moons. Th
  
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• Official: Escaped Jaguar Bit Through Steel-Cable Barrier

  18-07-2018 13:23
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  NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A jaguar that escaped its enclosure and killed nine other animals at a New Orleans zoo apparently was able to bite through a steel-cable barrier that forms the roof of its habitat. That’s the word from an official at the Audubon Zoo.
  Managing Director Kyle Burks told reporters Tuesday that the jaguar named Valerio apparently slipped through the resulting small gap in the cables.
  Three foxes, five alpacas and an emu died as a resul
  
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• Thai Soccer Team, Coach Discharged From Hospital After Cave Rescue

  18-07-2018 13:12
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  By: Rebecca Wright and Patrick Sarnsamak, CNN
  (CNN) — The 12 members of a youth soccer team and their coach who spent more than two weeks trapped underground in a flooded cave network in northern Thailand have been discharged from hospital.
  The boys are due to make their first public appearance since the ordeal at a specially arranged press conference, before returning home to their families later on Wednesday evening.The 12 members of a soccer team and t
  
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• Police still searching for double shooting suspect in Aliquippa

  18-07-2018 12:13 via post-gazette.com
  Following a double shooting early Wednesday that left one person dead and another wounded, police are still searching for the suspect.
  
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• Police searching for double shooting suspect in Aliquippa

  18-07-2018 12:13 via post-gazette.com
  State police are searching for the suspect in a double shooting in Aliquippa early Wednesday morning that left one person dead and another wounded.
  
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• Police: Man killed in Aliquippa home invasion was attacker; accomplice sought

  18-07-2018 12:13 via post-gazette.com
  Dana Penny has been charged with homicide after, police say, he and another man attacked a woman, whose brother killed the accomplice.
  
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• Volunteers Needed To Become Big Brothers And Big Sisters

  18-07-2018 10:44
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  GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — These are tough times for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region.
  According to the Observer-Reporter, more than 100 children are on a waiting list with the agency for a Big Brother or Big Sister. This is due to a shortage of volunteers.
  People who are interested in potentially becoming a volunteer can contact the agency by calling its main phone number at 724-837-6198 or its Uniontown office is 724-439-8055.
  
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• One Dead, One Wounded After Shooting In Aliquippa

  18-07-2018 10:13
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  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (KDKA) — One person was believed to be dead, and another was wounded after a shooting early Wednesday morning in Aliquippa, Beaver County.
  Police were called to the 100 block of 3rd Avenue at 1 a.m.
  Photo Credit: KDKA-TV/Scott Danka
  An emergency official said the Beaver County Coroner’s Office had been called to the scene.
  The other victim was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Aliquippa Shooting Leaves One Dead, One Wounded

  18-07-2018 10:13
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  ALIQUIPPA (KDKA) -Police are looking for a man in connection with a shooting in Aliquippa that left one person dead and another person injured.
  According to police, officers were called to the 100 block of Third Avenue at 1 a.m.
  Photo Credit: KDKA-TV/Scott Danka
  An emergency official said the Beaver County Coroner’s Office had been called to the scene. The other victim was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Pittsburgh.
  The suspect has been ident
  
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