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• Some Apps Will Pay Cash For Losing Weight

  20-07-2018 23:58
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  BOSTON (CBS) –  Staying on a diet is a struggle, but what would you do it for money? That’s the idea behind several apps designed to help give dieters the extra motivation they need to be successful.
  It’s working for Lilian White of Mendon, who has struggled with her weight since she was in elementary school.
  “Back when I was 300 pounds, it was hard to fit on plane seats, movie theater seats hurt,” she told WBZ-TV.
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• Jury to begin deliberations Monday in McKeesport sisters' slaying trial

  20-07-2018 23:20 via post-gazette.com
  Kylee Lankford, 20, is charged with shooting to death Kimberly Lesko and Melodie Robb on Sept. 1.
  
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• Furry Tails: K9 Nico Retires From Allegheny Co. Sheriff’s Office

  20-07-2018 22:26
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A very good boy is about to get some well-deserved rest and relaxation.
  K9 Nico is retiring from duty with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office.Congratulations on your retirement, K9 Nico! We appreciate your 7 years of service to the ACSO. #k9officer #policedog #goodboy pic.twitter.com/OqqfIlRumN
  — Allegheny County Sheriff's Office (@alleghenybadge) July 20, 2018
  He has served the department since 2011.
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• ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Director James Gunn Fired After Offensive Tweets Resurface

  20-07-2018 22:16
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  LOS ANGELES (AP) – James Gunn has been fired as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” because of old tweets that recently emerged where he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape.
  Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn said in a statement Friday that the tweets are indefensible, and the studio has severed ties with Gunn.
  ANAHEIM, CA – MAY 25, 2017: In this handout photo provided by Disney Resorts, director James Gunn attends
  
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• Judge: Ex-Police Chief Not Smart Enough To Pull Off Fraud

  20-07-2018 21:31
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  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania judge says a former police chief was not smart enough to pull off computer fraud.
  Gary Shupp faced a felony access device charge alleging he used a woman’s credit card to buy Apple watches without her permission. The Citizens’ Voice reports Magisterial District Judge Martin Kane dismissed the case at court in Wilkes-Barre Friday, agreeing with all sides that Shupp did not have the technological know-how
  
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• ‘I Didn’t Know It’s Illegal’; Texas Woman Sentenced For Pilfering Conchs

  20-07-2018 21:27
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  FLORIDA (CBSDFW.COM/CBS Local) – A woman from Dallas, Texas, will spend 15 days in jail as punishment for taking 40 queen conchs from the waters that surround Key West.
  While it’s not illegal to take queen conch shells from the waters or lands in Florida, it is illegal if the removed shells contain a live animal at the time. Additionally, the mollusk must not be mutilated, removed from its protective shell, or killed be
  
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• 107-Year-Old Gets Birthday Parade As Her Final Wish

  20-07-2018 21:21
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  STILLWATER, Okla. (CBS Local) – A 107-year-old from Oklahoma is being remembered after having one final birthday wish fulfilled.
  Myda Lewis passed away on July 16, just weeks after a very special celebration was held in the city of Stillwater. Lewis, who was born in 1911, said her only wish was to ride in a convertible in a parade.
  Word spread of Westhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation’s plan to make Lewis’ wish come true quickly.
  
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• Police: Body Found In Burned Vehicle Matching Description Of Missing Woman’s Car

  20-07-2018 21:06
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  PERRYOPOLIS (KDKA) – A vehicle matching the description of one belonging to a missing Fayette County woman has been found burned with a body inside.
  Earlier this week, 74-year-old Caroline Branthoover was reported missing by family. Branthoover’s family said she suffers from numerous health issues, including congestive heart failure and chronic COPD.
  (Source: Branthoover Family)
  Police confirm a car matching the description of Branthoover’s Po
  
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• Penn State trustees vote to freeze tuition for all in-state undergrads

  20-07-2018 21:06 via post-gazette.com
  The base price for Pennsylvanian undergrads on the main campus will remain at $17,416 for the 2018-19 academic year.
  
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• Detective: Point Breeze man called 911 on night he was killed, told officer nothing was wrong

  20-07-2018 20:59 via post-gazette.com
  Steven Pariser, 71, who was found beaten to death in his Point Breeze basement, told an officer who responded that nothing was wrong.
  
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• Woman Gives Birth In Chick-Fil-A, Baby Promised Job And Food For Life

  20-07-2018 20:06
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (CBS Local) – A newborn baby in Texas has already been guaranteed food for life  and a job, after her mother gave birth in a Chick-fil-A bathroom.
  Falon Griffin was having intense contractions when she and her husband stopped at the fast-food restaurant in San Antonio to drop off their daughters with a family friend. She had to use the bathroom, but the restaurant was closed.
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• NY Times: Trump Was Recorded Discussing Payments To Ex-Playboy Model

  20-07-2018 19:48
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  NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Times says President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer secretly recorded him discussing payments to an ex-Playboy model who said she had had an affair with him.
  The newspaper says the FBI seized the recording during an April raid on attorney Michael Cohen’s office.
  The Times cited lawyers and others familiar with the recording and reported Friday that Cohen made it two months before Trump’s 2016 election.
  
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• ‘Have It Your Way’: Burger King Customer Cuts Line, Makes Her Own Food

  20-07-2018 19:48
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  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS Local) – Burger King’s slogan may be “have it your way,” but one customer took it too far when she was caught making her own meal at one of the chain’s Florida eateries.
  Two Jacksonville Burger King employees were reportedly fired after allowing the female customer to get out of line and start making food in the fast food shop’s kitchen.
  “She definitely, she had it her way,&rd
  
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• ‘An Almond Doesn’t Lactate’: FDA To Crack Down On Soy, Almond ‘Milk’

  20-07-2018 19:43
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  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS Local) – The Food and Drug Administration has a message for soy and almond milk drinkers: you’re not drinking milk and your bottle labels may change very soon.
  FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb addressed the agency’s enforcement of “standards of identity” during a Politico media event in Washington. Gottlieb says the FDA will begin cracking down on companies marketing non-dairy products as &l
  
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• Woman Gives Birth In Chick-Fil-A Bathroom, Restaurant Promises Child Free Food For Life

  20-07-2018 19:39
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) – A baby girl is guaranteed food for life – and a job – after her mother gave birth in a Chick-fil-A bathroom.
  Falon Griffin was having contractions when she and her husband stopped at the fast-food restaurant in San Antonio to drop off their daughters with a family friend. She had to use the bathroom, but the restaurant was closed.
  The couple banged on the door. Store director Brenda Enriquez tells KSAT-TV she opened the door and Griffin was screaming.
  
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• Allegheny County Jail inmate charged with raping transgender cellmate

  20-07-2018 19:38 via post-gazette.com
  Police said Taylor J. Booth, 21, who had been jailed on drug charges, admitted to the assault on the inmate, who identifies as female.
  
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• State gives a shoutout to Mister Rogers to tout National Pennsylvania Day

  20-07-2018 19:08 via post-gazette.com
  July 20 is the day to recognize the Commonwealth’s key role in the building of the United States.
  
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• Man Who Made Fake Bomb Threat To Avoid Missing Flight Sentenced To Prison

  20-07-2018 19:06
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  CINCINNATI (AP) – An Ohio man who called in a bomb threat to an airport so he wouldn’t miss his flight has been sentenced to four months in prison.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 40-year-old Dana Carter, of Dayton, was sentenced Thursday for his calls to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in October.
  Court records show Carter made a series of calls saying there was a bomb on a flight bound for Dallas, Texas.
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• Police: Pa. Man Almost Shoots Joggers While Hunting Groundhogs

  20-07-2018 18:56
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  EPHRATA, Pa. (AP) – Police in Pennsylvania say a man attempting to eradicate groundhogs from his leased land nearly shot two passing joggers with a stray bullet.
  On July 11, the two women say they were out for a run in the Ephrata area when they heard shots from a nearby field. WHP-TV reports the women then felt a bullet fly past their heads and saw it hit a tree branch.
  The joggers then confronted a man who told them he was shooting at groundhogs in the
  
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• Police Resume Search At Cemetery For Missing Latrobe Woman

  20-07-2018 18:40
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  UNITY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Police have resumed a search of a cemetery in Westmoreland County for woman who has been missing since April.
  Cassandra Gross, of Latrobe, spoke to her mother on the phone around 3:30 p.m. on April 7. The 51-year-old hasn’t been seen or heard from since then.
  Her car was found, burned, by some railroad tracks in Unity Township a few days after she disappeared, and her dog was discovered running alone along Route 30 outside of
  
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• 2 Charged With Stealing $8M In Rare Books, More From Carnegie Library

  20-07-2018 18:37
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  PITTSBURGH (AP/KDKA) — A library archivist and an antique bookseller are charged with stealing millions of dollars’ worth of rare books, illustrations, maps and photographs from a Pittsburgh library over a 20-year period.
  Authorities Friday charged former Carnegie Library rare books manager Gregory Priore and bookstore owner John Schulman with theft, conspiracy and other counts in the disappearance of hundreds of items. Detectives put the estimated
  
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• Beaver Co. Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child While Babysitting

  20-07-2018 18:20
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  FREEDOM, Pa. (KDKA) — A Beaver County man has been arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a child he was babysitting.
  Sixty-seven-year-old Amos Colbert was arrested Friday.
  According to a criminal complaint, authorities received a report in April that an 11-year-old girl told a Children and Youth caseworker that Colbert had touched her inappropriately and made her touch him inappropriately about six years ago.
  When police talked to the victi
  
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• VIDEO: Waitress Body Slams Customer Who Groped Her

  20-07-2018 17:54
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  Savannah, Ga. (CBS Local) – A Georgia waitress has become an online sensation after body-slamming a customer who was caught on camera groping her.
  Emelia Holden, 21, was working at Vinnie Van Go-Go’s in Savannah on June 30 when surveillance cameras caught Holden’s attacker inappropriately touching her as he walked by. “I looked at him and I said, ‘You don’t touch me, mother [expletive]!'” the young waitress to
  
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• Teen Found In Barn Eating Sticks To Survive, 4 Family Members Arrested

  20-07-2018 16:57
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  CHANDLER, Okla. (KDKA/AP) – Authorities say a malnourished 15-year-old Oklahoma boy who survived by eating sticks, leaves and grass has been found living in a barn, and four members of his family have been arrested for child neglect.
  The Oklahoman reported Thursday that Lincoln County assistant District Attorney Adam Panter said the boy weighed 80 pounds (36 kilograms) July 12, when he was found sharing the barn with goats, rabbits and chickens.
  The teen
  
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• Hiring Up, Unemployment Down To 4.3 Percent In Pennsylvania

  20-07-2018 16:35
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania saw its unemployment rate drop for the second straight month, hitting a new post-recession low, as payrolls expanded slightly.
  The state Department of Labor and Industry said Friday that Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.3 percent in June. The national rate is 4 percent.
  A survey of households found Pennsylvania’s civilian labor force contracted again, this time b
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: Baseball Looks Ahead

  20-07-2018 16:13
  Baltimore Orioles vs. Toronto Blue JaysFriday, July 20, 2018, 7:07 pm ET
  TORONTO -150
  My numbers have the Blue Jays toppling the Orioles in 65 percent of simulations for their Friday matchup, making Toronto worth the price as a moderate home chalk. The Blue Jays have won four straight when starter Sam Gaviglio pitches on full rest, and are 5-1 in their past six Friday games. The Orioles are 1-10 when Dylan Bundy takes the mound against AL East opponents.
  SportsLine Expert: Stephen Oh (113-76 in
  
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• 1 Injured In Parkway East ‘Bathtub’ Crash

  20-07-2018 15:30
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – One person was injured in a Friday morning crash along the Parkway East.
  According to officials, the crash happened in the area known as the Bathtub around 8:40 a.m.
  (Photo Credit: Tim Lawson/KDKA)
  A vehicle crashed into the barrier near the Stanwix Street exit and flipped onto its side.
  Emergency officials pulled the driver out of the vehicle. The driver was transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
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• Schulman's rare books empire began with 1,200 science fiction paperbacks

  20-07-2018 15:15 via post-gazette.com
  John Schulman, a co-owner of Caliban Books, started buying cheap science fiction paperbacks and was a professional bookseller by age 20.
  
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• Carnegie Library's rare books manager was fired after theft was discovered

  20-07-2018 15:12 via post-gazette.com
  Archivist Greg Priore was fired as manager of Carnegie Library’s rare books department shortly after the theft of 320 items was discovered.
  
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• Two men charged with stealing more than $8 million in rare books from Carnegie Library

  20-07-2018 15:11 via post-gazette.com
  Former archivist Greg Priore and Caliban Book Shop owner John Schulman accused of theft and related counts in alleged 20-year conspiracy. 
  
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• PTL Links: July 20, 2018

  20-07-2018 14:52
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Open Streets Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh Scavenger Hunt
  CMOA Crossroads
  Liberty Mile
  Picklesburgh
  Lemieux 6.6K Run & Family Walk 
  Farina Foundation Concert In The Park
  Kids Triathlon
  Pittsburgh Zoo Aquafest
  CLO Brigadoon
  Table Magazine Lamb Cookoff
  Friendship Yard Sale
  Allegheny County Summer Concert Series
  City Of Pittsburgh Summer Events
  
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• Woman Sentenced To Jail For Kicking State Trooper In Groin

  20-07-2018 14:24
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  LAURELDARE, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a woman who kicked a Pennsylvania state trooper in the groin during an arrest is now headed to jail.
  Troopers had gone to Debra Baker’s home in Laureldale in January for a reported domestic dispute. When they arrived, Baker’s husband told them she was passed out on the kitchen floor.
  Troopers found Baker next to a 12-inch serrated kitchen knife and woke her up. They say her speech was slurred and she was
  
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• Saturday is Guitar Day with Joe Negri in our neighborhood

  20-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  Joe Negri will be teaching a master class about jazz guitar this Saturday at Duquesne University.
  
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• McKeesport enters second phase of vacant home demolition

  20-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  As part of the city’s McKeesport Rising Project, council voted to authorize the demolition of 115 houses with the work being done in-house.
  
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• Extra, extra! Read all about it: Phil Nardozzi speaks about his job as a background actor

  20-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  He’s been in 93 films in the Pittsburgh area since 1992, but this Plum resident may not be a familiar face to other Pittsburghers.
  
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• Diabetes no obstacle for mountain climber

  20-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  Bethel Park couple plans climb of Mont Blanc, highest peak in the Alps. The mountain is just one more obstacle for Virginia Barndollar to conquer. 
  
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• Woman Temporarily Becomes Millionaire After Bank Account Mix-Up

  20-07-2018 13:51
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  BOSTON (AP) – For a few minutes, a Boston woman says she was a millionaire.
  Ellen Fleming says she received a voicemail from a TD Ameritrade financial consultant Wednesday afternoon that a deposit had been made into her account.
  The 26-year-old opened the company’s app on her cellphone and was surprised to find $1.1 million instead of the $50 that she had left a few months ago.
  Fleming tells The Boston Globe that she immediately thought about quitti
  
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• Firefighters Battling 2-Alarm Fire In McKeesport, 3 Buildings Affected

  20-07-2018 13:15
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  MCKEESPORT (KDKA) – A fire in McKeesport spread to at least three buildings Friday morning.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the fire started near the intersection Ridge Street and Versailles Avenue shortly before 7 a.m.
  There is no word about possible injuries at this time.Stay With KDKA.com For More Details
  
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• Fire Damages 2 Vacant Homes In McKeesport

  20-07-2018 13:15
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  MCKEESPORT (KDKA) – Two vacant homes in McKeesport were damaged in an early Friday morning fire.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the fire started near the intersection Ridge Street and Versailles Avenue shortly before 7 a.m.
  Fortunately, no one was injured.Stay With KDKA.com For More Details
  
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• Pompeo: Russia ‘Will Try To Undermine Western Democracy’ In 2018, 2020

  20-07-2018 12:58
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  By: Joshua Berlinger, CNN
  (CNN) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday he believes that Russia will try to undermine democracies around the world for the foreseeable future.
  “I have great confidence that the Russians will try and undermine western democracy in 2017, 2018, 2019 and for an awfully long time,” Pompeo said in an interview with Fox News.
  “It is our responsibility as leaders of United States government to do all that w
  
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• Duck Boat Capsizes In Missouri, Killing 17 People, Some Of Them Children

  20-07-2018 12:39
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  By: Jason Hanna, AnneClaire Stapleton, Faith Karimi and Marlena Baldacci, CNN
  (CNN) — An amphibious tour boat carrying 31 people sank in a furious squall on a southwestern Missouri lake Thursday evening, leaving 17 people dead, including children, officials said.
  The Ride the Ducks Branson duck boat went down in Table Rock Lake near Branson during strong winds that “came out of nowhere,” said Jim Pattison Jr., president of the business’s
  
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• Duck Boat Capsizes In Missouri, Killing 17 People, Including 9 Members Of Same Family

  20-07-2018 12:39
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  By Jason Hanna, AnneClaire Stapleton, Marlena Baldacci and Faith Karimi, CNN
  (CNN) — An amphibious tour boat carrying 31 people sank in a furious squall on a southwestern Missouri lake Thursday evening, leaving 17 people dead, including children, authorities said.
  Nine of 11 members of one family on board died, Gov. Mike Parson said Friday.
  The Ride the Ducks Branson duck boat went down in Table Rock Lake near Branson during strong winds that “came
  
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• Duck Boat Capsizes In Missouri, Killing 13 People, Some Of Them Children

  20-07-2018 12:39
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  By: Faith Karimi and Joe Sutton, CNN
  (CNN) – The Ride the Ducks Branson boat that sank Thursday evening, leaving at least 13 people dead and others missing, embarked on its trip when the weather was calm, and the storm that sank it “came out of nowhere,” the president of the business’ parent company said.
  “My understanding was that when the boat went in the water, it was calm,” said Jim Pattison Jr., president of Ripley Enter
  
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• Duck Boat Capsizes In Missouri, Killing 11 People, Some Of Them Children

  20-07-2018 12:39
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  By: Faith Karimi and Joe Sutton, CNN
  (CNN) — A duck boat capsized and sank during a severe thunderstorm in Missouri, killing at least 11 people, some of them children, authorities said.
  Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said 31 people were aboard the boat during Thursday night’s incident on Table Rock Lake near Branson. Six people are unaccounted for and 14 survived, he said.
  Video posted by Jennie Phillips-Hudson Carr and shot from a nearby larger ve
  
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• FTC Cracks Down On Fake Charities For Veterans

  20-07-2018 06:47
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  By Katie Lobosco, CNN
  (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission announced two major actions against allegedly fraudulent charities for veterans Thursday.
  One alleged scam, known as Help the Vets, took in $20 million in donations intended for wounded and disabled veterans between 2014 and 2017, the FTC said.
  Another solicited cars, boats and timeshares for several made-up veterans’ charities.
  In both cases, most of the donations were never passed along to
  
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• Washington jail captain sues former police officer

  20-07-2018 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  In the suit, Capt. Wendy J. Harris said the officer handcuffed her because she would not break protocol for procedures at the jail. 
  
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• Sole Survivor Of Crash Pleads Guilty In Separate DUI Case

  20-07-2018 05:53
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — She was the only survivor of a drunk driving crash last year, and now she’s pleading guilty in a separate DUI case.
  Brooke Molnar, 22, will be under house arrest for the next year, then will serve three years probation after pleading guilty to a felony charge of not having a legal license.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Molnar was driving a Mercedes that crashed into two telephone poles and flipped over on Chartiers Avenue in April of 2017
  
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• At Least 8 People Dead After Duck Boat Capsizes On Missouri Lake

  20-07-2018 05:15
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  By Deanna Hackney, CNN
  (CNN) — At least eight people died Thursday in a duck boat accident on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, according to Southern Stone County Fire Protection spokesman Eric Nielsen.
  There were more than 20 people on the boat when it capsized, Nielsen said.Earlier, he said more than 10 people were injured.
  “We did have a severe thunderstorm, not sure if that is the contributing factor,” he said. “There is a lot
  
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• Police: Inmate Charged With Raping Transgender Cellmate

  20-07-2018 05:14
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An inmate in the Allegheny County Jail is facing a rape charge.
  Taylor Booth, 21, allegedly sexually assaulted an unidentified inmate.
  Taylor Booth (Source: Allegheny County Jail)
  According to investigators, the inmate identifies as a woman and uses a female alias.
  She told investigators she had been housed in a single-inmate cell for the past week, until Tuesday, when booth was transferred into the cell.
  When questioned by police, aut
  
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• Pittsburgh Native Airman Who Inspired ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’ Dies

  20-07-2018 04:49
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  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – The man whose military radio antics inspired a character played by Robin Williams in the film “Good Morning, Vietnam” has died.
  Adrian Cronauer died Wednesday. He was 79.
  Mary Muse, the wife of his stepson Michael Muse, confirmed Thursday that Cronauer died after a long illness. He had lived in Troutville, Virginia.
  During his service as a U.S. Air Force sergeant in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, Cronauer opened his Armed Forces
  
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