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• Police Investigate Possible Threat Against West Mifflin Schools, Question 1 Person

  31-07-2018 23:53
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  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) — Police have interviewed one person and removed a firearm from a home in connection with an investigation into a possible threat made on Facebook against the West Mifflin Area School District.
  According to West Mifflin Police, the department received multiple tips about a possible threat to the school district on Tuesday morning.
  Police say they interviewed one person and determined it “was a misuse of social media.”
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• Restaurant owner again requests bond in sex assault case

  31-07-2018 23:44 via post-gazette.com
  Adnan Pehlivan has been held in the Allegheny County Jail since May 24 on charges he followed a woman home from the South Side, broke in and attacked her.
  
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• Enter To Win: Art Of The Brick Where’s Hug-Man Contest

  31-07-2018 23:38
  Enter to win a family four (4) pack of tickets to the Art Of The Brick Exhibition at the Carnegie Science Center!
  
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• Pittsburgh council narrowly clears purchase of former Art Institute building

  31-07-2018 23:04 via post-gazette.com
  A variety of Pittsburgh city offices is poised to move into 420 Blvd. of the Allies from 200 Ross St., both Downtown.
  
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• Pittsburgh council approves UPMC Mercy's $400M expansion, purchase of former Art Institute building

  31-07-2018 23:04 via post-gazette.com
  A variety of Pittsburgh city offices is poised to move into 420 Blvd. of the Allies from 200 Ross St., both Downtown.
  
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• Pittsburgh council approves pair of big projects -- UPMC Mercy expansion, purchase of former Art Institute building

  31-07-2018 23:04 via post-gazette.com
  A variety of Pittsburgh city offices is poised to move into 420 Blvd. of the Allies from 200 Ross St., both Downtown.
  
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• Dog’s Lick Causes Blood Infection, Man Has Limbs Amputated

  31-07-2018 22:54
  WEST BEND, Wis. (CBS Local) – A Wisconsin man has lost both of his legs after being licked by a dog.
  According to the Milwaukee Patch, Greg Manteufel contracted Capnocytophaga canimorsus, a bacteria found in dog saliva that can cause sepsis. The blood infection spread quickly and resulted in amputations of both feet. Doctors would eventually be forced to remove parts of Manteufel’s lower legs and nose as well.
  “It hit him with a vengeance. Just bruising all over
  
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• UPMC police officer's Facebook comments attract activists' attention

  31-07-2018 22:49 via post-gazette.com
  The health network said it is investigating after Officer David P. Murray posted on Facebook about social justice activists.
  
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• Official: 5 People Trapped In Uniontown Building Collapse Rescued

  31-07-2018 22:09
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  UNIONTOWN (KDKA/AP) — Emergency officials in Fayette County say five people trapped in a building collapse in Uniontown have been rescued.
  The collapse happened just before 4 p.m. at a building in the 400 block South Mount Vernon Avenue Ext.
  According to Fayette County Emergency Management, the collapse happened during heavy storms. Crews are reportedly responding to several weather-related incidents in the area.
  The officials says the people who were tra
  
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• Crews Rescue Tenants Trapped In Uniontown Building Collapse

  31-07-2018 22:09
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  UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — Emergency officials in Fayette County rescued residents trapped in a building collapse in Uniontown Tuesday afternoon.
  The collapse happened just before 4 p.m. at an apartment building in the 400 block South Mount Vernon Avenue Ext.
  According to Fayette County Emergency Management, the collapse happened as heavy storms passed through the area. Crews were responding to several weather-related incidents nearby at the same time.
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• Congress authorizes four-month extension of National Flood Insurance Program

  31-07-2018 21:59 via post-gazette.com
  The reauthorization pleases leaders in Allegheny County, which was hard-hit by floods in spring and summer.
  
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• Teacher Quits Job To Become A Personal Shopper, Doubles His Salary

  31-07-2018 21:58
  SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS Local) – A Florida teacher quit his job after finding a way to double his annual salary: shop for other people.
  Ed Hennessey spent 20 years teaching students at Oviedo High School. Although the educator says he loved his work with children, he never made more than $50,000 a year and was barely able to support his two children.
  “It’s kind of emotional. I’m trying to fight back tears because it was the best time of my life,” H
  
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• Drug company officers plead guilty, get probation in sales of misbranded medication

  31-07-2018 21:44 via post-gazette.com
  The three Canadian executives conspired to sell the drugs in the U.S., including to three pharmacists in the Pittsburgh region.
  
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• Reports: Pirates Trade For Pitcher Chris Archer

  31-07-2018 21:36
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Pirates have reportedly traded for Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer.Our news partners at the Post Gazette says the Pirates have a deal in place to acquire Archer.I’m told the Pirates have a deal in place to acquire Chris Archer.
  — Stephen J. Nesbitt (@stephenjnesbitt) July 31, 2018The Pirates reportedly gave up pitcher Tyler Glasnow, Austin Meadows, and another player still being decided.BREAKING: Under deal being finalized, #Rays trade Arc
  
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• Pirates Trade For Pitcher Chris Archer

  31-07-2018 21:36
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded for Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer.The Pirates announced the trade just after 4 p.m.
  OFFICIAL: Pirates have acquired RHP Chris Archer (@ChrisArcher22) from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for RHP Tyler Glasnow, outfielder Austin Meadows and a player to be named.pic.twitter.com/mYih6ybEYm
  — Pirates (@Pirates) July 31, 2018The Pirates gave up pitcher Tyler Glasnow, Austin Meadows, and another player still to be decided.Archer t
  
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• Vatican Museums will not exhibit Andy Warhol's work

  31-07-2018 21:28 via post-gazette.com
  All roads lead to Rome but an exhibition about the spirituality in Andy Warhol’s art will not be on view at the Vatican Museums next year. 
  
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• Obese Tourists Crippling Donkeys On Greek Island, Activists Claim

  31-07-2018 21:21
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  Santorini, Greece (CBS Local) – The Greek island of Santorini is known for its stunning views, steeps hills, and tradition of using donkeys as the main form of transportation. While most tourists love traveling the island on a donkey, activists are now saying visitors from the U.S. and Europe are too fat to sit on the animals.
  Activists with “Help the Santorini Donkeys” told multiple news outlets in the United Kingdom that overweight
  
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• Penn State frat member gets house arrest over pledge death

  31-07-2018 20:56 via post-gazette.com
  The first member of the Beta Theta Pi frat to plead guilty in connection with the death of Tim Piazza gets three months' house arrest
  
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• Hundreds Reportedly Get Sick At Ohio Chipotle, Restaurant Closes

  31-07-2018 20:28
  (CNN Money/KDKA) — Chipotle isn’t having a very joyous National Avocado Day.
  Just when it seemed like the company had moved past its illness epidemic, more than 170 people say they got sick after eating at a location in Ohio. Chipotle stock fell more than 6% on Tuesday.
  Chipotle told CNNMoney that it shut down the restaurant, in the Columbus suburb of Powell, as a precaution but hoped to reopen it later in the day. The company said it was working with local health officials.
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• Permits Issued To 13 Medical Marijuana Growers/Processors

  31-07-2018 20:19
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  HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Gov. Tom Wolf’s office is giving out more permits for growers and processors in the state’s medical marijuana program.
  Thirteen permits were awarded today as part of phase two of the program. The goal is to expand access to medical marijuana to every part of the state.More Information On Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana ProgramThe Wolf administration says the medication is vital to Pennsylvanians suffering from any of
  
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• Special Delivery: Mother Delivers Son On I-79 While Heading To Hospital

  31-07-2018 19:56
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  WAYNESBURG (KDKA) – A woman will have quite the story to tell her newborn son someday.
  Sarah Blake, 27, went into labor Friday morning. However, the child did not want to wait until she got to the hospital.
  Blake lives about 30 miles from Washington Hospital. Her 78-year-old father hopped in the driver’s seat and they made their way to Interstate 79.
  However, about eight miles into the trip, little Asher Smith decided to announce himself to the worl
  
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• $1.8M Match 6 Lotto ticket sold in Fayette County

  31-07-2018 19:55 via post-gazette.com
  The winning ticket was sold at a Rite Aid on National Pike in Grindstone, Fayette County.
  
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• Facebook Removes 32 Pages, Accounts After Detecting Coordinated Influence Operation Ahead Of Midterm Elections

  31-07-2018 19:53
  WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) — Facebook announced on Tuesday that it had detected a coordinated influence operation whose activities appeared to target divisive political issues ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
  The company detected the activity as part of an ongoing investigation into election interference, its representatives said, and had removed 32 pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram as a result. Though the activity was not overtly linked to Russia, it was reminiscent of operati
  
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• Percy Echols II will explore plasma at Glass Center

  31-07-2018 19:45 via post-gazette.com
  Percy Echols II is inaugural recipient of the Pittsburgh Glass Center’s  Ron Desmett Memorial Award for Imagination With Glass.
  
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• Cases Of Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Increasing, Doctors Say

  31-07-2018 19:43
  (CBS Local) – A contagious childhood illnesses is reportedly spreading across several states. Doctors are reportedly seeing more and more cases of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) and children aren’t the only ones being affected.
  According to multiple reports, doctors are seeing increased cases in Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. There was even a high-profile case in New York as New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard contracted the disease while ap
  
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• School for Blind in Oakland evacuated after work crew strikes gas line

  31-07-2018 19:14 via post-gazette.com
  No injuries were reported as 200 students and staff are forced to leave the school.
  
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• Study: Average Worker Spends 1,700 Hours In Front Of Computer Screen

  31-07-2018 18:50
  LONDON, U.K. (CBS Local) – A new study has found that the average worker is spending over two months of every year in front of a computer screen. The findings have eye care professionals sounding the alarm about the dangers to millions of people who may be damaging their vision.
  “Computers are a relatively new concept – for millions now, staring at a screen all day is the norm,” Acuvue spokesperson Katie McGeechan said, via Study Finds. “However if you loo
  
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• Facebook Uncovers ‘Sophisticated’ Attempts To Influence Upcoming Elections

  31-07-2018 18:47
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  NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook says it has uncovered “sophisticated” efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to influence U.S. politics on its platforms.
  The company says it removed 32 accounts from Facebook and Instagram because they were involved in “coordinated” behavior and appeared to be fake.
  The company says it doesn’t know who is behind the efforts, but said there are may be connections to Russia. Facebook says it has found som
  
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• Dottie Pepper On WGC-Bridgestone: ‘A Complete Test Of Golf, No Tricks’

  31-07-2018 17:45
  By Dave Shedloski
  It’s the last roundup for the PGA TOUR — at least for now — at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, when the $10 million World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational is held for a final time this week on the South Course.
  Firestone has hosted a PGA TOUR event every year but one since 1954. That was in 2002 when the WGC event was held at Sahalee Golf Club near Seattle. Even then, though, the South Course staged an event, the Senior PG
  
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• School For The Blind In Oakland Evacuated Due To Gas Leak

  31-07-2018 17:42
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  OAKLAND (KDKA) – A gas leak has prompted the evacuation of more than 200 students and staff at the school for the blind in Oakland.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident is happening in the 4400 block of Bayard Street.
  The source of the leak is unknown and the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind, which is nearby, was evacuated.
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  “They’re smelling it approximately a block to two blocks away. The most problem
  
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• Researchers Create Heart Attack Prediction Tool

  31-07-2018 17:25
  DALLAS, Texas (CBS Local) – Will you have a heart attack within the next ten years?
  Medical researchers affiliated with Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center have unveiled a web page designed to “calculate” a person’s risk level for heart attack or stroke. Astro-CHARM specifically combines a person’s heart health factors, including cholesterol, blood pressure, and family history.
  The site also needs input of a person&rsq
  
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• The Baseball Report: Baseball HOF Inducts Six, Trade Deadline Approaches

  31-07-2018 17:03
  By Norm Elrod
  Another year brings another class inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The names were announced back in January, and this past Sunday, Cooperstown made it official.
  This year’s inductees — Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, and Jack Morris — joined their rightful place among the legends of the game. Let’s take a quick look back at their accomplishments.Jones played all of his 19 seasons with the Braves, primarily
  
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• M*A*S*H Star Alan Alda Reveals He Has Parkinson’s Disease

  31-07-2018 17:03
  NEW YORK (CBS Local) – Alan Alda has revealed that he has Parkinson’s disease. In a “CBS This Morning” appearance on Tuesday, the 82-year-old actor said that he was diagnosed with the disease three and a half years ago.
  “I’ve had a full life since then,” Alda said. “I’ve acted, I’ve given talks, I help at the Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook. I started this new podcast. And I noticed tha
  
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• NTSB: Mechanical failure unlikely in plane crash that killed Beaver County man

  31-07-2018 16:55 via post-gazette.com
  Daniel Miller, 35, of Beaver County died when his Cessna crashed while he was taking low-altitude photos.
  
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• The Case Of The Stolen Shark Is Solved, ‘Miss Helen’ Is Back Home

  31-07-2018 16:49
  (CNN) — What began with a quick grab-and-go theft Saturday at the San Antonio Aquarium — the suspect leaving a trail of water drops as he hurried away with his dripping prize of a small but very much alive shark — ended Monday with the safe return of “Miss Helen” to her tank at the aquarium.
  The 16-inch female horn shark was taken during a heist that aquarium officials said was no spur-of-the-moment, let’s-steal-a-shark thing.
  “The suspects staked out th
  
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• It’s National Avocado Day, Here’s Where You Can Get Free Guacamole

  31-07-2018 16:38
  (CBS Local) – Tuesday, July 31 is National Avocado Day and Chipotle and Freebirds are both celebrating with free guacamole!
  To get your free guac at Chipotle you need to order an entree online or make an in-app purchase. You can then choose to add guacamole as an add-on, side item, or as a regular order of chips and guac. Before you finalize your order you must enter the coupon code AVOCADO.
  The offer isn’t valid for in-store purchases and you’re limited to just one order.
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• Retired Greensburg Diocese Priest Pleads Guilty In Child Sex Assault Case

  31-07-2018 16:26
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  GREENSBURG (KDKA) – A retired priest of the Diocese of Greensburg has pleaded guilty in a child sexual assault case.
  Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the guilty plea during a press conference Tuesday morning. The victim in the case, identified only as Josh, was also present for the announcement.
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  “Josh is a hero to come forward to tell his difficult truth about Sweeney because of his concern that other children could be ha
  
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• Pittsburgh-area unemployment rises slightly to 4.1 percent

  31-07-2018 16:21 via post-gazette.com
  Unemployment rose two-tenths of a percent in June after May’s mark hit the lowest point since the 1960s.
  
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• Starting Today, Smoking In And Near Public Housing Will Be Banned

  31-07-2018 15:46
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  (CNN) — Smokers won’t be able to light up in or near public housing starting July 31.
  They’ll still be allowed to rent in the communities but will have to keep lit cigarettes, cigars and pipes at least 25 feet away from buildings. Electronic cigarettes will still be permitted.
  The policy was announced two years ago by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, but the agency gave the nation’s more than 3,300 local public housing au
  
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• President Trump Consulting NRA Over 3D-Printed Guns

  31-07-2018 15:09
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he is consulting with the National Rifle Association over whether it makes sense for a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun.
  Trump tweeted Tuesday he is “looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public,” adding that he “already spoke to NRA.”I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public. Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to ma
  
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• Suspect surrenders to police in Kennedy fatal shooting

  31-07-2018 14:42 via post-gazette.com
  Israel Moon is in custody, Allegheny County police said.
  
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• Police Arrest Suspect In Kennedy Twp. Fatal Shooting

  31-07-2018 14:07
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A suspect has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting over the weekend in Kennedy Township.
  According to the arrest warrant, several witnesses cooperated and helped detectives identify the suspect. Detectives say Israel Moon, 21, is the only person facing criminal charges at this time.
  He surrendered to police on Tuesday afternoon.
  (Photo Courtesy: Allegheny County Police)
  Detectives released a Facebook photo of the suspect e
  
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• Arrest Warrant Issued In Kennedy Twp. Fatal Shooting

  31-07-2018 14:07
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – An arrest warrant has been issued in connection with a fatal shooting in Kennedy Township.
  According to police, Israel Moon is wanted in the shooting death of 18-year-old Jassim Al-Maleky, of McKees Rocks.
  Jassim Al-Maleky (Photo Credit: Facebook)
  Police said that Al-Maleky had been at a home on Kennedy Lane in Kennedy Township, along with several other young people to watch a fist fight between two step-brothers. During the fight, an
  
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• Station Square's $30 million upgrade includes 5 to 7 new restaurants

  31-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  The goal is to make the retail, entertainment and office complex “a destination once again.”
  
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• Station Square's $30 million upgrade includes 5-7 new restaurants

  31-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  The goal is to make the retail, entertainment and office complex “a destination once again.”
  
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• Station Square plans $30 million upgrade

  31-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  The goal is to make the retail, entertainment and office complex “a destination once again.”
  
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• Smashing Pumpkins in Pittsburgh: It didn't begin well

  31-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  A look back at Smashing Pumpkins’ visits, from the Palumbo to Lollapalooza to clubs. 
  
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• Obituary: Alphonse Joseph Cipriani / Doctor viewed medicine as a calling, not as a profession

  31-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  The 82-year-old from Upper St. Clair died of kidney failure Wednesday, leaving behind a legacy of grateful patients.
  
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• Days for Girls provides health and empowerment to women around the globe

  31-07-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh-area teams sew thousands of reusable hygiene products to enhance health and education for girls and women around the world.
  
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• Penn State Frat Member To Be Sentenced In Pledge Death Case

  31-07-2018 13:48
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  HARRISBURG (AP) – The first member of a Penn State University fraternity to plead guilty in connection with the death of a pledge last year after a night of drinking and hazing is set to learn his sentence.
  A judge on Tuesday is scheduled to announce the punishment for Ryan Burke for four counts of hazing and five alcohol violations.
  The 21-year-old Scranton resident is among more than 20 members of the now-closed Beta Theta Pi fraternity to face criminal
  
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