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• Children Find Decapitated, Skinned Rabbits Left On Hood Of Woman’s SUV

  02-08-2018 23:28
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  SOUTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — State police say someone decapitated rabbits then left them on the hood of a woman’s SUV in South Huntingdon Township.
  Ralph Calvin says two of the rabbits’ heads and legs were cut off and a third was skinned and left on his daughter’s vehicle. Calvin was driving when his daughter called from her Kostella Hill Road home. Calvin’s grandchildren, ages 7 and 10, were first to notice the scene.
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• Mother Of 3-Year-Old With Cancer Surprised With New Car

  02-08-2018 23:06
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  NORTH HILLS (KDKA) — Three-year-old Isaac Rager, of New Castle, is battling stage-three liver cancer after being diagnosed just last year.
  “Things that you would think a normal kid could do, it’s just kind of a struggle for him because he had to go through a more intensive chemotherapy because of the tumor rupture,” Vanessa Watkins, Isaac’s mother, said.
  But Watkins didn’t have reliable transportation to get him to and from d
  
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• Judge Orders Man’s Mouth Taped Shut During His Sentencing

  02-08-2018 22:57
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  CLEVELAND, Ohio (CBS Local) – An Ohio judge had enough of being repeatedly interrupted by a chatty defendant and had the man’s mouth taped shut during a sentencing hearing.
  Franklyn Williams, 32, was convicted for his involvement in three armed robberies and was brought before Judge John Russo on July 31 to hear his punishment. Before Russo could deliver his decision, Williams reportedly refused to stop talking.
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• PItt grad student gets federal prison, deportation for sadistic child porn collection

  02-08-2018 22:44 via post-gazette.com
  Many of the images and videos collected by Abhijeet Das, 28, of Point Breeze, depicted the violent rape of toddlers.
  
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• Police: Two Thieves Squeeze Onto Motorcycle With Stolen 50-Inch TV

  02-08-2018 22:36
  MANVEL, Texas (CBS Local) – Two thieves in Texas may want to rethink their getaway vehicle during their next heist. The men were caught on surveillance cameras stealing a 50-inch television before squeezing onto a motorcycle to make their escape with the large screen in tow.
  The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office says a Manvel homeowner’s security cameras caught two men break in and rip the giant television off the wall on July 30. The two crooks then hopped onto their
  
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• 'Mindhunter' seeks extra extras for current Pittsburgh-area shoot

  02-08-2018 22:02 via post-gazette.com
  Season 2 of Netflix series holding sign-ups for paid background extras at various sites.
  
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• President Trump Rallies For Barletta In Wilkes-Barre, Tweets ‘Pennsylvania Has To Love Trump’

  02-08-2018 21:55
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  WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) — Thundering that the media is the “fake, fake disgusting news,” President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of grievances Thursday at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in which he cast journalists as his true political opponent.
  Trump barnstormed in a state that he swiped from the Democrats in 2016 and that is home to a Senate seat he is trying to place in the Republicans’ column this fall. But the race between GOP U.S.
  
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• ‘Pennsylvania Has To Love Trump’: Trump Tweets About Bringing Back Steel Ahead Of Wilkes-Barre Rally

  02-08-2018 21:55
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  WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) – President Donald Trump swiped Pennsylvania from the Democrats in 2016. Now he is trying to help Republicans take a Senate seat there.
  Trump is holding a rally Thursday evening in Wilkes-Barre to back Rep. Lou Barletta, who’s running to unseat two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.
  Barletta is a fervent Trump supporter who shares his hard-line views on immigration. Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate to
  
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• Supreme Court says grand jury judge refused to comply with order

  02-08-2018 21:49 via post-gazette.com
  Judge Krumenacker had already authorized release of report, so he would not “comply” with order to supervise redactions in new filings.
  
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• Bethel Park councilman resigns amid criminal charges in two separate cases

  02-08-2018 21:37 via post-gazette.com
  In one case, Brandon Colella was accused of selling a prescription drug to a woman. In another, he was charged with home improvement theft.
  
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• LIST: Mt. Lebanon Among Top 15 School Districts In Country

  02-08-2018 21:23
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Out of thousands of school districts, Mt. Lebanon landed the 15th spot on a list of the best school districts in the entire country.
  Niche just released their 2019 Best Schools rankings, and Mt. Lebanon School District came in at number 15 out of 10,758 school districts. The district received A+ grades for academics, teachers, clubs and activities, health and safety, and college prep, but it received a C grade in diversity.
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• Report Warns Against Using Plastic Food Containers

  02-08-2018 20:40
  Itasca, Ill. (CBS Local) – A new report is warning against using plastic food containers because of the fear that harmful chemicals could leak into your food.
  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is urging parents to keep food out of plastic tupperware. The July 23 report explains that plastics, especially when they are heated, can contaminate food with materials that affect the hormones and can cause other health problems.
  “It can also be detrimental to pregnant w
  
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• List: Lawrenceville Among Country’s Coolest ‘Hipster’ Neighborhoods

  02-08-2018 20:39
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  LAWRENCEVILLE (KDKA) — Lawrenceville has landed on a list of the coolest “hipster” neighborhoods in the United States.
  The TripAdvisor Rentals Blog researched some of the best “urban getaways” across the country, looking for locations where vacationers can be “immersed in the heart of a neighborhood.”
  They cite Lawrenceville’s “eclectic boutiques and galleries” among its highlights and they recommend A
  
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• VIDEO: Pizza Delivery Boy Stuns Family With Piano Skills

  02-08-2018 20:32
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  SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS Local) – A Michigan family got dinner and a show when their pizza delivery boy shocked them with his amazing piano skills.
  In a July 25 Facebook post, Julie Varchetti says her husband ordered pizza for their children from Hungry Howie’s. When 18-year-old Bryce Dudal ,the pizza delivery driver arrived, he noticed the family’s piano and asked if he could play.“This is the treat they got!!!! F
  
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• Fists Fly After Youth Baseball Game In Texas

  02-08-2018 20:19
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  PLANO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Little League championship game at Enfield Park in Plano, Texas got out of hand to the point where police were called.
  It was caught on video and shows a coach from one of the teams getting violent with a parent.
  Those who witnessed it say one of the coaches should be disciplined if not charged for a game-ending brawl.
  Video from the end of the game shows Michael Zadorozny striking out the final batter to win the Plano Sports
  
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• Truck Crashes Into Home In Penn Hills, Emergency Crews Called

  02-08-2018 20:17
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  PENN HILLS (KDKA) – A pickup truck crashed into a house in Penn Hills Thursday afternoon.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident happened in the 100 block of Rosewood Drive around 2 p.m.
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  It’s unclear what caused the crash and if there are any injuries.
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• Truck Crashes Into Front Of Penn Hills Home, Plows Through Back Wall

  02-08-2018 20:17
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  PENN HILLS (KDKA) – A truck crashed into the front of a Penn Hills home and plowed all the way through the back wall Thursday afternoon.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident happened in the 100 block of Rosewood Drive around 2 p.m.
  (Photo Credit: Paul Martino/KDKA)
  Aaron Tyler was driving his landscaping truck down a hill when he says his brakes went out.
  “The brakes just went out. I was unable to stop. Unfortunately, I went through the
  
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• Judge forbids profits but lets Caliban Book Shop owner, charged in Carnegie Library theft, pay store's bills

  02-08-2018 20:07 via post-gazette.com
  The judge barred John Schulman and his wife, Emily Hetzel, from using money for anything but payroll, operations and legal fees.
  
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• Rabies Vaccination Baits To Be Distributed In Allegheny County This Month

  02-08-2018 19:56
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Rabies vaccination baits for raccoons will be distributed throughout Allegheny County this month.
  The Allegheny County Health Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services will place more than 300,000 baits in all 130 municipalities across Allegheny County between Aug. 3 and Aug. 17.
  The baits will also be placed in select parts of Beaver County and Washington County.
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• Lawrenceville named among America's 'coolest hipster neighborhoods'

  02-08-2018 19:51 via post-gazette.com
  We’ve added to the TripAdvisor list of reasons why Butler Street’s boutiques, eateries and entertainment deserve that “hip” label.
  
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• New Documentary From Decades TV Highlights The 1968 DNC

  02-08-2018 19:44
  During the last week of August in 1968, almost 29 million television viewers in the United States and another countless millions around the world watched as police and anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed violently in the streets of downtown Chicago, while a party in turmoil battled over who would be its eventual presidential nominee during a contentious Democratic National Convention.
  These are the scenes and the voices heard in “Decades Presents 1968: The DNC,” a new documentary fro
  
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• What's next for Pittsburgh's farmers markets?

  02-08-2018 19:40 via post-gazette.com
  Vendors and farmers are hoping for change at the city-run farmers markets, but can the city deliver?
  
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• Boy Who Had Chunk Of Brain Removed Has Almost Fully Recovered

  02-08-2018 19:39
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  PITTSBURGH (CBS Local) – Doctors in Pennsylvania say a young boy has almost fully recovered after having a large portion of his brain removed.
  The boy, identified as U.D. in the Cell Reports study, suffered a seizure at age 4 and developed epilepsy after that. Doctors found that the child was suffering from a slow-growing tumor that required a third of the right side of his brain to be removed by surgeons.
  Three years later, physicians
  
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• McDonald’s Apologizes For Serving Pregnant Woman Cleaning Fluid In Latte

  02-08-2018 19:32
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  ALBERTA, Canada (CBS) —McDonald’s is apologizing for a dangerous mistake after serving cleaning solution to a woman who ordered a latte.
  CBS Philadelphia reports Sarah Douglas ordered a coffee from the drive-thru at a McDonald’s in Alberta, Canada.
  She drove off down the road and took a sip.
  Douglas immediately knew something was not right.
  “Threw my hazard lights on and pulled into the ditch and spit it out. I grabbed some water that wa
  
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• Ohio Air Force Base: There Was ‘No Real World Active Shooter Incident’

  02-08-2018 19:26
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  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – An Air Force base in Ohio says a 911 call during a training exercise set off reports of an active shooter that sent dozens of security forces and other emergency responders to the base.
  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base says someone called 911 Thursday during the exercise that included an active shooter scenario at a separate location.
  The base says the call sent authorities to the hospital. During their investigation, a security team me
  
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• Active Shooter Reported At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Hospital

  02-08-2018 19:26
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) —Emergency crews responded to reports of an active shooter situation at an Ohio Air Force Base hospital.
  The incident happened at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.About 2:45 p.m. the all clear was given from the base.WHIO reports that an alert was sent out saying: “Emergency responders are enroute.All WPAFB Gates are Closed.All personnel take cover.Limit all communication to emergency use only.”
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• Trump Officials Want To Roll Back Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards

  02-08-2018 19:21
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Trump administration proposed new rules to roll back the miles-per-gallon or fuel efficiency standards on new cars and trucks sold in America, beginning in 2020, and to relax tailpipe carbon emission standards from vehicles.
  “This represents a major change in the level of the standards,” Joshua Linn told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Thursday.
  Linn is a senior fellow at Resources for the Future, a non-partisan think-t
  
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• Trump Announces Plan To Revoke Obama-Era Vehicle Emissions Standards

  02-08-2018 19:21
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  By: Katie Lobosco and Peter Valdes-Dapena
  (CNN) — Setting up a showdown with California, the Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to revoke a signature Obama-era environmental regulation.
  The administration wants to freeze a rule mandating that automakers work to make cars substantially more fuel efficient. It called its plan a “50-state fuel economy and tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions standard for passenger cars and light trucks.&rdq
  
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• Braddock man gets time served in death of son after no-contest plea

  02-08-2018 18:56 via post-gazette.com
  Lucius Middlebrooks had already served eight years in prison for the aggravated assault that led to his son’s death 19 years later. 
  
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• Castle Shannon to consider zoning update for chickens, beehives

  02-08-2018 18:53 via post-gazette.com
  “Our ordinance is so old it didn’t allow for farm animals,”  said Paul Vietmeier, borough codes officer.
  
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• Pennsylvania Lottery reports new record in sales

  02-08-2018 18:50 via post-gazette.com
  After an unexpected slide last year, lottery play reached $4.2 billion with help of new forms of gambling.
  
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• Plum school board hires assistant principal, communications specialist

  02-08-2018 18:49 via post-gazette.com
  The board also voted to enter into a three-year lease agreement to provide Chromebooks to students in grades nine through 12.
  
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• McDonald’s Giving Away ‘MacCoins’ In Honor Of Big Mac’s 50th Anniversary

  02-08-2018 18:47
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Big Mac, which was created in Pittsburgh, McDonald’s is giving away “MacCoins” that can be redeemed later for a free burger.
  McDonald’s customers who buy a Big Mac at one of 14,000 participating restaurants across the country will receive a MacCoin. Customers can later use that MacCoin to get a free Big Mac. MacCoins will be accepted starting Friday, and they can be used
  
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• For people with special needs, the housing dilemma persists

  02-08-2018 18:37 via post-gazette.com
  The demand far exceeds the supply. New spots are popping up throughout Allegheny County — including a mixed-tenant place in Squirrel Hill. 
  
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• Ex-WWE Star John Morrison More Than A Wrestling ‘Survivor’

  02-08-2018 18:35
  By Chuck Carroll
  There’s more to John Hennigan than what you see inside the wrestling ring. Yes, he gained fame and fortune as John Morrison in WWE, where he became one of the biggest Superstars on the roster.
  He debuted on the main roster in 2003 and bounced around a couple of different gimmicks before being written off for a while to return to WWE’s developmental territory at the time. Then, in 2005, he resurfaced as Johnny Nitro, one-third of the faction known as MNM. It wasn&rsqu
  
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• Scott upgrades 15 streetlights to efficient LED fixtures

  02-08-2018 18:31 via post-gazette.com
  The 15 new lights are on Foxcoft, Blackberry and Stancey roads and are part of the grant the township applied for in 2017.
   
  
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• Students at summer invention camp in Bethel Park meet life-saving inventor

  02-08-2018 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  Alois Langer, who was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002, is a native of Forest Hills and now lives near Baltimore.
  
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• Bridgeville urged to find regional solution to flooding woes

  02-08-2018 18:13 via post-gazette.com
  Flooding has been a persistent problem for years along McLaughlin Run with most of the property damage concentrated in Bridgeville.
  
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• Wilkinsburg plans small parklet above wall along Ardmore Boulevard

  02-08-2018 18:12 via post-gazette.com
  The borough has received about $725,000 in grant money for the projects, including a $475,000 Keystone Communities Grant.
  
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• Man Wanted For Allegedly Threatening Trump May Be In W.Va.

  02-08-2018 18:05
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  PHILADELPHIA (AP/KDKA) – The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service say a man who allegedly threatened President Trump, a police chief and a district attorney may have stolen a van with school markings on it.
  The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Shawn Christy.
  (Credit: FBI)
  The 26-year-old New Jersey native has been living in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, near Hazleton. He faces federal charges for allegedly posting the threats
  
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• Duolingo hires former Yahoo exec Cammie Dunaway as chief marketing officer

  02-08-2018 17:44 via post-gazette.com
  Duolingo hired Cammie Dunaway, who served in the same role at Yahoo between 2003 and 2007 before joining Nintendo during the Wii years.
  
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• Heinz Field Stadium Policies Announced For Taylor Swift Concert

  02-08-2018 17:39
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Taylor Swift is bringing her Reputation Stadium Tour to Pittsburgh on Tuesday and Heinz Field management wants to remind concertgoers of its parking lot and stadium policies.
  GLENDALE, AZ – MAY 08: Charli XCX, Camila Cabello and Taylor Swift perform onstage during opening night of Taylor Swift’s 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour at University of Phoenix Stadium on May 8, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Gett
  
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• Keep an eye on your pets, as Allegheny County sets baits for rabies vaccinations

  02-08-2018 17:34 via post-gazette.com
  The baits, 300,000 of them, are meant to inoculate raccoons in all 130 municipalities and parts of Beaver and Washington counties.
  
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• Missing Indiana County Woman Located

  02-08-2018 17:17
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  CENTER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A missing woman from Indiana County has been located.
  According to police, Heather Smith, 26, of Indiana, was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Just before noon on Thursday, police issued a statement saying she had been located.
  No other details have been released at this time.
   
  (Photo Credit: Pennsylvania State Police)
  Police believed she was a person of risk of harm or injury due to concerns about her mental state.
  
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• CDC: ‘Don’t Wash Or Reuse Condoms’

  02-08-2018 17:14
  ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS Local) – The CDC is reminding people not to “wash or reuse condoms.”The reminder was posted by CDC STD on Twitter.We say it because people do it: Don't wash or reuse #condoms! Use a fresh one for each #sex act. https://t.co/o3SPayRf9m pic.twitter.com/AwkPqE9YMl
  — CDC STD (@CDCSTD) July 23, 2018“We say it because people do it: Don’t wash or reuse #condoms! Use a fresh one for each #sex act,” said the CDC in the post.
  
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• Pro Football Hall Of Fame Game: Chicago Bears-Baltimore Ravens Preview

  02-08-2018 16:45
  By Josh Nagel
  The NFL returns today when the Baltimore Ravens face the Chicago Bears in the annual Hall of Fame Game (8 p.m. ET). It will be played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, leading into the weekend’s festivities. The events will climax with the induction of this year’s class, which includes legends Ray Lewis, Brian Urlacher and Randy Moss, among others.
  But what about the game, which officially kicks off the new season, or at least the preseason? Will we se
  
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• Carnegie evolves from mill town to arts colony

  02-08-2018 16:45 via post-gazette.com
  Carnegie, a borough west of Downtown, is on its way to become a kind of Chautauqua arts center.
  
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• Ansys expands its board of directors, bringing total female representation to 30 percent

  02-08-2018 16:42 via post-gazette.com
  Ansys, a Southpointe-based software simulation engineering firm, has expanded its board of directors from eight to 10.
  
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• Man’s Hands, Legs Amputated After Being Licked By Dog

  02-08-2018 16:37
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  WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) – Surgeons have amputated the legs and hands of a Wisconsin man who contracted a rare blood infection after being licked by a dog.
  Greg Manteufel remains hospitalized at a Milwaukee area hospital. Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin infectious disease specialist Dr. Silvia Munoz-Price says the bacteria that invaded Manteufel’s body comes from the saliva of a dog. She says the infection caused Manteufel’s blood p
  
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• Ivanka Trump: ‘I Do Not Feel That The Media Is The Enemy Of The People’

  02-08-2018 16:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Ivanka Trump says she does not agree that the news media are “the enemy of the people,” breaking with one of President Donald Trump’s frequent attacks on the press.
  At an event sponsored by Axios, the senior White House adviser said Thursday that she has been the subject of reporting that she knows “not to be fully accurate” but said: “no, I do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people.”
  The president has broadly labeled
  
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