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• ‘Ways To Kill Human With No Proof’: Mom Charged In Infants’ Deaths After Police Look At Search History

  02-09-2018 23:32
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  (CNN) — A woman in Alaska charged with murdering her two children almost two years apart searched the internet for ways to kill — and get away with it — before calling for medical help for her baby daughter, police in Fairbanks said.
  Stephany Lafountain called Fairbanks emergency services in November 2017, saying her 13-month-old child was not breathing. An hour earlier, police say, her internet searches had included “ways to suffocate,&
  
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• Drones, dogs and diapers — all in a day's work for Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks

  02-09-2018 22:58 via post-gazette.com
  Performing outdoors, with audiences free to roam, means there can be as much happening onstage as off for the 14-year-old troupe. 
  
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• Drones, dogs and diapers — all in a days work for Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks

  02-09-2018 22:58 via post-gazette.com
  Performing outdoors, with audiences free to roam, means there can be as much happening onstage as off for the 14-year-old troupe. 
  
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• ‘Shame On You!’ Parishioner Storms Out As Cardinal Wuerl Addresses Sex Abuse Scandal

  02-09-2018 22:49
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  (CNN) — As the embattled Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, addressed the Catholic Church’s clergy sexual abuse scandal on Sunday, one Catholic yelled “Shame on you!” while another turned her back on Wuerl in protest.
  Wuerl, who faces accusations that he mishandled clergy sexual misconduct while he was a bishop in Pittsburgh, addressed Washington’s Annunciation Catholic Church, where the cardinal was installing a new
  
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• Steelers Sign 10 To Practice Squad

  02-09-2018 21:45
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Steelers signed 10 players to their practice squad Sunday.
  Joining the practice squad are linebacker Keion Adams, cornerback Brian Allen, running back Jarvion Franklin, receiver Trey Griffey, tight end Bucky Hodges, defensive end Lavon Hooks, linebacker Farrington Huguenin, receiver Tevin Jones, center Patrick Morris and offensive lineman R.J. Prince.
  All 10 had been released Saturday when the team reduced their roster t
  
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• At Sunday Mass, Cardinal Wuerl acknowledges 'shame,' gives no indication of stepping down

  02-09-2018 21:22 via post-gazette.com
  In remarks at a Washington, D.,C, church, the cardinal said he wishes he “could redo everything ... and always get it right.”
  
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• Father Of Slain Iowa Student Decries Using Her As ‘Pawn’

  02-09-2018 20:30
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  BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The father of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts in an opinion piece spoke out against using his daughter’s death in support of “views she believed were profoundly racist,” a call that comes after President Donald Trump and others seized on the suspected killer’s immigration status to argue for changes in U.S. immigration laws.
  (Photo Source: findingmollie.iowa.gov)
  Authorities have said the University
  
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• Florida Police: Toddler Missing After Stranger Offers Ride

  02-09-2018 20:24
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  LARGO (CBSMiami/AP) — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing child.
  Florida authorities are searching for a 2-year-old boy after his mother said a stranger offered them a ride, knocked her unconscious and left her in the woods.
  2-year-old Jordan Belliveau. (Source: Florida Department of Law Enforcement)
  Largo police say the woman was walking with her son Saturday night when a man in a white Toyota Camry offered them a ride.
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• Archbishop Asks Pope To Cancel Conference On Youth

  02-09-2018 20:18
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  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The archbishop of Philadelphia has asked Pope Francis to cancel a bishops’ conference focusing on youth in the wake of the child sex abuse crisis roiling the Catholic Church.
  The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that a spokesman for the archdiocese confirmed Saturday that Archbishop Charles Chaput made the request by letter, but he declined further comment.
  RELATED STORIES:3 Priests Accused Of Sexual Abuse Placed On Administrative L
  
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• ‘I Need Justice’: Father Of Teen With Autism Fatally Shot In St. Louis

  02-09-2018 20:07
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  SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A south St. Louis father is searching for answers almost a month after his 16-year-old son with autism was shot and killed.
  Jermar Russell said his son Trevon was swinging at Mt. Pleasant Park the afternoon of August 2. Officers responded to the park at 4461 Michigan Avenue around 2 p.m. to find Trevon suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.
  “That’s my only son, I’ll never
  
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• Vigil held for Laurel High School football player with serious spinal injury

  02-09-2018 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  Hayden Hamilton, sophomore linebacker, was hurt making a tackle Friday game and underwent nine-hour surgery a day later.
  
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• Shooter Rattles Bar In Butler County

  02-09-2018 18:58
  CHICORA (KDKA) – Police in Butler County have charged a person with shooting a man inside a bar.
  Gary Ellenberger, 56, of Chicora is facing charges of attempted criminal homicide after he shot another man inside the Millerstown Inn.
  The shooting took place at the bar located at 122 South Main St. in Chicora at approximately 1:43 a.m. Sunday morning. Ellenberger opened fire inside the bar hitting Heath Schrecengost, 27, in the torso once.
  Schrecengost is now in the hospital in critical cond
  
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• Police Save Mans Life In Attempted Suicide From Bridge

  02-09-2018 18:31
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Police saved the life of a man who attempted to commit suicide from a bridge in Oakland.Emergency responders were called to the Charles Anderson Bridge in Oakland – Schenely Park where a man was over the railing. Police said in an email that these cases are often attempted suicides.
  Pittsburgh Police did not release the identity of the victim but officials did say that emergency personnel “did do a fine job.”
  
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• At Least Six Dead In Car Bombing In Somalia’s Capital

  02-09-2018 18:27
  (CNN) — A car bombing on Sunday morning in Mogadishu, Somalia, has left at least six people dead and 15 others wounded, according to a city official.
  The attack targeted local government offices, according to Salah Hassan Omar, a spokesman for the city of Mogadishu.
  Three Somali soldiers are among the dead, according to Col. Aden Dahir of the Somali military.
  The soldiers were killed while attempting to stop the speeding vehicle before it detonated around 9 a.m. local time, sending a power
  
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• New Jersey Woman Hits $2.4 Million Jackpot At Borgata Casino In Atlantic City

  02-09-2018 18:11
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  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBS) — A Hawthorne, New Jersey woman is $2.4 million richer Sunday morning.
  She hit the progressive jackpot at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa on Saturday!
  The exact winnings amounted to $2,481,940.75.
  The casino says she was playing a “Wheel of Fortune Double Sapphire Gold Spin” game when she hit the jackpot just after 3 p.m.
  Amazingly, it was only her first spin and she only spent $10 to play.
  The lucky woman has reques
  
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• 2 People Killed When Tractor Trailer Fell Off Freeway In California

  02-09-2018 18:04
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  SOUTH EL MONTE (CBSLA) — Eastbound lanes of the 60 Freeway were shut down Sunday morning after a fiery crash in South El Monte.
  As CBSLA’s Joy Benedict reports, a semi-truck fell off the freeway.
  Two vehicles were involved in the crash. The driver of the truck did not survive nor did the driver of the BMW which was on top of the freeway.
  The truck was carrying a load of cantaloupes.
  The collision occurred at around 4:30 a.m.
  Both the semi-truck and
  
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• Snow Blankets Denver Mountain Top For Labor Day Visitors

  02-09-2018 16:56
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  DENVER (CBS4) – A wind-driven snow hit the top of Pikes Peak late Saturday night.
  The National Weather Service in Pueblo tweeted a picture of the squall.We’ll, that didn’t take long. It’s September 1st and winter has returned to the summit of Pikes Peak. These images, captured around 11:15 pm, are courtesy of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway and the City of Colorado Springs. The temperature at the time of these images was 30°. #cowx pic.tw
  
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• Store Clerk Stabbed During Robbery

  02-09-2018 16:13
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A store clerk was stabbed during a robbery in downtown Pittsburgh early Sunday morning.
  The robbery and assault occurred at Smithfield News at approximately 2:20 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of Smithfield Street. According to police, an unidentified male entered the store and demanded money.
  Point Park University police posted to their Facebook page alerting students of the incident.The clerk was stabbed after trying to fight off the r
  
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• Trump Visits Golf Course As Washington Mourns John McCain

  02-09-2018 14:32
  STERLING, Va. — For President Trump, it was just like any other Saturday. As political dignitaries gathered in Washington to memorialize Sen. John McCain, the president tweeted familiar grievances and headed to the golf course.
  McCain’s family had made clear the president was not welcome at the funeral for the six-term senator and decorated war veteran at the Washington National Cathedral. Seated in the pews were three former presidents, a host of lawmakers, and top officials from ar
  
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• McCain Ends 81-Year Journey With Burial At Naval Academy

  02-09-2018 14:13
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – John McCain is being laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
  The private burial Sunday next to Adm. Chuck Larson brings to a close the six-term senator’s cross-country farewell after he died of brain cancer Aug. 25 in Arizona.
  RELATED STORIES:Meghan McCain: ‘America Was Always Great’Former Presidents Obama, Bush Give Eulogies At McCain’s Washington FuneralOfficials, Public Paid Respects As S
  
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• Study Will Pay People To Eat Avocados Every Single Day For 6 Months

  02-09-2018 14:00
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  (CNN) — If you’re the kind of person who’ll willingly pay extra for guac and thinks avocado toast is life, four universities are looking for you.
  Researchers from Loma Linda University, Penn State, Tufts University and the University of California, Los Angeles will pay you to eat avocados every day for six months.
  It seems like too good to be true, but it’s not a stunt. This is for science.
  Researchers are calling it “The Habitual
  
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• Deer Jumps In Front Of Motorcycle In Mt. Pleasant Causing Accident

  02-09-2018 13:32
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  MT. PLEASANT (KDKA) – A deer caused an accident in Mt. Pleasant after it ran in front of a motorcycle.Pennsylvania State Police in Greensburg say that Andrew L. Puskar, 51, of Latrobe was travelling on Route 982 in Mt. Pleasant when the deer ran across the highway. The accident happened at 2:34 p.m. on Saturday.Puskar was riding his 2008 Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle when he struck the deer with the front of the bike. According to a press release f
  
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• Two People Missing And Several Injured After Boat Collision in California

  02-09-2018 13:13
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  (CNN) — Two people are missing after two boats collided on the Colorado River along the California-Arizona border, fire officials said.
  Rescue crews responded to a boat collision Saturday night near the Pirate Cove Resort & Marina in Needles, California.
  The missing are “presumed submerged,” said Eric Sherwin, a spokesman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department.
  One of the vessels sank and the other was heavily damaged.
  Rescue crews
  
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• U2’s Bono Suffers ‘Complete Loss Of Voice’ At Berlin Gig

  02-09-2018 12:54
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  (CNN) — Legendary Irish rock band U2 cut short a performance in Berlin on Saturday night, later saying that lead singer Bono had “suffered a complete loss of voice.”
  “We don’t know what has happened and we’re taking medical advice,” said a statement signed by band members Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen and The Edge.
  “We’re so sorry for tonight’s cancellation. Bono was in great form and great voice prior to
  
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• Six Oklahoma Legislators Opposed To Teacher Pay Raise Voted Out Of Office In Primary Runoffs

  02-09-2018 12:43
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  Six Republican members of the Oklahoma House who opposed hiking taxes to improve teacher salaries lost their jobs in primary runoffs, adding momentum to a pro-education movement that previously ousted two other GOP legislators and fueled a statewide teacher walkout.
  Pro-education groups were extraordinarily successful in targeting legislators who sought to block the tax hike. Of the 19 House Republicans who voted against the measure, eight failed to win their n
  
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• DA, Pittsburgh police review arrest of Knoxville business owner who called 911 for help

  02-09-2018 06:27 via post-gazette.com
  Adele Paslow was accused of confronting juveniles with a gun. She said it didn’t happen, but video footage that could clear her is gone.
  
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• School districts pay thousands of dollars to settle complaints of wrongdoing

  02-09-2018 06:19 via post-gazette.com
  The often confidential agreements allow districts to resolve potentially costly and lengthy court battles without admitting fault.
  
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• PWSA draws opposition to proposed double-digit rate increase

  02-09-2018 06:08 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh’s biggest water utility is seeking double-digit rate increases for 2019. The plan is drawing criticism before public hearings.
  
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• Church abuse victims say compensation fund no substitute for lawsuit window

  02-09-2018 06:01 via post-gazette.com
  Proposal for a fund to pay victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests is debated
  
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• Church abuse victims say compensation fund is no substitute for lawsuit window

  02-09-2018 06:01 via post-gazette.com
  Proposal for a fund to pay victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests is debated
  
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• In Pittsburgh Diocese, millions in payments for clergy abuse, and a disputed fraud accusation

  02-09-2018 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  The diocese also covered “sustenance” payments for two priests after they were convicted in separate cases
  
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• More Than 2 Dozen Vehicles Broken Into, 1 Stolen In Mt. Lebanon

  02-09-2018 05:12
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  MT. LEBANON (KDKA) – More than two dozen cars in Mt. Lebanon have been broken into recently and one was stolen.Police say car owners are making the thieves work easier.
  Mt. Lebanon police are warning its residents to lock their car doors unless they want to wake up and find their belongings inside gone, or find their car isn’t there at all.
  Tamara Grant says she feels safe on the street where she’s lived for 17 years.
  “Something like thi
  
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• Police Find 9 Dead Cats, Kittens In Man’s Freezer

  02-09-2018 04:43
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  MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (KDKA) — Police say they found a number of dead cats and kittens in an Ohio man’s freezer Thursday.
  Officers were sent to a home on Roosevelt Boulevard in Middletown, Ohio, for an animal abuse complaint made against Edmund Cunningham.
  (Photo Credit: Middletown Division of Police/Facebook)
  An officer told Cunningham that they had received a complaint that he was harming cats and kittens, and Cunningham gave officers permission to sea
  
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• Pirates Fall To Braves 5-3

  02-09-2018 04:29
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  ATLANTA (AP) – Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking, RBI single in the four-run eighth inning, and the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves rallied to snap a three-game skid and beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Saturday night.
  The Braves increased their division lead by three games over Philadelphia. They had dropped five of six overall and seven of eight at home.
  After Dansby Swanson’s 14th homer cut the lead to 3-2, pinch-hitter Lucas Duda doubled and wa
  
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• Pine-Richland School District Shows Support For Girl Battling Brain Tumor

  02-09-2018 04:18
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  PINE-RICHLAND (KDKA) — A community is rallying around a little girl battling a rare pediatric brain tumor.
  They want the 7-year-old from the Pine-Richland School District to know “Team Tessa” is with her, for strength and support.
  When Pine Richland High School took the field Saturday afternoon against Hempfield, they did so to the stadium chants of “We love Tessa.” The star of the game was the district’s own Tessa Tarasovich
  
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• U.S. Steel, United Steelworkers Extend Collective Bargaining Agreements

  02-09-2018 03:23
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers have agreed to an ongoing extension of the collective bargaining agreements that were scheduled to expire Saturday night.
  U.S. Steel says they believe the extension is “in the best interest of our employees, customers, stockholders and other stakeholders.”
  United Steelworkers have not yet released a statement. The union has been threatening to strike over U.S. Steel’s contract te
  
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• Police: Grandpa Killed After Asking Man To Stop Doing Drugs Near Child’s Party

  02-09-2018 02:41
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  UTICA, Mich. (WXYZ) — Shelby Township Police were called to the scene of a deadly stabbing in Utica Saturday afternoon.
  Officers say a suspect is in custody after fatally stabbing an elderly man at Grant Park in Utica.
  The grandfather was attending his grandchild’s first birthday when he reportedly approached a man on a porch doing drugs and asked him to stop. There were young child at the park for the birthday celebration at the time.
  The suspect t
  
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• Disneyland To Serve Alcohol To General Public For First Time

  02-09-2018 02:27
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  (CNN) — After more than 60 years of teetotal fun, Disneyland Resort in California will begin serving alcohol to the general public in 2019.
  It’s a watershed travel moment — right now if you fancy a beer between roller coaster rides, your only choice is to bag an invite to the enigmatic and private Club 33 in New Orleans Square.
  But thanks to the hotly anticipated “Star Wars: Galaxy Edge” — due to open next year — any Di
  
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• Raiders Release WR Martavis Bryant 4 Months After Trade With Steelers

  02-09-2018 02:10
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  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) – The Oakland Raiders waived Martavis Bryant just over four months after trading a third-round pick to Pittsburgh for the receiver.
  The move to cut Bryant came on a busy day Saturday for the Raiders as they reduced their roster to 53 players. The biggest move of the day was the trade of holdout pass rusher Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears for a package that included two first-round picks.
  (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
  Oakland al
  
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• Grier Leads No. 17 West Virginia Past Tennessee 40-14

  02-09-2018 02:03
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  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Will Grier got his Heisman Trophy campaign off to an impressive start, throwing for 429 yards and five touchdowns as No. 17 West Virginia defeated Tennessee 40-14 Saturday in a game delayed for more than an hour at halftime due to lightning.
  Leading 13-7 at halftime, the Associated Press preseason All-American turned up the heat in the third quarter, connecting on touchdown passes of 33 yards to David Sills, 28 yards to Gary Jenning
  
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• No. 10 Nittany Lions Survive 45-38 In OT Vs. Appalachian State

  02-09-2018 01:56
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  STATE COLELGE, Pa. (AP) – Amani Oruwariye intercepted a Zac Thomas pass in the end zone and No. 10 Penn State held on to beat Appalachian State 45-38 in overtime on Saturday, exactly 11 years after the Mountaineers stunned Michigan in one of the biggest upsets in college football history.
  STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 01:Amani Oruwariye #21 of the Penn State Nittany Lions celebrates after intercepting a pass in overtime to clinch the win against the
  
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• Pickett Accounts For 3 TDs, Pitt Drops Albany 33-7 In Opener

  02-09-2018 01:36
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Kenny Pickett threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Pittsburgh breezed past Albany 33-7 in the season opener on Saturday.
  Nine months removed from a stunning upset of second-ranked Miami in his first collegiate start, Pickett picked right up where he left off. The sophomore completed his first 13 passes and finished 16 of 22 for 154 yards. He hit Rafael Araujo-Lopes twice for scores in the second quarter, the first on a 3-yard
  
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• Union Twp. Officer Honored By National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund

  02-09-2018 01:20
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  UNION TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A local police officer is being honored by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund for his bravery during a river rescue.
  Patrolman Scott Petroff will receive the organization’s Officer of the Month Award for August.
  Officers were sent to the Shenango River on May 5 for a report that a man and a woman had been swept away by strong currents while swimming.
  Petroff arrived on the scene first and jumped into the rive
  
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• Police Searching For Missing Woman With Dementia

  02-09-2018 00:37
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  SHENANGO TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police are searching for a woman with dementia who hasn’t been seen in 24 hours.
  Shenango Township Police say 79-year-old Shirley Perry was last seen around 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Shenango Tree Top apartment complex on Frew Mill Road.
  Perry suffers from the early stages of dementia.She is described as a white woman with white hair and brown eyes. She is about 5 feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds.
  Perry was last seen we
  
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