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• Woman Who Suffered Brain Injury In 2017 Ohio State Fair Accident Dies

  10-09-2018 23:45
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  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A 19-year-old woman has died just over a year after she suffered a traumatic brain injury in a thrill ride accident at last year’s Ohio State Fair.
  An attorney for Jennifer Lambert says she died Friday. She had been in long-term care since the accident that killed an 18-year-old high school student.
  Attorney James Arnold says Lambert died from liver failure and that her death may not have been directly related to the injuries s
  
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• Zombie-themed pop-up bar to scare up fun in Market Square

  10-09-2018 23:04 via post-gazette.com
  You have to figure they’ll have a “Corpse Reviver” on the menu. 
  
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• Inmate Charged With Homicide In Connection To Sharon Man’s Disappearance

  10-09-2018 22:54
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  SHENANGO TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — An inmate at SCI Mercer is now facing a long list of additional charges, including criminal homicide, in connection to the 2016 disappearance of a Sharon man.
  Pennsylvania State Police say 42-year-old Christopher Lee Shelatree Sr., who is currently in SCI Mercer, is facing new charges, including criminal homicide, aggravated assault, robbery, identity theft and abuse of a corpse.
  Christopher Lee Shelatree (Photo Credit: Pennsylv
  
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• Giant Eagle Employee Accused Of Eating $9,200 Worth Of Deli Meat

  10-09-2018 22:30
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  BOLIVAR, Ohio (AP) – Authorities in eastern Ohio say a grocery store employee has been charged with felony theft for helping herself to deli ham for years.
  Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hale tells The Columbus Dispatch that an eight-year employee of regional grocery chain Giant Eagle was charged Friday with stealing food estimated by the store to be worth $9,200.
  The store’s loss prevention manager received a tip that an employee ha
  
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• State Of Emergency Declared In Allegheny County After Historic Rainfall

  10-09-2018 22:24
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A state of emergency has been declared in Allegheny County after a historic rainfall caused damage throughout the region.
  This is the fourth time so far this year that Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald declared a countywide emergency.
  Landslides and flooding continue to cause problems across the county.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  No damage estimates are available right now, as the main emphasis is on starting clean-up operations. Of
  
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• Duquesne Incline closing tomorrow for maintenance

  10-09-2018 21:20 via post-gazette.com
  The funicular will be closed while maintenance work is done on the 141-year-old passenger cars.
  
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• The Baseball Report: Martinez Has A Shot At ‘True’ Triple Crown

  10-09-2018 21:14
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  Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez has been a big part of why the team has posted the best record in the league up to this point and are set to win 100 games for just the fourth time in franchise history. The 30-year-old outfielder/designated hitter hit his 40th home run of the season on Sunday as the Red Sox beat the Astros 6-5. That homer puts him just one back of Oakland’s Khris Davis for the major league lead.
  That’s not the only category that Martinez is near the to
  
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• Dr. Phil Discusses Hit-Man For Fire Case Ahead Of S17 Premiere

  10-09-2018 21:00
  Dr. Phil is back for a 17th season on Monday, September 9th. The wildly popular show hits the ground running with a story of attempted murder that will have you on the edge of your seat all episode long.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke to Dr. Phil about this week’s two-part episode covering the case of Tara Lambert who attempted to hire a hit-man to kill her husband’s former lover.
  MW- Good morning Dr. Phil how are you?
  Dr. P- Good, how are you?
  MW- Doing fine over here! I want to
  
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• ‘The Earth Shook’: Evacuees Describe Terrifying Moments During Pipeline Explosion

  10-09-2018 20:04
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  CENTER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — More than 20 homes were evacuated Monday morning when a methane gas pipeline exploded in Beaver County, which those living nearby say shook the earth.
  “It was 5 a.m., and it looked like it was noon,” said evacuee Karen Gdula.
  That’s what many people witnessed from their homes on Ivy Lane in Center Township. They witnessed a massive fireball high in the sky with smoke billowing around it.
  “My husband literal
  
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• Historic Rainfall Sets Record For 2nd Wettest Day Ever Recorded In Pittsburgh

  10-09-2018 19:33
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Rain wraps up Monday afternoon from what can only be described as a historic rain event.
  The amount of rain that fell is simply astounding.Parts of Allegheny County saw more than seven inches of rain from Saturday through Monday.Multiple reports of well over six inches of rain are being reported in both Westmoreland and Allegheny County.As rain *finally* begins to move out from west to east, here's a map of rainfall totals from Saturda
  
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• Child sex offender who fled to Arizona gets more federal prison time

  10-09-2018 19:31 via post-gazette.com
  Daniel Teed, who was sentenced to 10 years for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl, will serve another 18 months for fleeing.
  
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• Residents in Derry Borough evacuated over concerns of dam 'seepage'

  10-09-2018 19:02 via post-gazette.com
  Approximately 90 people have been evacuated as a precaution until the water level drops, a spokeswoman said.
  
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• Drunk Florida Man Accidentally Causes Fire In His House, While Making Cookies

  10-09-2018 18:51
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  NICEVILLE, Fla. (CBS Local)– A George Foreman grill can be used to cook a lot of different things, but cookies isn’t on that list.
  A Florida man caused a fire in his home after Niceville firefighters allege that the man began making cookies on his George Foreman grill and left the grill unattended. According to reports, the man said he drank two liters of vodka and smoked marijuana earlier that day.
  When Niceville police officers and firefighte
  
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• Unstable Dam Prompts Emergency Evacuations In Derry Borough

  10-09-2018 18:48
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  DERRY BOROUGH (KDKA) — An unstable dam is prompting the emergency evacuation of all residents living along McGee Run in Derry Borough.
  According to Westmoreland County emergency officials, all residents living downstream of the Lower Ridge Dam in Derry Township are being warned to evacuate immediately.
  KDKA’s Ross Guidotti Reports:In a Facebook post, they say: “Evacuate the area within the McGee Run stream valley.”
  That includes the area
  
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• Millions Of Taxpayers Could Wind Up Owing For 2018

  10-09-2018 18:20
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  (CBS News) — The tax law passed late last year included slews of changes that will have wide impacts across the U.S. Among them is a likely jump in the numbers of Americans who’ll owe taxes when they file 2018 returns.
  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report warning that more than 4.5 million taxpayers will come up short next April, unless they act now to adjust their withholding amounts.
  This is because the tax
  
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• Brian O'Neill: They wrote the book on love

  10-09-2018 17:49 via post-gazette.com
  A long friendship and goofy messages at the heart of this children's book
  
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• Our Towns: From Arnold to Zeli, from struggling to striving, community bonds remain in Western Pa.

  10-09-2018 17:42 via post-gazette.com
  Post-Gazette interns visited 25 towns in 15 counties to report on their status, and they found enduring community ties despite setbacks. 
  
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• Florence, Now Considered A Major Hurricane, Takes Aim At Carolinas

  10-09-2018 17:38
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  (AP) — Florence rapidly intensified into a fearsome category 3 hurricane on Monday and could strike a direct and dangerous blow to the Carolinas later this week, possibly as a category 4, forecasters said. The first impacts were already being seen on barrier islands as dangerous rip currents and seawater flowing over a coastal road.
  A hurricane hunter plane found Florence strengthening quickly after it became a hurricane on Sunday. By 11 a.m. EDT on Monda
  
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• NFL Week 1 Ratings See Uptick In Most Windows

  10-09-2018 17:27
  Ryan Mayer
  After the first Sunday of NFL action, the league’s various broadcast partners are likely happy this morning. Overnight ratings reporting shows increases in viewership in three of the four windows.
  In their set of regional, single-header games, CBS Sports is reporting that ratings are up 23% over last season’s with an average overnight household rating share of 10.6/22. The network’s pregame show, The NFL Today, also saw a ratings increase, with a 2.8/7 overnight rati
  
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• Lockdown Ends At Pa. State Prisons After Dozens Of Employees Sickened

  10-09-2018 17:26
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s state prisons are resuming normal visits and all inmates are no longer confined to their cells, 12 days after officials imposed the temporary rules while they addressed a spate of illnesses among guards and prisoners linked to synthetic drugs.
  The Corrections Department said Monday toxicology tests confirmed the presence of synthetic cannabinoids in “multiple” employees and that inmate overdoses have
  
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• When will the record-setting rainfall end?

  10-09-2018 17:01 via post-gazette.com
  The waiting game has begun on when Pittsburgh’s rivers will crest.
  
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• Record-setting rainfall comes to an end, but flooding concerns remain

  10-09-2018 17:01 via post-gazette.com
  The waiting game has begun on when Pittsburgh’s rivers will crest.
  
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• Blue slide will be repainted for Mac Miller vigil on Tuesday

  10-09-2018 16:58 via post-gazette.com
  Thousands expected to pay tribute to the late rapper at Blue Slide Park in Squirrel Hill.
  
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• A fresh coat of blue paint and thousands of mourners; Blue Slide Park will be set for Mac Miller's vigil tonight

  10-09-2018 16:58 via post-gazette.com
  Thousands expected to pay tribute to the late rapper at Blue Slide Park in Squirrel Hill.
  
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• A fresh coat of blue paint and thousands of mourners; Blue Slide Park set for Mac Miller vigil tonight

  10-09-2018 16:58 via post-gazette.com
  Thousands expected to pay tribute to the late rapper at Blue Slide Park in Squirrel Hill.
  
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• State Police Searching For Missing, Endangered Avonmore Man

  10-09-2018 16:32
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  AVONMORE (KDKA) — State police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing man in Westmoreland County.
  According to state police, 73-year-old George Hazen was last seen on 2nd Street in Avonmore.
  (Source: Pennsylvania State Police)
  Hazen is listed as “missing/endangered,” and troopers from the Kiski Valley barracks are searching for him.
  Police describe Hazen as being 5-feet-10-inches tall, about 275 pounds with gray hair and brow
  
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• State Police Find Missing Endangered Man From Avonmore

  10-09-2018 16:32
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  AVONMORE (KDKA) — State police say a missing man in Westmoreland County has been found.
  According to state police, 73-year-old George Hazen had last been seen on 2nd Street in Avonmore.
  (Source: Pennsylvania State Police)
  Hazen was listed as “missing/endangered,” and troopers from the Kiski Valley barracks were searching the area for him.** Hazen has been located and is safe; this MEPA is cancelled. ** https://t.co/J5Tz3Vo0xE
  — PA State
  
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• Pa. prison system lifts lockdown after 12 days

  10-09-2018 16:22 via post-gazette.com
  Normal operations have resumed at the state’s 25 prisons after the Department of Corrections took steps to stem the flow of synthetic drugs
  
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• Family Heartbroken After Mother, Daughter Drown In Fort Worth Flash Floods

  10-09-2018 15:45
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A young mother and her daughter drowned Saturday after their car was swept off a road due to flash floods in Fort Worth. The car went into a 20-foot-deep culvert where it submerged.
  The family identified the mother as 18-year-old Jessica Romero and her daughter as two-year-old Llaylanii. Romero’s aunt was stunned by the news.
  Jessica Romero and Llaylanni (GoFundMe)
  Mary Hernandez believes her niece was headed to the babysitter to drop off her daughter before
  
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• Flight 93 Chime Tower Dedicated At Shanksville Memorial Site

  10-09-2018 15:37
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  SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The heroism of airline passengers and crew who died when hijackers crashed their plane into a Pennsylvania field was remembered Sunday with the dedication of a concrete-and-steel tower that will ring with wind chimes for every one of them at the spot where they fell to earth.
  Relatives of the 40 people killed during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, helped ring eight of what will eventually be 40 aluminum chimes at the Fligh
  
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• PTL Links: Sept. 10, 2018

  10-09-2018 14:45
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Amachi Hachi Pachi Pittsburgh
  Hello Neighbor
  Phipps Conservatory
  Beaver County Humane Society
  Animal General
  The Talk
  Izzazu Salon, Spa & Blowout Bar
  
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• He went from public to private, but Kevin Acklin remains a power player in Pittsburgh

  10-09-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  “Everything that I have in my brain is no different than what’s publicly known: We have a very old, dilapidated [PWSA] system” -Kevin Acklin
  
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• Western Pennsylvania turns out to be a really good stand-in for fictional 'One Dollar' town of Braden

  10-09-2018 13:30 via post-gazette.com
  Producers of the CBS All Access series say the Pittsburgh region has the look and feel of, well, a former steel town conflicted in its future
  
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• Public housing appeals give hope to homeless with criminal records

  10-09-2018 13:15 via post-gazette.com
  People with criminal records are often denied public housing, but few use their right to contest their denial in an informal hearing.
  
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• Brownsville: Where a strong history abuts the signs of abandonment

  10-09-2018 13:15 via post-gazette.com
  The strong architecture of Brownsville’s past remains, but the community has been battered by failed attempts at revival.
  
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• Downtown salon scene gets a makeover: Dallas Beauty Lounge, Denham & Co., Twelve27 and more

  10-09-2018 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  For those in need of a haircut and color or cool nail art, there are now even more salons in the Golden Triangle to choose from.
  
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• Want to buy a city-owned property? The wait can be years.

  10-09-2018 12:45 via post-gazette.com
  A city manager’s purchase of a city-owned house in 15 months prompts some to ask: Why does it take years for others to buy properties?
  
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• Massive Gas Line Explosion, Fire Prompt Evacuations In Center Twp.

  10-09-2018 12:43
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  CENTER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A massive gas line explosion has prompted early morning evacuations in Beaver County.
  (Photo Submitted by KDKA Viewer Dan Millick)
  A Beaver County emergency official has confirmed that there was a gas line explosion around 5 a.m. in the area of Ivy Lane in Center Township. Police have shut down the intersection of Broadhead Road and Ivy Lane because of the incident.
  Authorities were evacuating homes within the vicinity of about a
  
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• Post-Gazette to release second serialized podcast

  10-09-2018 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  “To Love and to Perish” examines how a love triangle in Indiana County resulted in a gruesome homicide.
  
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• Escape from Nicaragua: a nerve-racking journey for a young family trying to return to the Pittsburgh region

  10-09-2018 11:30 via post-gazette.com
  Safe back in Pittsburgh, a former Nicaragua resident describes living through a government crackdown.
  
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• McKeesport Police K9 Diagnosed With Cancer

  10-09-2018 05:57
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  MCKEESPORT (KDKA) — The McKeesport Police Department is seeking help to pay for one of its K9’s medical expenses.
  The McKeesport K9 Unit said on their Facebook page that McKeesport City Police K9 Officer Farkle was diagnosed with cancer in his mouth a few weeks ago.
  They say surgery would remove too much area in his mouth, so Farkle is undergoing radiation and further advanced care at a specialty animal hospital in Pittsburgh. The cost of the treatm
  
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• Parkway East ‘Bathtub’ To Close Monday Morning Due To Flooding

  10-09-2018 04:18
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Parkway East “bathtub” will close early Monday morning due to expected flooding.
  PennDOT announced Sunday night that the section of westbound I-376 will close to traffic around 2 a.m. Monday, although it could close earlier in the event of faster rising levels of water.
  All traffic approaching the “bathtub” between Grant Street and the Fort Pitt Bridge will be detoured.
  RELATED STORIES:PennDOT Shuts Down 10t
  
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• Report: Elton John Dedicates Song To Mac Miller At Pa. Concert

  10-09-2018 03:50
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  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) — Legendary artist Sir Elton John dedicated a song to late rapper Mac Miller while kicking off his world tour in Allentown, Pa., on Saturday.
  USA Today reports John said a few words before performing “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” in the first show of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
  “I would like to dedicate this song to Mac Miller, who, unbelievably at 26 years of age, passed away [Friday],” he
  
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• Fayette, Westmoreland, Washington Among Counties Hit Hard By Flooding

  10-09-2018 03:31
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  CONNELLSVILLE (KDKA) — Counties surrounding Allegheny County were hit hard by flooding and rain damage Sunday.
  In Fayette County, a non-mandatory evacuation warning has been issued near the Youghiogheny River due to flooding.
  The Connellsville Police Department says an evacuation warning has been issued for the west side of the city near the Yough River Park. The evacuation is not mandatory, but authorities are assisting residents in the area who want to
  
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• Allegheny County Crews Respond To Countless Reports Of Rain Damage

  10-09-2018 01:16
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — First responders across the area received countless 911 calls about downed trees, sparking power lines, flooded basements and roads.
  “It’s been one call after the next,” one Bethel Park firefighter said.Buena Vista Volunteer Firefighters are pumping out a flooded basement on Rudolph Street in Elizabeth. They tell me calls are starting to come in and they’ll be out all night. @KDKA pic.twitter.com/q4FgtbiBTC
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• Forty chimes for 40 people: Flight 93 memorial dedicates the Tower of Voices

  10-09-2018 01:04 via post-gazette.com
  More than 200 people — friends and family members of the flight’s crew and passengers — attended the dedication of the musical monument.
  
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• Heavy Rain Damage, Flooding Force Closures Throughout Pittsburgh Area

  10-09-2018 00:28
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Damage from heavy rain and flooding forced a number of closures throughout the Pittsburgh area Sunday.
  The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for parts of Washington, Beaver, Indiana, Butler, Allegheny, Westmoreland and Armstrong counties around 3 p.m.
  The warning remains in effect until 3 a.m. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of rainfall is expected in the area. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said they had a total of
  
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• ‘No Shade’: Le’Veon Bell Takes To Twitter After Steelers-Browns Game Ends In Tie

  10-09-2018 00:03
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell wasn’t in Cleveland with his team during their season opener, so he took to Twitter to make his postgame comments.
  The Steelers’ game against the Cleveland Browns ended in a 21-21 tie Sunday afternoon. Shortly after the game ended, Bell sent out a tweet with just one emoji — a face wearing a monocle.??
  — Le’Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) September 9, 2018
  A repo
  
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