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• ‘If I’m Going To Be Able To Beat Donald Trump In 2020, It’s Going To Happen Here’: Biden Kicks Off Campaign With Pittsburgh Rally

  29-04-2019 23:29
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stopped in Pittsburgh for a campaign rally Monday afternoon.
  By picking Pennsylvania for his first campaign speech of the presidential race, Biden is signaling he hopes to own what may be the 2020 election’s toughest battleground.
  Planting a flag in Pennsylvania makes sense for the longtime former senator from Delaware: He was born in Pennsylvania, has numerous ties to it and is using his deep inroads with influe
  
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• ‘If I’m Going To Be Able To Beat Donald Trump In 2020, It’s Going To Happen Here’: Biden Kicks Off Campaign With Lawrenceville Rally

  29-04-2019 23:29
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stopped in Pittsburgh for a campaign rally Monday afternoon.
  By picking Pennsylvania for his first campaign speech of the presidential race, Biden is signaling he hopes to own what may be the 2020 election’s toughest battleground.
  Planting a flag in Pennsylvania makes sense for the longtime former senator from Delaware: He was born in Pennsylvania, has numerous ties to it and is using his deep inroads with influe
  
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• Police, Human Relations Commission call for vigilance following attacks on religious communities

  29-04-2019 23:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations issued a call to report “any activity that makes them feel targeted or uncomfortable.”
  
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• Allegheny County’s Air Quality Improved In 2018, Health Dept. Says

  29-04-2019 23:05
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Allegheny County’s air quality improved during 2018, according to new health department data.
  A report released by the Allegheny County Health Department today shows 2018 was the cleanest year on record for PM 2.5 at the Liberty-Clairton-area monitor. It’s one of nine monitors throughout the region that measure levels of PM 2.5, or fine inhalable particles, in the air.The Health Department certifies its data from these monitors on a yearly basis and sends it
  
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• Mt. Lebanon man pleads guilty to killing infant daughter

  29-04-2019 23:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  A judge in June will decide the degree of Joseph Gazzam’s guilt, which could range from involuntary manslaughter to first-degree murder.
  
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• Bill Cosby’s Latest Request For Bail Denied

  29-04-2019 22:33
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – An appeals court has denied Bill Cosby‘s latest request to leave prison on bail while he fights his sex-assault conviction.
  Defense lawyers say the 81-year-old comedian is likely to have his conviction overturned because of trial errors.
  Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt says they aren’t surprised by the Pennsylvania Superior Court order Monday denying last week’s bail motion.
  He says the filing was meant to point out that Montgomery County Judge Steven
  
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• Gov. Tom Wolf Says Pa. Needs To Consider Joining Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

  29-04-2019 22:26
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf says he wants to take a serious look at Pennsylvania joining a consortium of states that set caps on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
  The Democrat spoke on Monday at a news conference touting his administration’s efforts to fight climate change and set targets to slash Pennsylvania’s future greenhouse gas emissions.
  Wolf’s administration is suggesting options to achieve his previously announced goal of an 80 percent reductio
  
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• State Police Seek Woman Who Stopped To Help After Fatal Crash In Indiana Co.

  29-04-2019 22:15
  CENTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — Pennsylvania State Police in Indiana County are trying to find someone who stopped at the scene of a fatal crash to offer help.
  The crash happened on SR-286 in Center Township on Friday, April 19.RELATED STORY: Two People Killed, Two Injured In Fatal Head-On CollisionSeventeen-year-old Makenzie Marie Deditch, of Grafton, W.Va., and 67-year-old Willard Francis Allshouse Jr., of Saltsburg, Pa., were both killed in the crash. Two others were injured.
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• McKeesport Area School District reaches settlement in black student union case

  29-04-2019 22:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a civil rights lawsuit this month on behalf of students who claimed that the district had denied them permission to create the club.
  
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• McKeesport Area School District allows creation of black student union after dispute

  29-04-2019 22:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a civil rights lawsuit this month on behalf of students who claimed that the district had denied them permission to create the club.
  
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• First-Degree Murder Conviction, Life Sentence Overturned For Former Erie School Teacher In Student’s Death

  29-04-2019 22:00
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) – An appeals court has overturned the first-degree murder conviction and life sentence of a former northwestern Pennsylvania high school teacher in the strangulation death of a student more than four decades ago.
  The Erie Times-News reports that a nine-judge Pennsylvania Superior Court panel Monday ordered a new degree of guilt hearing for former Strong Vincent High School teacher Raymond Payne.
  Raymond Payne (Photo Credit: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections)
  Payne, now
  
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• Pleasant Hills man gets 3-6 years in prison for fatal DUI crash

  29-04-2019 21:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Andrew Lannon pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence. His blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit.
  
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• Where to find some of the city's best onion rings -- and more food news

  29-04-2019 21:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Plus, score a deal at fine dining spot, Seasons in Etna.
  
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• Watch The Hays Bald Eagle Cam

  29-04-2019 21:39
  You can watch the Hays bald eagles' nest cam by clicking here!
  
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• Former Bible Study Teacher Gets Up To 2 Years In Prison For Soliciting Sex From Minor

  29-04-2019 21:17
  WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) — A former Bible study teacher in Westmoreland County will spend up to two years in prison for soliciting sex from a minor.Timothy Myers, 32, of Latrobe, has been sentenced to 1-to-2 years in prison and on house arrest with 5 years probation for soliciting sex from a minor, according to a press release from the state attorney general’s office. Myers was initially arrested in June 2017. He pleaded guilty to several charges, including unlawful contact wi
  
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• Heavy Fire Destroys Home In Larimer

  29-04-2019 20:24
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A two-alarm fire sent emergency crews to the city’s Larimer section Monday afternoon.
  The fire was reported around 2 p.m. along Meadow Street.
  NewsChopper 2 Over Larimer:Heavy smoke was seen pouring from the scene.
  The flames and smoke appear to have spread to two adjoining structures.
  (Images Provided by Jimmy Laxton/Twitter)
  (Images Provided by Jimmy Laxton/Twitter)
  Officials have not yet released the cause of the fire.
  Stay with KDKA for the latest on this deve
  
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• Takeover bid launched for Kennywood's owner

  29-04-2019 20:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  Parques Reunidos also owns Idlewild and Sandcastle.
  
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• Environmental groups sue U.S. Steel over Mon Valley pollution

  29-04-2019 20:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  Environmental groups say health of Mon Valley residents  damaged when U.S. Steel illegally operated coke works without controls 
  
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• Ohio Trucking Company Closes Abruptly, 550 Workers Laid Off

  29-04-2019 20:10
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) – A trucking company in Ohio that had been a mover of parts for the auto industry has abruptly closed.
  Youngstown-based Falcon Transport Co. told its 550 workers over the weekend that it was immediately shutting down all operations.
  The announcement comes about two months after General Motors stopped production at its assembly plant near Youngstown. Falcon Transport had close ties with the plant’s operation.
  Falcon Transport hasn’t given a reason for its d
  
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• For Second Straight Year, Steelers Place Ryan Shazier On Physically Unable To Perform List

  29-04-2019 19:36
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially placed injured linebacker Ryan Shazier on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform List for the second straight year.We have placed LB Ryan Shazier on the Reserve/PUP list.
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  — Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) April 29, 2019Being placed on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform List means Shazier won’t count against the Steelers’ 90-man off-season roster.
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• Police: Victim Dragged Several Blocks In Fatal Hit And Run Accident

  29-04-2019 19:24
  PENN HILLS, Pa. (KDKA) — Police are searching for the driver involved in a fatal hit and run accident in which the victim was dragged by the vehicle for several blocks.KDKA’s Lisa Washington reports that a man was struck by a vehicle near the corner of Hershey and Hamilton Roads in Penn Hills around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Allegheny County Police Department.Police say the victim was then dragged by the vehicle for about a half-mile before being found on Universal Road. He
  
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• Ohio Police Looking For Missing Police K9 That Went Missing After Chasing Deer

  29-04-2019 19:13
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A police department in Ohio is looking for a missing K9.
  The Hocking County Sheriff’s Office says that Ilka was playing with Deputy Rick Torchick on Jackson Road in Pickway County yesterday.Ilka spotted a deer and took off after the deer, and hasn’t been seen since. The area is just outside of Laurelville, Ohio.Sheriff’s deputies say she was wearing a chain choker collar when she left.Anyone with information is asked to call the Hocking County Sheriff&
  
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• Jury finds Ross woman guilty of not rendering aid in fatal Babcock Blvd. crash

  29-04-2019 19:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  Melinda Gregor faces a mandatory prison term at sentencing on July 24 in connection with the Dec. 17, 2017 death of Michael Menner.
  
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• ‘One Hundred Percent My Mistake’: Dr. Phil Issues Letter Of Apology To Slippery Rock University

  29-04-2019 18:52
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Daytime television host Dr. Phil McGraw has issued a letter of apology to Slippery Rock University.
  In a recent interview with People Magazine, Dr. Phil, host of the talk show of the same name, talked about the ongoing college admissions scandal.
  He said: “They’re not buying their kids an education. That’s not what it’s about. I don’t think it has anything to do with the education. I think this is jewelry for a lot of these people. The kids
  
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• McKeesport man whose girlfriend killed their son pleads guilty to not warning police of abuse

  29-04-2019 18:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  Prosecutors say Andre Price Jr. received texts and videos of purported abuse from Christian Clark as far back as February 2016 .
  
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• Wolfie's is about to be a hot spot for live music Downtown

  29-04-2019 18:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Forbes Avenue pub is adding live music five nights a week, on the way to six.
  
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• Police Warn Local Businesses Of Attempt To Pass Fake $100 Bill

  29-04-2019 18:23
  DUQUESNE, Pa. (KDKA) — Authorities are warning local businesses to look out for counterfeit money in the City of Duquesne.A woman allegedly tried to use a counterfeit $100 bill in a store located in Duquesne, according to a post on the City of Duquesne Police Department’s Facebook page Sunday.
  Although the bill in question was $100, the department’s post says counterfeit $20 bills and $10 bills are more common. Police encouraged local businesses to warn their employees and to b
  
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• Website Used To Rate Nursing Homes Updated, 8 Area Facilities Get 5 Stars

  29-04-2019 18:11
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The website the federal government uses to rate nursing homes has just been updated to better serve consumers.
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is using a scale from one to five stars for its “Nursing Home Compare” website.
  In Allegheny County, eight facilities received a five-star rating, and three local facilities were given a one star rating.
  The local five-star homes are:Harmony physical Rehabilitation in Monroeville
  Little Sisters of the P
  
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• Woman Found Guilty In 2017 Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash In Ross Twp.

  29-04-2019 17:49
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman accused of causing a fatal hit-and-run crash in Ross Township in 2017 has been found guilty.
  Police say 39-year-old Melinda Gregor struck and killed 50-year-old Michael Menner on Babcock Boulevard in December 2017.
  A jury found her guilty Monday morning on a charge of accident involving personal injury or death.
  Last week, Gregor took the stand and told the jury she had just picked up a pizza and was driving on a dark and rainy night when something smashed into
  
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• Ducklings Rescued From Storm Drain By Firefighters In Beaver Falls

  29-04-2019 17:44
  BEAVER FALLS, Pa. (KDKA) — A brood of ducklings was rescued from a storm drain and reunited with their mother with help from firefighters in Beaver Falls this weekend.
  A brood of 10 ducklings were rescued by firefighters in Beaver Falls on Sunday. (Credit: Chippewa Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Facebook)
  A video posted to the Chippewa Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Facebook page Sunday shows one firefighter removing the baby ducks from a storm drain and placing the
  
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• Casting Call Set For Dean Cain’s New Anti-Bullying Zombie Movie Filming In W. Va.

  29-04-2019 17:36
  BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) — Teens who want to be a part of a zombie movie with an anti-bullying theme will have their chance at a casting call in West Virginia next month.
  Auditions for “Zombie High School,” starring Dean Cain, are being held May 11 at Bridgeport Middle School, where the film will be shot in mid-July.
  The film’s website says there will be roles for about 50 people, ages 13 to 20, and for about 20 adults, ages 35 to 55.
  Cain says that “anything we can d
  
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• I.C. Golden Lager is back — for now

  29-04-2019 17:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Brewing revives a beer known for having a little more muscle as a limited, one-off draft release, unless it takes off.
  
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• Massive Brood Of Cicadas Expected In Southwestern Pennsylvania In Just Weeks

  29-04-2019 17:31
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Get ready, a massive swarm is coming in just weeks.
  The 17-year cicadas are coming again, millions of them, with their unnerving red eyes, orange wings and cacophonous mating song that can drown out the noise of passing jet planes.
  “They will wait until the temperature of the soil is roughly 64 degrees,” he says. “So in the past that has been mid-May and they’ll be out all through June.”
  Experts say that a
  
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• Case Of AFM, Paralyzing Polio-Like Illness, Diagnosed In W. Va.

  29-04-2019 17:22
  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has confirmed a case of a polio-like illness that can cause paralyzing symptoms and prove fatal.
  The Huntington Herald-Dispatch reports this is the first confirmed case in the state this year and only the third since the state began tracking the illness in 2014. The agency did not disclose any information on the patient or the patient’s location.
  The disease affects the spinal cord and brain stem. It
  
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• Report: Groom Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen At Wedding, Told Her We’re Going To ‘Make A Pretend Baby’

  29-04-2019 16:59
  OHIOVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — Police have filed charges against a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager on the day of his own wedding.
  According to the Beaver County Times Online, 26-year-old Stephen Moon of Ohioville was getting married at his home in July of last year when the alleged assault happened.
  The Times reports that Moon is accused of taking the girl to a bedroom in the home. The criminal complaint says he then told her that the two were going to “make a pretend baby,&rd
  
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• Four Pittsburgh residents — including two children — die in 'violent' car crash in Northern Pa.

  29-04-2019 16:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  According to the county coroner, the four Pittsburgh residents were driving to Bradford Township looking to visit family in McKean County.
  
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• Four Pittsburgh residents — including two children — die in car crash in Northern Pa.

  29-04-2019 16:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  According to the county coroner, the four Pittsburgh residents were driving to Bradford Township looking to visit family in McKean County.
  
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• Peduto not ready to endorse, but he has special bond with 'Mayor Pete'

  29-04-2019 16:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  "He is a genius, and he’s a really nice guy who decided, 'You know, right now we need a mayor to be the president of the United States.’”
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Lingering Chance For Rain, Storms Possible Through Week

  29-04-2019 16:20
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The jet stream is going to park right on top of Western Pennsylvania through the week.
  This means a lingering chance for rain and even a storm or two will be possible through the work week and possibly beyond.At this point, the best news KDKA Meteorologist Ron Smiley can give is that there is no outright day that is screaming severe weather.You’ll want to keep the umbrella close though.
  For today, expect a chilly start to the day giving way to afternoon highs in t
  
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• Study: More Playtime Needed In American Schools

  29-04-2019 16:19
  (WCCO/CBS Local) — Playtime is taking a backseat to improving test scores in school – much to the detriment of American students, according to new research.
  Research from Olga Jarrett, a professor at Georgia State University, is stressing that recess is a right to all children and should be mandated.
  The editor of the American Journal of Play, Jeremy Saucier, says playtime is important because it teaches social skills, including how to organize, how to lead and follow directions.
  Jar
  
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• Women, Children From Pittsburgh Killed In Crash Near Scranton

  29-04-2019 15:57
  HAMLIN, Pa. (AP) — A crash in northwestern Pennsylvania has left four Pittsburgh residents dead, including two children.
  The two-vehicle crash in Hamlin occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday.
  State police say 30-year-old Ashley Smith was driving an SUV northbound on Route 219 when she traveled into the southbound lane and collided with a pickup truck driven by 36-year-old Michael Clawson, of Mount Jewett.
  Smith and her three passengers – 31-year-old Teonna Herring, a 12-year-old boy
  
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• Women, Children From Pittsburgh Killed In Crash Near McKean County

  29-04-2019 15:57
  HAMLIN, Pa. (AP) — A crash in northwestern Pennsylvania has left four Pittsburgh residents dead, including two children.
  The two-vehicle crash in Hamlin occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday.
  State police say 30-year-old Ashley Smith was driving an SUV northbound on Route 219 when she traveled into the southbound lane and collided with a pickup truck driven by 36-year-old Michael Clawson, of Mount Jewett.
  Smith and her three passengers – 31-year-old Teonna Herring, a 12-year-old boy
  
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• Researchers say fentanyl is having a varied effect on opioid users' behaviors

  29-04-2019 15:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Many struggle to “avoid overdosing, avoid getting ripped off, avoid withdrawal, avoid nodding off in a place in which they didn’t want to.”
  
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• Report: Fentanyl scares some opioid users, but others seek it

  29-04-2019 15:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Many struggle to “avoid overdosing, avoid getting ripped off, avoid withdrawal, avoid nodding off in a place in which they didn’t want to.”
  
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• PTL Links: April 29, 2019

  29-04-2019 15:20
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Bedner’s Farm & Greenhouse
  National Concert Week
  Animal Friends
  Fish Nor Fowl
  Pasta Competition Recipe
  Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
  DQE Communications
  
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• Actor Hugh Jackman Bringing International Tour To Pittsburgh

  29-04-2019 14:57
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Actor and singer Hugh Jackman is coming to Pittsburgh in the fall.
  The Academy Award-nominated superstar, known for his roles in “X-Men,” “Les Misérables,” “The Greatest Showman” and more, is kicking off an international tour in Europe next week.
  (Photo Credit: Phil Walter/Getty Images)
  With high demand for tickets, “The Man. The Music. The Show” Tour has just added 10 new dates in the United States, including a sto
  
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• Whereabouts of East Liberty woman missing since 1964 finally known, but questions linger

  29-04-2019 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  But while the discovery of skeletal remains answered one question, other troubling ones are raised.
  
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• Finding buried skeletal remains to reveal homicides not unique

  29-04-2019 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  While unusual, discovering once-missing persons in graves dug by murderers does occur
  
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• 'Capitalism' has become a dirty word among millennials. It's not because of the avocado toast.

  29-04-2019 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  “These kids are growing up in a time where financial uncertainty is the highest it’s ever been.”
   
  
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• Biden Heads To Pittsburgh, First Stop Of Newly-Launched Campaign

  29-04-2019 13:46
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — By picking Pennsylvania for his first campaign speech of the presidential race, Joe Biden is signaling he hopes to own what may be the 2020 election’s toughest battleground.
  Planting a flag in Pennsylvania makes sense for the longtime former senator from Delaware: He was born in Pennsylvania, has numerous ties to it and is using his deep inroads with influential state party figures to his advantage in the primary.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  For Democrats it’s a
  
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