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3 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Sewickley priest on leave pending probe into computer use

A Catholic priest known for interfaith work is on a voluntary leave of absence while the Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County district attorney decide whether his Facebook posts or other computer use amount to sexual abuse of a minor.

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Related Topix: Sewickley, PA, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Criminal Defense Law, Law

7 hrs ago | Allegheny County

05-30-12 - Allegheny County Offers Free Traveling Sports Clinics

The schedule for the 2012 Allegheny County Traveling Sports Clinics was announced today with the program beginning on Monday, June 18 and continuing through Friday, July 27.A Offered Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. at locations throughout the county.A Rain days and holidays are ... (more)

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11 hrs ago | WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

No jail for teacher after bank robbery

A high school science teacher who had no criminal record before taking part in a bank robbery, stealing school laptops and burglarizing a neighbor's home will serve her jail term on house arrest.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Shadyside (Pittsburgh, PA)

14 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rape, kidnapping charges reinstated against Wilkinsburg man

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today reinstated rape and kidnapping charges against a Wilkinsburg man who was released in 2009 after spending a year in jail without trial because of a paperwork mishap.

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Related Topix: Wilkinsburg, PA, 9

17 hrs ago | WYTV Youngstown

Pittsburgh-area priest on leave in Facebook probe

Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik says a parish priest has taken a leave of absence while prosecutors review a complaint that the priest allegedly posted messages to a minor on Facebook.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Sewickley, PA

21 hrs ago | Business Journal

Allegheny County shale facility gets permit

Essential Public Radio reported that Superior Appalachian Pipeline's proposed station in Frazer Township received the go-ahead after a comment period and permitting process.

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Yesterday | PennLive.com

Statewide radio system's dead air continues to cost Pennsylvania money

The state has already sunk more than $400 million into building a statewide radio network to serve its agencies' needs, with an expectation of spending $68 million more.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania

Tue May 29, 2012

Post-gazette.com

Treasurer open later Thursday to collect taxes

Sandusky case remains on track Region sets daily rainfall record Former CalU president Armenti disputing payout after firing Charges stick to sect leader in Amish beard-cutting case Let's Talk About Birds: Vireos Few Duquesne parents show up at public session Pitt group to study programs thwarting violence Councilman shelves mayor's tax-break bill ... (more)

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Related Topix: Arts, Theater

CBS Local

Victim Of Flesh-Eating Bacteria Speaks Out

PITTSBURGH - Carla Mulley says it was March 17, 2011 when she noticed her leg changing colors and getting blotchy.

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Related Topix: Sports

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pennsylvania welfare department identifies more than 600 with improper benefits

More than 600 people fraudulently collected welfare benefits from outside of Pennsylvania, the state Department of Public Welfare announced today.

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WTKT-AM Harrisburg

Pa. girl, 3, found submerged in pool

Emergency crews were called at around 6 p.m. Monday after the child was found underwater.

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Related Topix: McKeesport, PA

York Dispatch

W. Pa. county mulls weights and measures dispute

Two key officials in one western Pennsylvania county can't decide who should head the county's bureau of weights and measures, which inspects gasoline pumps, grocery store scanners, commercial scales and parking meters.

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Patch.com

Pool Season Is Here

With temperatures heating up, it's time for the pool. Although a number of pools opened for Memorial Day weekend,A North Park Pool A will not open until Saturday.

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Post-gazette.com

Just a bruisin': A charged Mt. Lebanon student is treated fairly

'Adventure Series' rooms help distract nervous youngsters at Children's Hospital The Birth Circle's doulas ease worries of mothers before, during and after birth Training for doula certification considered 'pretty intensive' In Memory Day honors Vietnam veterans absent from famous wall Pittsburgh Housing Authority defends use of constables as ... (more)

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Related Topix: Mount Lebanon, PA, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Fox Chapel, PA, Opinion

Mon May 28, 2012

PAHomepage.com

Deadly ATV Crash in Susquehanna County

Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County-Police are investigating a deadly ATV crash in Susquehanna County.

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Related Topix: Susquehanna County, PA, Turtle Creek, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, McAdoo, PA

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Man killed in Carrick house fire is identified

Dwight Means Jr., 68, was found in the kitchen and died at the scene. A cause of death is still pending, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office.

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Chambersburg Public Opinion

W. Pa. man charged with abuse found dead

The Indiana Gazette reports that 36-year-old Theodore Amick of Indiana, Pa. was found dead Saturday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, in a remote area about 110 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

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Related Topix: Indiana, PA, Opinion

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Wreath laying ceremony

From left, Curtis Schmitt of the V.F.W., Dan Rota of Robert Morris Univesity, escorted by Allegheny County Executive Rick Fitzgerald and District Justice Gene Ricardi preside at the laying of a ceremonial wreath into the Monongahela River at South Side Park to begin the South Side and Hilltop Memorial Day Parade's annual morning-long traveling ... (more)

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PennLive.com

Spend Memorial Day remembering these Medal of Honor winners

The Medal of Honor is considered the highest military decoration awarded by the U.S. government, given only to those who distinguish themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States." It's an honor that several midstate ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medal of Honor, Video Games, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Prison

Patch.com

Theft, Assault Cases Heard in Wilkinsburg Court

The following cases recently were heard by District Judge Kim M. Hoots in Wilkinsburg: Neel James West, 34, of Wilkinsburg waived his right to a preliminary hearing on two counts of simple assault, one count each of resisting arrest and following too closely in a vehicle.

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Related Topix: Wilkinsburg, PA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

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