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Western Pa. married father gets prison for posing as surfer on Facebook to obtain teens' pics
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A married father from western Pennsylvania will spend 14 to 28 years in prison for using phony Facebook profiles to pose as two different Florida surfers to solicit sexually graphic messages and photos from seven teenage girls....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Judges, Justice System
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Outdoor notices: For the week of April 29
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewVenture Outdoors will lead a Lewis and Clark history hike from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday through Pittsburgh's West End. Living historian John McNulty will lead the seven- to nine-mile walk that will include music, readings and a fire-starting...Tags: Borough Park, Fayette County
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Number of Lyme disease cases on the rise in Western Pennsylvania
The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.When Vic Quinio was diagnosed with Lyme disease late last year, he was just happy for an answer as to why he had debilitating vertigo and other painful complications that hospitalized him twice. Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. Quinio is...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Multiple Sclerosis, Chills, Diseases and Illnesses, Lyme Disease
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Denny Mills Bridge closure nears end in Winfield Township, Butler County
The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.After 18 months of dealing with the extra miles and minutes the Denny Mills Bridge closure has added to their commute, residents are more than ready for the small but essential span to reopen. "I hope -- I say 'hope' now, rather than 'will' -- it's open...Tags: Vehicles, Travel, Memorial Day, Road Transportation, Services and Shopping
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Outdoors Notes
The Times LeaderThe Stanley Cooper Sr. Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host an Introduction to Fly Fishing for Adults program on Saturday, May 11, at the American Legion Post in Mountain Top (off of Church Road). The program is for men and women 18 and older and begins...Tags: Travel, Festive Events, American Legion, Berks County, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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Community colleges of Butler, Beaver consider merger
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewWith an aging and shrinking county population and flat funding subsidies, the head of the Community College of Beaver County board of trustees said it makes good sense to reach out to the school's Butler County counterpart about a possible merger....Tags: Career and Workplace, Colleges and Universities, Education, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Collective Contract
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Upwardly mobile society targets top-tier property
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe outlook in the real estate industry is looking up -- right up to the listings at the upper end of the market. "Consumer confidence is so high right now," says Michelle Lantz, sales director at Howard Hanna Real Estate's Fox Chapel office. Kevin...Tags: Ridge, Homes, Consumer Confidence, Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate
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Pennsylvania senator wants updated planning to address 'dangerous incidents' at nuclear plants
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewFederal regulators should "do the work" necessary to learn whether people living within 50 miles of nuclear power plants know what to do if a dangerous incident occurs, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said Wednesday. "More than 10 million Pennsylvanians, which is...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, FirstEnergy Corp., Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Disasters and Accidents
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Bickering Butler County commissioners vote to muzzle themselves
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewButler County commissioners on Wednesday approved two rules to limit how long they can speak at meetings. Board Chairman Bill McCarrier proposed the change and Commissioner Dale Pinkerton supported it. Both say the change is an attempt to curb...Tags: Politics, American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Congress
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Emerald ash borer killing ash trees
Daily American Staff WriterMore than 17 million acres — almost 60 percent of the commonwealth — is covered by a quality hardwood forest, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Five hundred thousand private forest landowners...Tags: National Parks, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Tourism and Leisure
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Punxsutawney Phil 'indicted' over spring forecast
CINCINNATI (AP) — Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil might want to go back into hibernation. Authorities in still-frigid Ohio have issued an "indictment" of the furry rodent, who predicted an early spring when he didn't see his shadow after...
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Blight a losing battle for local governments
Daily American Staff WriterJeff Perigo knows exactly where they are — three buildings in Boswell Borough that would be better off at the business end of a bulldozer. But ridding the borough of blighted properties, he said, isn't as simple as some may believe. "Really,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Judges, Justice System
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