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Pa. man charged with killing girlfriend’s pitbull puppy
A Pennsylvania man faces a felony charge after police said he killed his girlfriend’s puppy during a domestic dispute. Aliquippa police in Beaver County said in a Facebook post that Brandon Miller, 24, had an argument with his girlfriend on March 7 at her home in Aliquippa when he threw a 10-month-old pitbull named “Ace” down a flight of stairs.
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'Antiques Capital USA' Is A Bustling Year-Round Pennsylvania Paradise Of Vintage Markets, Shops And Malls
Pennsylvania is a state full of history, having been founded as a Quaker community way back in 1681, and later the second state to be ratified by the U.S. Constitution. It was the setting of the Battle of Gettysburg, and today it boasts both America's oldest farmer's market in the city of Lancaster and the world's oldest drive-in movie theater. It is no surprise, then, to learn that Pennsylvania also offers some of the country's best antiquing. Adamstown, a village of around 2,500 in Amish settlement Lancaster County, has been dubbed "Antiques Capital, USA," thanks to its unusually high number of quality antique dealers. There are believed to be more than 5,000 working the area, and a visit to Adamstown could easily mean non-stop antiquing for days on end.
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Four tornadoes touched down in Pa. on Sunday, says National Weather Service
At least four tornadoes touched down in western Pennsylvania on Sunday as severe storms swept across the region, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. All the twisters were rated as EF-1 types, which typically have winds between 86 and 110 miles per hour. The NWS did not provide estimated wind speeds for Sunday’s tornadoes in its initial reports.
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Judge sends mentally ill Pittsburgh bank robber to prison despite plea for mercy
A judge Tuesday sentenced a Pittsburgh man to nearly a decade in federal prison for robbing three Shadyside banks, rejecting a request for leniency because of the defendant’s mental illness. The federal public defender who represents Rashon Coleman, 31, of the city’s East Liberty neighborhood, maintained his client’s schizophrenia...
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Merck plots 163 layoffs as it prepares to shutter Pennsylvania manufacturing site
Merck is planning layoffs in Pennsylvania as part of a multi-year plan to wind down operations at a manufacturing plant in the state. The pharma giant will cut 163 jobs at its Cherokee manufacturing plant in Riverside, Pennsylvania, through three rounds of cuts, according to a state notice that cites a site closure as the reason for the workforce reduction.