Your look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Tuesday:
JURY SELECTION CONTINUES IN TRIAL OF PHILADELPHIA ABORTION DOCTOR CHARGED WITH KILLING WOMAN DURING BOTCHED PROCEDURE
Seventy-two-year-old Dr. Kermit Gosnell is also charged with killing seven babies born alive. Three jurors were picked Monday and more will be chosen today. Jury selection is expected to take a week, given the sensitivity of the abortion issue and the death penalty.
DA SAYS CHARGES LIKELY IN ALLEGED BULLYING DEATH OF 12-YEAR-OLD BOY
The parents of 12-year-old Bailey O’Neill say he wouldn’t fight back when confronted by another boy in the Delaware County School District. Police have said the altercation was captured on video surveillance and District Attorney Jack Whelan says he’s waiting for autopsy results, but expects to file charges against the other boy.
POLICE SEEKING THREE SUSPECTS IN OFF-CAMPUS HOME INVASION INVOLVING TEMPLE STUDENTS
Police say the four students weren’t harmed when three men forced their way into the home near the school’s north Philadelphia campus, stealing computers, cellphones, credit cards and cash on Monday night.
CORNERBACK HEADING BACK TO PITTSBURGH STEELERS AFTER SEASON WITH CARDINALS
Twenty-eight-year-old William Gay was released by Arizona to make room under the salary cap one season into his two-year deal with that team. Gay has signed a three-year deal with the Steelers, where he thrived as a nickel back in 2011 before leaving as a free agent.
HEINZ CEO WILLIAM JOHNSON ENTITLED TO $56M GOLDEN PARACHUTE IF FIRED BY NEW OWNERS
The deal with Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital lets Johnson walk away with $40 million any time he chooses to leave the Pittsburgh-based ketchup giant, and another $16 million if the new owners fire him. That doesn’t count vested stock and deferred compensation that make his total package worth nearly $213 million.
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11th-hour pension reform push begins
The head of the union representing Pennsylvania public school teachers and Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget secretary are two of the speakers expected to testify today before a House panel examining pension reform.
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Menoher project will create long detour
A well-traveled section of road connecting the city to Westmont will be closed for up to four months to correct frequent rock slide issues on the hillside above.
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Thunderbash ready for large turnout
Motorcycle riders from across the country will invade Greenhouse Park this weekend for “Thunderbash.”
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PennDOT is withholding funding plan from public
The state Department of Transportation has built a website that compares competing plans to spend billions of dollars on highways and bridges in new transportation money under proposals being considered by the Legislature, but agency officials have refused to release similar information to the public, which will pay for the chosen projects.
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Auditor: Payments take heavy toll on turnpike
The cash toll for a cross-state trip on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is expected to reach about $50 by 2021, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to halt the spiraling debt resulting from the massive contributions the turnpike is required to make toward the state’s other transportation needs.
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Funeral plans set for Jackson Twp. firefighter
Funeral arrangements have been set for a Jackson Township firefighter killed in a tractor accident over the weekend.
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11th-hour pension reform push begins
The head of the union representing Pennsylvania public school teachers and Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget secretary are two of the speakers expected to testify today before a House panel examining pension reform.
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Menoher project will create long detour
A well-traveled section of road connecting the city to Westmont will be closed for up to four months to correct frequent rock slide issues on the hillside above.
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Thunderbash ready for large turnout
Motorcycle riders from across the country will invade Greenhouse Park this weekend for “Thunderbash.”
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Windber resident faces trial in Richland beating
A Windber man will stand trial on charges that he beat another man after a night of drinking, then left him along a Richland Township road.
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Funeral plans set for Jackson Twp. firefighter
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Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker (18) throws to first for the third out after fielding a ground ball hit by Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 17, 2013, in Cincinnati. Derrick Robinson, left, goes to second while shortstop Jordy Mercer, center, watches. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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Four solo home runs lead Reds past Pirates
Todd Frazier wasn’t going to let left-hander Francisco Liriano get another fastball by him. He guessed right and hit one a long way.
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Laurel Auto belts way to victory
Zach Heide’s two-run home run cleared the Screen Monster in left field at Point Stadium and kick-started Laurel Auto Group’s scoring in its 8-2 victory over Ketrow Insurance Monday night in a AAABA league game.
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Bruins blank Blackhawks, take 2-1 series lead
Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another exhausting overtime.
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Former Penn St. players support Paterno family lawsuit
About 325 former Penn State players and coaches have signed a statement supporting the lawsuit filed by the family of former coach Joe Paterno and other former players seeking to overturn NCAA sanctions against the football program for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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Symbolic images | Exhibit will feature banners celebrating legends, customs of China
East will come West for the first time in a new exhibition at St. Francis University in Loretto. “Stories Joyfully Embroidered: Shaanxi Folk Textiles from Northern China” will be on display from June 28 through Oct. 12 at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto.
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Symbolic images | Exhibit will feature banners celebrating legends, customs of China
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For pastors, tattoos as symbols of faith
As the spiritual leader for two United Church of Christ congregations, the Rev. Richard Lindsay-Bignell found a way to combine his love of the ministry and his passion for art.
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US gov't collecting huge number of phone records
The government is secretly collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Obama administration is defending the National Security Agency's need to collect such records, but critics are calling it a huge over-reach.
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