HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is giving its breweries a boost with a new marketing initiative designed to highlight local beer producers. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday rolled out the PA Preferred Brews initiative, which identifies beer brewed in the state with Pennsylvania-grown ingredients. Officials say beer is a nearly $6 billion annual business in Pennsylvania, with more than 300 licensed breweries.
Wolf says the new program is a way for Pennsylvania breweries to differentiate themselves in a competitive market, including a logo for licensed participants to display on their products. The state’s craft brewers can participate if their beer is brewed in the state, meets state and federal production standards and is made from hops, grains or other products that come from Pennsylvania.
DALLAS, Pa. (AP) — Teachers in a northeastern Pennsylvania school board have been on strike for a week, and now some parents forming their own picket line, too. Parents in the Dallas School District planned to picket from 10 a.m. to noon Friday. The parents aren’t taking sides but are, instead, urging the teachers’ union and the school board to enter binding arbitration to end the strike which began Sept. 22.
The school board has offered to go to non-binding arbitration, but the Dallas Education Association has refused. Dallas teachers struck last year from Nov. 14 to Dec. 19, then were docked a week’s pay by the school board who said the length of the strike kept the district from offering a state-mandated 180 days of classes as a result. The teachers haven’t had a contract since September 2015.
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple is accused of having subjected a 12-year-old girl to waterboarding last spring as a form of punishment. The girl told police and Beaver County children and youth services officials that she was dragged into the Aliquippa home’s basement in April, a wet towel was placed over her face and her chair was tilted backward as a bucket of cold water was poured onto her, preventing her from breathing.
Aliquippa police said the couple told them they learned about waterboarding through a movie. Thirty-four-year-old Dion Stevens and 41-year-old Malisa Stevens were charged Wednesday with strangulation, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, child endangerment and reckless endangerment. Court documents don’t list an attorney and a listed number for them couldn’t be found Saturday.
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A volunteer fire captain has been sentenced to six to 23 months in jail in the shooting death last year of a junior firefighter at a Pennsylvania fire station. Twenty-two-year-old George Matis Jr. was sentenced Friday. The Republican Fire Company captain previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the November death of 16-year-old Parker Hess. Police say Matis was removing his gun from a holster when it discharged, striking Hess.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a 6-year-old boy was wounded by a stray bullet after gunfire erupted nearby in north Philadelphia. Officers were called to the area shortly before 8 p.m. Friday. Chief Inspector Scott Small said the child ran into his house, where officers found him in the living room “bleeding heavily” from a wound in his left shoulder. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he was reported in stable condition.
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Conversation starters and Features
NEW YORK (AP) — Before he died in a wingsuit accident, Donald Zarda filed a lawsuit claiming he had been sacked from a skydiving instruction job for telling a client he was gay. Now, a federal appeals court in New York is trying to decide whether U.S. anti-discrimination law protects employees from being fired over their sexual orientation.
One government agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, says yes. The Department of Justice says no. The rare face-off between two executive branch entities played out Tuesday before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. For about two hours, the judges questioned lawyers about a law barring employment discrimination on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex or national origin.” A ruling is not expected for some time.
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey say a Hawaii man stands accused of defacing the greens at four golf courses that President Donald Trump owns in New Jersey and New York. Somerset County prosecutors say 61-year-old Clifford Tillotson, of Kaneohe, is charged with criminal mischief. Tillotson allegedly used some sort of chemical to write various comments critical of the Trump administration.
He wrote the message on nine putting greens at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on or around Sept. 11. The damage was estimated at more than $10,000. Tillotson also is charged in New York with defacing Trump golf courses in Ferry Point, Hudson Valley and Westchester. It wasn’t known Saturday if Tillotson has retained an attorney.
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — Like deer trapped in the headlights, two burglars have been captured by an outdoor wildlife camera in South Carolina. Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says a homeowner’s camera recorded images of the thieves, who are accused of stealing a second camera from the home and electronics from other homes.
Matthews said an officer from another county and a resident identified the men, one of whom was recorded urinating off the front porch of a home. Matthews says 34-year-old Shondale Ingham and 48-year-old Sandy Tarte are each charged with five counts of burglary. Court records didn’t indicate whether they had attorneys.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — This week NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) has held a round-table meeting with roughly 25 owners, league executives and players. The discussion was aimed at trying to iron out the national anthem protests going on throughout the league. Sources close to the talks say Goodell spoke little during the session, choosing instead to hear from all sides in the ongoing controversy.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An online video shows a jittery police officer who’s afraid of snakes using a trash can to try to catch one at the University of Central Florida. Carl Metzger, the deputy chief of the university’s police department, calls the video humorous. He added that the incident, which occurred earlier this month on the Orlando campus, is a result of ophidiophobia — the fear of snakes.
Metzger tells local news outlets everyone got a good laugh but it’s “obvious that that particular officer is uncomfortable with snakes.” The video shows the officer jumping around, trash can in hand, trying to capture the elusive black snake. Metzger says the officer, whose name wasn’t released, did his best “and ultimately accomplished his mission” of getting the snake out of the building.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Former “Let’s Make a Deal” host Monty Hall has died. He was 96. Sharon Hall says her father died Saturday morning of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills, California. Hall co-created “Let’s Make a Deal,” which debuted on NBC in 1963 and became a TV staple for decades. Contestants chosen from the studio audience wore outlandish costumes to attract Hall’s attention.
The game involved swapping prize items for others hidden behind doors, curtains or in boxes, leading to the famous question: Do you want Door No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3?” His daughter says Hall, who was born in Canada, enjoyed his fame and never turned down an autograph or a chance to use his name to help others. She estimates he raised nearly $1 billion for charity over his lifetime.
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Sports, Scores & Skeds
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — DaeSean Hamilton caught nine passes for 122 yards and three touchdowns and became Penn State’s career receptions leader in the No. 4 Nittany Lions’ 45-14 victory over Indiana. Hamilton teamed with quarterback Trace McSorley on the first two scoring passes and caught the third from running back Saquon Barkley to cap the scoring in the fourth quarter. Hamilton hauled in his 180th career catch midway through the fourth quarter to break the record set by Deon Butler in 2008.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Max Browne returned at starting quarterback and threw for four touchdowns in the Pittsburgh Panthers’ 42-10 rout of the Rice Owls. Pitt’s offense was rolling from the start, scoring on its first three possessions. Chawntez Moss and Jester Weah hauled in long touchdown passes of 48 and 55 yards and Qadree Ollison added a 10-yard touchdown run.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Asdrubal Cabrera hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 11th inning to lift the New York Mets to a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Cabrera also had an RBI double in the seventh and finished with four hits and four RBIs.
AP-SCORECARD
Here are the scores from yesterday’s sports events:
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INTERLEAGUE
Final Kansas City 4 Arizona 3
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final N-Y Yankees 2 Toronto 1
Final Boston 6 Houston 3
Final Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 3
Final Chi White Sox 2 Cleveland 1
Final Detroit 3 Minnesota 2
Final Texas 8 Oakland 4
Final Seattle 6 L-A Angels 4
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final San Diego 3 San Francisco 2
Final Chi Cubs 9 Cincinnati 0
Final St. Louis 7 Milwaukee 6
Final N-Y Mets 7 Philadelphia 4, 11 Innings
Final Pittsburgh 4 Washington 1
Final Miami 10 Atlanta 2
Final L-A Dodgers 5 Colorado 3
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON
Final Denver 108 Golden State 102
Final Minnesota 108 L.A. Lakers 99
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TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (1) Alabama 66 Mississippi 3
Final (2) Clemson 31 (12) Virginia Tech 17
Final (4) Penn St. 45 Indiana 14
Final (6) Washington 42 Oregon St. 7
Final (7) Georgia 41 Tennessee 0
Final (10) Wisconsin 33 Northwestern 24
Final (11) Ohio St. 56 Rutgers 0
Final (13) Auburn 49 (24) Mississippi St. 10
Final (15) Oklahoma St. 41 Texas Tech 34
Final (17) Louisville 55 Murray St. 10
Final (18) South Florida 61 East Carolina 31
Final (19) San Diego St. 34 N. Illinois 28
Final (21) Florida 38 Vanderbilt 24
Final (22) Notre Dame 52 Miami (Ohio) 17
Final Troy 24 (25) LSU 21
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
New Orleans at Miami 9:30 a.m.
Cincinnati at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at N-Y Jets 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Houston 1:00 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Dallas 1:00 p.m.
Carolina at New England 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at L.A. Chargers 4:05 p.m.
N-Y Giants at Tampa Bay 4:05 p.m.
Oakland at Denver 4:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at Seattle 8:30 p.m.
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Final Dallas 0 Orlando 0
TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE
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INTERLEAGUE
Arizona at Kansas City 3:15 p.m.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto at N-Y Yankees 3:05 p.m.
Oakland at Texas 3:05 p.m.
Houston at Boston 3:05 p.m.
Seattle at L-A Angels 3:07 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota 3:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay 3:10 p.m.
Chi White Sox at Cleveland 3:10 p.m.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego at San Francisco 3:05 p.m.
N-Y Mets at Philadelphia 3:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington 3:05 p.m.
L-A Dodgers at Colorado 3:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami 3:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis 3:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chi Cubs 3:20 p.m.
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON
Atlanta at Miami 6:00 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Toronto 10:00 p.m.
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
Washington at St. Louis 3:00 p.m.
N-Y Islanders at Philadelphia 5:00 p.m.
San Jose at Vegas 8:00 p.m.
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WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Minnesota at L.A. Sparks 8:30 p.m.
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
New Orleans at Miami 9:30 a.m.
Cincinnati at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at N-Y Jets 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Houston 1:00 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Dallas 1:00 p.m.
Carolina at New England 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at L.A. Chargers 4:05 p.m.
N-Y Giants at Tampa Bay 4:05 p.m.
Oakland at Denver 4:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at Seattle 8:30 p.m.
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Seattle at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m.
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