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Myron Cope Honored, PA Dems Triumph & More: Weekly Wrap
Also among the most-read Patch stories of the week: Places you can go to eat on Thanksgiving if you don't feel like cooking the big bird.
PITTSBURGH, PA — It's not easy to defeat a celebrity TV star in an election even if he is, you know, accused of torturing dogs for medical research purposes. But John Fetterman did just that in defeating surgeon Mehmet Oz for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Pat Toomey.
Fetterman and fellow Democrats Josh Shapiro (elected governor), Summer Lee (elected to the U.S. House) and Chris Deluzio (also elected to the U.S. House, but in a different district) rode a blue wave that swept over Pennsylvania during the Nov. 8 election.
The significance of those victories remains to be seen. What does not remain to be seen is that it's now time for the rest of your Weekly Wrap:
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- The University of Pittsburgh unveiled plans for a new $240 million sports arena and athletics complex.
- The late Steelers radio analyst Myron Cope is being inducted into the team's Hall of Honor.
- Despite the fact that he died last month, Penn Hills state Rep. Tony DeLuca was re-elected.
- Don't want to cook on Thanksgiving? These Pittsburgh restaurants will do it for you.
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