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CLARION — The Karns City girls soccer team faces Brookville at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the District 9 Class A semifinals at Clarion University.

PITTSBURGH — Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel missed practice for a third consecutive day Friday because of a sore left hamstring and is doubtful for Sunday night's game against the Saints.Pittsburgh might be without both of the starting ends in its 3-4 defense, since Aaron Smith (torn left triceps) is out indefinitely. Keisel was injured early in the Steelers' 28-10 victory against Cleveland Oct. 17.Nick Eason replaced Keisel last weekend in Miami. Ziggy Hood, a first-round pick in 2009, is expected to make his first NFL start in place of Smith.Right guard Trai Essex, who has missed four games with a sprained left ankle, outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley (hamstring) and right tackle Flozell Adams (ankle) practiced Friday and are expected to play.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — State regulators are investigating whether the University of Notre Dame violated safety rules when it allowed a student to videotape football practice from a tall hydraulic lift that toppled in high winds, killing the young man.Authorities also planned to review whether Declan Sullivan received training before using the scissor lift and whether a federal rule barring workers from using scaffolds during bad weather would have applied to his job, Marc Lotter, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, said Friday.Sullivan, a junior film student, died Wednesday after the lift fell over in gusts that rose as high as 51 mph. The machines typically extend to 40 or 50 feet, but it's unclear how high Sullivan was when Notre Dame's lift crashed to the ground.

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