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EXTON — A hefty southeastern Pennsylvania man is behind bars after police say he walked naked into a Walmart and stole a pair of socks.

Thirty-two-year-old Verdon Lamont Taylor was arrested Wednesday night after police say he stripped off his clothes in the parking lot of the Exton store and went inside.

Police say surveillance footage shows the 6-foot-4, 300-pound Downingtown man walking around the store. Authorities say they used a stun gun to subdue him after he refused to comply with officers' orders.

Taylor was arraigned on charges including aggravated assault and indecent exposure. He's being held on $50,000 bail at Chester County Prison.

MCKEESPORT — Police say the newborn fatally bitten by a dog inside a Western Pennsylvania home had been left alone while his mother was in the bathroom.Authorities say 2-day-old Howard Nicholson died Thursday morning after being bitten on the head by an 80-pound husky inside his parents' McKeesport home.McKeesport police Capt. Tim Hanna says the mother heard the baby's cries then saw one of two dogs in the room had blood on its muzzle. The baby was airlifted to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and pronounced dead.Police removed the husky and a pit bull from the home. Two other dogs were being kept in the basement.

PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University says it is raising tuition for the next class of new students by 4 percent.The school said in a statement Thursday that tuition for new 2012 undergraduates will be $44,880. Housing will cost $6,810 and board $4,740. Current students will see their tuition rise by 3 percent for the next academic year.The school says nearly half of all undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid.

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