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PITTSBURGH — A creditor is asking a judge to allow it to foreclose on the bankrupt August Wilson Center for African American Culture if a deal to sell the building to a New York developer isn't finalized by the end of next month.

Dollar Bank wants the Allegheny County Court's decision to allow foreclosure if the $9.5 million sale to 980 Liberty Partners isn't completed by June 30, citing opposition by a city agency.

The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority and state attorney general have argued that the proposed sale would violate deed covenants that require that the building be used as a center for African-American culture and bar changes to the exterior without the development authority's approval.

The bank, which is owed at least $7 million of the center's $10 million in debt, said such arguments are “calculated to force a foreclosure sale of the center's assets.”

PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center said federal investigators now believe all 62,000 of the hospital network's employees have had their personal information accessed by identity thieves who have used information from about 800 workers to file bogus federal tax returns.UPMC last month believed only 27,000 workers were affected, but a Pittsburgh newspaper reported Friday that a memo to employees said “the scope may be larger than originally thought, potentially affecting every employee.”UPMC spokesman Gloria Kreps said there's no information that any more bogus tax returns have been filed with the employee information. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said the investigation is continuing.Kreps said UPMC is offering computer fraud protection service to its employees for free and said computer system upgrades should prevent similar future attacks.

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County health officials say a report of a second case of measles within the last month was a false alarm.Officials say the unidentified person had symptoms similar to measles, but a test by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was negative.Most people aren't at risk because they've been vaccinated, but some groups are more susceptible, including people who haven't been vaccinated, those born after 1957 and those with compromised immune systems.Two other cases of measles were reported in Allegheny County earlier this year. The Health Department is still recommending that people make sure they are protected by receiving a two-dose vaccination.

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