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• Man Convicted In Elderly Woman’s Death After Robbery

  14-01-2017 23:39
  
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) – A man accused of having scared an elderly woman so much during an eastern Pennsylvania home-invasion robbery that she had a heart attack that night and died two months later has been convicted of second-degree murder.
  Jurors in Northampton County deliberated for about six hours before convicting 29-year-old Quadir Taylor on most charges Friday night. The panel also convicted the Easton man of robbery, burglary, criminal conspiracy and related offenses but acquitted him o
  
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• Reserves Williams, Cook Lead Dayton Past Duquesne 76-57

  14-01-2017 22:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Charles Cooke scored 19 points, Xeyrius Williams added a career-high 18 and Dayton defeated Duquesne 76-57 on Saturday.
  Scoochie Smith added 12 points for the Flyers (13-4, 4-1 Atlantic 10), who have won 11 of 13. Kendall Pollard had eight points, nine rebounds and four assists.
  Mike Lewis II scored 17 points and Emile Blackman 14 for the Dukes (9-9, 2-3).
  Williams had 11 points in the first half to help Dayton open a 39-26 lead. Duquesne started the second half with a 9-
  
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• School Employee Fired For Tweet Aimed At Student’s Spelling

  14-01-2017 22:14
  
  FREDERICK, Md. (AP) – A school system employee in Maryland who had a lighthearted quarrel with a student on Twitter over the student’s spelling has been fired.
  Katie Nash tells The Frederick News-Post that she was fired on Friday afternoon from her $44,000-a-year job. A Frederick County Public Schools spokesman confirmed that Nash had been let go, without providing details.
  Nash ran the school district’s Twitter account. On Jan. 5, a student tweeted to the account, asking that
  
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• Pitt club investigating Zodiac murders Updated at

  14-01-2017 21:36
  
  Even with survivors, the suspect's composite and his DNA, police have never identified the Zodiac, the self-named serial killer who terrorized northern California in the late '60s and early '70s. Five killings are directly linked to him but in a 1974 letter, one in a series of taunting missives to Bay Area newspapers, the Zodiac indicated the number was actually 37. In November, more than two dozen cold-case investigators convened in Oakland to learn if a new Pittsburgh-based tip in the case was
  
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• ‘Salsa Fuego’ Dance Event Returns To Pittsburgh

  14-01-2017 21:20
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The “Salsa Fuego” dance event is returning to Pittsburgh this weekend.
  It’s the 6th annual event from Pittsburgh Salsa Roundtable, a volunteer-run group of dance community members and instructors.
  Competitions and a social event will take place at the Twentieth Century Club on Bigelow Boulevard on Saturday afternoon and evening.
  Dance workshops will be held Sunday afternoon, and a social event will follow.
  More information can be found on Facebook here
  
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• Body of unidentified woman found in Braddock alley

  14-01-2017 20:44
  
  The body of an unidentified woman who was shot at least once was found this morning in an abandoned garage in Braddock, Allegheny County homicide detectives reported.
  
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• Watkins Lifts Penn State To 52-50 Win Over No. 24 Gophers

  14-01-2017 20:35
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Tony Carr made two free throws with 5 seconds left to lift Penn State to a 52-50 win over No. 24 Minnesota on Saturday.
  Mike Watkins had 15 points and 15 rebounds and Payton Banks added 10 points for the Nittany Lions (11-7, 3-2 Big Ten) who recovered from a 32-22 halftime deficit.
  It was Penn State’s first win over a ranked opponent since Feb. 17 against then-No. 4 Iowa at the Bryce Jordan Center.
  Reggie Lynch scored 12 points for the Golden Gophers (15-4,
  
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• Woman’s Body Found In Braddock Alley

  14-01-2017 20:21
  
  BRADDOCK (KDKA) — Police are investigating after a woman’s body was found in an alley in Braddock on Saturday morning.
  The body was found around 8:50 a.m. in an abandoned garage near the intersection of Yew Way and Maple Alley. Officers responded to the scene for a report that a woman was found on the ground, unresponsive.
  The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
  “It would appear, at the this point, that she may have suffered one or maybe two gunshot wounds,” Lt. Andre
  
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• Reed Leads Miami Past Reeling Pittsburgh 72-46

  14-01-2017 20:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Davon Reed scored 18 points, Bruce Brown added 17 and Ja’Quan Newton chipped in 14 as Miami blew out reeling Pittsburgh 72-46 on Saturday.
  The Hurricanes (12-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) snapped a two-game losing streak by smothering the Panthers. The Hurricanes outrebounded Pitt 37-23 and held Pitt (12-6, 1-4) to just 34 percent shooting (18 of 53).
  Jamel Artis led Pitt with 15 points a game after going for a career-high 43 in a loss to Louisville on Wednesday
  
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• Crews Battle Fire At Penn Hills Home

  14-01-2017 19:56
  
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — Crews battled a fire at a Penn Hills home Saturday morning.
  It happened in the 7200-block of Brushton Avenue around 11:45 a.m.
  (Photo Credit: Bryan Orr/KDKA)
  The fire was contained to the top floor of the home, but residents were still displaced. The Red Cross will assist.
  The cause of fire is under investigation.
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• Man Convicted Of Killing Man Found In West Virginia River

  14-01-2017 18:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pennsylvania man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a man whose body was later found in a West Virginia river.
  Common Pleas Judge Joseph Williams III called 31-year-old Hubert Wingate, of Pittsburgh, “a plague on the community” in issuing his decision Friday in the non-jury trial in Allegheny County.
  Thirty-four-year-old Andre Gray disappeared in October 2014. His body was found in March 2015 by a towboat captain in the Ohio River near
  
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• Postmaster Convicted Of Threats Involving Drug Parcels

  14-01-2017 18:26
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A suspended western Pennsylvania postmaster has been convicted of threatening employees who saw him opening packages containing illegal drugs.
  Jurors in Allegheny County convicted 51-year-old Daniel Davis on Friday of obstruction of justice and three counts of witness intimidation as well as one count each of oppression and coercion. The panel acquitted him of three counts each of coercion and oppression and another intimidation count.
  Employees said the Canonsburg man th
  
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• Fayette County man killed in one-vehicle crash

  14-01-2017 14:57
  
  A 22-year-old Fayette County man was killed late Friday when the truck he was driving collided with a utility pole in Westmoreland County.
  
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• Storytelling: August Wilson and the building of Fences

  14-01-2017 07:54
  Among the movies released this past holiday season was a powerful adaptation of "Fences," August Wilson's Pulitzer-Prize winning drama. With Denzel Washington and Viola Davis repeating their Tony-winning roles in a 2010 revival, the film version of "Fences" has won praise from critics as an Academy Award contender.
  
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• LGBT panel to advise Peduto

  14-01-2017 06:11
  
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s top aide swore in more than a dozen people Friday who will advise the city on lesbian, gay and other issues.
  
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• Obama's manufacturing initiative comes to CMU

  14-01-2017 06:01
  
  President Barack Obama’s $1 billion commitment to make American manufacturing more competitive took another step forward Friday when Carnegie Mellon University and the U.S. Department of Defense announced plans for a $253 million robotics research initiative based in Pittsburgh.
  
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  14-01-2017 06:00
  
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• Freezing rain, flood advisories in effect through Saturday

  14-01-2017 05:43
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• 1 Dead After Vehicle Crashes Into Pole In Westmoreland County

  14-01-2017 05:17
  
  EAST HUNTINGDON TWP. (KDKA) – Police in Westmoreland County say a vehicle crashed into a pole Friday night.
  It happened along Route 981 near between Joe Moores Road and Scottdale Smithton in East Huntingdon Township around 10:40 p.m.
  Officials say one male was ejected from the car and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Authorities have not released any further information.
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• Fans, Business Owners Upset By Steelers Game Time Change

  14-01-2017 04:26
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Weather concerns have prompted a time change for this weekend’s post-season game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs.
  The decision to push the game back to 8:20 p.m. is affecting the plans of the hundreds of thousands of fans and many businesses.
  For some, it’s just a matter of switching employees’ schedules, but for others, it means a loss of business and a loss of money.
  At Bishop’s Corner in Robinson, Steelers game
  
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• Police Chief Stands By Officer Who Arrested Steelers Asst. Coach Joey Porter

  14-01-2017 04:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A day after District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. announced he would be withdrawing the most serious charge facing Pittsburgh Steelers coach Joey Porter, Acting Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert told a late Friday news conference he stands with the arresting officer.
  “I stand by the officer just as I would stand by any officer given the same circumstances.  I reviewed the [surveillance video], and I didn’t  think anything was done inappropriat
  
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• Officers Involved In Tamir Rice Killing Face Disciplinary Charges

  14-01-2017 03:49
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – Cleveland officials say internal disciplinary charges have been brought against two white police officers involved in the killing of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center.
  Police Chief Calvin Williams says disciplinary charges recommended against Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback were sent to the city’s safety director. The director will determine what action might be taken regarding disciplinary charges
  
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• PA Firefighters Rescue Sleeping Occupants in House Fire

  14-01-2017 03:21
  
  Jan. 13--Pittsburgh firefighters broke down a door early this morning and rescued three sleeping occupants of a house on fire in Spring Hill. A woman and two juveniles were taken to safety while another woman and four more occupants of the house next door where the fire began escaped on their own.
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Injury Report: Short List Is Good News, But A Few Big Names Remain Hobbled For Chiefs Game

  14-01-2017 02:21
  
  By Danny Cox
  The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to do anything and everything it takes to get through the divisional round of the playoffs and into the AFC Conference Championship. In order to do that, they will have to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs for the second time this season. The first time, Pittsburgh was able to manhandle the Chiefs in an easy victory, but a lot has changed since then and differences can be seen on both sides of the field.
  One thing known for sure this week is that lineba
  
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• Man Delivers 300,000 Pennies As Payment To DMV

  14-01-2017 01:26
  
  LEBANON, Va. (AP) – Now, that’s a lot of change.
  A Virginia man used 300,000 pennies to pay sales tax on two cars at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
  The Bristol Herald Courier reports that Nick Stafford delivered five wheelbarrows full of change, mostly pennies, at the DMW office in Lebanon, Virginia, on Wednesday. The coins weighed in at 1,600 pounds.
  Stafford said he paid in coins to “inconvenience” the DMV.
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• Teenage girl escapes abduction attempt in Bethel Park

  14-01-2017 00:43
  
  A teenage girl told Bethel Park police that a man tried to kidnap her this afternoon after she got off her school bus.
  
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• Steelers ‘Man Cave’ Taken To New Level With Homemade Mementos

  14-01-2017 00:39
  
  CARNEGIE (KDKA) — “Welcome to the Steeler Room.”
  Denny DeLuca takes us through a former Kennywood turnstile, into a small room packed with thousands of Steelers mementos. Most of it is stuff you just can’t buy.
  “Most of these players are made from basketball and baseball players,” he says, pointing out miniatures in black and gold. “They’ve been cut, repainted. Their helmets are made of black grapes.”
  He manages to find figures and toys,
  
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• Don’s What? Portable Toilet Names Covered For Trump’s Inauguration

  14-01-2017 00:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s the great port-a-potty cover-up for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  Workers preparing for the inauguration Jan. 20 have taped over the name of the company – “Don’s Johns” – that has long supplied portable restrooms for major outdoor events.
  Virginia-based Don’s Johns calls itself the Washington area’s top provider of portable toilet rentals. But the name apparently strikes too close to home for inaugu
  
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• Evancho Sisters Address Controversy Surrounding Trump Inauguration Performance

  14-01-2017 00:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Jackie Evancho from Pittsburgh’s North Hills has been wowing audiences with her amazing voice ever seen she rocketed to fame on “America’s Got Talent.”
  But she’s received criticism from some for agreeing to sing the National Anthem at President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  This is, in part, because Jackie is a strong advocate for LGBT rights and her sister Juliet is transgender.
  Some see her singing as indirectly giving approval
  
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