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• Jury deliberates case of man accused of shooting teen girl who lost unborn child

  04-05-2016 23:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  A jury will return Thursday to deliberate the fate of a Duquesne teen accused of shooting a teenage girl in 2014, causing her to lose her unborn child.
  
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• Does It Really Do That: Pizza Fresh

  04-05-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – KDKA-TV anchor Ken Rice is a man who knows pizza, and he has very clear thoughts on how to go about ordering it.
  “I would rather have zero pizza than having a little pizza. There’s nothing worse than getting a little pizza,” he told anchor/Does it Really Do That? reporter Jennifer Antkowiak.
  So, Ken is an over-orderer. However, with that kind of mindset, Ken often finds himself left with leftovers, and, faced with the same daunting problem.
  “I&rs
  
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• Trump Stands All Alone As The Republican Nominee For President

  04-05-2016 23:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Remember all those Republican presidential debates?
  From beginning to end, the man in the middle was Donald Trump.
  Now he is all alone.
  After Trump trounced Sen. Ted Cruz in Indiana, to the dismay of his supporters, Cruz admitted there was no path to victory.
  “Tonight, I’m sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed,” he said.
  And the last man standing, McKees Rocks native and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, is following suit.
  “That’s goo
  
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• McGinty Takes On Toomey Over Donald Trump

  04-05-2016 23:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Less than 12 hours after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, Katie McGinty came under attack in a revolving door ad featuring an actress dressed up to look like McGinty.
  “We must have Pat Toomey on the run that he would start with such negative campaigning, but I think voters see through that,” McGinty told KDKA political editor Jon Delano on Wednesday.“Boy, if you’re making such a fuss, you must have something to hide, and I do th
  
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• Bags of dead cats found in house as rescue efforts continue

  04-05-2016 23:15
  
  Dozens of living cats have been removed from a Pittsburgh home after neighbors reported a terrible odor to police.
  
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• Rice Energy production climbs while profits slump

  04-05-2016 23:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Rice Energy reported that its natural gas production climbed in the first quarter, while profits dropped compared to a year ago.
  
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• Pirates Lose 6-2, Get Swept By Cubs

  04-05-2016 22:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Ben Zobrist hit a three-run home run, Anthony Rizzo also connected and Jon Lester worked out of a pair of jams to lead the Chicago Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.
  Zobrist’s third-inning homer put Chicago ahead after center fielder Andrew McCutchen dropped Rizzo’s two-out liner for an error.
  With its seventh win in eight games, Chicago improved to a major league-best 20-6. The Cubs has won seven straight road games and com
  
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• State Rep. working to add motto 'In God We Trust' to schools

  04-05-2016 22:21
  
  The Pennsylvania House passed a bill this week that would urge public schools to display the nation's motto.
  
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• Suspects Sought After 2 Racing Bikes Stolen From Canonsburg Shop

  04-05-2016 22:05
  
  CANONSBURG (KDKA) – Thieves stole a pair of racing motorcycles during an early Wednesday morning break-in at a bike shop.
  According to police, the incident happened at Barnes Brothers Motorcycles & Off-Road in Canonsburg around 3:30 a.m.
  The owner said the crooks likely knew exactly what they were doing and what they were looking for.
  However, police have a pretty decent idea of how it all went down, thanks to an advanced security system.
  “The guys broke the camera off and then b
  
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• Corrosion found on Texas Eastern pipeline that exploded Friday

  04-05-2016 21:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Texas Eastern pipeline explosion that injured one man, damaged several homes and disrupted natural gas flows to the northeast on Friday involved a pipeline that federal investigators said had corroded in at least two places.
  
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• Corrosion found on gas pipeline that exploded in Westmoreland County

  04-05-2016 21:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Texas Eastern pipeline explosion that injured one man, damaged several homes and disrupted gas flows to the Northeast last week involved a pipeline that federal investigators said had corroded in at least two places.
  
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• Study: Workforce shortage could hit 80,000 by 2025

  04-05-2016 21:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  A study released today projects the Pittsburgh region’s workforce is on track to come up short by 80,000 workers by 2025, with college graduates and millennials unable to fill a gap left by a coming wave of retirements.
  
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• Whitehall man held on charges of causing fatal car crash

  04-05-2016 21:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Whitehall man has been held for common pleas court on charges that he caused a fatal car crash while driving drunk.
  
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• Giant Eagle recalls sunflower seeds over possible Listeria contamination

  04-05-2016 21:17
  
  The seeds were sold loose in bulk bins and in pre-packaged containers. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Career Days At Clayton High School

  04-05-2016 20:54
  
  Career Days @ Clayton High!
  U can B @ Clayton High School will conclude in May with ‘Career Days at Clayton High’!Career Days will begin with an Interview Competition on May 1th. This will be followed by an in-school Career Fair on May 20th.
  The Building Bridges for Business U can B Program, a series of career awareness classes aimed at high school and middle school students, launched its first classes at Clayton Academy in Pittsburgh’s North Side on March 2, 2016.U can B class
  
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• On The Rise: Kevin Kisner Building On Defeat

  04-05-2016 20:44
  
  By Dan Reardon
  Greg Norman has the credentials you would expect from a Hall of Fame golfer. He won 20 times on the PGA Tour (91 times worldwide), including the Open Championship twice. For nearly five years, he was ranked as the world’s top player.
  But for many, the lingering memories of the Shark are more about what he didn’t win than what he did. We are 30 years removed from him standing in the 18th fairway with a chance to tie Jack Nicklaus at the 1986 Masters. We a
  
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• AG's office seeking drug suspects wanted after yearlong investigation

  04-05-2016 20:21 via post-gazette.com
  
  More than a dozen Allegheny and Westmoreland county residents have been charged with dealing in illegal drugs, including heroin and cocaine, according to arrest warrants announced today by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office.
  
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• County health board taking up issue of e-cigarette, vaporizer regulation

  04-05-2016 20:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County Board of Health will draft first-time regulations to control the use of e-cigarettes and vaporizers by minors and in public indoor places.
  
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• Wolfe boyfriend's statements to police scrutinized in Wade trial

  04-05-2016 19:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  The detective who interviewed Sarah Wolfe’s boyfriend in the hours after her body and that of her sister were found testified today that the man was “extremely cooperative” and seemed genuinely upset, prompting a defense attorney to question whether the boyfriend might have been acting. 
  
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• Pittsburgh firm aims to preserve century-old business legacy

  04-05-2016 19:45
  
  Jim Wholey may be called president of the family business that's been selling fish and other fresh food for more than a century, but he finds such corporate titles "irrelevant."
  
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• 1 bicyclist in critical condition, 2nd hit by SUV on Penn Avenue

  04-05-2016 19:32
  
  An accident investigation team is looking into an overnight incident where two bicyclists were apparently struck by a vehicle.
  
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• Takata Air Bag Inflator Recall To Grow By 35 Million To 40 Million

  04-05-2016 19:19
  
  DETROIT (AP) – Takata has agreed to recall another 35 million to 40 million air bag inflators, a stunning increase that will more than double what already is the largest automotive recall in American history.
  The recall expansion would bring to as many as 69 million the total number of inflators to be replaced, a task that will take until the end of 2019 to complete, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  Takata air bag inflators can exp
  
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• Jim Nantz On Wells Fargo Championship: ‘Has A Big-Time Feel To It’

  04-05-2016 18:52
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  With 13 of the top 25 in the world rankings heading to Charlotte, including two-time winner and defending champion Rory McIlroy, and other big names like Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson, the $7.3 million Wells Fargo Championship has all the ingredients for great competition and great television.
  The venue, Quail Hollow Club, is first-rate. The George Cobb design, renovated by Tom Fazio and Arnold Palmer in more recent years, is superb. Before hosting the Wells Fargo, Quail Ho
  
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• Teen convicted in shooting near Brashear High School gets long prison sentence

  04-05-2016 18:34
  
  None of the victims actually saw Anjohnito Willet, and one person who originally said he did see the teen fire shots contradicted that statement on the witness stand.
  
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• Crash sends car airborne, killing high school students

  04-05-2016 18:29
  
  A car hits two embankments and a telephone pole, going airborne and rolling over along the way, before crashing into a stone wall along Route 119 in Georges Township, Fayette County.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Outbound Fort Pitt Tunnel to close this weekend

  04-05-2016 18:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  The westbound (outbound) Fort Pitt Tunnel will close to traffic this weekend beginning at 9 p.m. Friday night, for milling and paving work.
  
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• Kasich Ends Bid For Republican Nomination

  04-05-2016 18:19
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The last man standing in Donald Trump’s path to the Republican nomination, Ohio Gov. John Kasich ended his campaign Wednesday, making Trump the party’s presumptive nominee.
  Speaking to reporters in Columbus, Ohio, Kasich didn’t outline his reasons for ending his bid or mention Trump. Instead, he offered an emotional recount of his exchanges with voters on and renewed his call for Americans to spend more time helping one another.
  He acknowledged it wa
  
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• Kasich Dropping Out, AP Sources Say; Trump On Clear GOP Path

  04-05-2016 18:19
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaving the Republican presidential contest, giving Donald Trump a clear path to his party’s nomination.
  Kasich will announce the end of his underdog White House bid on Wednesday, according to three campaign officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the candidate’s plans. The decision comes a day after Trump’s only other rival, Ted Cruz, dropped out.
  With no opponents left in
  
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• Lawsuit seeks stronger regulation by EPA on how drillers handle, dispose of fracking waste

  04-05-2016 18:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  Seven environmental and community organizations are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court to compel the agency to tighten controls on the handling and disposal of oil and shale gas drilling and fracking waste.
  
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• Public readings will offer insight into surviving mental illness

  04-05-2016 17:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  This month, the Creative Nonfiction Foundation hosts three public readings of true stories about surviving mental illness in observance of Mental Health Month.
  
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• Facebook friend steals elderly woman's $78,000 life savings

  04-05-2016 17:34
  
  State police are trying to track down a Washington County woman's Facebook friend who stole her money in a scam that lasted several months.
  
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• Gwen Stefani, Mystery Guests To Join James Corden On Carpool Karaoke

  04-05-2016 17:18
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Pop star Gwen Stefani is making a very special appearance on “Carpool Karaoke” on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” tonight.
  But the real question is — who’s in the backseat?
  Corden picked up two mystery guests for the newest installment of his hit segment — but the identities won’t be revealed until tonight’s show.
  👀 Who could it be?? #LateLateShow https://t.co/U9DZWvLIPk—The Late Late Show (@late
  
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• Aeropostale, One-Time Mall King, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

  04-05-2016 17:16
  
  NEW YORK (KDKA/AP) – Aeropostale, once the vibrant epicenter of the U.S. mall scene, is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
  The New York company said Wednesday that it is closing 113 of its 739 U.S. stores and all 41 locations in Canada. Going-out-of-business sales at those U.S. stores will begin this weekend.
  According to a USA Today report, the Aeropostale store at the Monroeville Mall is one of the locations that will close.
  Aeropostale expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection
  
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• Former Brashear student sentenced for ambush-style 2013 shooting

  04-05-2016 17:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Anjohnito Willet was sentenced today to 12 to 30 years in prison for shooting four students outside Pittsburgh Brashear High School in 2013.
  
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• Aeropostale files for bankruptcy, will close 113 stores

  04-05-2016 17:01
  
  The clock has run out on a longtime fixture in Western Pennsylvania malls. Teen apparel retailer Aeropostale filed for bankruptcy Wednesday after losing money for 13 consecutive quarters.
  
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• Young Man Sentenced To 12-30 Years For 2013 Brashear H.S. Shooting

  04-05-2016 16:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A young man who was convicted of shooting three students outside of Brashear High School in 2013 was back in court for sentencing Wednesday morning.
  In February, Anjohnito Willet was found guilty of one count of attempted homicide, but acquitted of two other attempted homicide charges. He was also convicted of multiple counts of aggravated assault and reckless endangering as well as possession of a firearm by a minor.
  Today he was sentenced to sentenced to 12 to 30 y
  
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• Facebook ‘Friend’ Stole $78K From Elderly Woman

  04-05-2016 16:15
  
  WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) – State police say an elderly woman’s Facebook “friend” stole her $78,000 life savings by convincing the woman they needed the money to import BMWs into the United States.
  The unknown friend, who troopers from the Washington, Pennsylvania barracks are still trying to track down, told the woman the money was needed to pay “port fees” and that she’d get her money back with interest.
  Police say the scam started in August and continued u
  
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• Nurses, Anesthetists Authorize Strike At Indiana Regional

  04-05-2016 16:03
  
  INDIANA, Pa. (AP) – A union representing registered nurses and anesthetists has voted in favor of striking at the Indiana Regional Medical Center.
  The vote taken Tuesday doesn’t mean the union will strike at the hospital, only that the union is authorized to call a strike if contract talks break down.
  The union represents 340 nurses and anesthetists who have been working without a contract since October.
  The union is especially concerned about a contract provision they say will tripl
  
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• Jordan Spieth To Check Oakmont Off Bucket List

  04-05-2016 15:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – We all have them. Places we have not seen. People we have not met. Adventures we have not yet experienced.
  Be it a vacation you have always dreamed of, a leap from an airplane, or 18 holes at one of the most challenging golf courses on the planet, we all have things we someday hope to encounter.
  The second ranked golfer in the world, Jordan Spieth, has the means to do anything he wants – like an impromptu “buddy trip” to the Bahamas with three
  
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• Two bicyclists injured, one critically, in Friendship/Bloomfield area

  04-05-2016 15:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two bicyclists were hospitalized this morning, one with critical injuries, related to an accident that happened in the Friendship/Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh late Tuesday night.
  
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• PTL Links: May 4, 2016

  04-05-2016 14:13
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Mother’s Day Events In Lawrenceville
  Dr. Marlene Boas
  Rania’s Catering
  Rania’s Recipes: Scrambled Eggs With Biscuits & Gravy
  The Great Race
  
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• Skull found in state forest in Western PA is human

  04-05-2016 14:08
  
  The skull was found in a wooded area of Forbes State Forest. A Mercyhurst forensics team will try to learn more about the person's age and gender, and if there was any trauma.
  
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• Rania’s Recipes: Scrambled Eggs With Biscuits & Gravy

  04-05-2016 14:07
  
  It’s going to be an eventful weekend between Mother’s Day and the Kentucky Derby. With that in mind, Rania Harris stopped by PTL to show off some perfect recipes to celebrate the occasion!
  Scrambled Eggs with Buttermilk Sweet Potato Biscuits, Ham and Red Eye Gravy
  Buttermilk Sweet Potato Biscuits (see recipe) Note: Refrigerated Can Biscuits can be substituted for an easy short-cutMelted butter for brushing biscuits
  Ham Steak and Red-Eye Gravy:
  2 tablespoons canola oil
  One 1-inch-thic
  
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• Sheetz holding open interviews for 400+ jobs in Pittsburgh area today

  04-05-2016 14:00
  
  Sheetz is looking to fill over 400 Pittsburgh area positions in May, according to the gas and convenience chain's website.
  
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• 2 bicyclists hit by SUV on Penn Avenue

  04-05-2016 13:30
  
  An accident investigation team is looking into an overnight incident in which two bicyclists were apparently struck by a vehicle.
  
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• Police Looking For Thief Who Broke Into Penn Borough Business

  04-05-2016 12:37
  
  PENN BOROUGH (KDKA) — State Police in Westmoreland County are looking for the person who broke into a Penn Borough business early Tuesday morning.
  Troopers say someone used an unsecured company vehicle, with the keys left in the ignition, to burglarize the scrapyard at Mangery Crane Service, in the 900 block of South Railroad Street.
  The incident happened before midnight and 3 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3.
  The company says $578 worth of scrap copper was taken, along with two Husqvarna
  
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• Police: Speed A Factor In Crash That Killed 2 Teens, Injured Another

  04-05-2016 12:32
  
  GEORGES TOWNSHIP, (KDKA) — Two teenagers died in a crash in Fayette County Tuesday night, and a third teen was flown to the hospital.
  The car the teens were in crashed along Route 119 near Tent Church Road in Georges Township around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday.
  Police say they believe the car was going in excess of 100 mph at the time of the crash.
  “They were coming around the corner,” said Collier Township VFD Chief Gary White, “and they say they overcompensated the corner a
  
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• Two teenagers killed, one injured in Fayette County crash

  04-05-2016 12:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two teenagers were killed and another injured in a crash in Fayette County late Tuesday night.
  
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• Two Fayette County schools impacted by tragedy from fatal car crash

  04-05-2016 12:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two Fayette County school districts are reeling today with loss. Both Uniontown Area and Albert Gallatin Area high schools lost members of their junior class to a traffic accident blamed on speed.
  
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• 2 teens killed, another injured in Fayette County crash

  04-05-2016 11:29
  
  Two teenagers, both 17 years old, were killed in an overnight crash in Georges Township, Fayette County. A third teenager was injured in the accident.
  
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