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• Video released of Armstrong County Jail inmate escape just before alleged murder

  11-05-2016 23:59
  
  Robert Crissman is seen in surveillance video walking away from jail.
  
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• Partial Collapse Sends Crews To North Side Home

  11-05-2016 23:56
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A partial house collapse sent emergency crews to the city’s North Side late Wednesday afternoon.
  According to emergency officials, the 2½-story house is located at California Avenue and B Street.
  The view from NewsChopper 2 shows the back half of the structure crumbling and brick and debris on the ground below.
  NEW: Side of abandoned home comes tumbling down on California Ave., across the street from post office.
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• Kindergarten teacher ordered to stand trial on assault, child endangerment charges

  11-05-2016 23:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  A kindergarten teacher suspended from Pittsburgh Faison K-5 was ordered to stand trial on assault and child endangerment charges after police said she shoved a student and pinned her under a chair at the Homewood school last month.
  
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• Does It Really Do That: Clever Cutter

  11-05-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you love kitchen gadgets, the Clever Cutter may have caught your eye. It’s billed as a knife and cutting board all in one that will quickly and safely chop and slice your favorite foods.
  The commercial says, “Unlike scissors, the Clever Cutter’s secret is the power pressure handles that automatically open for quicker, easier slicing to cut through food fast.”
  Jerome Frainey, of Export, was interested in giving it a try. He does a lot of the co
  
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• Shareholders vote to have more say in Consol's corporate board

  11-05-2016 23:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Despite the company’s objections, Consol Energy shareholders voted in favor of giving themselves more power to shape the corporate board of directors.
  
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• Elizabeth man charged in fatal Washington County crash

  11-05-2016 22:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police have charged an Elizabeth man in connection with a fatal car crash in Washington County in November. 
  
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• Intense, Smoky Fire Destroys Former Business In Greenfield

  11-05-2016 22:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Flames and thick smoke destroyed a building Wednesday afternoon in Greenfield.
  According to emergency officials, the two-alarm fire started burning a little after 3:30 p.m. at the former Carlini Monument Company facility on Hazelwood Avenue.
  The intense fire could be seen from both the Greenfield and Hazelwood neighborhoods.
  Neighbors say the business has been out of operation for a while; however, Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor says the electricity may
  
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• Crews Battling 2-Alarm Fire In Greenfield

  11-05-2016 22:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Emergency crews have been called to a fire in Greenfield this afternoon.
  According to emergency officials, the two-alarm fire started burning a little after 3:30 p.m. at a former monument company’s facility on Hazelwood Avenue.
  No injuries have been reported.
  There’s no word yet on what sparked the fire.
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• Police seek suspect in Oakland bank robbery

  11-05-2016 21:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred in Oakland this afternoon.
  
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• Furry Tails: The Bonds Of Friendship

  11-05-2016 21:38
  
  Simon and Sammie are two dogs that have already been through a lot in their young lives.
  Both are the victims of animal abuse and cruelty at its worst, but both are also resilient and strong.
  They are being cared for at an animal shelter in South Carolina where they have formed a special bond, helping each other through the tough times.Brothers, even adopted ones, stick together.
  Simon, according to People Magazine, is suffering from an awful case of mange. The 1-year-old mixed breed was dropped
  
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• Sorry for 'disappointing' his mom, sex trafficker of young girls gets long prison term

  11-05-2016 21:12
  
  A Clairton man apologizes to the victims and their parents, as well as his mother, who bursts into tears and rushes out of court. Authorities say young girls were found in his car, along with thousands of heroin dose bags.
  
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• Mistrial declared in Pittsburgh police officer's federal lawsuit against city

  11-05-2016 21:05
  
  An illness prompted a mistrial Wednesday in a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a Pittsburgh police officer who was suspended for three years.
  
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• Saturday Sellout: limited tickets remain for US Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club

  11-05-2016 20:54
  
  The United States Golf Association has announced that all third-round daily ticket options for the 116th U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club have sold out, including Saturday gallery and upgraded Trophy Club tickets.
  
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• Ill Attorney Prompts Mistrial In Police Clerk’s Lawsuit

  11-05-2016 20:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A mistrial has been declared in a civil rights lawsuit brought by a Pittsburgh police officer who clerked for the former chief.
  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti granted the mistrial after Officer Tonya Montgomery-Ford said her attorney was too ill to continue.
  Attorney Sam Cordes reported feeling dizzy Tuesday and wasn’t in court Wednesday. His associated told the judge that he’ll replace Cordes at a retrial, unless Cord
  
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• Dr. Ben Carson to sub at Grove City College commencement

  11-05-2016 20:45
  
  Former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is filling in for William Bennett as the commencement speaker at Grove City College in Pennsylvania.
  
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• IUP student, 2 women arrested in double-fatal shooting in Indiana Borough

  11-05-2016 20:07
  
  A newly enrolled college student claims self-defense after police say he shot two men during a late-night drug deal at his Indiana Borough apartment. Two young women who were there also face homicide charges.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Outbound Parkway West closed for paving this weekend

  11-05-2016 20:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  The outbound Parkway West will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday between the Greentree/Crafton exit and Interstate 79 while crews from Swank Construction perform paving activities. Traffic will be restricted to one lane between the Fort Pitt Tunnel and Greentree. The Rosslyn Road ramp to the inbound Parkway West also maybe closed for paving.
  
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• Manganese levels higher than normal for Beaver County borough

  11-05-2016 19:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Air quality tests have detected higher than healthy concentrations of airborne manganese in Glasgow Borough, Beaver County, and state and federal environmental agencies say they are continuing to investigate the cause of the problem.
  
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• 2 accused of threatening football officials to face trial

  11-05-2016 19:32
  
  A youth football player's father and a waitress who worked with him have been ordered to trial on charges that they threatened Pennsylvania youth football leagues officials, prompting cancellation of its season.
  
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• Bengals Burfict & Jones Named Honorary Captains For FC Cincy/Riverhounds Match

  11-05-2016 19:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There will be some familiar foes in attendance as the Pittsburgh Riverhounds make their first trip to expansion FC Cincinnati this Saturday.
  Vontaze Burfict, Adam Jones and other Bengals players have been named honorary captains for FC Cincy.
  The pair are infamous for the events in the ending stages of the Steelers’ Wild Card win in Cincy last January. Burfict will miss the first meeting of the two teams, serving a suspension for his hit on wide receiver Antonio B
  
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• Turkey on the busway? Port Authority bus allegedly damaged by fowl

  11-05-2016 19:11
  
  A Port Authority bus was damaged Wednesday morning when a turkey allegedly hit the windshield.
  
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• Army sergeant tapped to head Center for Women Veterans

  11-05-2016 19:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON – When Kayla Williams returned from her tour of duty in Iraq, praise, gratitude and rounds of drinks flowed — but they were all directed at her male comrades.
  
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• Turkey Flies Through Windshield Of Port Authority Bus, Walks Away

  11-05-2016 19:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – An unexpected passenger flew into a Port Authority bus this morning.
  According to officials, a turkey crashed through the windshield of the bus along the East Busway. The incident happened between the Herron Avenue exit and the 26th Street ramp.
  The turkey landed inside the bus and exited after the driver opened the door.
  We're told the turkey went through the windshield, but landed inside the bus. The operator opened the doors and the turkey walked off.
  — Port Au
  
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• No one hurt when turkey crashes through Port Authority bus window

  11-05-2016 18:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  No one was hurt but a Port Authority bus was damaged this morning when a turkey crashed through its windshield.
  
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• Charges filed in rollover crash that killed Cal U. student

  11-05-2016 18:35
  
  Several months after a crash left a 21-year-old student dead and three other people injured, police say a suspect is being charged with homicide by vehicle.
  
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• Access Van Slides Down Hill In Bethel Park, 2 Injured

  11-05-2016 18:34
  
  BETHEL PARK (KDKA) – Two people were injured when an Access van slid down a hill in Bethel Park Wednesday morning.
  According to police, the incident happened just before 8:30 a.m. on Altherton Drive at an assisted living home.
  The driver, believed to be a female staff member, was preparing to take a resident to an unknown location in the van this morning.
  “We’re looking into the possibility that the woman was a staff member. She had loaded one of the residents of the home into
  
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• Clairton pimp sentenced for sex trafficking, heroin possession

  11-05-2016 18:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Robert Middlebrook, a pimp with nine children to seven women, apologized today to the four underage girls he prostituted and to his own mother before federal marshals hauled him off to federal prison for a dozen years.
  
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• Clairton man sentenced for sex trafficking, heroin possession

  11-05-2016 18:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Robert Middlebrook apologized today to the four underage girls he prostituted and to his own mother before federal marshals hauled him off to federal prison for a dozen years.
  
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• Suspect surrenders after robbery, standoff in Washington city

  11-05-2016 18:28
  
  A man is in police custody after a robbery early Wednesday morning that ended with an assault and a brief standoff in the city of Washington.
  
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• Penguins Open Eastern Conference Finals Friday In Pittsburgh

  11-05-2016 18:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Penguins will host the Tampa Bay Lightning Friday at the CONSOL Energy Center for the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.The National Hockey League today announced that Game 1 has been scheduled for Friday, May 13, at 8 p.m. ET in Pittsburgh.Additional information regarding the schedules for the Eastern Conference Final and Western Conference Final will be released tonight after the conclusion of Game 7 of the Second Round series between the Dall
  
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• Parkway West and Fort Pitt Tunnel closures scheduled this weekend; 'significant delays' are expected

  11-05-2016 17:49
  
  Get ready for a full weekend closure of Interstate 376, heading west out of Pittsburgh, and a closure of the outbound tunnel. Here are the work schedules and detour routes.
  
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• Lanxess income soars while sales decline

  11-05-2016 17:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  Lanxess said first-quarter net income more than doubled to 53 million euros ($60.6 million) from the first quarter of 2015 but sales fell by nearly 6 percent to 1.9 billion euros.
  
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• Former real estate agent's pleas for mercy dismissed

  11-05-2016 17:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former Cranberry real estate agent told to a judge this morning that going to jail for bankruptcy fraud would be a hardship on his wife and two college-age children, but a prosecutor said he deserved no breaks because of his long history of fraud and willingness to "throw everyone under the bus" to advance his schemes.
  
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• Man Hit Boy, 11, With Wiffle Bat, Claims Child Hit Him First

  11-05-2016 16:51
  
  NEMACOLIN (AP) – Police say a Pennsylvania man hit his girlfriend’s 11-year-old son with a Wiffle ball bat, but told authorities he only did it because the boy “hit him first.”
  The (Washington) Observer-Reporter reports that Cumberland Township Police charged 34-year-old Adam D. Smith on Monday with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct.
  Police say Smith was arguing with the boy’s mother when the boy grabbed the bat to defend her.
  Police say Smith told t
  
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• He started it? Police say man hits boy, 11, with wiffle bat after getting hit first

  11-05-2016 15:58
  
  Police say a western Pennsylvania man hit his girlfriend's child with a plastic wiffle ball bat, leaving the boy with a softball-sized welt, but told authorities he only did it because the boy "hit him first."
  
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• Trial will be restarted for police officer suing city of Pittsburgh for discrimination

  11-05-2016 15:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh police officer suing the city and former Mayor Luke Ravenstahl over a retaliation claim will have to restart her case this summer after her lawyer got sick during the trial yesterday.
  
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• Trial postponed for police officer suing city of Pittsburgh for discrimination

  11-05-2016 15:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  A civil employment discrimination trial in federal court pitting Pittsburgh police Officer Tonya Montgomery-Ford against the city and former Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has been postponed because her lawyer got sick.
  
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• Trial postponed for ex-police officer suing city of Pittsburgh for discrimination

  11-05-2016 15:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  A civil employment discrimination trial in federal court pitting Pittsburgh police Officer Tonya Montgomery-Ford against the city and former Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has been postponed because her lawyer got sick.
  
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• Two injured after van crashes over hillside in Bethel Park

  11-05-2016 15:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  At least one person was injured when a van went over a hillside in Bethel Park.
  
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• At least one injured after van crashes over hillside in Bethel Park

  11-05-2016 15:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  At least one person was injured when a van went over a hillside in Bethel Park.
  
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• Late-night crash leaves young woman dead, child injured

  11-05-2016 15:03
  
  A 26-year-old woman dies and two people are taken to hospitals after their car goes out of control and hits a guiderail in Robinson Township, the Washington County coroner says.
  
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• IUP student in custody after 2 people shot dead in Indiana Borough

  11-05-2016 15:03
  
  Two people are fatally shot by a student during an apparent late-night drug deal at an apartment building where the suspect lives, police say.
  
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• Giant Eagle Issues Rice Recall Over Listeria Concern

  11-05-2016 15:03
  
  Some rice that was sold at Giant Eagle is being recalled.
  The suppliers of the rice used in Giant Eagle’s prepared foods department say that it could possibly be contaminated with listeria.
  The rice was sold in Giant Eagle and Market District stores through Monday.
  It was sold in the hot bar and hot service case of the stores.
  If you bought it, dispose of it or return it for a refund.
  For more information about the recall, click here.
  
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• PTL Links: May 11, 2016

  11-05-2016 14:32
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Hollywood Theater
  Mud On The Mountain
  Rania Harris
  Rania’s Recipes: John’s Napoleon
  “Our Great Big Backyard” – Book By Laura Bush And Jenna Bush Hager
  Leslie Bonci
  Live Nation Ticket Offer
  Carnegie Science Center Omnimax Film – National Parks Adventure
  
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• Rania’s Recipes: John’s Napoleon

  11-05-2016 14:25
  
  Rania Harris stopped by PTL to show off a special and emotional recipe she first made for her oldest son’s high school graduation.
  John’s Napoleon
  1 cup + 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
  6 tablespoons water
  1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  2/3 cup whipping cream
  1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17 1/4 oz package) – thawed
  12 ounces chilled mascarpone cheese
  3 large bananas – peeled, thinly sliced on diagonal
  Powdered sugar
  Directions:
  Combine 1 cup sugar, water and lemon juic
  
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• Gateway plan would arm guards with guns in schools

  11-05-2016 14:14
  
  Do schools need armed guards? That's the question in Monroeville, where the Gateway School Board has a plan on the table to hire 10 retired and armed law enforcement officers and plant at least one in each of the district's seven schools.
  
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• Pennsylvania Man Gets 12 Years In Child-Sex Trafficking Case

  11-05-2016 14:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a dozen years in federal prison for sex trafficking four teenage runaways from Ohio who were found in his car – along with 8,000 individual dose bags of heroin – during a traffic stop last year.
  Forty-one-year-old Robert Middlebrook pleaded guilty in January to the sex-trafficking charges.
  The Clairton man was on probation for heroin possession when state troopers charged him with drug offenses and trafficking in minors
  
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• Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Child-Sex Trafficking Faces Sentencing

  11-05-2016 14:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pennsylvania man faces a likely 12-year federal prison sentence for sex trafficking four teenage runaways from Ohio who were found in his car – along with 8,000 individual dose bags of heroin – during a traffic stop last year.
  Robert Middlebrook, 41, pleaded guilty in January to the sex-trafficking charges.
  The Clairton man was on probation for heroin possession when troopers charged him with drug offenses and trafficking in minors -three of the girls were 1
  
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• Enter to Win Ringside Seats to King Of the Cage

  11-05-2016 14:00
  
  Enter to win two (2) ringside seats to King of the Cage “Blood Enemies” on Saturday, May 21 at The Meadows Casino, plus dinner for two (2) at The Carvery.
  
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• 3 charged in fatal shooting of 2 men in Indiana County apartment

  11-05-2016 12:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police have charged two women in connection with the fatal shooting of two men in an Indiana County apartment near the IUP campus, while a man has been charged in one of the killings as well as drug and assault charges.
  
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