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• Kidney Stones Becoming More Common In Children

  12-05-2016 23:57
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Fifth grader Peyton Bennett can’t have her favorite foods.
  “Mac and cheese, chips, pizza, McDonald’s,” she lists.
  She has a predisposition for a problem that’s becoming more common in kids: kidney stones.
  Her symptoms started before she could even talk.
  “She would just kind of double up, and she was just two, so she didn’t have words, so we couldn’t figure out what was wrong,” says her mother Stacy Bennett.
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• DNA Specialist Further Ties Murder Suspect To Crimes

  12-05-2016 23:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The jury hearing the case against 45-year-old Allen Wade got a course in DNA Analysis on Thursday.
  Wade is charged with the 2014 robbery and killing of sisters Sara and Susan Wolfe. Their bodies were discovered inside the East Liberty home they shared on Chislette Street. Wade was their next door neighbor.
  Dr. Mark Perlin of the Pittsburgh-based cyber genetics company that analyzes DNA evidence was on the stand most of the day.
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• Hulton Bridge Construction Nears Completion

  12-05-2016 23:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Thursday afternoon downpour on the Hulton Bridge was an accent to what crews have been dealing with the last couple of weeks as they try to get the roadway ready.
  “Yeah, weather impacted us, we were hoping to have it open this week,” said PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan.
  Barricades are still up and the bridge still narrows to a single lane, rolling down into Oakmont. From the end of the bridge on to Allegheny Avenue, the road has been milled. It is just wait
  
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• Trial Wrapping Up For Jail Escapee Accused Of Murder

  12-05-2016 23:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Closing arguments wrapped up Thursday in the trial of a man accused of escaping from jail and murdering Tammy Long. 
  Surveillance video was played that shows 38-year-old Robert Crissman, a trustee, escaping from the Armstrong County Jail in July 2015.
  Prosecutors say he eventually he ended up at the nearby home of friend Tammy Long. Later that day, Long is found dead with this shoe lace tied around her throat.
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• Jail Escapee Found Guilty Of Murder, Facing Mandatory Life Sentence

  12-05-2016 23:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man accused of escaping from jail and murdering Tammy Long was found guilty Thursday.
  After the jury discussed for several hours, 38-year-old Robert Crissman was found guilty of first and second degree murder and is facing a mandatory life sentence.
  Surveillance video was played that showed Crissman, a trustee, escaping from the Armstrong County Jail in July 2015.
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• Mother Raising Colon Cancer Awareness After Daughter Dies Of Disease

  12-05-2016 23:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Clarice Angelo has lived through every mother’s worst nightmare.
  In the summer of 2012, her daughter Christy started having severe stomach pain. After several doctor visits and tests, Christy received a devastating diagnosis.
  She had a rare and extremely aggressive form of colon cancer.
  “Driving home from that appointment was just one of the worst days. What do you say? What do you talk about when you get a diagnosis like that? Its hard, its really hard,&rdq
  
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• Angie’s List: Deep Cleaning Your Home

  12-05-2016 23:20
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When was the last time you pulled out the furniture or broke out the scouring pads to clean your home?
  If you can’t remember, it may be time for a deep clean and you may need some help.
  Tabbetha Sells has been cleaning houses for six years. Every day, she dusts, disinfects and vacuums–all part of a standard job. When a client wants more, she and her crew go after the dirt, dust and grime you can’t see without really looking for it.
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• Baldwin-Whitehall School District Closer To Passing Controversial Budget

  12-05-2016 23:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — By a 7-2 vote, the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board of Directors moves one step closer to passing a controversial $62.4 million budget.
  “If we continue to ignore the deficit and the shrinking fund balance, by the 2018-2019 school year, we will be on the state watch list with a negative fund balance of $3.9 million,” said board president Tracy Masek.
  The budget includes cuts of 13 professional jobs and bumps 22 full-time service positions down to part-time stat
  
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• Fireboat could come to Pittsburgh's three rivers

  12-05-2016 22:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Possible train derailments, toxic spills and fires on the Pittsburgh’s three rivers persuaded the city to reallocate money to purchase a fireboat.
  
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• City wants to buy fireboat for riverfront safety

  12-05-2016 22:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  The danger of train derailments, toxic spills and fires on Pittsburgh’s three rivers has prompted the city to reallocate money to buy a fireboat.
  
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• CDC urges hospitals to follow mold protocol

  12-05-2016 22:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has yet to conclude the investigation it began last September of why four transplant patients at UPMC contracted mold infections and later died.
  
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• CDC maintains stance that negative pressure rooms played role in UPMC mold infections

  12-05-2016 22:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  Eight months after it was asked to come help UPMC investigate why three transplant patients had contracted mold infections in 2014 and 2015, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still believes that the room they stayed in played a role in contracting the infection.
  
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• Missing Tennessee 9-Year-Old Found Safe, Uncle Arrested

  12-05-2016 22:14
  
  ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A 9-year-old girl abducted more than a week ago when her uncle signed her out of school was found safe, authorities said Thursday.
  Carlie Marie Trent was found in Hawkins County, the rural part of East Tennessee where she lives, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland said in an email. Her uncle, Gary Simpson, is in custody, Niland said. The bureau plans a news conference later Thursday to discuss Carlie’s recovery, Niland said.
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• City school board says it will provide update on superintendent search

  12-05-2016 22:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  The board of the Pittsburgh Public Schools has scheduled a press conference for Wednesday to provide an update on the search for a new district leader.
  
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• Auditor General Says Districts Spent Too Much On Transportation

  12-05-2016 21:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Auditor General says some area school districts were spending too much to get students to class.
  The state reimburses districts for student transportation costs, but audits dating back to 2007 show 19 districts together spent over $54 million dollars more than they received.
  Auditor General Eugene DePasquale Thursday requested all school districts seeks competitive bids for transportation services.
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• Power problems stall some light-rail vehicles during evening rush-hour

  12-05-2016 21:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Some Port Authority customers were waiting up to an hour for light-rail vehicles during rush hour this evening after a couple of the vehicles lost power and stopped in their tracks.
  
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• Port Authority experiencing power problems on detoured Allentown line

  12-05-2016 21:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Port Authority crews are working to restore power to a couple light-rail vehicles that stopped during rush hour this evening.
  
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• Port Authority changes detour due to track break in Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel

  12-05-2016 21:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Port Authority is making some additional changes to South Hills service due to emergency track repairs inside the Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel.
  
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• Pennsylvania unveils plans, seeks federal money to tackle Zika virus

  12-05-2016 21:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania may kill mosquitoes this summer near homes of people with confirmed or suspected cases of the Zika virus, part of a multi-pronged state effort to control the disease, health and environmental officials said this afternoon.
  
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• Pennsylvania prepares strategy to fight Zika virus this summer

  12-05-2016 21:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania may spray pesticides this summer near homes of people with Zika, part of a strategy announced Thursday to curb the mosquito-borne virus.
  
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• Liberty Bridge & Tunnel closure set for Friday night through early Saturday

  12-05-2016 21:10
  
  PennDOT says the tunnel and bridge headed into the city of Pittsburgh will be closed Friday night through early Saturday morning. Here is the posted detour route.
  
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• Rice crappy treats: Girls put skin, dish liquid in baked goods for other students

  12-05-2016 21:09
  
  State police file charges against two seventh-graders who put dishwashing detergent and dead skin in Rice Krispies treats that were made in class for other students to eat.
  
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• Weekend traffic update: Fort Pitt Tunnel work canceled, Parkway West closure is still on

  12-05-2016 20:52
  
  Get ready for a full weekend closure of Interstate 376, heading west out of Pittsburgh, starting Friday night. Here are the work schedules and detour routes.
  
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• Study: Students Using Laptops & Tablets In Class Perform Worse On Exams

  12-05-2016 20:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Advances in technology has led to a new kind of classroom experience, but experts say that may not be for the best.
  According to findings from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, students allowed to use laptops and tablets in the classroom did 18 percent worse on exams than those not allowed to access the devices.
  Researchers found that students allowed to use the tablets and laptops were easily distracted, spending time on the internet, chatting with friend
  
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• State auditor: Without bidding, some school districts overpaying for student transportation

  12-05-2016 20:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania auditor on Thursday called for school districts to be required to seek competitive bids for student transportation, pointing to audits as evidence that districts that do not bid such contracts may be paying too much.
  
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• School districts overspending on pupil busing

  12-05-2016 20:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania school districts may be spending millions too much on busing, the state auditor general said Tuesday.
  
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• Reese’s Making Peanut Butter Cups Filled With Reese’s Pieces

  12-05-2016 20:04
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh, prepare for #Cupfusion.
  Reese’s is creating an odd new product by stuffing Reese’s pieces into the classic peanut butter cups.
  The Hershey company has taken to social media to promote their new innovation.According to Eater, a company spokesperson addressed the new product when it was first leaked a week ago.
  “Would Reese’s make consumer dreams come true and bring together two beloved favorites – Cups and Pieces – int
  
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• Expert: Evidence linked to DNA in Wade trial

  12-05-2016 19:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  Cross-examination of an expert in multiple-contributor DNA samples ranged from tedious to contentious Thursday in the continuing trial of a man accused of killing two women in East Liberty.
  
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• NBC Analyst Eddie Olzyk: Pens/Lightning Series Should Be Fantastic

  12-05-2016 19:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 the Fan) – The Pittsburgh Penguins will open the Eastern Conference Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday.
  To help set the tone, NBC Sports NHL Announcer and former Penguins head coach Eddie Olczyk joined Cook and Poni today.
  “This is going to be a whale of a series,” Olczyk said. “This is the type of series the NHL offices will want to show to the advertisers. It will have a bit of everything.”
  Olczyk says he is privileged to be cal
  
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• 2 Students Charged For Lacing Baked Goods With Dish Soap, Pieces Of A Scab

  12-05-2016 19:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two seventh graders have been disciplined for trying to taint a batch of baked goods that were to be served to a younger group of students during an orientation event at a school in Armstrong County.
  According to Armstrong School District officials, the incident happened during an orientation day at the Armstrong Junior-Senior High School on Tuesday.
  Home economic students made a batch of Rice Krispies treats for a group of sixth graders visiting the school.
  Two 13-year
  
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• 2 Students Charged For Lacing Baked Goods With Dish Soap, Piece Of Skin

  12-05-2016 19:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two seventh graders have been disciplined for trying to taint a batch of baked good that were to be served to a group of orientation day students.
  According to Armstrong School District officials, the incident happened during an orientation day at the Armstrong Junior-Senior High School on Tuesday.
  Home economic students made a batch of Rice Krispies treats for a group of sixth graders visiting the school.
  Two 13-year-old girls are accused of putting dish soap and a pie
  
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• Man Accused Of Attempting To Lure Girl Outside South Hills Village Mall

  12-05-2016 18:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Bethel Park Police have arrested a man accused of attempting to lure a child Wednesday afternoon.
  Officers say Bobby Dean Willard, 29, drove past a juvenile female sitting outside of a Macy’s at South Hills Village Mall.
  She called her parents to say the man was making her uncomfortable, and when she walked away from the mall, he followed her and asked her to get in the car and “have some fun”.
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• Man charged with luring, stalking girl outside South Hills Village

  12-05-2016 18:08
  
  Bethel Park police say the incident began in a mall parking lot outside the Macy's store.
  
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• Immature bald eagle released after long road back to health in Beaver County

  12-05-2016 17:24
  
  Several months after being found injured, a rehabilitated bald eagle was released back into the wild Thursday morning in Beaver County.
  
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• Report: Caitlyn Jenner May De-Transition Back To A Man

  12-05-2016 17:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Caitlyn Jenner may “de-transition” back from a woman to a man according to a new report.
  CBS-N reports that the former Bruce Jenner is allegedly experiencing “sex change regret.”
  The report is sourced to the author of a new book about the Kardashians, who allegedly has inside access to the familydynamic. The author says Jenner was initially thrilled with his switch from male to female last year, but now regrets it.
  Jenner is reportedly still inte
  
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• Pa. Hitman Apologizes For Shooting Wrong Victim, Testifies

  12-05-2016 17:06
  
  WINDBER, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man has apologized for mistakenly shooting the mother of his intended victim and testified against the woman he says hired him to do the shooting.
  Twenty-two-year-old Cortland Michalides testified Wednesday after first waiving his right to a preliminary hearing on attempting homicide in the March 20 shooting of Theresa McDonald.
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• Zimmerman To Auction Pistol He Used To Shoot Trayvon Martin

  12-05-2016 17:00
  
  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – Former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is auctioning off the pistol he used in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager.
  In an interview with Orlando, Florida, TV station WOFL, Zimmerman said he had just gotten the pistol back from the U.S. Justice Department, which took it after he was acquitted in Martin’s 2012 shooting death.
  “And I thought it’s time to move past the firearm,” Zimmerman told the st
  
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• Brian Boucher: How Murray & Fleury Have Handled Controversy Is Astounding

  12-05-2016 16:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – NBC Sports NHL analyst and former goaltender Brian Boucher joined “The Fan Morning Show” on Thursday to offer his thoughts on the Penguins’ goaltending situation, which has been a hot topic of conversation this postseason.
  Boucher said he has been amazed by Matt Murray’s ability to handle not only the pressure that comes with playing in the playoffs, but also the added heat that’s come from the possibility that he could lose his sta
  
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• Repairs will cause 3 days of T and bus detours

  12-05-2016 16:28
  
  Part of the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel, which is used by buses and the Red and Blue lines, will be closed for repairs after a break was found in a rail.
  
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• Baldwin-Whitehall passes preliminary budget with tax hike, staff cuts

  12-05-2016 15:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Baldwin-Whitehall School Board voted Wednesday night to adopt a $62.36 million preliminary budget for the 2016-17 school year that raises taxes by nearly 1 mill and makes staff reductions totaling $2.1 million.
  
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• New Castle man charged with kicking crying 1-year-old in abdomen

  12-05-2016 15:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  A New Castle man who police said kicked a crying 1-year-old girl in the abdomen has been jailed on child endangerment and assault charges.
  
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• Man whose underwear gun killed friend is sentenced to jail

  12-05-2016 14:52
  
  A young Pittsburgh man who said he was adjusting a gun he kept in his underwear when it fired and hit one of his friends while they were driving to a party has been sentenced to jail.
  
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• Deputies nab slippery 'Gingerbread Man' fugitive who threw shade at them on Facebook

  12-05-2016 14:40
  
  A wanted Mount Washington man posts on social media to "catch me if u can" and stays one step ahead of authorities, allegedly with the help of a girlfriend, but finally sees his luck run out Wednesday.
  
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• Body of missing boat engineer pulled from Mon River

  12-05-2016 14:23
  
  The body of a veteran boat engineer has been recovered in Belle Vernon just hours after his coworkers reported him missing, officials said.
  
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• PTL Links: May 12, 2016

  12-05-2016 14:06
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  B. Smith “Before I Forget”
  Mariel Hemingway
  EQT Children’s Theater Festival
  American Heart Association
  Healthy Ride Pittsburgh
  Hotel Monaco
  Evey True Value Hardware
  Doug Oster
  
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• Lawsuit: Youth mental health facility didn't stop sex abuse

  12-05-2016 14:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Butler County facility that treats youths diagnosed with mental health conditions has been accused in a lawsuit of not stopping or reporting sexual assaults, and instead ridiculing a teen boy for reporting them.
  
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• TRAFFIC: PennDOT changes Parkway West closure this weekend due to Penguins game

  12-05-2016 13:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  PennDOT has changed its weekend plans for the Parkway West and Fort Pitt Tunnel due to Friday night’s Pittsburgh Penguins playoff game.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Parkway West outbound closing this weekend for paving work

  12-05-2016 13:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Also, motorists are reminded that 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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• TRAFFIC: 3-car crash on Route 28 ramp off Fort Duquesne Bridge slows commute

  12-05-2016 13:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  A three-vehicle crash this morning is causing traffic delays on the Fort Duquesne Bridge northbound.
  
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• West Virginia Boat Engineer’s Body Pulled From Monongahela River

  12-05-2016 12:57
  
  BELLE VERNON, Pa. (AP) – Authorities have identified the body of a West Virginia boat engineer found by two youths who had been fishing in Pennsylvania.
  State police say the boys found the body of Jace Edward Sayre around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Monongahela River, about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh in Belle Vernon.
  Police say the 59-year-old Chester, West Virginia man had been working aboard a vessel. Co-workers reported Sayre missing around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. Police say it is believe
  
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