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• 'Sure looks like me': Allen Wade said man in photo believed to be Wolfe sister's killer looks familiar

  13-05-2016 23:56
  
  When Allen Wade was shown a photograph of a man police believed to be involved in the murders of two East Liberty sisters, he said “that sure looks like me,” a detective testified Friday at Wade’s trial.
  
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• Beechwood Elementary School Teacher Under Investigation By Homeland Security

  13-05-2016 23:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A teacher at an elementary school in the Pittsburgh Public School District is now the subject of a Homeland Security investigation.
  The school district isn’t saying much about it, other than to confirm that the teacher from Pittsburgh Beechwood Elementary School has been placed on administrative leave.
  In a letter from district officials, Beechwood Elementary parents were told a teacher was sent home for inappropriate use of technology. Later, the district confirm
  
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• State Police Investigating Fatal Accident Near East Butler

  13-05-2016 23:46
  
  SUMMIT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — At least one person was killed in an accident this afternoon in Butler County.
  According to the county’s emergency dispatchers, the crash happened at the intersection of Route 422 and Keck Road near East Butler.
  There’s no word yet on what caused the accident or the identity of the victim.
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• Subscription Boxes Offer Something For Everyone, But Are They Worth It?

  13-05-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Cosmetics, razors, underwear, jewelry, food, even stuff for your pet – there’s a subscription box for just about anything.
  You see ads for them all over social media.
  The subscriptions range in price from $10 a month to a few hundred. They’re cool and convenient, but are they really a good deal?
  “It depends on you. It depends on what you’re interested in, and what you’re looking for,” Duquesne University Marketing Professor Dr.
  
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• Pa. Speaker Of The House Calls Poplawski’s Online Posts “Intolerable,” Lawmakers Promise Action

  13-05-2016 23:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Stanton Heights man convicted of shooting and killing three Pittsburgh Police officers now appears to be looking online for female pen pals while he’s on death row.
  The online sites and postings have outraged many, including the highest political figures in Pittsburgh, and now in the state of Pennsylvania.
  In Harrisburg, state leaders have started putting together legislation to make so-called “convict pen-pal” legislation illegal.
  The image of Ric
  
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• Major Upset: Pittsburgh Cheesesteak Voted Best In Pennsylvania

  13-05-2016 22:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Move over Philadelphia, the best cheesesteak in Pennsylvania is right here in Pittsburgh.Groove Cheesesteak Company, the former Southside Steaks, has been voted best cheesesteak according to USA Today vote.
  We can imagine the major upset isn’t going to sit well with Philly residents.The 10 Best website says the vote actually came down to a matter of a few votes between Groove and Dalessandro’s Steaks & Hoagies.Don’t worry Philly, 7 out of the top 1
  
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• Man Charged With Hitting Pedestrian In Beaver Falls Waives Hearing

  13-05-2016 22:41
  
  BEAVER, Pa. (KDKA) — A man charged in a hit and run in Beaver County appeared in court Friday, but waived his right to a preliminary hearing.His attorney says he wanted to spare the victim’s family.
  According to an eyewitness, the driver of a SUV in Beaver Falls on Seventh Avenue jumped the curb and traveled along the sidewalk where the vehicle hit a tree, a parking meter and a pedestrian, and never stopped. That was back on April 17 around 6:30 p.m.
  Anthony Palmer says as soon as he
  
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• Keidel: Spurs Will Continue To Contend

  13-05-2016 22:40
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Before we put our postmortems on the 2016 San Antonio Spurs — death by age, wage, health or style of play — let’s borrow a boxing maxim.
  Styles make fights.
  This is the second time the basketball law firm of Parker, Duncan and Ginobili has fallen at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. And every time the Spurs sputter after a sublime regular season, we are assured that this is their last real run at a Larry O’Brien Trophy.
  We said the same thing wh
  
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• Amur Leopard Cub Getting Used To New Surroundings At Pittsburgh Zoo

  13-05-2016 22:07
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – One of the Pittsburgh Zoo’s newest and cutest additions is becoming quite adventurous.
  It took a little coaching from keepers and some encouragement from mom, but the zoo’s little Amur leopard cub is finally making her way outside.
  “They are learning the exhibit and you’ll see that the cub is just a feisty little spitfire,” Curator of Mammals, Ken Kaemmerer said.
  Prior to this week, the cub, who is a little over three months old, spent all
  
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• Competency hearing underway for ex-WWE star 'Superfly' Snuka in girlfriend's 1983 death in Pennsylvania

  13-05-2016 21:47
  
  Jimmy Snuka took so many blows to the head -- even a coconut smashed on his skull -- that he now suffers from dementia and is incompetent to stand trial on charges of killing a woman more than 30 years ago, a doctor testified Friday.
  
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• Cold snap means covering plants, gardens this weekend

  13-05-2016 20:39
  
  If you have any plants outside, you'll want to keep them covered this weekend due to the potential for frost Saturday night into Sunday morning
  
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• Mayor says cop killer's profile on pen pal site glorifies murders; wants it gone

  13-05-2016 20:32
  
  Richard Poplawski uses "deceit and trickery" in his online profile, and glorifies his murders of three Pittsburgh police officers by including a video of TV coverage, the mayor says.
  
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• Peduto threatening to sue prisoner pen-pal site over profile written by Poplawski

  13-05-2016 20:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mayor Bill Peduto has threatened to sue a prisoner pen-pal website if it doesn't remove a profile written by cop killer Richard Poplawski in which he seeks correspondence from women accompanied by a video of his crime scene set to Rolling Stones music.
  
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• 5 Keys To Beating The Lighting In Eastern Conference Finals

  13-05-2016 20:26
  
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  The Pittsburgh Penguins have reached the halfway point in their quest for the Stanley Cup.
  It’s only going to get harder from here. So, stock up on Pepto Bismal or your preferred antacid of choice because Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals is tonight.
  The Penguins reached this point with a redemption win over the Rangers in the first round. They followed that up by dispatching the Washington Capitals in the second round. The President’s Trophy curse
  
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• Shot Of Polar Air To Bring Frost, Possible Snow To Some Over Weekend

  13-05-2016 20:03
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A shot of cold air is expected to plunge into the state on Saturday morning making this weekend feel more like the weather you’d expect to see on an early April day.
  In fact, the highs expected in the mid 50s and lows in the mid 30s is close to the 30 year averages for April 1st.
  So why are we going to see it?A potent chunk of polar energy will dive south behind an early Saturday morning cold front.
  This along with a long track of winds coming in from the northwes
  
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• Motorcyclist hits 2 cars in fatal crash on Route 51

  13-05-2016 19:27
  
  A man is thrown off his motorcycle when he collides with an oncoming car, and is then struck by another vehicle, leaving him dead at the crash scene on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Tractor-trailer goes over embankment in fatal turnpike crash

  13-05-2016 19:23
  
  Traffic was restricted Friday morning near the scene of a deadly accident between the Donegal and Somerset exits on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
  
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• Officer testifies about search of Allen Wade's home

  13-05-2016 19:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh police detective testified this morning that a search of Allen Wade’s home 12 days after his neighbors’ bodies were found next door revealed very little evidence. 
  
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• FDA Issues Sugar Substitute Warning To Pet Owners

  13-05-2016 19:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – People food isn’t always good for dogs.
  Now, the FDA wants you to take extra precaution with the breath mints and chewing gum you may keep in your coat or purse.
  The FDA says many contain xylitol – a sugar substitute that can be very poisonous for dogs.
  That’s because it quickly absorbs in a dog’s blood stream, which can lead to the rapid release of insulin from the pancreas.
  Symptoms of xylitol poisoning include, a drop in blood sugar, decreased
  
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• 2 injured on subway Downtown

  13-05-2016 18:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two passengers on the Port Authorities light-rail system were injured while riding a train inbound this morning Downtown, according to authority spokesman Adam Brandolph.
  
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• Kerr, Hounds Looking To Move On After Parkes Incident

  13-05-2016 18:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Riverhounds look to move onward and upward from the rough start to the 2016 season when they travel to face expansion FC Cincinnati on Satuday.
  The game is already making headlines in both cities, being pushed as the next step in the ongoing Cincy vs. Pittsburgh sports rivalry. The new club in Cincy hopes to set a USL attendance record and have brought in Bengals players Vontaze Burfict and Adam Jones as captains.
  The Hounds have also been making some hea
  
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• Woman Injured After Hitting Several Parked Cars In Stanton Heights

  13-05-2016 18:11
  
  STANTON HEIGHTS (KDKA) – Several cars parked along a road in Stanton Heights were damaged early this morning.
  Police say a woman ran into the cars and kept going, leaving a trail of destruction behind her.
  The incident happened in the 4600 block of Stanton Avenue around 2 a.m.
  “I always park on the street this is very unusual,” Richard Meritzer said.
  This morning, Meritzer’s commute was not at all what he anticipated.
  “I woke up this morning and I saw them towing my
  
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• Director of education watchdog group A+ Schools leaving

  13-05-2016 17:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Carey Harris, the longtime executive director of A+ Schools, will step down from her role at the local education watchdog group at the end of June.
  
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• ‘Supergirl’ Renewed For Season 2, Moves To The CW

  13-05-2016 17:31
  
  Fan favorite ‘Supergirl‘ will return for season two and move from CBS to sister network the CW. The show ranks as the No. 1 new CBS drama and fourth-best new series overall among adults 18-49.
  The move to the CW expands the networks offering of DC superhero universe to four series including “The Flash,” “Arrow,” and “DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow,” all produced by Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler. Earlier this year “Supergirl” and “Th
  
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• First Of Millions Of Predicted Cicadas Begin To Emerge

  13-05-2016 17:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) —The 17-year cicadas are coming again, millions of them, with their unnerving red eyes, orange wings and cacophonous mating song that can drown out the noise of passing jet planes.
  For those who have an aversion to prawn-size, flying bugs, the next six weeks or so will be like a long horror-movie scene in large swaths of Ohio and West Virginia and slivers of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland.
  Cicadas have already started emerging in parts of the area.Dan Hower sent K
  
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• ABC picks up Pittsburgh show 'Downward Dog'

  13-05-2016 17:19
  
  A new comedy series that filmed its pilot episode in the Pittsburgh area will soon be seen weekly on WTAE Channel 4.
  
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• Weekend closures of Parkway West and Fort Pitt Tunnel canceled

  13-05-2016 17:11
  
  PennDOT says the full closure of outbound I-376 has been canceled. Additionally, no work will occur in the Fort Pitt Tunnel this weekend.
  
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• Liberty Bridge & Tunnel closed tonight through Saturday a.m.

  13-05-2016 17:11
  
  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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• Giant rubber duck to make appearance at Tall Ships fest in Erie in Sept.

  13-05-2016 17:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  The giant yellow rubber duck that graced Pittsburgh’s waters three years ago will have a cousin of sorts make an appearance in Erie in September.
  
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• Giant riubber duck to make appearance at Tall Ships fest in Erie in Sept.

  13-05-2016 17:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  The giant yellow rubber duck that graced Pittsburgh’s waters three years ago will have a cousin make an appearance in Erie in September.
  
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• Pittsburgh Foundation to survey nonprofits on rescheduling Day of Giving

  13-05-2016 16:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Foundation will survey nearly 1,000 nonprofits in the region to determine whether to reschedule Day of Giving, its online fundraising event that was abruptly shut down May 3 because of technical problems.
  
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• Federal Drug Charges Brought Against Former Penguin Kevin Stevens

  13-05-2016 16:42
  
  BOSTON (AP) – A two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins has been charged in federal court with conspiring to sell oxycodone in Massachusetts.
  The Boston Globe reports 51-year-old Kevin Stevens and a co-defendant from Medford were charged Thursday with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone last fall.
  Stevens played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League, winning two consecutive Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992. He was bo
  
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• Jury convicts Armstrong County man accused of fleeing jail, killing woman

  13-05-2016 16:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  KITTANNING, Pa. — A man accused of escaping from an Armstrong County jail and killing an acquaintance who lived nearby has been convicted of murder.
  
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• Northgate hires Moon Area educator as superintendent

  13-05-2016 16:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Caroline Johns, an assistant superintendent in the Moon Area School District, is the new superintendent of Northgate School District.
  
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• Baldwin-Whitehall adopts preliminary budget

  13-05-2016 16:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Baldwin-Whitehall School Board has adopted a $62.36 million preliminary budget for the 2016-17 school year that raises taxes by nearly 1 mill and makes $2.1 million in staff reductions.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Parkway West, Fort Pitt Tunnel weekend work cancelled due to weather forecast

  13-05-2016 16:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  PennDOT has cancelled work on the Parkway West and Fort Pitt Tunnel this weekend because of anticipated bad weather.
  
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• Subaru Tells Some Legacy, Outback Owners: Don’t Drive Them

  13-05-2016 16:06
  
  DETROIT (AP) – Subaru is telling owners of some newer Legacy and Outback vehicles not to drive them because the steering can fail.
  The company is recalling about 52,000 of the cars and SUVs from the 2016 and 2017 model years. It also has told dealers to stop selling them until they’re repaired.
  Subaru says in government documents that steering columns may have been manufactured improperly by a parts supplier. The columns may not engage, meaning the steering wheel could rotate freely
  
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• Grable Foundation treasurer died from a fall from parking garage

  13-05-2016 15:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Steven E. Burke, The Grable Foundation treasurer whose body was found in January in an alley outside a Downtown parking garage, died from an eight-story fall, Pittsburgh police said today.
  
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• Death of Grable Foundation treasurer ruled an accident; no details released

  13-05-2016 15:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The January death of a Fox Chapel man who oversaw the distribution of millions of charitable dollars in the Pittsburgh area has been ruled accidental.
  
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• Giant Yellow Rubber Duck Returning To Pennsylvania

  13-05-2016 15:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The giant yellow rubber duck is returning to Pennsylvania!
  But this time the duck isn’t headed for Pittsburgh, it’s going to Erie.Go Erie reports that the duck will be part of the Tall Ships Erie festival September 8-11.
  The giant duck will be part of the event, along with between 10 and 12 tall ships.
  The floating giant duck is more than six-stories high, 64-feet wide, 74-feet long and weighs 11-tons.The “World’s Largest Rubber Duck” will
  
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• Eight county parks getting exercise stations

  13-05-2016 15:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County is in the process of installing outdoor exercise stations at eight of its parks.
  
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• Developer plans to appeal rejection of plans for park site

  13-05-2016 15:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  Wilkinsburg council has decided that Green Street Park should remain a public space. 
  
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• Brentwood teachers stage rally for new contract

  13-05-2016 15:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Teachers in the Brentwood Borough School District staged a rally last week to express their frustration with the slow pace of negotiations over a new contract.
  
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• Mars Area expects no tax increase but will cut positions

  13-05-2016 15:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mars Area School District’s preliminary budget does not contain a tax increase, but it cuts teaching and support positions and raises student fees.
  
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• Seneca Valley schools choose lower of two tax increase options

  13-05-2016 15:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Seneca Valley school board opted for a lower tax increase in the proposed $121.5 million budget for 2016-17.
  
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• Hunters provide trees for areas damaged by deer in Mt. Lebanon

  13-05-2016 15:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  Volunteer hunters who removed about 100 deer from Mt. Lebanon during the controversial 2015-16 archery hunt have coordinated the donation of 300 white pine saplings to the community. The trees are being planted this month to regenerate growth in areas damaged by deer over-browsing and by the invasive species that take over when native plant life is destroyed.
  
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• Sto-Rox eyes benefits of reconfiguring grades

  13-05-2016 15:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  A  plan to rearrange which grades are housed in which schools in the Sto-Rox School District would provide consistent building populations, more opportunities for grades 7-8, and a rebranding of the district’s image, Sto-Rox officials say.
  
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• East Allegheny OKs tentative budget with tax increase

  13-05-2016 15:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  The East Allegheny school board Monday night voted 5-4 to approve a proposed $32.5 million budget for 2016-17 that would raise property taxes by 1.17 mills.
  
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• Pine-Richland student gets chance of a lifetime at the 911th Airlift Wing

  13-05-2016 15:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  At the age of 12, Norah Carter of Pine has already been through several painful surgeries as the result of an undiagnosed genetic disorder that causes orthopedic abnormalities, including scoliosis and hip dysplasia.
  
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• Motorcyclist hits 2 cars in fatal late-night crash on Route 51

  13-05-2016 15:07
  
  A man is thrown off his motorcycle when he collides with an oncoming car, and is then struck by another vehicle, leaving him dead at the crash scene on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Pittsburgh.
  
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