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• Planned Parenthood trains volunteers for election campaign

  14-05-2016 23:50
  
  Planned Parenthood is vowing an army of volunteers to campaign for Hillary Clinton and other candidates in this year's election and against restrictions on abortion rights.
  
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• Arrieta Strikes Out 11, Rizzo Drives In 4, Cubs Beat Pirates

  14-05-2016 23:15
  
  CHICAGO (AP) – Unbeaten Jake Arrieta struck out 11 in eight innings, Anthony Rizzo drove in four runs and the Chicago Cubs remained perfect against the Pittsburgh Pirates with an 8-2 victory on Saturday.
  Arrieta (7-0) improved to 18-0 in 20 outings since Aug. 1. The Cubs have won his last 21 starts, extending a franchise record.
  The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner gave up three hits and two runs, leaving with a 1.29 ERA.
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• New Castle Police Catch Wanted Fugitive From Detroit

  14-05-2016 23:02
  
  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — New Castle police arrested a man who was wanted in Detroit on murder charges Thursday.
  According to the New Castle City Police Department’s Facebook page, local police and the Lawrence County District Attorney’s special investigative unit were conducting undercover operations in New Castle earlier this week.
  Undercover officers attempted to stop a vehicle occupied by three men on Mercer Street, but the vehicle sped off through the North Hill area to Laurel B
  
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• Portion of Route 28 northbound reopens after accident

  14-05-2016 22:48
  
  A portion of State Route 28 northbound was closed Saturday afternoon after a car accident.
  
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• 76-year-old woman killed in Butler County crash

  14-05-2016 21:26
  
  A 76-year-old woman was killed Friday in a two-vehicle crash in Butler County.
  
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• Woman, 76, Killed In Butler County Car Crash

  14-05-2016 21:21
  
  SUMMIT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A 76-year-old woman died after a car crash in Butler County Friday afternoon.
  State police identified the victim as Judith Fry, of Butler.
  The accident occurred at the intersection of Route 422 and Keck Road in Summit Township just before 5 p.m. Police say Fry was stopped in the left westbound lane of the highway, waiting to make a left turn onto Keck Road. The driver in the car behind her, who was cited for following too closely, crashed into the back of Fry&rsquo
  
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• Route 28 crash causes highway closure

  14-05-2016 20:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  A multivehicle crash on northbound Route 28 in Millvale has forced the temporary closure of the highway, Allegheny County dispatchers report.
  
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• Accident closes portion of Route 28 northbound

  14-05-2016 19:47
  
  A portion of State Route 28 northbound was closed Saturday afternoon after a car accident.
  
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• Toomey's balancing act: Win over moderates, deal with Trump

  14-05-2016 19:29
  
  Republican Sen. Pat Toomey already had the political balancing act of winning over middle-of-the-road voters in his quest for a second term in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Teenager killed while leaving prom afterparty identified

  14-05-2016 18:57
  
  A teenager walking along the road after a prom afterparty was struck and killed by a drunk driver in Indiana County Saturday.
  
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• Planned Parenthood rally draws 1,000 to convention center

  14-05-2016 18:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards told an audience of pro-abortion rights activists this morning that "Our pledge today is to fight for the right to reproductive health care for everyone. That's what this election is all about."
  
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• Train hits car in Lawrence County

  14-05-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  A woman escaped her car Saturday morning in Lawrence County shortly before a train hit it.
  
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• Police: Suspected Child Luring Incident In Deer Lakes Park A Misunderstanding

  14-05-2016 18:17
  
  WEST DEER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Allegheny County Police say an incident that was being investigated as a possible child luring earlier this week was a misunderstanding.
  Police were investigating a suspected child luring incident that occurred in Deer Lakes Park in late April and were asking the public for information this past week. Police now say they have spoken to both the adults who reported the incident and the man suspected of the alleged crime, and they have concluded that there was a m
  
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• Man Arrested For Non-Fatal Homewood Shooting

  14-05-2016 18:00
  
  HOMEWOOD (KDKA) — Police arrested a man in connection to a non-fatal shooting in Homewood that occurred Thursday night.
  According to police, around 11:15 p.m. Thursday, police responded to reports of a shooting in the 800-block of Brushton Avenue and found a victim nearby. The victim had been shot once in the ankle.
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• Partially filmed in Pittsburgh, 'Fursonas' explores Furry fandom and the media

  14-05-2016 17:58
  
  Filmed partly in Pittsburgh, home to the annual Furries fest Anthrocon each summer, the new documentary "Fursonas" was made by a local man who was in the closet about his own furry status - to his collaborators and the film's interview subjects - during the early stages of production.
  
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• Man not charged in apartment shootout deaths

  14-05-2016 17:40
  
  Authorities in western Pennsylvania have not charged a man in the shooting deaths of three people during a shootout with an armed robber in his apartment last year, although he faces firearm and drug counts.
  
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• Car Struck By Train In Lawrence County

  14-05-2016 17:36
  
  LAWRENCE COUNTY (KDKA) — A woman managed to escape her car before it was struck by a train in Lawrence County Saturday morning.
  Around 7:30 a.m., a woman lost control of her vehicle due to slick road conditions and went through the railroad crossing gate on Covert Road in Union Township, and her car got stuck on the tracks. The woman managed to escape the vehicle before it was hit by a CSX train.
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• Homeland Security investigating Beechwood PreK-5 teacher

  14-05-2016 17:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Public Schools has placed a Pittsburgh Beechwood PreK-5 teacher on administrative leave pending a Department of Homeland Security investigation, according to the Post-Gazette’s news partner KDKA-TV.
  
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• Crews battle garage fire in Peters Township

  14-05-2016 17:18
  
  A fire damaged a garage in Peters Township early Saturday morning.
  
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• Teen Killed By Suspected Underage Drunk Driver

  14-05-2016 17:06
  
  INDIANA COUNTY (KDKA) — A teenage boy died after being struck by a suspected underage drunk driver in Indiana County early Saturday morning.
  Pennsylvania state police believe 16-year-old Kai Hrabovsky was walking along Mt. Zion Road in Pine Township around 3:50 a.m. after leaving a prom after-party that was being thrown in the woods near the road.
  As Hrabovsky was walking, a 20-year-old driver failed to negotiate a turn in the road, left the road and drove into a grassy area next to the ro
  
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• Man who ran naked on Ohio interstate gets 10-year sentence

  14-05-2016 16:56
  
  A man who caused a multiple-car crash and ran naked along on a southwest Ohio interstate has received 10 years in prison and a lifetime suspension of his driver's license.
  
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• Woman escapes being hit by train after driving onto tracks

  14-05-2016 16:52
  
  A woman was able to escape after driving onto railroad tracks before an oncoming train in Union Township.
  
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• Media groups seek access to Sandusky insurance case records

  14-05-2016 16:52
  
  Several media organizations want a judge to make public sealed court records in a dispute between Penn State and an insurance company over settlement payments to people who said former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky abused them as children.
  
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• Teen killed in crash while walking home from prom afterparty

  14-05-2016 16:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 16-year-old boy walking home from a prom afterparty was killed early Saturday in Pine Township, Indiana County, when a driver struck him, Pennsylvania State Police report.
  
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• Firefighters battle Homewood North house fire

  14-05-2016 16:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  Firefighters are battling a blaze in an abandoned house in Homewood North, Allegheny County dispatchers report.
  
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• Former Wilkinsburg schools consultant sues district

  14-05-2016 15:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former Wilkinsburg School District human resources consultant sued the district in federal court Friday alleging the district fired her for reporting misuse of confidential log-in information related to school financial transactions, improper hiring practices and other employee misconduct.
  
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• Penguins’ Long Playoff Run Means Big Money For City

  14-05-2016 06:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A longer Penguins’ season means extra money for the City of Pittsburgh.In fact, VisitPittsburgh says the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs brought in $4.3 million to Allegheny County, and that number is only expected to grow during round three.
  Fans are hopeful this is the year the Pens will bring home the Stanley Cup.
  I’m loving the atmosphere… what’s better?” Pens fan Justen Thurmond said.
  “I don’t see any chance they
  
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• Warhol acquires 'Do It Yourself (Sailboats)' painting

  14-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Andy Warhol Museum recently obtained “Do It Yourself (Sailboats)” for the North Shore museum. It’s a paint-by-numbers series the pop artist created in 1962.
  
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• Prosecution calls its last witness in Wade case

  14-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  When Pittsburgh homicide detectives interviewed Allen Wade on Feb. 19, 2014, he told them he had never set foot in the house next door, where the bodies of two sisters had been found 12 days earlier.
  
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• Judge who grants man probation after book report hopes the concept will spread

  14-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  An Allegheny County judge who bucked state sentencing guidelines and paroled a man who testified Wednesday that his outlook was changed by a book assignment from the jurist has been working for weeks on a broader initiative of the same ilk. It appears that Judge Anthony Mariani’s efforts have produced results.
  
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• Grant Street side of City-County Building getting a facelift

  14-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mortar repairs and facade cleaning on one side of the nearly century-old City-County Building started this week — one project in Pittsburgh’s $4.5 million plan to update its facilities this year.
  
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• Downtown Partnership pushing for more rail service to Harrisburg

  14-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  To Lucinda Beattie, the decision on whether to increase Amtrak service between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg is a simple matter of numbers.
  
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• Clarion Co. Boy Makes Remarkable Return To Baseball After Gruesome Injury

  14-05-2016 05:47
  
  KNOX, Pa. (KDKA) — A local boy who had his arm severed in a gruesome accident last fall made a remarkable comeback to the baseball diamond Friday night.
  Seth Apel, 12, of Clarion County, was playing Little League baseball Friday night at Knox Community Park.
  It was the team’s first home game of the year, and a very special night for Apel and his family.
  The boy’s right arm was severed last November when his sleeve got caught in a machine while unloading firewood near his home.H
  
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• Police arrest New Kensington man in Homewood shooting

  14-05-2016 05:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police have arrested a New Kensington man following a shooting in Homewood Thursday in which one man was injured and several others were nearly caught in the crossfire.
  
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• Playoff Parking: While many pay to park others park free, but illegally

  14-05-2016 05:17
  
  Parking near Consol Energy Center during playoff hockey is tight and as Pittsburgh's Action News 4 found many aren't afraid to do it illegally to risk a ticket or worse.
  
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• Lightning Lose Bishop But Top Penguins 3-1 In Game 1

  14-05-2016 05:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Tampa Bay Lightning’s 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday night may have come at a heavy price.
  Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop left the ice on a stretcher in the first period after injuring his left leg. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 stops while filling in and the Lighting took advantage of some sloppy miscues by Pittsburgh’s defense to take away home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven series.
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• Local Teen Has Special Prom Night Thanks To Friend’s “Promposal”

  14-05-2016 04:48
  
  HARRISON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — “Promposals” have become a thing. They’re sometimes-elaborate ways teenagers ask each other the prom.
  A 16-year-old girl’s “promposal” wasn’t all that elaborate, but it was special in another way.
  Liz Celko, a junior at Saint Joseph High School, asked 18-year-old Dougie Tomson, who has moderate autism, and will graduate from a charter school this year.
  His mom says he very much wanted to go to prom, and Liz and Dougie mad
  
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• Reds’ Ohlendorf Suspended 3 Games For Throwing At Pirates’ Freese

  14-05-2016 04:27
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ross Ohlendorf was suspended three games by Major League Baseball on Friday for throwing at Pittsburgh’s David Freese this week after warnings had been issued.
  Ohlendorf also was fined. He appealed the penalties, and can pitch until there is a final resolution. Ohlendorf didn’t pitch in a 3-2 loss at Philadelphia on Friday night.
  “I didn’t do it on purpose,” Ohlendorf said.“It wasn’t intentional.”
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• Homeland Security investigating Pittsburgh Public Schools teacher

  14-05-2016 04:03
  
  A Pittsburgh Public Schools teacher is now at the center of an investigation led by the Department of Homeland Security.
  
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• Doctor: Ex-wrestler Superfly mentally incompetent

  14-05-2016 03:40
  
  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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• Lightning Lose Goaltender Bishop To Apparent Leg Injury

  14-05-2016 03:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop left Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night in the first period with an apparent injury to his left leg.
  Bishop was scrambling to get back in the crease when his left leg appeared to get caught. The Vezina Trophy finalist clutched the leg while being tended to by trainers and was taken off the Consol Energy Center ice on a stretcher. He was replaced by backup Andrei Vasilevskiy.
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• Experts Offer Advice To Protect Your Garden In Cooler Temperatures

  14-05-2016 02:57
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The garden is a place of hopes and promises in the spring, but it’s a delicate balance when Mother Nature decides to deliver a late wintry punch.
  “Anything that’s already up, perennials that come back year after year, they’re going to be unfazed by temperature, like a shrub like or a hosta plant, that’s nothing to worry about,” says Pittsburgh Tribune Review and KDKA’s organic gardener Doug Oster.
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• KDKA Investigates: Where Should Vets Turn For Help?

  14-05-2016 02:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Recent revelations about the Wounded Warrior Project have cast doubt on the effectiveness of some veteran charities.
  But there’s one very effective local provider, and a new program that helps vets find the help they need.
  “I was hit by shrapnel from an RPG, a rocket propelled grenade,” said veteran Josh Gehrlein.
  Gehrlein survived his injures in Iraq, but sometimes coming home is tougher than the war.“It’s hard to adapt from living over th
  
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• Woman fights back then pushed out of her car in Perry North carjacking

  14-05-2016 02:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 35-year-old woman from Perry North was forced out of her car by a man with a gun this afternoon in Spring Garden, Pittsburgh police said.
  
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• Bar Patrons Build Solution After Bridge Renovation Causes Inconvenience On Chicken Wing Night

  14-05-2016 02:15
  
  NEW BRIGHTON (KDKA) — Reconstruction of a bridge on Block House Run Road has caused a bit of inconvenience in New Brighton.
  For many, the detour makes for a much longer trip to the Long Branch Saloon, a major concern on chicken wing night.Contractor Greg Nebo came to the rescue, after discussing the problem with his pal, Bud Rombold.
  “He had some wood that we could put across,” Nebo recalls.“And I said I had a walk platform that we could use, and it’s 24-feet long,
  
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• Bloomfield man charged, but not with homicide, in deadly apartment shootout

  14-05-2016 02:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Citing state law that allows people to defend themselves in their homes, authorities did not charge the resident of a Bloomfield apartment with homicide after he survived a shootout in December that left three others dead during an attempted robbery, 
  
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• Newsradio 1020 KDKA Editorial: Summer Parties and Teen Drivers

  14-05-2016 02:00
  
  With summer just around the corner, this is a busy time of year. High school students are going to proms and seniors are preparing for graduation. It’s a time for parties, but it can also be a time for tragedy.
  Teenage drivers are inexperienced and if they are distracted by their phone or their passengers or if they drink or use drugs, It just makes the situation more dangerous.
  So parents if you haven’t had “The Talk” with your teen about the dangers of distracted drivin
  
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• Mayor said cop killer's profile on pen pal site glorifies murders; wanted it gone

  14-05-2016 01:33
  
  Richard Poplawski uses "deceit and trickery" in his online profile, and glorifies his murders of three Pittsburgh police officers by including a video using news footage and trial evidence images, the mayor says.
  
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• Cubs Hit 3 Homers In Support Of Hammel, Top Pirates 9-4

  14-05-2016 00:42
  
  CHICAGO (AP) – Addison Russell, David Ross and Kris Bryant homered, leading Jason Hammel and the Chicago Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-4 Friday.
  The Cubs stopped their first losing streak of the season – it was a two-game skid, both in a doubleheader sweep by San Diego on Wednesday. Chicago leads the majors with a 26-8 record.
  Russell and Ross connected for three-run shots and Bryant hit a two-run drive. That was plenty for Hammel (5-0), who struck out a season-best eight over 6
  
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• Experts Offer Tips On How To Burglar-Proof Your Home

  14-05-2016 00:36
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When it comes to crime, you are more likely to experience burglary than most any other type of offense.
  It’s a crime that crosses all neighborhoods and economic levels.But burglaries are not the clandestine nighttime crimes depicted by Hollywood, says Ross Township Det. Brian Kohlhepp.
  “Residential burglaries happen during the day when most people are away at work and the houses are empty,” he says.
  While burglars differ in what they are after and what
  
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