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• Charges withdrawn against Spadafora in convenience store incident

  17-05-2016 23:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  Charges filed in April against former lightweight boxing champion Paul Spadafora stemming from an incident in which he allegedly pulled a knife on a convenience store manager in Armstrong County have been withdrawn, according to court records.
  
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• Boy Loses Battle With Rare Form Of Brain Cancer Weeks Before Getting Life-Saving Treatment

  17-05-2016 23:52
  
  MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Pittsburghers have been rallying over the past week to help a Moon Township boy battling a rare form of cancer get a life-saving treatment.
  The money has poured in and the operation day was set; unfortunately, Connor Patsilevas’ family now says the little boy has lost his battle with brain cancer.
  He was a typical vibrant 8-year-old boy just one year ago.
  But over the past year, a cancerous tumor in his brain stem, something called DIPG, has grown and slowly ro
  
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• Defense rests in trial against man accused of killing East Liberty sisters

  17-05-2016 23:48
  
  Closing arguments will start Wednesday in the Allen Wade murder trial after the defense called its final witnesses Tuesday.
  
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• Researches Examining Possible Positive Effects Of Exercise In Cancer Patients

  17-05-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – This year in Pennsylvania, more than 83,000 people will be diagnosed with cancer.
  Nationwide the number grows to more than a million.
  Those numbers from the American Cancer Society are sobering, but cancer is not always a death sentence anymore.
  As of 2014, there were nearly 15 million cancer survivors in America.
  Now, researchers are looking into whether something as simple as exercise could help save even more lives.
  “When I got the diagnosis, I made the conscio
  
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• Researchers Examining Possible Positive Effects Of Exercise In Cancer Patients

  17-05-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – This year in Pennsylvania, more than 83,000 people will be diagnosed with cancer.
  Nationwide the number grows to more than a million.
  Those numbers from the American Cancer Society are sobering, but cancer is not always a death sentence anymore.
  As of 2014, there were nearly 15 million cancer survivors in America.
  Now, researchers are looking into whether something as simple as exercise could help save even more lives.
  “When I got the diagnosis, I made the conscio
  
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• Police investigating Brighton Heights bank robbery

  17-05-2016 23:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  No one was injured when a bank was robbed early this morning in Brighton Heights, according to Pittsburgh police.
  
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• Penguins Raise Issues Over Civic Arena Development Site

  17-05-2016 23:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There may be a few road blocks in developing the former Civic Arena site in Pittsburgh.
  According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Penguins are raising some issues that could delay the start of the project.
  The Penguins say they may not be able to make the Oct. 21 deadline to buy the property for the first phase of the project. The team says there may be environmental contamination on the site related to demolition. There may also be a
  
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• Impatient Mayor Wants Old Civic Arena Site Development Rights Back

  17-05-2016 23:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – With the Penguins’ playoff run in full gear, there’s been a lot of excitement being generated inside the CONSOL Energy Center.But outside, it’s a different story. The team’s development of the old Civic Arena site has stalled, and Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has grown impatient.“Well, we’ve been working with them now for two years, and I would have hoped by now to have seen something actually under construction,” said Mayor Ped
  
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• Quick-thinking clerk saved customers in Murrysville gas station shootout

  17-05-2016 21:49
  
  A man accused of shooting at police at a gas station on Route 22 is ordered Wednesday to stand trial after an employee testifies about the frightening ordeal.
  
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• Meteor Captured On Video Lights Up Parts Of Pennsylvania Sky

  17-05-2016 21:47
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A police sergeant looking for speeders captured a fireball streaking across the sky on his dashboard camera early Tuesday.
  The bright flash visible from several states was apparently left by a meteor burning up as it passed through Earth’s atmosphere. Other people and webcams also captured images of the fireball.
  The American Meteor Society reported more than 300 sightings in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New
  
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• Ex-Upper St. Clair lifeguard makes plea deals in sex assault cases

  17-05-2016 21:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former head lifeguard at the Upper St. Clair Recreation Center made plea deals today in two sexual assault cases. But in both cases, the sexual assault offenses were withdrawn with the consent of the victims and police, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office.
  
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• Police Say 4 Pa. Firefighters Called In False Alarms For Thrills

  17-05-2016 21:34
  
  ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) – Police say four central Pennsylvania volunteer firefighters called in five false alarms earlier this year because they enjoyed the thrill of riding in fire trucks.
  The Logan Township Volunteer Fire Department has suspended the men and police have charged them with making the false alarms.
  Online court records don’t list attorneys for the men.
  Police believe the men are responsible only for the five alarms, but they say even one is too many.
  The suspects were all p
  
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• Top United Methodist bishop disputes rumors of a split

  17-05-2016 21:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  A top United Methodist today admitted severe divisions in the denomination over the role of gays and lesbians as well as despair over the church’s falling American membership — but he refuted rumors that the denomination’s leadership was preparing a proposal to split the church and its assets.
  
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• Top United Methodist bishop disputes reports of a split in church

  17-05-2016 21:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  A top United Methodist bishop Tuesday acknowledged the denomination’s severe divisions over the role of gays and lesbians, as well as despair over the church’s falling American membership — but he refuted reports that the denomination’s leadership was preparing a proposal to split the church and its assets.
  
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• Allegheny Health Network undergoes corporate restructuring

  17-05-2016 21:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Highmark Health’s Allegheny Health Network is undertaking a corporate restructuring — adding physician managers at two of the system’s five hospitals as part of a bid to create what the system calls a patient-centered, physician-led institution.
  
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• Allegheny Health Network restructures corporate roles

  17-05-2016 21:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Highmark Health’s Allegheny Health Network is undertaking a corporate restructuring, adding physician managers at two of the system’s five hospitals as part of a bid to create what the system calls a patient-centered, physician-led institution.
  
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• $1M grant will fund three fashion exhibitions at The Frick Pittsburgh

  17-05-2016 21:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A $1 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation will fund three consecutive fashion exhibitions at The Frick Pittsburgh in Point Breeze.
  
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• Kane's bid to quash charges rejected on procedural grounds

  17-05-2016 20:55
  
  Lawyers for Attorney General Kathleen Kane have 10 days to refile a motion seeking to throw out her criminal charges, a judge said Tuesday, ruling that the earlier filing failed to meet standards for criminal procedure.
  
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• Peduto: Penguins need to get moving on redevelopment of Civic Arena site

  17-05-2016 20:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto won’t take another delay of game from the Penguins in redeveloping the former Civic Arena site.
  
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• Mayor says Penguins should either develop or give up the Civic Arena site

  17-05-2016 20:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mayor Bill Peduto urged the Pittsburgh Penguins today to get moving on the redevelopment of the former Civic Arena site or to give up the rights to the land.
  
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• Study: Healthiest Weight Might Just Be ‘Overweight’

  17-05-2016 19:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – According to a new study, packing on a few pounds may actually help you live longer.A Denmark study found that those who are considered “overweight” are now living the longest.
  Researchers from Copenhagen University Hospital conducted the study for nearly 40-years.It involved more than 100,000 adults, and found that those with an “overweight” body mass index were more likely to live longer than those in the “healthy,” “underweig
  
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• Police Seek Help Identifying Youngwood Pool Vandals

  17-05-2016 19:28
  
  YOUNGWOOD (KDKA) – Police are investigating after a community pool in Westmoreland County was vandalized.
  According to officials, vandals struck the Youngwood Pool and Park Monday morning.
  The two suspects can be seen on surveillance video throwing concrete benches into the pool, stealing food and causing other damage to the facilities.
  The pool is scheduled to open on June 2. The vandalism is not expected to delay that opening date.
  The suspects are described as being two females in their
  
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• Watch Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas Dish Dirt On ‘Carpool Karaoke’

  17-05-2016 19:25
  
  By Hayden Wright, Radio.comDemi Lovato and Nick Jonas have a 10 year history that dates back to their performances on the Disney Channel, and during the latest installment of Carpool Karaoke, ‘Late Late Show’ host James Corden got them to dish some vintage dirt when they weren’t singing their hits.
  During the segment, Nick recalled that Demi dated his brother, Joe. Demi replied that Nick has dated “everyone.”
  “It was Cyrus-Gomez-Cyrus-Gomez, and then I do
  
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• Vantage Energy outbids Rice Energy for Alpha's Greene County assets

  17-05-2016 19:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Rice Energy lost its bid for the Greene County gas assets of bankrupt coal miner Alpha Natural Resources.
  
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• 'It was really creepy:' Teacher accused of inappropriate contact with kids

  17-05-2016 19:13
  
  "My daughter got her hair stroked by him, and he said that he wants her hair," says one student's mother. "They were in health class and he was massaging girls' shoulders, and it was really creepy."
  
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• Preakness Stakes Preview: Nyquist And Exaggerator Set For Rematch

  17-05-2016 18:54
  
  By Kevin Martin
  Nyquist and Exaggerator, the top two finishers in this year’s Kentucky Derby, will face off again in the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes this Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The California-based runners are well acquainted. Nyquist bested Exaggerator in the first career race for both horses last June and has beaten him three more times since. Exaggerator is a very good horse but the reigning two-year-old champion and Kentucky Derby winner has proven himself
  
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• Analyst Jay Caufield: Pens Took Momentum In Series With Game 2 Win

  17-05-2016 18:51
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)-Root Sports Analyst Jay Caufield joined the “Cook and Poni Show” on Tuesday following the Penguins’ overtime win Monday night.
  Sidney Crosby’s goal 40 seconds into overtime evened the Eastern Conference Finals at 1-1 as the series shifts to Tampa Bay.
  It was Crosby’s first game-winning overtime goal in the playoffs and his first goal in eight games.
  “It was a great thing for him, great for the team and obviously for the fans,” C
  
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• Pirates, Cervelli agree to multi-year contract extension

  17-05-2016 18:45
  
  The Pirates say they have reached agreement with Francisco Cervelli on a new contract that will keep the catcher in Pittsburgh for the next several years.
  
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• Defense Aims To Show Police Rushed Investigation In Sisters’ Murders

  17-05-2016 18:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The trial of a man accused of killing two sisters in East Liberty continued today.
  Allen Wade is accused of killing Susan and Sarah Wolfe.
  This morning, the defense called a representative from the Medical Examiner’s Office to the stand, as well as two police investigators.
  The defense is trying to prove that police rushed their investigation, and felt pressure from the media.
  On Monday, Wade’s ex-girlfriend, LaShawn Rue, took the stand.
  Rue told jury member
  
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• Wade defense rests after detective's testifies about video surveillance

  17-05-2016 18:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  Concluding its case by recalling a Pittsburgh computer crimes detective, the defense rested this afternoon in the trial of Allen Wade.
  
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• Wade defense rests after detective testifies about video surveillance

  17-05-2016 18:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh computer crimes detective testified today that his office did not do an analysis of two computers and an iPad discovered in the home of Susan and Sarah Wolfe and did not review the women’s email either.
  
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• Defense nears end of case in trial of Allen Wade

  17-05-2016 18:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  When police were still investigating the shooting deaths of two sisters in East Liberty, prosecutors from the District Attorney’s office were instructing the crime lab to work quickly on DNA obtained from the scene.
  
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• Closing arguments today in Allen Wade trial

  17-05-2016 18:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh computer crimes detective testified Tuesday that his office did not do an analysis of two computers and an iPad discovered in the home of Susan and Sarah Wolfe and did not review the women’s email either.
  
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• Leechburg Parents Concerned Over Inappropriate Contact Allegations Against Teacher

  17-05-2016 18:15
  
  LEECHBURG (KDKA) – A substitute teacher in the Leechburg School District is accused of having inappropriate contact with several students.
  So far, at least nine girls have come forward.
  Officials say the alleged contact has been going on since February, but police were only alerted on Friday.
  Parents are upset over the accusations.
  “You don’t have eyes in there and you trust people to take care of your kids,” one woman said.
  The woman, who didn’t want to be identifi
  
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• Pirates Agree To 3-Year Contract Extension With Francisco Cervelli

  17-05-2016 18:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Pirates announced they have agreed to terms on an extension with catcher Francisco Cervelli.The extension is a three-year extension, which will go through the 2019 season.BREAKING: The #Pirates & catcher Francisco Cervelli have agreed to terms on a 3-year contract extension through 2019 pic.twitter.com/lGRq71WYbv
  — #VotePirates (@Pirates) May 17, 2016In a press release the Pirates say:
  Since being acquired prior to the 2015 season, Cervelli has
  
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• Former Governor Tom Ridge: ‘I Won’t Be Voting For Donald Trump’

  17-05-2016 17:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge says for the first time since he started voting at the age of 18, he will not be voting for the Republican nominee.The former Governor made that statement in an editorial posted on Penn Live.Ridge says the Republican Party is a family to him, a family he has belonged to for more than 50-years.Ridge says that his streak of voting for a Republican nominee in every election will come to an end this November.Tom Ridge also said his dis
  
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• Highland Park woman charged with "tagging" dozens of buildings

  17-05-2016 17:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  A graffiti artist arrested in July while spray painting her "tag" on the roof of the Amtrak station has been charged in dozens of other cases after the city's graffiti squad when through old police reports and found her tag painted onto buildings throughout the city.
  
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• Special Olympics Allegheny County Summer Games Held At Baldwin H.S.

  17-05-2016 17:41
  
  BALDWIN (KDKA) – The summer Olympics begin in August in Rio de Janeiro.
  But, the 33rd Annual Special Olympics Allegheny County Summer Games were held over the weekend at Baldwin High School.
  It’s also a qualifying event for the state competition.
  Volunteers for the Special Olympics said it’s a rewarding experience.
  “A lot of work throughout the year but when you see an athlete smile at the finish line or when they receive a medal, it makes all the hard work worth it throu
  
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• Michael Weatherly Discusses Last Episode Of ‘NCIS’ With ‘CBS This Morning’

  17-05-2016 17:38
  
  NEW YORK (CBS) –After 13 seasons playing special agent Tony DiNozzo, Michael Weatherly will appear one last time in Tuesday’s season finale of ‘NCIS.’
  Weatherly sat down with ‘CBS This Morning’ to discuss his departure from the show which he originally announced back in January on social media. He also received a sweet messages from one of his co-stars, Pauly Perrette.
  Very sweet. I have probably built a huge retaining wall around my emotions. -- @M_Weatherly
  
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• Jordan Brown appeals judge's new trial refusal in 2009 killing

  17-05-2016 17:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pennsylvania Superior Court is set to hear the appeal of a judge’s refusal to grant a new juvenile court trial for a boy who was 11 when he was charged with killing his father’s pregnant fiancee and her unborn child.
  
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• You Decide: Did Stralman’s Goal Go Through Murray’s Glove?

  17-05-2016 16:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins evened up the Eastern Conference Finals with a 3-2 overtime win over Tampa Bay on Monday.
  The Penguins stormed out to an early 2-0 lead, only to see the Lightning come back with two quick goals of their own.
  On Tampa Bay’s first goal, Anton Stralman walked in the back door and beat Matt Murray clean with a shot high to the glove side.
  Or did he?
  One particular replay angle of the goal appears to show the puck going through Murray’s gl
  
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• Copperhead Snake Bites Worker At Lowe’s Store

  17-05-2016 16:37
  
  DENVER, N.C. (AP) – A poisonous snake in a tree in the gardening department has bitten an employee at a home improvement store in North Carolina.
  The East Lincoln Fire Department said in a Facebook post that officers were called to a Lowe’s Home Improvement store Monday about 25 miles northwest of Charlotte.Authorities said a copperhead in a tree at the store bit the employee, who was taken to a hospital. The worker’s name and condition were not available.
  The fire department w
  
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• Boy, then 11, appeals judge's new trial refusal in killings

  17-05-2016 16:30
  
  The Pennsylvania Superior Court is set to hear the appeal of a judge's refusal to grant a new juvenile court trial for a boy who was 11 when he was charged with killing his father's pregnant fiancee and her unborn child.
  
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• Suspicious death: Man's body found on road, car gone

  17-05-2016 16:16
  
  Police are investigating the death of a Westmoreland County man whose body was found on a road in Fayette County, and they also want to find the victim's car.
  
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• Overnight Fort Pitt Tunnel closures continue this Week in Pittsburgh

  17-05-2016 15:58
  
  PennDOT District 11 is announcing Fort Pitt Tunnel closures on the Parkway West (I-376) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will continue Tuesday through Friday nights, May 17-20.
  
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• Health department posts consumer alert at La Nova Pizzeria

  17-05-2016 15:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  La Nova Pizzeria on Pittsburgh Street in Springdale was hit with a consumer alert by the Allegheny County Health Department for numerous food safety violations.
  
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• PennDOT announces new Bike Route mapping tool to assist riders

  17-05-2016 15:52
  
  The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) joined other state and local officials today in kicking off Bike to Work Week May 16 – 20 by announcing the launch of a new interactive mapping tool for BicyclePA routes.
  
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• Squirrel Hill Tunnel maintenance this week in Pittsburgh

  17-05-2016 15:49
  
  PennDOT is announcing maintenance activities in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will occur Sunday through Thursday nights, May 15-19.
  
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• Fort Pitt Tunnel closures resume tonight: Here is this week's schedule

  17-05-2016 15:46
  
  The tunnel headed into Pittsburgh will be closed nightly from Monday through Thursday. Here's the detour route.
  
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• Dog killed in home invasion

  17-05-2016 15:41
  
  Gunshots are fired, leaving the victim's dog dead, when masked intruders barge inside a Pittsburgh home early Tuesday morning.
  
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