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• American Eagle reports profit despite weak retail environment

  18-05-2016 23:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  While fewer people are going to the mall these days, American Eagle Outfitters reported a profit during the first quarter.
  
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• Save Time & Money With New & Popular Apps

  18-05-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – What if we told you that you can save money by using your cell phone?
  It’s true, but only if you have the right apps.
  In fact, you can save both time and money, and we have a list of some popular and some new apps you may want to download. They’re all free and available for both iPhone and Android devices.
  We enlisted the help of Katie Christman from Bellevue, who loves to get a deal. We also turned to Dr. Audrey Guskey, a marketing professor from Duquesne U
  
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• Man Found Dead In Alley Near Pizza Shop, Police Investigating

  18-05-2016 23:29
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Medical Examiner says a man found dead in an alley near a local pizza shop died from blunt force trauma to the head, but how he suffered that injury is still a mystery.
  Police say Jordan Bozich, 28, was pronounced dead at UPMC Mercy Hospital and are calling his death suspicious.
  In Bozich’s obituary, he’s described as having the kindest, most loving heart with vivid blue eyes that could light up a room.
  Police say Bozich, of Herminie, wa
  
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• Caregivers' needs are focus of state hearing on aging issues

  18-05-2016 22:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania officials need to put more emphasis on helping unpaid family caregivers as part of a new State Plan on Aging that’s under development, a succession of speakers urged at a local hearing on the plan today.
  
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• Ed Rendell: More Ugly Women Than Attractive Women In U.S.

  18-05-2016 21:50
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell says Donald Trump’s past comments on women will likely come back to haunt him because Rendell says “there are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women.”
  The Democrat was offering his thoughts to The Washington Post on the likely Republican nominee’s prospects for success in the Philadelphia suburbs when he made the comment.Rendell says Trump’s comments might gain him some working-clas
  
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• Closing arguments made in Wade trial; case goes to jury

  18-05-2016 21:46 via post-gazette.com
  
   
  
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• DA lays trail of evidence across floor to suspect in sisters' murders

  18-05-2016 21:33
  
  Police ignored evidence that pointed to other suspects, according to Allen Wade's lawyer, who says a DNA link to the murders of Sarah and Susan Wolfe is faulty.
  
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• Woman accused of leaving girl at good Samaritan's house after car wreck

  18-05-2016 21:29
  
  A neighbor says, "She just disappeared and left the little girl with me and my family." State police are investigating.
  
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• Pennsylvania to extend ignition locks law to first offenses

  18-05-2016 21:26
  
  Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will sign a measure that expands Pennsylvania's ignition lock law to first-time drunken drivers.
  
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• 'Outsiders Day' declared at Allegheny County Courthouse

  18-05-2016 21:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  As a testament to damp Pittsburgh weather, this morning’s ceremony to honor “Outsiders” had to be moved indoors.
  
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• Pittsburgh Schools’ Board Of Directors Appoints New Superintendent

  18-05-2016 21:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh School Board of Directors Wednesday evening unanimously approved a five-year contract for incoming school superintendent, Dr. Anthony Hamlet.
  His starting salary is $210,000 a year.
  Hamlet called himself “a true transformational leader, not by words, but by actions and performance.”
  Welcome, Dr. Anthony Hamlet! #WeArePPS #PPSProud pic.twitter.com/IrvA2BNqx2
  — Pgh Public Schools (@PPSnews) May 18, 2016He’ll replace the retiring Dr.
  
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• Pittsburgh Schools’ Board Of Directors Announces New Superintendent Candidate

  18-05-2016 21:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Board of Directors introduced their choice for the district’s new superintendent this afternoon.
  Their choice is Dr. Anthony Hamlet.
  Welcome, Dr. Anthony Hamlet! #WeArePPS #PPSProud pic.twitter.com/IrvA2BNqx2
  — Pgh Public Schools (@PPSnews) May 18, 2016He is expected to receive unanimous approval by the school board.
  He will then replace the district’s current superintendent, Dr. Linda Lane.She announced last fall t
  
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• Ex-lifeguard reaches plea deals in sexual assault cases

  18-05-2016 21:12
  
  A former Upper St. Clair recreation center life guard has agreed to plea deals in two sexual assault cases.
  
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• Trump unveils list of potential picks for Supreme Court seat

  18-05-2016 21:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday released a list of 11 potential picks to replace Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court, a mix of federal and state judges — including one from Pennsylvania — that appeared tailored to win over conservatives still skeptical of his candidacy.
  
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• Second arrest made in Brookline cat hoarding case

  18-05-2016 20:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  Michael G. Risko, 37, has been charged with 51 counts of animal cruelty for the 39 emaciated cats and 12 dead kittens Pittsburgh police found in a home at 608 Elmbank Street in Brookline.
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Schools names Florida administrator as new superintendent

  18-05-2016 20:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  An administrator in the Palm Beach County, Fla., been chosen as the new leader of the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
  
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• Florida administrator to head Pittsburgh Public Schools

  18-05-2016 20:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Florida man chosen to lead the Pittsburgh Public Schools has spent the past two years as a mid-level administrator overseeing the most troubled schools in a district more than seven times the size of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Florida administrator, ex-NFL player to head Pittsburgh schools

  18-05-2016 20:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Florida man chosen to lead the Pittsburgh Public Schools has spent the past two years as a mid-level administrator overseeing the most troubled schools in a district more than seven times the size of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Vacant House Catches Fire In Allentown, Threatens Old Church Next Door

  18-05-2016 20:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A vacant house caught on fire this afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the fire broke out at a home in the 800 block of Proctor Way around 2:30 p.m.
  The house is close to the Family Links Alcohol Family Treatment Center and several other homes.
  The treatment center is located in the former St. John Vianney Church, which closed its doors and held its final mass last month.
  Firefighters were able to prevent the flame
  
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• Firefighters Battling Intense House Fire In Allentown

  18-05-2016 20:43
  
  ALLENTOWN (KDKA) – Firefighters are battling an intense fire in Allentown.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the fire broke out at a home in the 800 block of Proctor Way around 2:30 p.m.
  The house is close to the Family Links Alcohol Family Treatment Center and several other homes.
  There are no reports of injuries at this time.
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• Audit finds Penn Hills schools in financial crisis, suggests criminal 'dereliction of duties'

  18-05-2016 20:36
  
  Egregious mismanagement has left the school district nearly broke, with a general fund deficit of $18 million, according to Pennsylvania's auditor general, who's referring it to the Allegheny County district attorney for an investigation.
  
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• Cops: Woman Leaves Child In Care Of Stranger After Crash & Flees

  18-05-2016 20:31
  
  SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A woman is facing charges for leaving a child in the care of a stranger and taking off after an accident.
  According to police, the incident happened in the 700 block of Mill Run Road in Springfield Township, Fayette County on April 13.
  Maddie Molina-Bowers and a juvenile were involved in an accident near the intersection with Hampton Road. Following the crash, Molina-Bowers and the juvenile walked to a nearby home.
  Molina-Bowers asked the homeowner to watch th
  
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• Former governor Rendell: More ugly women than attractive women in US

  18-05-2016 20:20
  
  Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell says Donald Trump's past comments on women will likely come back to haunt him because Rendell says "there are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women."
  
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• Bill's Bar & Burger opens new Downtown cafe

  18-05-2016 20:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Bill’s Bar & Burger on Tuesday opened a 55-seat outdoor cafe adjacent to its location in The Westin Convention Center hotel. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership supported the addition as part of its Paris to Pittsburgh program, which helps Downtown property business owners make exterior improvements, including outdoor cafes.
  
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• Mercer County man charged with kidnapping, raping 16-year-old girl

  18-05-2016 19:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Mercer County man is in jail, charged with kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl.
  
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• Ian Baker-Finch On AT&T Byron Nelson: ‘Great Tournament Honors Special Guy’

  18-05-2016 19:48
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  What began as the Dallas Open in 1944 was named after legendary Byron Nelson in 1968, making it the first PGA TOUR event to put a player on its marquee. Nelson just happened to be the very first winner of what today is known as the AT&T Byron Nelson.
  Four of the top 10 players in the world and 10 of the top 30 will be in attendance at TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas, and another hometown hero will have plenty of attention. That would be wo
  
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• Pilots of solar-powered plane say mission includes promotion of clean technologies

  18-05-2016 19:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  The pilots of Solar Impulse — an aircraft attempting to travel around the world using power from the sun instead of fuel — told a Pittsburgh audience this morning their goal is to not only complete their global round trip this year but to demonstrate the benefits of developing clean technologies and products.
  
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• Pilots of solar-powered plane say mission includes promotion clean technologies

  18-05-2016 19:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  The pilots of Solar Impulse — an aircraft attempting to travel around the world using power from the sun instead of fuel — told a Pittsburgh audience this morning their goal is to not only complete their global round trip this year but to demonstrate the benefits of developing clean technologies and products.
  
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• Competency hearing continues for wrestling star 'Superfly' Snuka in Pa. girlfriend's 1983 death

  18-05-2016 19:27
  
  A psychiatrist says there's little evidence that former WWE star Jimmy Snuka has a significant history of concussion or other brain trauma that should halt his murder case in Pennsylvania, where he's accused of killing Nancy Argentino more than 30 years ago.
  
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• Penn Hills schools in financial crisis: DA to investigate 'dereliction of duties'

  18-05-2016 19:00
  
  Egregious mismanagement has left the school district nearly broke, according to Pennsylvania's auditor general, who's referring it to the Allegheny County district attorney for a criminal investigation.
  
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• Closing arguments: Defense calls investigation of sisters' murders a 'sham'

  18-05-2016 18:44
  
  Police ignored evidence that pointed to other suspects, according to Allen Wade's lawyer, who says a DNA link to the murders of Sarah and Susan Wolfe is faulty.
  
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• Officials: House was to be repossessed hours after fire breaks out

  18-05-2016 18:28
  
  Crews work to battle a house fire in Washington Township, Westmoreland County Wednesday morning.
  
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• Change announced in Fort Pitt Tunnel work schedule

  18-05-2016 18:19
  
  The tunnel headed into Pittsburgh will be closed every night this week. Here's the detour route.
  
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• Man walks into UPMC Mercy with gunshot wound shortly after 911 hang-up call

  18-05-2016 18:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating whether a shooting in the Hill District has any connection to a man that drove himself Wednesday morning to UPMC Mercy hospital with a gunshot wound.
  
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• Man walks into UPMC Mercy with gunshot wound after 911 hang-up call

  18-05-2016 18:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are investigating whether a shooting in the Hill District has any connection to a man that drove himself Wednesday morning to UPMC Mercy hospital with a gunshot wound.
  
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• Ohio Man Catches Record West Virginia Blue Catfish

  18-05-2016 17:43
  
  SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources says a state-record blue catfish has been caught on the Ohio River.
  DNR director Robert Fala says the catfish registered nearly 60 pounds and was nearly 45 inches long.It was caught with cut bait Saturday during a tournament near Gallipolis, Ohio, by Mark Blauvelt of New Lebanon, Ohio.
  Examiner.com posted a photo of Blauvelt holding the record fish.The old state record of nearly 53 pounds for a blue catfish was
  
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• State auditor general: Penn Hills school district heading toward 'financial disaster'

  18-05-2016 17:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  Citing a "total breakdown" in oversight and management and a "shocking" deficit that topped $18.8 million, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale called his review of the Penn Hills School District the worst such audit of his tenure.
  
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• Penn Hills schools could face criminal investigation

  18-05-2016 17:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  The release Wednesday of a withering audit of the Penn Hills School District underscored the school system’s precarious financial situation. What may come next is a criminal investigation.
  
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• Penn Hills schools could face criminal inquiry

  18-05-2016 17:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  The release Wednesday of a withering audit of the Penn Hills School District underscored the school system’s precarious financial situation. What may come next is a criminal investigation.
  
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• Kevin Stevens facing federal drug charges; lawyer says painkiller habit goes back to '90s hockey injury

  18-05-2016 17:21
  
  An attorney says the two-time Stanley Cup champion has battled a painkiller addiction since he fractured several facial bones in an on-ice collision in the early 1990s.
  
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• Man hit, killed by car outside downtown strip club

  18-05-2016 16:56
  
  Pittsburgh police say a man is fatally struck by a car as he leaves a downtown strip club and crosses the street early Wednesday morning.
  
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• CBS Announces New Primetime Lineup For 2016-2017 Season

  18-05-2016 16:51
  
  NEW YORK (CBS) – CBS has unveiled its 2016-2017 primetime lineup, featuring three new comedies, five new dramas and 21 returning series. The new series will join a lineup that will finish the current season as America’s most-watched network in viewers for the 13th time in 14 years, including the last eight years straight.
  The new lineup will expand the networks comedy offerings from four to eight shows with two two-hour blocks on Mondays and Thursdays. Stars featured in these new com
  
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• Police looking for tipster in Indiana County homicide investigation

  18-05-2016 16:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities are seeking the public's help in the ongoing investigation of a homicide in Indiana County.
  
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• Audit Of Penn Hills School District Uncovers Debt Of $167 Million

  18-05-2016 16:26
  
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) – Details of an audit of the Penn Hills School District were released Wednesday morning.
  According to a press release, the district saw their outstanding long-term debt grow from less than $11 million in 2009 to more than $167 million in 2015.
  “Penn Hills School District is nearly broke. A former business manager made a series of bad decisions and financially catastrophic mistakes that could have been avoided if the school board and the former superintendent had don
  
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• Police: Substitute Teacher Had Sex With Student In Cemetery

  18-05-2016 16:19
  
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) – Police say a substitute teacher has been caught having sex with a 17-year-old student in a car parked in a Pennsylvania cemetery.
  Forty-nine-year-old Kelly Aldinger surrendered Tuesday on charges of having sex with a student. Her attorney didn’t immediately comment Wednesday.
  Police say the married Easton woman met the boy when he was her 16-year-old student about 18 months ago at Easton Area High School.
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash with SUV on Route 65

  18-05-2016 16:08
  
  An SUV is headed toward the McKees Rocks Bridge when a motorcycle begins to pass it as the SUV goes under the West End Bridge, and the two vehicles collide, police say.
  
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• PennDot Fixes Misspelled Parkway West Sign

  18-05-2016 16:04
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A new road sign on the Parkway West has been fixed after a misspelling went unnoticed.Our news partners at the Post-Gazette first posted a photo of the sign yesterday.It incorrectly spelled the Carnegie Science Center as Carengie Science Center.The sign is located a short distance from the Fort Pitt Tunnel on the Parkway West inbound.Join The Conversation On The KDKA Facebook Page
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• Man hit, killed by car outside downtown strip club ID'd

  18-05-2016 15:58
  
  Pittsburgh police say a man is fatally struck by a car as he leaves a downtown strip club and crosses the street early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Gateway hires longtime staffer William Short as new superintendent

  18-05-2016 15:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Gateway School District’s assistant superintendent will take over as the new superintendent beginning July 1.
  
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• Motorcycist killed in crash with SUV on Route 65

  18-05-2016 15:49
  
  An SUV is headed toward the McKees Rocks Bridge when a motorcycle begins to pass it as the SUV goes under the West End Bridge, and the two vehicles collide, police say.
  
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