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• Opening statements heard in civil case against Target and the men who saved girl inside the store

  25-05-2016 23:45
  
  Opening statements began Wednesday in the civil case against Target and three men who were credited with saving a girl's life inside the East Liberty Target.
  
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• Get Marty: Zika Scare Makes Mess Of Man’s Vacation To Puerto Rico

  25-05-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Zika virus scare has made a mess out of a North Hills man’s plans to fly to Puerto Rico and watch the Pittsburgh Pirates play baseball. That’s when he called Get Marty.“We were so excited. Now it’s all ruined,” says Frank Collucci.
  Frank is a huge Pirates fan. When the team announced they were going to play two games against the Miami Marlins in Puerto Rico he immediately booked a trip.
  Well, the Zika virus scare forced Major League Bas
  
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• More Than 300 Athletes Participating In Miracle League Tournament

  25-05-2016 23:35
  
  UPPER ST. CLAIR  (KDKA) – – The Pirates may be the most well-known baseball team in Pittsburgh, but they aren’t the only team around. Athletes who participate in The Miracle League in the South Hills are also learning more about our national pastime, and they’re in the middle of a big tournament.
  “It’s a [friendly] competition,” says Josh Stahl, a Life Skills teacher at Baldwin High School.  The Baldwin-Whitehall School District hosts the Mirac
  
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• Pittsburgh police investigate death of Jordan Bozich, found lying in Brookline alleyway

  25-05-2016 23:08
  
  Pittsburgh police are asking for help from anyone with information about the death ofJordan Boazich, who was found lying in a Brookline Alleyway on May 14.
  
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• Police: Ukrainian Man Posed As High School Student, Had Sex With Underage Girl

  25-05-2016 22:20
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Ukrainian man accused of faking his name and age while attending a central Pennsylvania high school and having sex with an underage girl is now facing federal passport fraud and social security fraud charges.
  Artur Samarin applied for a passport at the Harrisburg post office in December using a false identity and earlier submitted false and misleading information to the Social Security Administration to obtain a social security card, federal prosecutors alleged in
  
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• Dottie Pepper On DEAN & DELUCA Invitational: ‘A Wonderful Test Of Skill’

  25-05-2016 22:04
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  From Byron Nelson to Ben Hogan. From Dallas to Fort Worth. There’s nothing like this two-week stop in the heart of Texas, with the shortest travel hop between starts.
  This week the PGA TOUR makes its annual visit to storied Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth for the DEAN & DELUCA Invitational. The event welcomes a new sponsor and the same old fantastic test of golf, one that has challenged players since the course first hosted a TOUR event in 1946. Hogan won the inau
  
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• School funding formula clears final Harrisburg hurdle

  25-05-2016 22:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — After years of discussion, state officials took the final steps Wednesday to add a new level of transparency to school funding.
  
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• Penguins rally scheduled for noon today Downtown

  25-05-2016 21:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  A rally will be held at noon Thursday in the courtyard at the Allegheny County Courthouse to cheer on Penguins, who play the Tampa Bay that night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final.
  
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• City, county hosting rally for Penguins

  25-05-2016 21:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  A rally will be held at noon Thursday in the courtyard at the Allegheny County Courthouse to cheer on Penguins, who play the Tampa Bay that night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final.
  
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• Liver transplant recipient, 3, gets to be mayor for the day, replacing lung recipient

  25-05-2016 21:30
  
  Liver transplant recipient Lucas Goeller is named Mayor of Lower Burrell for the day.
  
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• Wolf signs DUI ignition interlock bill

  25-05-2016 21:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — Some Pennsylvanians caught driving drunk for the first time will be required to use ignition interlock devices under a bill Gov. Wolf signed into law Wednesday.
  
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• Tequila Cowboy Restaurant To Move Into Former Toby Keith Space On North Shore

  25-05-2016 20:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A new restaurant is moving in on the North Shore and could open by the fall.
  Tequila Cowboy has signed a lease with Continental Real Estate Companies.
  Tequila Cowboy will be occupying the space where work had begun on Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill.
  However, the new restaurant will keep the country music theme going when they open up next to Stage AE. The restaurant will feature weekly show from national and local performers. There will also be a karaoke b
  
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• Meet David Korins, The Man Behind The Look Of ‘Hamilton’

  25-05-2016 20:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — When you see the Broadway smash “Hamilton” — if you’re lucky enough to see it, that is — you should know that something important quietly happens at intermission.
  The walls get bigger: Stagehands add 8 feet to the brick walls at the back of the stage. It’s a subtle change, reflecting the musical’s transition from showing the nation’s birth in Act 1 to building a nation in Act 2.
  It’s a touch supplied by David Korins, wh
  
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• More Pa. gas stations can sell beer, despite looming court case

  25-05-2016 19:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — Though the question of whether gas stations can sell six-packs of beer to go is before the state's highest court, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has approved more locations where customers can both fill up and stock up.
  
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• LCB gives more gas stations OK to sell six-packs

  25-05-2016 19:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — As the question of whether gas stations should be allowed to sell six-packs of beer waits before the state's highest court, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has approved more locations for customers to both fill up and stock up.
  
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• More gas stations approved to sell beer in Pa.

  25-05-2016 19:40
  
  The LCB continued to "free the six-pack" Wednesday, granting more licenses to businesses that sell gas. It's the latest step in loosening the hold on beer sales by bars and distributors.
  
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• Dunlap: I Can’t Stop Thinking About Steelers-Bengals

  25-05-2016 19:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – It finally got hot out.
  School is letting out.
  The pools are opening up.
  People have begun to navigate their boats around the three rivers stocked with that kind of beer that has lemon or grapefruit or lime or whatever in it.
  Crowds are flocking to country music concerts wearing those straw cowboy hats you get at the beer distributor.
  The Pirates look like they might be poised to have what it takes to stay in a pennant chase all summer.
  The Penguins play in what
  
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• Man Charged After Pulling Gun On Woman In Moon Twp. Road Rage Incident

  25-05-2016 19:31
  
  MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Police have tracked down a man who allegedly pulled a gun on a woman in a high school parking lot earlier this week.
  According to police the incident happened at the Moon Area High School Monday afternoon.
  Officials say a mother was arriving at the high school to pick up her child, when she noticed a man was tailgating her. Eventually, she confronted the driver.
  “She walked back, got out of her vehicle and said ‘what’s your problem,’ explained
  
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• At PIT, Southwest Airlines has new location for ticket counter, curbside check-in

  25-05-2016 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Southwest Airlines has moved its ticket counter and curbside check-in to the north end of the terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport.
  
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• Suspicious death in tiny village: 2 wanted after man shot, dies while fleeing

  25-05-2016 18:58
  
  Police identify two homicide suspects connected to the death of a man who allegedly broke into a woman's bedroom through her window in a small Fayette County village.
  
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• Allen Wade death penalty trial: Jury begins deliberations

  25-05-2016 18:50
  
  Closing arguments have ended, and the Allen Wade jury is now deciding whether he'll be put to death or spend life in prison for killing Susan and Sarah Wolfe in East Liberty.
  
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• Wade sentencing in jury's hands, as they will 'decide how it ends'

  25-05-2016 18:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allen Wade should be sentenced to death because it’s what the law requires, the prosecutor said. 
  
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• State Department Audit Faults Clinton On Emails

  25-05-2016 18:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Clinton disregarded State Department cybersecurity guidelines by using a private email account and server, an internal audit found Wednesday. Her staff twice brushed aside specific concerns that she wasn’t following federal rules.
  The inspector general’s review also revealed that hacking attempts forced then-Secretary of State Clinton off email at one point in 2011, though she insists the personal server she used was never breached. Clinton and several
  
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• Insurers, including Highmark, seek much higher rates for Obamacare plans

  25-05-2016 17:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  Highmark has asked the state Insurance Department to increase rates on one of its Affordable Care Act plans by 48.1 percent next year, the highest rate hike sought among health insurers in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Police charge 25-year-old in road-rage incident that locked down Moon Area schools

  25-05-2016 17:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police have charged a Moon resident in connection with a road-rage incident Monday afternoon that prompted the lockdown of the Moon Area middle and high school campus.
  
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• Man charged after pulling gun outside Moon Area High School, prompting lockdown

  25-05-2016 17:47
  
  A woman claims she was in her car at Moon Area High School when a man in another car pulled a gun out and pointed it at her, prompting a lockdown of the high school and middle school. 
  
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• Unhealthy pollution levels forecasted for Wednesday

  25-05-2016 17:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state Department of Environmental Protection is forecasting poor air quality Wednesday that could cause health problems for young children and the elderly and those with pre-existing respiratory problems in Allegheny and 21 other Pennsylvania counties.
  
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• Unhealthy pollution levels forecast for Wednesday

  25-05-2016 17:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state Department of Environmental Protection is forecasting poor air quality Wednesday that could cause health problems for young children and the elderly and those with pre-existing respiratory problems in Allegheny and 21 other Pennsylvania counties.
  
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• No personal information stolen through malware, Port Authority says

  25-05-2016 17:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Port Authority said this morning that no personal information about riders or employees was compromised or stolen through malware that was discovered on the agency’s internal computer system about seven weeks ago.
  
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• Two area restaurants hit with consumer alert

  25-05-2016 17:17 via post-gazette.com
  The Allegheny County Health Department posted consumer alerts at two area restaurants for numerous food safety violations.
  
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• Woman Injured In Suicide Pact With Husband Dies In Hospital

  25-05-2016 16:52
  
  ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A woman has died from injuries sustained during an alleged suicide pact with her husband.
  According to police, Wilma Friday, 82, and Edward Friday, 80, were found lying in their apartment on Cedar Hills Boulevard in Rostraver Township Saturday evening.
  Wilma was found in a pool of blood and was flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Police believe she attempted to slit her own throat, and when she failed, her husband tried to help her.
  Wilma died of her injuries W
  
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• Report: Missing Girl In Butler Co. Safely Returns Home

  25-05-2016 16:29
  
  PARKER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A missing girl in Butler County reportedly returned home Wednesday morning.
  According to a Butler Eagle report, Lexis Walker, 15, returned home around 9 a.m. Walker was not injured and police planned to talk with her about what happened.
  Walker disappeared around 9 p.m. Monday along Locust Lane in Parker Township.
  State police and the fire department spent the morning and early afternoon hours searching for her on the ground and from the air in a helicopter.
  Walker
  
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• Man, 24, killed after struck by ATV in Somerset County

  25-05-2016 16:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 24-year-old was killed Tuesday night when he was struck by an all-terrain vehicle in Somerset County.
  
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• Jury To Mull Death Penalty Arguments In Sisters’ Slayings

  25-05-2016 16:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A jury must determine whether a Pittsburgh man deserves the death penalty or life in prison for killing his next-door neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker, while stealing a bank card from them in February 2014.
  The same jury convicted 45-year-old Allen Wade of first-degree murder and other charges in the deaths of Sarah and Susan Wolfe. The jury will hear closing arguments in the penalty phase of Wade’s murder trial Wednesday. The jury must then unanimou
  
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• Jury Mulls Death Penalty Arguments In Sisters’ Slayings

  25-05-2016 16:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A jury must determine whether a Pittsburgh man deserves the death penalty or life in prison for killing his next-door neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker, while stealing a bank card from them in February 2014.
  The same jury convicted 45-year-old Allen Wade earlier this week of first-degree murder and other charges in the deaths of Sarah and Susan Wolfe.The jury heard closing arguments in the penalty phase of Wade’s murder trial today. Then, they we
  
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• Rostraver woman dies after suicide pact with husband, 80

  25-05-2016 16:11
  
  Rostraver police are working to determine if criminal charges should be filed against an 80-year-old man after a failed suicide pact with his wife.
  
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• The solar-powered plane is headed to Pennsylvania

  25-05-2016 15:30
  
  Solar Impulse 2 departed Wednesday from the Ohio hometown of the Wright brothers, en route to Pennsylvania on the latest leg of its journey around the world.
  
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• Suspect sought in Westwood convenience store robbery

  25-05-2016 15:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are seeking a man who robbed a Westwood convenience store late Tuesday.
  
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• PTL Links: May 25, 2016

  25-05-2016 15:05
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Rania’s Catering
  Rania’s Recipes: Crunchy Baked Chicken Thighs & Pasta Salad
  Leslie Bonci
  Whirl Magazine
  New Horizons Theater
  
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• Rania’s Recipes: Crunchy Baked Chicken Thighs & Pasta Salad

  25-05-2016 14:48
  
  Rania Harris stopped by PTL to show off two more recipes that are perfect for a Memorial Day cookout!
  Crunchy Baked Chicken Thighs with Coarse Mustard and Garlic
  3 tablespoons grainy mustard
  1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  1 garlic clove, finely grated
  ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  ¾ cup plain dried bread crumbs
  3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
  1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
  6 skinless, boneless chick
  
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• Driver shot multiple times after cutting off car in Strip District

  25-05-2016 14:44
  
  Two people get out of a car and open fire on the driver of a vehicle that cut them off in traffic early Wednesday morning, Pittsburgh police say.
  
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• Idi Amin's relative detained pending Pittsburgh trial on counterfeiting charges

  25-05-2016 14:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  The grandson-in-law of the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin will be detained pending trial in Pittsburgh on charges of running an international counterfeiting operation from Africa uncovered when a cohort passed a fake bill at an Oakland coffee shop three years ago.
  
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• Cicadas May Not Emerge In Parts Of Western Pa. Until 2019

  25-05-2016 14:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – After sleeping underground for 17 years, cicadas are emerging in several local towns.
  If you’re not seeing or hearing them yet, just wait. However, how long you’ll have to wait could change drastically – depending where you live.
  An agricultural officer from West Virginia monitors cicadas from year to year. He compiled his information and turned it into a regional map, which he shared with the National Weather Service.
  Check out the whole map here.
  (Ph
  
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• Man killed in home invasion while wife, son in house

  25-05-2016 13:57
  
  Two intruders break in and kill a family dog before shooting the 40-year-old victim, Pittsburgh police say. The shooters remain at large.
  
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• Driver sought in road-rage incident in the Strip District

  25-05-2016 13:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 25-year-old man was shot multiple times in a road rage incident early today in the Strip District.
  
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• 2 Suspects Sought In Strip District Road Rage Shooting

  25-05-2016 13:21
  
  STRIP DISTRICT (KDKA) – Police are investigating after a man was shot during a road rage incident in the Strip District Wednesday morning.
  According to police, the incident happened near the intersection of Liberty Avenue and 16th Street around 1:30 a.m.
  The victim allegedly cut off another vehicle along Liberty Avenue. An occupant in the suspects’ vehicle proceeded to throw something at the victim’s car.
  When the victim got out to inspect the damage, two suspects got out of th
  
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• Water from broken main shoots into air in Robinson Township

  25-05-2016 13:20
  
  An 8-inch line broke early Wednesday morning on Steubenville Pike, sending water about 50 feet into the air.
  
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• Man struck and killed by ATV in Somerset County

  25-05-2016 12:33
  
  A man was struck and killed by an ATV in Stoneycreek Township, Somerset County on Tuesday night.
  
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• Crafton Heights man shot to death during home invasion

  25-05-2016 12:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 40-year-old man was shot to death during a home invasion late Tuesday. The man's wife and teenaged son who were home at the time were not injured.
  
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• Plum school official: Majority of board wants superintendent to take paid leave

  25-05-2016 11:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Plum school board appears ready to place superintendent Timothy Glasspool on involuntary paid leave if he doesn't choose to sideline himself, board president Kevin Dowdell said early this morning.
  
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