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• Rape suspect arrives at Uniontown police station with burns

  21-06-2016 23:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police have arrested a New Salem man accused of a violent rape more than three weeks ago.
  
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• Local Doctors Stress Importance Of Cardiac Rehab Following Heart Attack

  21-06-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Jeannie Robertson knew she was having heart problems.
  “I was sleeping more, I couldn’t get my breath. I was having unusual heaviness in my arms. No real chest pain, and a lot of sweating,” she said.
  Her heart cath results were what she had feared.
  “Definitely, they showed I was blocked. Three blockages,” she said.
  She ended up with bypass surgery, followed by cardiac rehab.
  “It’s hard on your legs,” she said. “It tir
  
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• Draft Dilemma: Dragan Bender vs. Marquese Chriss

  21-06-2016 23:44
  
  By Rahul Lal
  With the 2016 NBA Draft fast approaching, we’re taking a detailed look at and comparing some of the elite players expected to be drafted in the lottery in our Draft Dilemma series. These players will have a chance to be a part of the next generation of NBA stars and that legacy begins on draft day. The NBA Draft will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on June 23 at 7 p.m. ET.
  Dragan Bender vs. Marquese Chriss
   
  Dragan B
  
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• Condition of bridge worries Fayette County homeowner

  21-06-2016 23:35
  
  A 17-foot long bridge leading to Stephen Lynn's house on Elwell St is in bad shape, by his estimation.
  
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• Woman narrowly escapes injury after bullets fly into McKeesport home

  21-06-2016 23:28
  
  A woman barely escaped injury Tuesday morning when someone began shooting at her McKeesport home, authorities said.
  
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• D.A. Rules Officers Justified In East Busway Shooting

  21-06-2016 23:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office has ruled that the officers who shot and killed a man on the East Busway in January were justified.
  Port Authority officers fatally shot 37-year-old Bruce Kelley Jr. on January 31 after he pulled out a four-inch knife and stabbed a police K-9 to death.The incident happened after Kelley Jr. and his father, Bruce Kelley Sr., were seen drinking near a gazebo along a path near the East Busway.
  In February, District Attor
  
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• Zappala clears Port Authority cops in January busway fatal shooting

  21-06-2016 23:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. today cleared two Port Authority officers who shot and killed a man who had just stabbed a K-9 officer in Wilkinsburg in January.
  
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• Port Authority CEO 'regrets' service for K-9 while family grieved

  21-06-2016 23:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. on Tuesday found two Port Authority police officers justified in the fatal shooting of a man who had stabbed a police dog in Wilkinsburg in January.
  
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• DA determines officers justified in fatal shooting of man who stabbed K-9

  21-06-2016 23:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. on Tuesday found two Port Authority police officers justified in the fatal shooting of a man who had stabbed a police dog in Wilkinsburg in January.
  
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• Port Authority officer to return to duty after January shooting

  21-06-2016 22:57
  
  The Port Authority of Allegheny County announced the sergeant and officer involved in the January fatal shooting in Wilkinsburg will be returning to duty.
  
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• Tech school, emergency responders staging disaster drill in Oakdale Park

  21-06-2016 22:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  Regional emergency service crews will be ready to spring into action when a simulated suicide bomb explodes at Oakdale Park Wednesday morning.
  
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• Plea agreement reached in David Angle trial, brother of WWE star

  21-06-2016 22:33
  
  There was a plea agreement reached in the David Angle trial, Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Bob Mayo has the latest from the court house.
  
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• Lawsuits: Sisters abused by same Pennsylvania priest as kids

  21-06-2016 22:32
  
  Two sisters have sued a Catholic priest, his central Pennsylvania diocese and two ex-bishops who supervised him, saying the cleric molested them repeatedly as girls - including one at her first Communion party.
  
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• Mother accused of drowning two sons sent to state hospital

  21-06-2016 22:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  An Allegheny County judge today ruled that a mother accused of drowning her two sons is not competent to stand trial.
  
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• Pittsburgh loses out to Columbus, Ohio in Smart City Challenge

  21-06-2016 22:11
  Pittsburgh has lost out in its bid to secure a $50 million federal Smart City Challenge grant to redesign its transportation system. The money instead will go to the city of Columbus, according to U.S.Sen.Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who issued a press release today announcing the award.
  
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• Pennsylvania House starts debating abortion restriction bill

  21-06-2016 22:10
  
  Pennsylvania lawmakers are taking up a bill that would prohibit elective abortion after 20 weeks, a month earlier than current law allows.
  
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• Smart City Challenge: Columbus won, but which city has the smartest video pitch?

  21-06-2016 22:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh lost to Columbus, Ohio, which was declared the winner of U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge.
  
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• Man pleads no contest in fire that did $2 million damage

  21-06-2016 22:00
  
  A man has pleaded no contest to all charges in an apartment fire that caused more than $2 million damage to several buildings in the main business district of a poor Pittsburgh suburb.
  
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• Smart City grant not coming to Pittsburgh

  21-06-2016 21:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh won’t get a $50 million federal Smart City Challenge grant to redesign its transportation system, but that doesn’t mean the initiatives it touted in its proposal will simply fade away.
  
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• Columbus, Ohio — not Pittsburgh — wins Smart City Challenge

  21-06-2016 21:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh has lost out in its bid to secure a $50 million federal Smart City Challenge grant to redesign its transportation system.
  
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• 2 People Shot At Monroeville Shopping Plaza

  21-06-2016 21:38
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA/AP) – Police are investigating after two people were shot in a shopping plaza in Monroeville Tuesday afternoon.
  According to officials at the scene, the shooting happened around 2 p.m. outside of Sola Salons in the strip mall along Route 22. A Miracle Ear store and a UPS Store are also located in the plaza.
  The two victims were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
  Monroeville Police were taping off the area outside the salon and the Miracle Ear store shortly after the
  
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• 2 Men Wounded In Shooting At Monroeville Shopping Plaza

  21-06-2016 21:38
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA/AP) – Police are investigating after two people were shot in a shopping plaza in Monroeville Tuesday afternoon.
  According to officials at the scene, the shooting happened around 2 p.m. outside of Sola Salons in the strip mall along Route 22. A Miracle Ear store and a UPS Store are also located in the plaza.
  The two victims, both men, were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, police are looking for the gunmen.
  Police found as many as eight bullet casings and
  
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• Keidel: Thurman-Porter Bout Puts Boxing Back In Primetime And The Public Eye

  21-06-2016 21:36
  
  By Jason Keidel
  The fight between Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter on June 25 is more than a welterweight title bout on a Saturday night. It’s the first time CBS will hoist the primetime boxing flag since Muhammad Ali fought Leon Spinks in February, 1978. 
  The symbolism now has sad, accidental heft with the recent death of Ali, whom many regard as the most important athlete of the 20th Century. His cultural eminence was too varied to list here. And in a strict, boxing sense was either t
  
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• Dormont man pleads guilty to killing wife

  21-06-2016 21:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Dormont man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter this afternoon in the death of his wife last year.
  
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• Dormont man, Olympian Kurt Angle's brother, pleads guilty to killing wife

  21-06-2016 21:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Dormont man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter this afternoon in the death of his wife last year.
  
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• Wrestler Kurt Angle’s brother pleads guilty to killing his own wife

  21-06-2016 21:04
  
  There was a plea agreement reached in the David Angle trial, Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Bob Mayo has the latest from the court house.
  
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• Police respond to Monroeville strip mall shooting

  21-06-2016 20:55
  
  Monroeville police are at the scene of a shooting at a strip mall on Monroeville Mall Boulevard.
  
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• Man pleads to setting Homestead fire

  21-06-2016 20:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Homestead man who police said set a six-alarm fire in his community's business district resulting in $2 million in damage pleaded no contest today to the charges against him.
  
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• State LCB web portal gives retailers greater access to liquor orders

  21-06-2016 20:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  Licensed liquor retailers in Pennsylvania can now order wine and spirits over the internet thanks to a new online portal that went live Monday.
  
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• Wilmer Valderrama Joins ‘NCIS’ As ‘Loose Cannon’ Agent

  21-06-2016 19:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS says Wilmer Valderrama is joining the cast of “NCIS” as a character who’s charismatic but unpredictable.
  In a statement Thursday, “NCIS” executive producer Gary Glasberg said fans will get to see the actor in a new light.
  Valderrama gained attention on the sitcom “That ’70s Show.” He has drama credits that include TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” ”Minority Report” and “From Dusk Till Dawn
  
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• Penguins To Open Season With 3-Game Homestand

  21-06-2016 19:47
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins’ regular season schedule for the 2016-17 campaign has been released.
  As reported on Monday, the Penguins will open the season at home on Oct. 13 against the Washington Capitals. That will start a three-game homestand to begin the year. Anaheim and Colorado will be the other opponents during that stretch.
  The Penguins will open their road schedule in Montreal on Oct. 18. But, they will return home on Oct. 20 for a Stanley Cup Final rematch a
  
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• Woman Charged With Pointing Gun At Cranberry Twp. Postal Employees

  21-06-2016 19:26
  
  CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A woman is facing charges for pointing a gun at several postal employees in Butler County earlier this month.
  According to police, the incident happened on June 4 at the bulk mail center on Pennwood Place in Cranberry Township.
  A man pulling into the south entrance observed an African-American woman standing nearby and waving a handgun in the air. She was later identified as Ashya McKay.
  The man called into the facility to alert employees inside. Two employees o
  
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• 'Dance Moms' star to plead guilty to fed charges on Monday

  21-06-2016 19:19
  
  "Dance Moms" star Abigale Lee Miller, already facing federal bankruptcy fraud charges in Pittsburgh, has now been charged with failing to report Australian currency she brought into the country in 2014.
  
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• Woman accused of drowning children in tub is incompetent to stand trial, judge rules

  21-06-2016 19:03
  
  The trial of a western Pennsylvania woman charged with drowning her two young sons in a bathtub has been delayed again.
  
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• Picklesburgh returns for second year

  21-06-2016 18:54
  
  The giant flying pickle is back!
  
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• Report: Red Sox Ask Pirates About Gerrit Cole

  21-06-2016 18:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – Unlikely to happen? Certainly. Interesting nonetheless? Absolutely.
  According to Michael Silverman of The Boston Herald, the Red Sox have been calling around about the availability of some elite starters and a call was made to the Pirates about Gerrit Cole.
  Along with Cole, the Red Sox have asked about other top of the rotation pitchers like the Marlins Jose Fernandez, so this is likely nothing more than a feeling out process.
  According to Silverman, the respons
  
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• Two women sue Altoona-Johnstown diocese

  21-06-2016 18:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two Altoona women are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, alleging they were molested as young girls for years in the 1970s by a priest who was allowed by three bishops to serve in ministry for decades despite knowing he was a serial predator.
  
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• Environmental group says Toomey 'dangerously out of step' with voters

  21-06-2016 18:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  A top environmental advocacy group is calling out U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., as “one of big polluters’ best allies in Congress,” and is targeting him as he faces re-election against Katie McGinty, a former state environmental secretary who served as a top climate-change adviser to the Clinton administration.
  
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• 'Dance Moms' star files change of plea notice with federal court

  21-06-2016 18:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Abby Lee Miller, the "Dance Moms" television star from Penn Hills, has indicated she will admit to federal bankruptcy fraud charges and related offenses next Monday.
  
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• UPMC fined $451K for illegal disposal of medical waste

  21-06-2016 18:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  The State Department of Environmental Protection has fined UPMC $451,000 after its inspectors found that large quantities of untreated medical waste, including bloody dressings, bodily fluids and needles, had been transported from 12 UPMC hospitals to Waste Management Inc.’s Monroeville landfill, which isn’t authorized to accept such waste.
  
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• UPMC, AHN fined for illegal disposal of medical waste

  21-06-2016 18:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  The State Department of Environmental Protection has fined UPMC $451,000 after its inspectors found that large quantities of untreated medical waste, including bloody dressings, bodily fluids and needles, had been transported from 12 UPMC hospitals to Waste Management Inc.’s Monroeville landfill, which can’t accept such waste.
  
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• Police: Man confessed to fatally shooting ex-girlfriend

  21-06-2016 17:57
  
  A registered sex offender accused of killing his girlfriend after a recent breakup in Beaver sent his father a text message saying that voices made him kill her, police say.
  
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• Penn State asks judge to reject NCAA subpoena for Sandusky settlement documents

  21-06-2016 17:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Penn State is asking to quash a subpoena in the Paterno estate’s suit against the NCAA.
  
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• USGA CEO Admits They Made A ‘Big Bogey’ On Dustin Johnson Penalty

  21-06-2016 17:37
  
  Bryan Altman
  On Sunday the usual drama surrounding the final round of the U.S. Open was heightened by an unusual rules debacle that the United States Golf Association (USGA), the tournament’s governing body, badly botched.
  In case you missed it, Dustin Johnson, the tournament’s eventual winner, had his ball move on the green on the fifth hole during the final round but was absolved of any wrongdoing by the USGA official on site.
  However, the USGA’s officials decided to revisit
  
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• Gov. Wolf Says Budget Can Hit Goals Without Major Tax Increase

  21-06-2016 17:23
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is backing off his proposal for an increase on sales or income taxes, and now says his budget priorities can be met without it.
  Wolf said Tuesday that budget negotiations are going well, even though tight-lipped negotiators are reporting no agreements with nine days until the fiscal-year deadline.
  Wolf spoke during a regular appearance on Pittsburgh radio station KDKA-AM.
  Wolf now says his priorities are a balanced budget with a $250 million
  
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• Pennsylvania State Police hiring for cadet positions

  21-06-2016 17:14
  
  The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) is currently hiring for the position of State Police Cadet. Qualified applicants who submit applications before 11:59 p.m. EST on June 30, 2016 will be eligible for the next written exam that is anticipated to be held in August 2016.
  
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• Vulnerable GOP Senators, Including Toomey, Side With NRA On Gun Votes

  21-06-2016 17:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Among the Senate’s most vulnerable Republicans, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey stood firmly with the powerful National Rifle Association on the latest ill-fated attempts at gun control. So did Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson.
  Not so Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, who represents Chicago where so far this year, more than 1,780 people have been shot, leading to the vast majority of the city’s 294 homicides, according to police.
  Just over four months
  
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• DEP fines UPMC $451,000 for medical waste disposal violations

  21-06-2016 17:06
  
  Capping a two-year investigation, the Department of Environmental Protection fined 12 UPMC hospitals a total of $451,000 for violations of the Solid Waste Management Act.
  
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• Picklesburgh Returning To Pittsburgh In July

  21-06-2016 17:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Picklesburgh is returning to Pittsburgh this year!
  The event will be held July 15 and 16 on the Rachel Carson Bridge between Downtown and the North Shore. Picklesburgh festivities will be held from noon to 10 p.m. on both days.
  Dozens of vendors will selling everything from pickle juice to pickle-themed merchandise.
  A demo area will be set up to teach visitors about home canning and pickling. Local chefs, bartenders and pickling clubs will be on-hand to help teach.
  Ther
  
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• Green Cuisine Recalls Pesto Pasta Salad Over Listeria Concerns

  21-06-2016 16:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – More products are being added to the massive frozen food recall.
  Green Cuisine is recalling pesto pasta salad with arugula because of possible listeria contamination.
  Several other companies are recalling frozen peas and mixed vegetables.
  For the full list, visit the FDA’s website here.
  
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