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• Highlights of gambling legislation in the Pennsylvania House

  22-06-2016 23:56
  
  The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is considering sweeping legislation to expand legalized casino-style gambling in the state, including to bars, fraternal clubs, airports, online websites and mobile applications. 
  
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• Selective Mutism In Kids Can Be Treated A Number Of Ways

  22-06-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A lot of people have social anxiety to varying degrees. For some, it’s so severe they physically can’t speak around certain people.
  It’s called selective mutism, but it can be treated.
  On the hit CBS show “The Big Bang Theory” the character Raj Koothrappali suffers from selective mutism. Because of this social anxiety condition, he’s not able to talk to women who are not family members.
  You can’t tell now, but Brianna Russo also
  
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• 41 laid off in Pittsburgh as Art Institute parent cuts workforce

  22-06-2016 23:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  Downtown-based Education Management Corp. has laid off 3 percent of its workforce in the Art Institutes system, including 41 people at its Pittsburgh offices, spokesman Bob Greenlee confirmed this afternoon.
  
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• On The Rise: Harold Varner III Being Noticed For His Talent

  22-06-2016 23:33
  
  By Dan Reardon
  It is something every athlete strives for in their careers — to be noticed. The trick is to gain that attention for the right reasons.
  Dustin Johnson was asked about his three putt on the final hole at Chambers Bay for a year, right up until his win at Oakmont. Jordan Spieth needs the same eraser moment after the seven at the par-three 12th on Sunday at the Masters. It will come up with certainty before the Masters in 2017.
  Harold Varner III is a rookie on the PGA
  
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• 5 Teens Escape From Aliquippa Rehab Center, Lead Police On Wild Chase

  22-06-2016 23:33
  
  MCKEESPORT (KDKA) – Five teenagers are in trouble with police after running away from a rehab center Wednesday afternoon and leading officers on a wild chase that ended in with a river rescue.
  It remains unclear how the teens got away from the facility in Aliquippa. They eventually made their way to the riverfront in the McKeesport area.
  The teens were walking down the trail along the Youghigheny River when police spotted them and gave chase.
  One of the teenagers told KDKA that he wanted t
  
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• WATCH: President Obama Calls Penguins Coach Mike Sullivan, Invites Team To White House

  22-06-2016 23:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan received quite the phone call after winning the Stanley Cup.
  President Barack Obama called up Sullivan to invite the team to the White House to celebrate.“Send my congratulations to Sidney and the rest of the team on an amazing season,” the President said.Mr. Obama said, “I started off my presidency with a Penguins Stanley Cup and now I’m ending it with a Penguins Stanley Cup.”.@BarackObama: "I a
  
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• Cable failure causes North Shore power outage

  22-06-2016 22:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  A power outage caused by a cable failure this afternoon caused mostly headaches and lost profits for businesses on the North Shore.
  
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• Wilkinsburg will furlough 20 teachers

  22-06-2016 22:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Wilkinsburg school board voted unanimously Tuesday to furlough 20 teachers as part of the official closing of the district’s high and middle schools. 
  
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• Pittsburgh Technical Institute Students Participate In Disaster Drill

  22-06-2016 22:30
  
  OAKDALE (KDKA) – Oakdale Park was gripped by mass chaos Wednesday morning, but it was only a drill.
  The drill, put on by the Pittsburgh Technical Institute, started with a disgruntled man showing up at the crowded park with explosives.
  He detonated at least one bomb leaving about 40 people dead or injured.
  “It’s unfortunate that in today’s society, it’s not a matter of if, it’s just a matter of when and we don’t know where the next event will occur,&rdqu
  
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• Wolf points to concerns over sweeping gambling expansion

  22-06-2016 22:26
  
  Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is casting doubt on the immediate prospects of a sweeping expansion of legalized casino-style gambling in Pennsylvania to the internet and bars that's under consideration.
  
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• Author: More Gun Ownership And Less Crime

  22-06-2016 22:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA NewsRadio 1020)— Mike Pintek had writer Andrew Cline on to discuss his article “America is Awash in Guns, and Crime is at Record Lows”.
  Cline’s article explores if there is any connection between gun ownership and crime rates, the results are interesting.Cline used data from the FBI and other government bodies that shows gun ownership from 1993 to 2013 is up by 1.5 guns per person.
  Over those same 20-years the gun homicide rate has dropped by almost half.
  
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• Author: ‘America Is Awash In Guns, Yet Crimes Are At Record Low’

  22-06-2016 22:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (1020 NewsRadio KDKA)— America is awash in guns, but crimes are at a record low.
  That’s the message from Andrew Cline, a columnist for the Federalist.Cline joined KDKA NewsRadio 1020’s Mike Pintek to talk about the connection between gun ownership and crime rates.
  He says FBI data shows that between the years of 1993 and 2013 the number of people owning guns has gone up dramatically.From just under one gun per person in 1993 to nearly one and a half in 2013.
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• Anti-LGBT discrimination bill advances in state Senate

  22-06-2016 22:04
  
  Legislation to prohibit discrimination in employment and housing based on sexual orientation or gender identity is over a first hurdle in the Pennsylvania Senate.
  
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• Fayette County residents hope for quiet weather Wednesday night

  22-06-2016 21:57
  
  Some residents still cleaning up after a tornado touched down last week.
  
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  22-06-2016 21:47
  Showgoers might be excited to see the flashy pop of Lucius, the sharp rock of Margaret Glaspy and the folk-tinged indie of Boy & Bear, but those aren't the only musicians performing at WYEP's Summer Music Festival this weekend. For those who decide to stroll into Schenley Plaza this Saturday afternoon, there's a special treat.
  
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• Keith Thurman: My Life As The Defending Welterweight Champion

  22-06-2016 21:37
  
  On Saturday night current WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman will defend his title against Shawn Porter live and in primetime on CBS. In advance of one of the biggest bouts of their lives, Thurman and Porter are sharing their stories from a first-person perspective in CBS Local Sports’ ‘My Life As’ series.  
  Me and Shawn, we aren’t ‘pen pals’. We’re not messaging each other back and forth on a monthly basis or anything like that. But, to a
  
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• Former airline exec admits trying to arrange sex with girl, 10, and her mother

  22-06-2016 21:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former top American Airlines executive admitted today that he arranged to have sex with a 10-year-old girl and her mother when he was in Pittsburgh last year for the merger between American and USAirways.
  
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• Two-car accident closes part of Rt. 22 in Murrysville

  22-06-2016 21:30
  
  A two-vehicle accident closed a section of Route 22, Old William Penn Highway, in Murrysville Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• ‘Wonder Woman’ Lynda Carter To Play President On ‘Supergirl’

  22-06-2016 21:00
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wonder Woman has signed on to play the president on “Supergirl.”
  Lynda Carter has confirmed on her Twitter account reports of her casting as the commander in chief on the CW series.
  Breaking news! Xofb.me/4WbmTCCjc—Lynda Carter (@RealLyndaCarter) June 21, 2016
  The 64-year-old former beauty queen is best known for her role as the title character on the 1970s series, “Wonder Woman.” In 2007, she guest starred on an episode of “Smallville
  
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• TSN Analyst Craig Button: Keeping Fleury Not In Pens’ Best Interest

  22-06-2016 20:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- TSN Analyst and former general manager Craig Button joined “The Cook and Poni Show” on Wednesday afternoon to wrap up the Pens season and address the trade rumors surrounding goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
  Button says the Pens will have to make difficult decisions moving ahead because of salary cap implications. One of those moves could involve trading Fleury as early as this weekend at the NHL Draft in Buffalo.
  “No question that Marc-Andre Fleury is going
  
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• Former GM Craig Button: Keeping Fleury Not In Pens’ Best Interest

  22-06-2016 20:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)- TSN Analyst and former General Manager Craig Button joined “The Cook and Poni Show” on Wednesday afternoon to wrap up the Pens season and address the trade rumors surrounding goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
  Button says the Pens will have to make difficult decisions moving ahead because of salary cap implications. One of those moves could involve trading Fleury as early as this weekend at the NHL Draft in Buffalo.
  “No question that Marc-Andre Fleury is going
  
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• Ex-American Airlines supervisor on 9/11 pleads in sex case

  22-06-2016 20:40
  
  A former American Airlines operations manager who learned of the first Sept. 11 hijacking before the jet struck the World Trade Center has pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh to a federal interstate child-sex charge.
  
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• Dunlap: Bring On The Robots To Umpire

  22-06-2016 20:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Can’t believe I’m about to write this.
  I thought for sure I would hold out forever, that I would be the very last person in the baseball-watching universe to ever want to see this.
  But bring it on. Bring on the robot umpires to at least call balls and strikes.
  Man, I can’t believe — as someone who formerly was more steeped in baseball tradition than just about anyone — that I now lean this way.
  It’s quite a change, quite an al
  
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• Dottie Pepper On Quicken Loans National: ‘A Wide-Open Field’

  22-06-2016 20:23
  
  By Dan Reardon
  For the fourth time in its 10-year history, the Quicken Loans National will take place without its marquis partner in the field. Tiger Woods, whose foundation is the principal beneficiary of the event, is still trying to reconstruct his game after two back surgeries last fall.
  For most of its run, Congressional Country Club has hosted this week’s Tour stop. In its history, the famed Blue Course has been a site not only for the PGA Tour but golf majors, including the PGA
  
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• Group of juveniles walk away from group home; one jumps in river to evade police

  22-06-2016 20:21
  
  Police spent the morning searching for a group of juveniles who walked away from a group home near Aliquippa towards Duquesne, Duquesne Police Chief Scott Adams said.
  
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• Upper St. Clair School District approves budget with tax increase

  22-06-2016 19:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Upper St. Clair School Board unanimously adopted a $76.21 million final budget Tuesday night that raises taxes slightly more than 1 mill.
  
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• Off-Duty Firefighter Uses Garden Hose To Help Fight Blaze At Neighbor’s Home

  22-06-2016 19:26
  
  OAKMONT (KDKA) – An off-duty volunteer firefighter jumped into action when a fire broke out at his neighbor’s house in Oakmont this morning.
  According to officials at the scene, the fire started at a home in the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue around 9:55 a.m.
  The off-duty firefighter smelled smoke and used a garden hose to fight the fire until others arrived.
  “One of my firefighters, who’s actually a neighbor here next door, he smelled the smoke in his house, came out,
  
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• Ex-American Airlines supervisor on 9/11 to plead in sex case

  22-06-2016 19:24
  
  A former American Airlines operations manager who learned of the first Sept. 11 hijacking before the jet struck the World Trade Center is set to plead guilty to a federal interstate child-sex charge in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Relative of late Ugandan dictator charged again with counterfeiting

  22-06-2016 18:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  The grandson-in-law of the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, already under indictment in Pittsburgh on charges or running a sophisticated counterfeiting operation from Uganda, has been charged again with more counterfeiting.
  
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• Gallup: 123,000 Same-Sex Marriages Since Supreme Court Ruling

  22-06-2016 18:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – A new Gallup survey estimates that 123,000 same-sex marriages have taken place across the U.S. in the year since the Supreme Court ruling that legalized such unions nationwide.
  Gallup says the proportion of gay and lesbian cohabiting couples who are married has increased from 38 percent to 49 percent during the year.
  The results, released Wednesday, are based on tracking interviews conducted throughout 2015 and 2016.
  By Gallup’s estimates, there are now about 491,000
  
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• House Democrats Stage Protest In Dispute Over Guns

  22-06-2016 18:16
  
  WASHINGTON (KDKA/AP) – House Democrats staged a sit-down protest Wednesday, seeking a vote on gun control measures following the Orlando nightclub shooting.
  A group of about 30 Democrats led by Georgia Rep. John Lewis demanded a vote on measures to expand background checks and block gun purchases by some suspected terrorists, before sitting down and “occupying” the House floor.
  The group demanded that House Speaker Paul Ryan keep the House in session through its planned weeklon
  
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• Consumer alerts posted at two area restaurants

  22-06-2016 17:53 via post-gazette.com
  The Allegheny County Health Department posted consumer alerts at two area restaurants after finding numerous food safety violations.
  
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• CBS Announces Fall 2016-2017 Primetime Premiere Dates

  22-06-2016 17:40
  
  STUDIO CITY (CBS) —CBS announced a multi-phase launch of its fall lineup with programs set to premiere between the months of September and October 2016.
  Primetime premieres will span from the start of “NFL Thursday Night Football” on Sept. 15 all the way to the return of the top-rated Thursday entertainment lineup on Oct. 27.
  PHOTOS: New 2016-17 CBS Primetime Shows
  There will be plenty to tune into when all of CBS’ shows premiere later this year, so check out the schedule
  
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• Hot Jobs At Allegheny County

  22-06-2016 17:23
  
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  1. Please describe a list of duties for a specific financial management project you have worked on and/or completed.
  2. Please name some specific experience you have with budgeting including the dollar values involved as well as any methodologies that were used.
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• Police: 2 victims not cooperating after strip mall shooting

  22-06-2016 17:13
  
  Police are investigating a shooting at a Monroeville strip mall Tuesday evening.
  
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• Nick Kypreos: I’m Sure Malkin Discussions Are Happening

  22-06-2016 17:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Sportsnet hockey insider and former NHL player Nick Kypreos joined “The Fan Morning Show” on Wednesday to share his insight into the latest Penguins trade rumors, namely those involving Marc-Andre Fleury and Evgeni Malkin.
  At the start of June, Kypreos had speculated that the Penguins will likely consider moving Malkin this offseason. He explained that despite the Stanley Cup win and General Manager Jim Rutherford’s denials of any trade talks i
  
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• First Lady Michelle Obama To Join James Corden For ‘Carpool Karaoke’

  22-06-2016 17:07
  
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Who will be next in the passenger seat for an upcoming edition of “Carpool Karaoke” with “Late Late Show” host James Corden?
  None other than Michelle Obama.
  The first lady announced the appearance with Corden as she launched her Snapchat account, “MichelleObama.”
  Wait a minute... What's @JKCorden doing on Michelle Obama's Snapchat??
  👀Snapchat.com/add/michelleob… https://t.co/zMI9CfwyFu—T
  
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• City officials clean out catch basins, drains ahead of overnight storms

  22-06-2016 17:06
  
  Several businesses along Washington Boulevard in Highland Park are still cleaning up following flooding a week ago.
  
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• Threat of severe weather, flooding concerns has Washington Boulevard business owners on edge

  22-06-2016 17:01
  
  Several businesses along Washington Boulevard in Highland Park are still cleaning up following flooding a week ago.
  
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• Kayak Pittsburgh launching in Aspinwall

  22-06-2016 17:00
  
  Venture Outdoors is opening its third Kayak Pittsburgh location on Saturday, KDKA-TV reported.
  
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• Cracked Windshield Forces Pittsburgh-Bound Flight Back To Boston

  22-06-2016 16:55
  
  BOSTON (AP) – A Pittsburgh-bound JetBlue Airways flight had to return to Boston because of a cracked windshield.
  The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the Wednesday morning incident in which no one was hurt.
  JetBlue tells The Boston Globe that flight 1285 left Logan International Airport at around 6:25 a.m. and returned to Boston at 7:35 a.m.
  According to JetBlue’s flight tracker, the flight left again at 8:39 a.m.
  A passenger told New England Cable News that the pilot
  
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• Body found along Mon River in Washington County

  22-06-2016 16:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities said the body of a Donora man was found on the bank of the Monongahela River Tuesday night.
  
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• Celebrate America EQT Flashes of Freedom Fireworks

  22-06-2016 16:41
  
  It’s not the 4th of July in Pittsburgh without fireworks!
  Don’t miss the ‘Celebrate America EQT Flashes of Freedom Fireworks‘ on July 4th from Noon to 10pm at Point State Park, brought to you by the Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta!
  Music on the main stage beginning at Noon and Kidszone activities, food, Fort Pitt Museum activities and more throughout the day to celebrate the fourth!
  And don’t miss the fireworks at 9:35PM.Listen to the music simulcast on NewsRadio 10
  
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• Body found on riverbank in Donora identified

  22-06-2016 16:40
  
  Investigators are working to identify a person who was found dead Tuesday night on a riverbank in Donora, Washington County.
  
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• Fire crews called to Oakmont home

  22-06-2016 16:36
  
  Emergency crews were called to a house fire in Oakmont Wednesday morning.
  
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• Allegheny County public forum tonight on proposed HPV mandate for schoolchildren

  22-06-2016 15:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County Health Department is holding a public forum tonight on whether the county should mandate that 11- and 12-year-old schoolchildren receive the HPV vaccine.
  
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• Allegheny County explores mandate for HPV vaccine for schoolchildren

  22-06-2016 15:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  After 35 radiation treatments and seven chemotherapy sessions to reduce a cancerous lump in his throat from the human papillomavirus HPV, John Rhodes had trouble eating, swallowing and communicating.
  
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• Flash Flood Watch In Effect As Heavy Rains, Storms Expected Overnight

  22-06-2016 15:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Flash Flood Watch will be in effect as heavy rains and storms are expected to move into the area overnight.
  According to the National Weather Service, a Flash Flood Watch will be in effect this evening. It will expire at 11 a.m. on Thursday.
  As of 9 a.m., the following counties in Pennsylvania fall under the Flash Flood Watch:
  Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland.
  Nearby areas in West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland will also be under a Flash Fl
  
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• Flash flood watch issued for Pittsburgh region tonight through Thurs.

  22-06-2016 14:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for the Greater Pittsburgh area as severe thunderstorms move into the region tonight.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Squirrel Hill Tunnel, Fort Pitt Tunnel overnight closures planned

  22-06-2016 14:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  A single lane will be closed along the outbound (eastbound) Squirrel Hill Tunnel tonight from one hour after the end of the Pirates game until 5 a.m. Thursday morning as crews repair overhead signs.
  
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