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• Teen Killed After Attacking Train Passengers With Ax In Germany

  18-07-2016 23:53
  
  BERLIN (AP) – A teenage Afghan migrant armed with an ax and a knife attacked passengers aboard a regional train in southern Germany on Monday night, injuring four people before he was shot and killed by police as he fled, authorities said.
  Wuerzburg police said on their Facebook page that three of the victims suffered serious injuries and one was slightly injured. Another 14 people were being treated for shock.
  Bavaria’s top security official, state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann
  
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• Police Kill Attacker Who Slashed Passengers On German Train

  18-07-2016 23:53
  
  BERLIN (AP) – A man armed with an ax and a knife attacked passengers aboard a regional train in southern Germany on Monday night, injuring four people before he was shot and killed by police as he fled.
  Wuerzburg police said on their Facebook page that three of the victims suffered serious injuries and one was slightly injured. Another 14 people were being treated for shock.
  Police said there was not yet any information on the motive behind the attack, nor details on the identity of the at
  
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• 20 or more cars vandalized in Verona, car windows shattered

  18-07-2016 23:53
  
  Some Verona residents woke up Monday morning to find out their car windows had been shattered by vandals.
  
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• Does It Really Do That? Spray Perfect

  18-07-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Painting your nails at home can be a pain. From trying to keep freshly painted nails free from nicks, to the challenge of painting nails on your other hand with your less dominant one -the struggle is real.
  What if a salon-perfect manicure was just a spray away? A product called Spray Perfect claims you can have a great at-home manicure in minutes.
  Does it really do that?
  Many KDKA-TV viewers have been asking anchor/reporter Jennifer Antkowiak to test this one. Victoria
  
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• Pennsylvania Delegates Enjoy First Day Of Republican National Convention

  18-07-2016 23:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It was the first official day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, which meant plenty of food and talk for the delegates from Pennsylvania.
  “If you win Pennsylvania, you will be the next president of the United States,” said Pa. Republican Party Chair Rob Gleason.
  The 71 Pennsylvania delegates plus alternates, guests and politicians enjoyed a breakfast of Eggs Benedict and sausage before heading over to the Quicken Loans Arena.
  “People f
  
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• WESA making changes to 'Essential Pittsburgh'

  18-07-2016 23:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Change is in the airwaves for 90.5 WESA.
  
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• Mall owner eyes sales of Western Pa. shopping centers

  18-07-2016 23:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust is under agreement to sell Washington Crown Center mall south of Pittsburgh and will seek a buyer for Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca.
  
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• Keidel: Stephen Strasburg Finally Living Up To Hype

  18-07-2016 23:01
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Despite all the pomp and hype that blew through baseball’s door when pitcher Stephen Strasburg was the top pick in the 2009 MLB draft, he hasn’t had a singular season that justified it.
  That has finally changed.
  Stephen Strasburg is having a marvelous season for the Washington Nationals, a historic one even. And, if history is any precursor, a Cy Young season.
  Strasburg is only the fifth pitcher in the Cy Young era (since 1956) to start 13-0. Three of the other four &
  
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• Anita L. Wasilko

  18-07-2016 22:56
  
  She was born in Lewistown on May 6, 1942, and is predeceased by parents Tom and Priscilla Bailey, and infant son, Scott Matthew, on Sept. 21, 1973.
  
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• ‘Egregious’ violations net pipeline company hefty fine

  18-07-2016 22:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state Department of Environmental Protection has fined a shale gas pipeline company $1.5 million for discharging sediment and causing a landslide that damaged Butler County streams and wetlands along an 18-mile pipeline-construction project from November through March.
  
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• DEP fines Butler County pipeline project

  18-07-2016 22:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state Department of Environmental Protection has fined a shale gas pipeline company $1.5 million for discharging sediment and causing a landslide that damaged Butler County streams and wetlands along an 18-mile pipeline construction project from November 2015 through March 2016.
  
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• Benefit Held After Horses Killed In Barn Fire

  18-07-2016 22:32
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — “We got together and we put together a list of classes and started advertising and trying to get some interest in the show,” according to Elizabeth Pagano.
  There was a lot of interest.
  Dozens of people showed up in the South Hills to show their horses. Everyone knew the money was going to Renee Koroly, to help her rebuilt her barn that burned to the ground on Mar. 20. Seven horses were lost, along with other farm animals.
  “It was a blow to her, he
  
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• Penguins’ Kessel Visits Sick Kids With Stanley Cup

  18-07-2016 22:31
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Penguins’ Phil Kessel has waited his entire life to win the Stanley Cup and Monday was his day with the cup.Kessel wasted no time showing off the Stanley Cup and even took it to Toronto Children’s Hospital.The Hospital for Sick Children posted these photos of Kessel visiting kids with the Stanley Cup.SickKids was buzzing with #StanleyCup fever today! Thx for visiting our patients & families @PKessel81 #NHL pic.twitter.com/OMySknGsW3
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• Homewood man guilty of 2015 double fatal shooting

  18-07-2016 22:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  A jury this afternoon found a Homewood man guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for shooting two men to death during a drug deal in Marshall-Shadeland last year.
  
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• Despite millions spent on sand, Presque Isle in danger of splitting in two

  18-07-2016 21:40
  
  Presque Isle is a popular vacation spot for Pittsburghers. The Lake Erie peninsula is in danger of breaking in two, despite millions of taxpayer dollars spent trying to preserve it.
  
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• Dunlap: Joe Torre Has A Lot Of Nerve

  18-07-2016 21:04
  
  From what I know of him, Joe Torre is a very good man.I don’t know the guy, but I know plenty who do and all say the same thing — he is a splendid fellow; a marvelous guy.He’s got a lot of nerve though.A whole lot of nerve in this instance.The manager turned Major League Baseball executive sent a memo Friday to current MLB managers and a bunch of other front office types demanding current managers tone it down. He was once one of them and now he wants them to zip their lips. Se
  
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• Co. Commissioner Reportedly Shot While Trying To Stop Wife’s Suicide Attempt

  18-07-2016 20:59
  
  UNIONTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) — A woman charged with shooting her husband, a Fayette County commissioner, told police the man had been abusing her, but then later changed her story.
  Police rushed to Crestvue Drive in South Union Township around 1 a.m. Sunday, where they found 56-year-old Vincent Vicites suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck. His wife, 47-year-old Deanna Vicites was located outside the front door of the home, curled up on her side.
  Officials said Vicites wa
  
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• This Week In Golf: Stenson’s Sunday 63 At Open Championship Makes History

  18-07-2016 20:55
  
  By Sam McPherson
  When explaining the 2016 Open Championship at Scotland’s Royal Troon, even the superlatives don’t seem to make sense. Two golfers –Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and America’s Phil Mickelson — played head and shoulders above the rest of the field. And when it was over, Stenson had completed a round for the ages, while Mickelson, on the unlucky side in yet another major championship, was left to shake his head.
  Stenson’s Sunday round of 63 tied
  
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• Paul Ryan waves Terrible Towel at RNC

  18-07-2016 20:42
  
  The House speaker is a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan, but he was not afraid to pander to Pittsburgh Steelers fans at a breakfast appearance before the Pennsylvania delegation Monday.
  
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• Filmed-in-Pittsburgh 'Fences' gets a Christmas Day release

  18-07-2016 20:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  The movie version of August Wilson’s “Fences” that recently wrapped filming in Pittsburgh will debut in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 16, before opening in wide release on Christmas Day.
  
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• P.F. Chang's frozen dinners recalled, may have metal fragments

  18-07-2016 20:38
  
  ConAgra Foods is recalling almost 195,600 pounds of P.F. Chang's frozen dinners because they may contain pieces of metal in them, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
  
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• Fracking may worsen asthma for nearby residents, study says

  18-07-2016 20:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  CHICAGO — Fracking may worsen asthma in children and adults who live near sites where the oil and gas drilling method is used, according to an 8-year study in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Too many deer on the road? Let cougars return, study says

  18-07-2016 20:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  What large mammal regularly kills humans in the Eastern United States?
  
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• Paul Ryan waves a Steelers fan's Terrible Towel at Republican National Convention in Cleveland

  18-07-2016 20:12
  
  The House speaker is a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan, but he was not afraid to pander to Pittsburgh Steelers fans at a breakfast appearance before the Pennsylvania delegation Monday.
  
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• Website Offers Updated Information On West Virginia Flooding Recovery

  18-07-2016 19:53
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says residents can visit a website that’s been set up to keep everyone informed about flood recovery and volunteer efforts.
  Tomblin said in a news release that users can find recovery resources and link people who want to help with the most urgent needs.
  The release said the website – http://www.WVFLOOD.com – is updated daily with information from the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
  
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• Master developer sought for former LTV Coke Works site

  18-07-2016 19:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  The foundations that own the former LTV Coke Works in Hazelwood will seek a master developer to try to jump start development at the 178-acre site on the Monongahela River.
  
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• DA: Commissioner's shooting by wife 'absolutely not' accidental

  18-07-2016 18:58
  
  Vincent Vicites remains hospitalized after being shot in his home. The Fayette County district attorney says it was not an accident.
  
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• Gunshot incident near Swissvale BP ends with Parkway East arrest

  18-07-2016 18:46
  
  A report early Monday of shots fired near a BP station in Swissvale ended with officers surrounding a car on the inbound side of the Parkway East.
  
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• Couple give conflicting accounts in Fayette County official’s shooting

  18-07-2016 18:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  The wife of a Fayette County commissioner who is charged with shooting him Sunday, initially said she was defending herself because he was choking her but then said the shooting occurred when she tried to kill herself and he grabbed the gun to stop her, police said.
  
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• Conflicting stories abound in shooting of Fayette County commissioner

  18-07-2016 18:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  The wife of a Fayette County commissioner charged with shooting him on Sunday initially said she was defending herself because he was choking her but then said the shooting occurred when she tried to kill herself and he grabbed the gun to stop her, police said.
  
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• Taco Bell Employee Fired After Denying Service To Deputies

  18-07-2016 18:35
  
  PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) – A Taco Bell employee in Alabama has been fired after authorities say two Lee County deputies were denied service.
  Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said in a statement that the uniformed deputies were told by the cashier Saturday night in Phenix City that they wouldn’t be served and they needed to leave.
  Taco Bell spokeswoman Laura Nedbal said in a statement to news outlets that the restaurant’s franchise owner has since fired the employee.
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• Golden Gate Suicide Net Bids Come in High

  18-07-2016 18:33
  
  Officials say plans for a "suicide barrier" on the Golden Gate Bridge will go on, but the process may have hit a snag when the lowest bids for its construction came in at nearly twice the expected cost. Bridge officials announced last fall that they would be taking bids for the installation of a stainless steel net under the sidewalk level of the San Francisco bridge, with the intention of preventing and deterring suicide attempts.
  
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• More Than 20 Vehicles Vandalized In Verona

  18-07-2016 18:32
  
  VERONA (KDKA) — People who live along Center Avenue, First and Second Avenue in Verona, say they woke up Monday morning to police knocking at their door, letting them know that cars on their streets had been vandalized.
  In each case, it was the same. The windows had been smashed out.
  “This was all smashed. And a couple of cars down the street, you could see where they didn’t break it, and it looked like a hard object,” Guy Oliver said.
  He told KDKA he didn’t know wh
  
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• Paul Ryan Waves Terrible Towel During Meeting With Pa. GOP Delegates

  18-07-2016 18:19
  
  CLEVELAND (KDKA) – House Speaker Paul Ryan gave a shout-out to Pittsburgh Steelers fans ahead of the kickoff of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
  Ryan met with the Pennsylvania GOP delegation this morning. He knew exactly what to do when someone in the crowd threw him a Terrible Towel.
  “I want to win this election so darn badly that I’m willing to do this,” Ryan said as he waved the towel.
  Ryan, who represents Wisconsin, said he has stake in the Green Bay P
  
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• Scottdale man killed in motorcycle crash

  18-07-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Scottdale man was killed Sunday night when a car turned into the path of his motorcycle on State Route 31 in East Huntingdon.
  
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• New restaurants open in Allegheny County: Here's the list

  18-07-2016 17:53
  
  Looking for a different place to try? Here is the Health Department's monthly list of new restaurants that are open for business.
  
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• Girl, 6, in critical condition after porch shooting

  18-07-2016 17:52
  
  "The shots sounded so close and so loud," a woman says about the gunfire that struck a child at a house in Pittsburgh's Knoxville area.
  
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• DA: Commissioner's shooting by wife 'absolutely not an accident'

  18-07-2016 17:52
  
  Vincent Vicites remains hospitalized after what the Fayette County district attorney says was an intentional shooting at the victim's home.
  
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• New Placards Allow For Easy Checking Of Restauarant Inspection Reports

  18-07-2016 17:47
  
  PITTSBURGH – The Allegheny County Health Department has unveiled new placards which will be on public display in numerous food establishments across the county.
  This new design features a QR code which consumers can scan with their cellphone to view inspection reports right at the front door before entering.
  The Inspected & Permitted placard indicates if food establishment have passed the Health Department’s mandatory inspection in order to operate. The Closed placards are p
  
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• Pittsburgh-area gasoline stays flat at $2.47 a gallon

  18-07-2016 17:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  Gasoline prices continue to hover around $2.47 a gallon in southwestern Pennsylvania, according to a survey of more than 700 stations across the seven counties surrounding Pittsburgh. That’s down less than a cent from one week ago. 
  
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• AFC North: Three Burning Questions For Each Team Entering Training Camp

  18-07-2016 17:46
  
  By Ryan Mayer
  You probably thought you had more time until you read your first article of the NFL offseason, didn’t you? But believe it or not, training camps around the NFL will be underway less than a month from today and there’s no shortage of juicy storylines for us to dive right into. 
  So – enough small talk, let’s get into three of the biggest burning questions surrounding each of the NFL’s 32 teams as we get ready to get ready for another NFL s
  
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• Highest Ranking Officer Found Not Guilty In Freddie Gray Case

  18-07-2016 17:28
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) – A judge acquitted a Baltimore police officer of manslaughter and other charges Monday in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who was critically injured in a police transport van.
  It was the fourth straight trial prosecutors failed to win in the case.
  Lt. Brian Rice, the highest-ranking of six officers charged, faced charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. Williams previously dismissed a second-degree assault charge, and prose
  
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• Midseason Changes In MLB Can Help Your Fantasy Baseball Team

  18-07-2016 17:19
  
  By Sam McPherson
  The trading deadline is approaching in Major League Baseball, and as it does every July, that means good players are changing teams—and changing roles—this summer. Opportunity is everywhere for the fantasy baseball owner that jumps on roster changes, too, since grabbing the right player after a trade can make a huge difference in the league standings come September.
  This is not news, as the MLB trade frenzy that occurs between the All-Star Game and July 31 every seas
  
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• Young Pirates Fan Shows Range Of Emotions During Team’s 18 Inning Win

  18-07-2016 17:18
  
  By Ryan Mayer
  The Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals played an 18-inning game on Sunday afternoon that ended in a 2-1 win for the Bucs on Starling Marte’s solo blast off of the Nationals’ Oliver Perez.
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  It was a back-and-forth affair featuring a game-tying homer in the bottom of the ninth inning from Daniel Murphy and both teams having good chances to take the lead in the extra frames. During the broadcast, cameras kept coming bac
  
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• Watch: Stephen Colbert Crashes RNC Stage For ‘Hunger Games’ Prank

  18-07-2016 17:15
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – A video posted online shows “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert taking over the microphone on stage in Cleveland in a “Hunger Games” themed prank at the site of the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday.
  The video shows Colbert behind the podium saying it’s his honor “to hereby launch and begin the 2016 Republican hungry for power games” and banging a gavel. A man who appears to be security then confronts Colbert, who sa
  
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• Pennsylvania’s Cigarette Tax To Rise By $1 Per Pack Aug. 1

  18-07-2016 16:39
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Cigarette taxes are on the way up in Pennsylvania.
  Starting Aug. 1, Pennsylvania’s newly enacted budget package means that the per-pack tax on cigarettes will rise by $1 to $2.60. Counting a $2 per-pack tax added in Philadelphia in 2014 to help fund the city’s schools, and the per-pack cigarette tax in Philadelphia will be $4.60.
  That means Pennsylvania’s cigarette tax will go from tied for the nation’s 23rd highest with Ohio and Delaware to t
  
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• Gunshot incident near Swissvale BP ends with Parkway arrest

  18-07-2016 16:39
  
  A report early Monday of shots fired near a BP station in Swissvale ended with officers surrounding a car on the inbound side of the Parkway East.
  
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• Comcast offers low-cost internet for public housing

  18-07-2016 16:02
  
  Comcast will expand its Internet Essentials program to all government-subsidized homes in the company's service areas throughout Pennsylvania.
  
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• Strong Storms Expected To Impact Area During Afternoon Hours

  18-07-2016 16:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Some severe weather is expected to impact parts of the area today.
  This morning, isolated thunderstorms moved through the area, which triggered a couple of severe weather alerts.
  According to KDKA-TV’s Jon Burnett, some heavy storms are expected to impact the area during the afternoon and early evening hours.
  A cold front is moving through the area, which is triggering the storms. Once the cold front moves through, conditions will dry out and the heat will increas
  
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