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• Fishermen Reel In Odd Catch At North Park Lake – A Red-Bellied Piranha

  20-07-2016 23:22
  
  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A woman and her son fishing at North Park Lake reeled in an odd catch on Tuesday afternoon.
  The Allegheny County Parks Department says the pair caught a red-bellied piranha. Neither was injured by the fish, which ended up flipping right back into the water after they took it off the hook.
  According to the Parks Department, this is the first report of an fish like this in the lake, and “there is no indication that there are a large number of piranha” in th
  
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• COO of PA Cyber promoted to CEO

  20-07-2016 23:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  ​Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School's chief operations officer will take over as acting CEO following the resignation this week of Michael J. Conti.
  
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• Francisco Cervelli On Taillon: ‘I Was Surprised He Kept Pitching’

  20-07-2016 23:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – It was quite the scare last night for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Jameson Taillon as the rookie pitcher took a 105 mph line drive off the back of his head.
  Francisco Cervelli had the closest view of the play in just his first game back from injury and joined the Starkey and Mueller Show to talk about that play and getting back on the field.
  “I think everybody felt the same way,” Cervelli said.“It’s not fun when you see a pitcher getting hi
  
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• Gov. Wolf signs ICA reform bill into law

  20-07-2016 23:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf today signed into law a state Senate bill aiming to bring transparency and accountability to one of Pittsburgh's financial overseers.
  
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• L.L. Bean Recalling Water Bottles Over Lead Concerns

  20-07-2016 22:51
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — L.L. Bean is recalling insulated water bottles for kids because of concerns about lead contamination.
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the bottles were sold by L.L. Bean from July 2015 through May of this year.
  The bottles come in five prints – sharks, dinosaur bones, camouflage, flowers and butterflies.
  L.L. Bean said it specified lead-free water bottles from the Chinese manufacturer, but routine testing revealed lead solder had been used to seal the b
  
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• Journey To Medicine Gives Rare Opportunity To Select Group Of Students

  20-07-2016 22:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A group of selected high school students got to watch a live surgery for the first time Wednesday morning.
  Andrew Williams, 15, got to see something Wednesday morning that his fellow Allderdice classmates likely won’t ever get the opportunity to – a live coronary artery bypass performed at Allegheny General Hospital.
  “It’s just very interesting. I don’t know what it is, I just like it a lot,” he said.
  The West End 10th grader is part
  
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• Girl, 6, dies after street shooting

  20-07-2016 21:56
  
  Police say Isis Allen is the innocent victim of a shooting by a man who told them he was trying to scare someone from a rival Pittsburgh neighborhood.
  
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• Crash on Fifth Avenue causing traffic issues in Oakland

  20-07-2016 21:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police and first responders are working this afternoon to clear an accident on Fifth Avenue in Oakland.
  
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• Police: Girl, 6, who had been shot in head Sunday has died

  20-07-2016 21:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  The 6-year-old girl struck in the head by a bullet Sunday in Knoxville has died, and charges against the teen arrested for shooting her will be upgraded “as deemed appropriate in the near future,” Pittsburgh police said.
  
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• Ian Baker-Finch On RBC Canadian Open: ‘It Means A Little More’

  20-07-2016 21:13
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  This week is the renewal of L’Omnium Canadien, the French term for the tournament otherwise known as the Canadian Open. Now sponsored by RBC, the Canadian Open is the third oldest continuously running event on the PGA Tour. Only the Open Championship and the U.S. Open are older.
  The first Canadian Open was held in 1904, but it’s 1954 that matters to most Canadian golf fans. That was the year Pat Fletcher triumphed, the last Canadian-born player to win the championsh
  
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• Police procession honors 'irreplaceable' officer killed in crash

  20-07-2016 21:04
  
  Police vehicles travel through two Butler County towns to a cemetery where Officer Kristine Bartman is laid to rest. Bartman died in a crash on the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh.
  
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• The countdown is on for Steelers training camp

  20-07-2016 21:02
  
  The countdown is on for the 51st Pittsburgh Steelers training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe.
  
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• Plane spins out of control, hits hangar at Connellsville airport

  20-07-2016 20:58
  
  A pilot is injured while working on his antique plane at Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport and is flown to a Pittsburgh hospital.
  
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• Fees going up for exhibits at Gettysburg National Military Park

  20-07-2016 20:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  GETTYSBURG, Pa. — It will cost more to visit exhibits surrounding the hallowed ground of Gettysburg National Military Park.
  
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• First Lady’s ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Video Airing Tonight

  20-07-2016 20:23
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Obama’s “Carpool Karaoke” joyride with James Corden will air Wednesday on the late-night host’s CBS show.
  The first lady and Corden sing “This Is For My Girls,” described as a “girl power anthem” intended to promote full access to education worldwide.
  The song was written by Grammy-winner Diane Warren and includes artists Kelly Clarkson, Missy Elliott, Janelle Monae, Kelly Rowland, Lea Michele and Zendaya.
  It was p
  
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• On The Rise: Andrew Johnston, A Special Cut of Beef

  20-07-2016 19:44
  
  By Dan Reardon
  Of golf’s four majors, the Open Championship probably has the most international field. The Masters is too small. The U.S. Open is too American. And the PGA Championship is only professionals. Such an eclectic field each year means American viewers who tune in during the early-morning hours are usually introduced to a player flashing on the leaderboard whom they know little or nothing about.
  Sometimes the tournament sidebar is someone like Justin Rose, who is
  
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• Trump Speechwriter Apologizes For Melania Trump’s Speech

  20-07-2016 19:27
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – A speechwriter for Donald Trump’s company said Wednesday she made a mistake and apologized for using passages from a 2008 Michelle Obama speech in the Republican party convention speech delivered by Melania Trump.
  In a statement issued by the campaign, Meredith McIver took the blame but made it clear that Mrs. Trump knew the passages were from the first lady’s speech.
  “A person she has always liked is Michelle Obama,” McIver says of Mrs. Trump. &ldq
  
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• Feds Qualify Fayette County For Aid From Severe Flooding

  20-07-2016 19:25
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Fayette County has been designated a disaster area by the U.S. Small Business Administration following recent storms and severe weather in the area.
  Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday announced Fayette County received the designation after flooding caused significant damage to homes and businesses on June 17.
  Residents there and people in the neighboring counties of Greene, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland counties may be eligible for low-interest disaster loans.
  The lo
  
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• Police gather for procession to remember 'irreplaceable' officer

  20-07-2016 19:21
  
  Family, friends and law enforcement officers are in Butler County, where Officer Kristine Bartman will be laid to rest after a fatal crash on the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Listeria fear prompts recall of Bar-S hot dogs, corn dogs made July 10-13

  20-07-2016 18:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON — More than 372,000 pounds of hot dogs and corn dogs made earlier this month are being recalled over concerns of listeria contamination.
  
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• 2 siblings found dead in Connellsville home believed to have fallen

  20-07-2016 18:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Two elderly siblings have been found dead in their Pennsylvania home during a welfare check, and police believe one fell while trying to help the other one up.
  
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• Squirrel Hill dad, veteran, delegate crowd-funding way to DNC

  20-07-2016 18:44
  Alex Austin is an Air Force veteran, a cancer survivor and a single father in Pittsburgh. He's using GoFundMe for some of the huge expenses associated with traveling to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
  
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• Pittsburgh craft brewer turns 50, 12 years into business

  20-07-2016 18:44
  That might come as a surprise to anyone who's met the owner and founder of East End Brewing Co. in Larimer, as he looks a good 10 years younger.
  
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• VisitErie issues statement on Presque Isle after Action News Investigates report

  20-07-2016 18:40
  
  VisitErie, the official tourism bureau for the city, issued a statement Wednesday in response to a recent WTAE report.
  
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• Police: Girl Shot In Knoxville Pronounced Dead, Case Now A Homicide

  20-07-2016 18:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police say they are now classifying a shooting in Knoxville last weekend that left a 6-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the head as a homicide and will be revising the charges against the suspect.
  According to Pittsburgh Police, the charges against 19-year-old Kamau Thomas, Jr. of Carrick “will be amended as deemed appropriate in the near future.”
  Earlier today, doctors at Children’s Hospital wanted to do one final test before determining if 6-yea
  
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• Mom Seeking More Time For Daughter To Heal After Knoxville Shooting

  20-07-2016 18:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Doctors at Children’s Hospital want to do one final test today before they determine if a 6-year-old girl should be taken off life support after being shot in Knoxville.
  However, the Isis Allen‘s mother is trying to fight the decision. She said doctors need to give her daughter more time to heal.
  “This happened Sunday, this is now what, Wednesday? That to me is not a fighting chance,” Allen’s mother, Taquea Sykes, said. “I’
  
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• Global temps on course for another record this year

  20-07-2016 18:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  The world is on pace to set another high temperature benchmark, with 2016 becoming the third year in a row of record heat.
  
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• Corrosion found on another pipeline near site of April blast

  20-07-2016 17:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  Federal regulators investigating the April 29 natural gas pipeline explosion in Westmoreland County have found corrosion on another pipeline which runs parallel to the one that burst.
  
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• NWS Warns Of Heat Dangers With Warmest Weather Of Year On The Way

  20-07-2016 17:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Did you know that heat, yes heat, kills more people in the United States than all other natural disasters combined?
  That’s why with the warmest weather of the year headed for Western Pennsylvania over next few days (Highs in the lower 90s, with Heat Index Values nearing 100) forecasters are doing everything they can to help save lives while helping residents beat the heat.
  Meteorologist Lee Hendricks with the National Weather Service in Moon Townshi
  
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• United Against Clinton, GOP Seeks To Rebrand Trump

  20-07-2016 17:30
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – Nomination finally in hand, the Donald Trump campaign charged ahead Wednesday with a convention-week mission to redefine its brash celebrity leader as a serious-minded family man. It’s a project proving harder than uniting skeptical Republicans behind their distaste for another brand they know well: The Clintons.
  Real estate mogul and reality television star Trump secured the GOP mantle Tuesday night in a roll call vote that officially brought the outsider into the h
  
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• Pilot hurt trying to stop runaway plane at Fayette County airport

  20-07-2016 17:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Washington County pilot sustained head injuries this morning when he was knocked to the ground while chasing after his runaway, 1946 single-engine airplane that had gotten away from him during ignition.
  
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• Pilot hurt after plane strikes hangar at Fayette County airport

  20-07-2016 17:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man piloting a small aircraft sustained a head injury after the plane struck a hangar while taxiing this morning at a Fayette County airport.
  
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• Fees are going up at the Gettysburg National Military Park

  20-07-2016 17:15
  
  It will cost more to visit exhibits surrounding the hallowed ground of Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Pilot injured in plane accident at Connellsville airport

  20-07-2016 17:04
  
  A plane crash is reported near a hangar at the Joseph A. Hardy Airport in Connellsville.
  
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• Fire destroys mobile home, garage in Indiana Township

  20-07-2016 16:48
  
  Two buildings were on fire Wednesday morning in Indiana Township.
  
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• Emergency Crews Called After Plane Hits Hangar At Connellsville Airport

  20-07-2016 16:35
  
  CONNELLSVILLE (KDKA) – Emergency crews were called to the Connellsville Airport after a plane hit a hangar Wednesday morning.
  According to officials at the scene, a plane rolled and hit the hangar around 10 a.m.
  A man bumped his head and was alert and conscious as he was taken to the hospital to be checked out.
  No other information has been released at this time.
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• Property Owner Sought After Fire Damages Home, Garage & Vehicles In Indiana Twp.

  20-07-2016 16:28
  
  INDIANA TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Police are looking for an Indiana Township property owner after a home, barn, garage and several vehicles were destroyed by a fire Wednesday morning in Indiana Township.
  A neighbor called 911 after noticing smoke coming from a vacant home on Melody Lane around 9 a.m.
  When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting from the building.
  “Police on scene reported a fully-involved structure, immediately paged out extra companies. When we did arrive, it was fully-i
  
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• Man Wanted On Arson Charges After Fire Destroys His Indiana Twp. Home

  20-07-2016 16:28
  
  INDIANA TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Police have issued an arrest warrant for an Indiana Township property owner after his mobile home, barn, garage and several vehicles were destroyed by a fire.
  The manhunt continued into Thursday morning hours for 52-year-old Richard Radovich, who is facing arson charges.
  A neighbor was the first to call 911Wednesday morning after noticing smoke coming from a home on Melody Lane around 9 a.m.
  When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting from the building.
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• Indiana Twp. Fire Damages Home, Garage & Vehicles

  20-07-2016 16:28
  
  INDIANA TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A home, garage and several vehicles were damaged by a fire this morning in Indiana Township.
  A neighbor called 911 after noticing smoke coming from a vacant home on Melody Lane around 9 a.m.
  When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting from the building.
  “Police on scene reported a fully-involved structure, immediately paged out extra companies. When we did arrive, it was fully-involved in the garage and several vehicles. Guys did the best they could for
  
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• Firefighters Battle 2-Alarm Barn & Trailer Fire In Indiana Twp.

  20-07-2016 16:28
  
  INDIANA TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire in Indiana Township Wednesday morning.According to officials at the scene, the fire broke out just before 10 a.m. in the 300 block of Melody Lane in Indiana Township.
  A trailer and a barn caught on fire, but there is no word if any animals were inside at this time. A truck also caught on fire.
  The cause of the fire is unknown.
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• Emergency crews respond to house fire in Indiana Township

  20-07-2016 16:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Firefighters were battling a house fire in Indiana Township this morning.
  
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• Off-Duty Officer Killed In Motorcycle Crash To Be Laid To Rest

  20-07-2016 16:17
  
  EVANS CITY (KDKA) – An off-duty police officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash on the Liberty Bridge is being laid to rest today.
  Officer Kristine Bartman was on her way home from the Justin Bieber concert last week when she was killed.
  “She was violently rear-ended by another driver which forced her into the back of another vehicle,” her husband, Zachary, said. “She was senselessly taken from us by someone that was not paying attention.”
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• Off-Duty Officer Killed In Motorcycle Crash Laid To Rest

  20-07-2016 16:17
  
  EVANS CITY (KDKA) – An off-duty police officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash on the Liberty Bridge was laid to rest Wednesday.
  Officer Kristine Bartman was on her way home from the Justin Bieber concert last week when she was killed.
  “She was violently rear-ended by another driver which forced her into the back of another vehicle,” her husband, Zachary, said. “She was senselessly taken from us by someone that was not paying attention.”
  (Photo Courtesy: Evans
  
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• Visit Erie issues statement on Presque Isle after Action News Investigates report

  20-07-2016 16:16
  
  Visit Erie, the official tourism bureau for the city, issued a statement Wednesday saying that Presque Isle State Park is not splitting in half.
  
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• 2 buildings on fire in Indiana Township

  20-07-2016 15:38
  
  Two buildings were on fire Wednesday morning in Indiana Township.
  
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• Bus-SUV crash blocks West Liberty Avenue traffic near South Busway

  20-07-2016 15:19
  
  An accident involving a Port Authority bus and an SUV near the South Busway entrance lane was blocking West Liberty Avenue traffic approaching the Liberty Tunnel.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Bus crash slows commute on West Liberty in Beechview

  20-07-2016 15:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  A collision between a Port Authority bus and a car this morning in Beechview has traffic snarled on West Liberty Avenue.
  
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• Stripping for a cause: Lap dances to benefit flood relief

  20-07-2016 15:10
  
  Lap dances at a Morgantown strip club will help pay for flood relief efforts in hard-hit areas of West Virginia.
  
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• Gov. Wolf: Access To Medical Marijuana Will Come Sooner Than Later

  20-07-2016 14:57
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA/AP) – Pennsylvania’s Department of Health expects to begin working soon with physicians from health systems and professional organizations as it writes medical marijuana program regulations.
  Secretary of Health Karen Murphy said Tuesday that her department also will seek guidance from the physicians on carrying out the medical marijuana law’s research program.
  The department says it’ll take until early 2018 to make medical marijuana av
  
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• PTL Links: July 20, 2016

  20-07-2016 14:35
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Leslie Bonci
  Rania Harris
  Rania’s Recipe: Patty Finnerty’s Chocolate Volcano
  Heinz History Center
  Lendable Linens
  Mt. Lebanon Floral
  All Occasions Party Rental
  National Aviary
  “Shrek The Musical”
  
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