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• Health insurance execs plead case for rate hikes

  27-07-2016 23:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — With Independence Blue Cross and other health insurers seeking significant rate hikes for individual plans for next year, company executives appeared Wednesday morning before the state regulators who have to sign off on their requests.
  
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• Whole Foods to build second market in East Liberty, this time at Penn Plaza site

  27-07-2016 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five months after Penn Plaza residents in East Liberty had to be out of their apartments, a new Whole Foods Market is moving in.
  
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• Whole Foods signs deal for second store at East Liberty's Penn Plaza apartments

  27-07-2016 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Penn Plaza apartments in East Liberty will be replaced by a new Whole Foods Market.
  
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• Whole Foods plans to build on site of Penn Plaza

  27-07-2016 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five months after Penn Plaza residents in East Liberty had to be out of their apartments, a new Whole Foods Market is moving in.
  
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• Whole Foods plans to build market on site of Penn Plaza in East Liberty

  27-07-2016 23:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five months after Penn Plaza residents in East Liberty had to be out of their apartments, a new Whole Foods Market is moving in.
  
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• Laura Zinksi has been at the helm of the Mon Valley Initiative for 15 years

  27-07-2016 23:42
  
  The Observer-Reporter is excited to announce new digital offerings, including our new e-Edition apps, available for download in the iTunes & Google Play stores.
  
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• Vehicle crash affecting traffic on Parkway East's inbound lanes

  27-07-2016 23:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Motorists currently on Parkway East are experiencing heavy traffic due to a vehicle accident.
  
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• Clinton, Kaine to stop in Pittsburgh Saturday for campaign event

  27-07-2016 23:22
  
  Following the public rally in Philadelphia on Independence Mall Friday, the tour will include public events in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Columbus.
  
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• Cyclists Raising Awareness For Those With Disabilities Ride Through Pittsburgh

  27-07-2016 23:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There was a special bike ride through the City of Pittsburgh Wednesday. The goal was raising money to help those in need.
  Last year, David Baldwin decided he wanted to do more for an organization in Houston, Texas, that helps people with developmental disabilities.
  After taking a bike ride, he came up with the program call, the “Pursuit For Those With Disabilities.”
  The goal is to not only raise money for the facility in Houston, but also to raise awareness.
  
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• Traffic alert: Liberty Tunnel & Bridge weekend closure

  27-07-2016 22:26
  
  Inbound traffic will be detoured Friday night through Sunday afternoon as bridge workers prepare for the next phase of construction that starts Monday. Here are the posted detours and work schedules.
  
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• NFL Analyst Alex Marvez: “How Much Does Football Really Matter To Le’Veon Bell?”

  27-07-2016 22:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Steelers season is upon us.
  Training camp officially opens on Friday, and as always, the expectations are high. Senior NFL Writer and Sirius NFL Radio Host Alex Marvez joined Cook and Poni on Wednesday to preview the upcoming season and the latest on Le’Veon Bell’s appeal.
  So what about Bell? Can he actually win his appeal and avoid a four-game suspension?
  “If the NFL makes one exception to their drug testing program, how many more are you goin
  
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• Dottie Pepper On PGA Championship: ‘A Very Intimidating Layout’

  27-07-2016 22:11
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  The final major of 2016, the 98th PGA Championship, begins Thursday at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, just 11 days after the last putt dropped at the Open Championship at Royal Troon. Because of golf’s return to the Olympics next month, the PGA is being staged at its earliest date on the calendar since 1971, when Jack Nicklaus won his second of a record-tying five PGA titles at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, in February.
  The Lower Course at
  
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• Only On 4: Attorney for former DNC delegate charged with shooting husband tells her story

  27-07-2016 21:50
  
  The attorney for the woman charged with shooting her husband, who is a Fayette County Commissioner, provided more details into the incident.
  
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• Ross Park Mall guard accidentally shoots friend, then fired

  27-07-2016 21:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Ross Park Mall security guard lost his job after he accidentally shot his friend in the buttocks Tuesday night.
  
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• Valencia motorcyclist killed in collision with truck

  27-07-2016 21:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Valencia man was killed Tuesday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding was T-boned by a truck at the intersection of Routes 8 and 288.
  
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• Ross Park Mall guard accidentally shoots person in buttocks

  27-07-2016 21:13
  
  A security guard is fired after shooting someone at the end of his shift at the mall in Ross Township, police say.
  
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• CONSOL Energy To Drill Again

  27-07-2016 20:57
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Another local energy company is planning to start drilling new Marcellus and Utica shale gas wells.
  When demand and gas prices dropped last year, CONSOL Energy stopped drilling new wells, cut costs and paid down debt.
  Chief Operating Officer Tim Dugan tells KDKA’s Barbara Boylan the company is now ready to resume drilling “last year prices dropped, commodity prices have been depressed for the last year.”Dugan says, “we did it the o
  
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• UPMC paying $2.5 milion to settle overbilling claims

  27-07-2016 20:54
  
  UPMC does not acknowledge any wrongdoing as it pays to settle claims in a federal whistleblower lawsuit. It also says it has improved billing procedures.
  
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• Former GM Jim Bowden: Pirates Should Not Even Be In Race With Their Struggles

  27-07-2016 20:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – As we approach Monday’s Major League Baseball trade deadline, are the Pirates going to be buyers or sellers?
  MLB Baseball Analyst and former general manager Jim Bowden joined “The Cook and Poni Show” on Wednesday to discuss what the Pirates might be looking to do.
  First, Cook and Poni asked how they can get more out of their star players in Andrew McCutchen and Francisco Liriano.
  “You just might have to deal with the fact that he might be
  
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• Man Accused Of Using Child As Human Shield To Undergo Alcohol Counseling

  27-07-2016 20:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man facing charges after a violent domestic dispute led to him allegedly using his child as a human shield appeared in court on Wednesday.
  Troy Wazny was due in court for a preliminary hearing, but it was postponed so he could undergo further alcohol counseling.
  The incident happened at a home on 12th Street in Forward Township last month.
  According to police, Wazny was at the home with his son when his ex-girlfriend, who’s the mother of his child, came to pick
  
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• On The Rise: Kelly Kraft Has Time On His Side

  27-07-2016 20:31
  
  By Dan Reardon
  Golf is not physically painful, but it can be painfully cruel. Its dark side was on display at both ends of a career last weekend at the RBC Canadian Open. Evidence the closing holes at Glen Abbey last Sunday.
  Steve Wheatcroft has been chasing the PGA Tour for the better part of two decades, and with three holes to play last week, he held his dream in his hands. He was tied for the lead with Jhonattan Vegas with a couple of par fives left to finally cross the finish line
  
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• 5-Year Old Races Motocross While Battling Leukemia

  27-07-2016 20:29
  
  EDINBURG, Pa. (AP) – Near a homemade track that weaves through backyard brambles far outside Pittsburgh, 5-year-old Keegan McDade and his dad are laughing on the back of a roaring, full-size dirt bike.
  Keegan hops down and yanks off his helmet, revealing a tuft of brown hair that static-warped into a mohawk. His mother, Cetta, watches with his baby sister, Reese, and pets the family’s slobbering Labrador, Buddy.
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• Security Guard Accidentally Shoots Friend In Buttocks At Ross Park Mall

  27-07-2016 20:18
  
  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A security guard has been relieved of his duties after accidentally shooting his friend at the Ross Park Mall Tuesday night.
  According to police, the incident happened in the security office around 11 p.m.
  The guard was getting ready to go home for the evening. While loading his personal firearm, he accidentally fired it. The resulting shot went through a wooden stand and struck his friend in the buttocks.
  The injured man was treated and released from an area hospita
  
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• Beaver County couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide

  27-07-2016 20:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Beaver County husband and wife were found shot dead in their Darlington home in what police said was an apparent murder-suicide.
  
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• UPMC paying $25 million to settle overbilling claims

  27-07-2016 20:01
  
  UPMC does not acknowledge any wrongdoing as it pays to settle claims in a federal whistleblower lawsuit. It also says it has improved billing procedures.
  
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• ‘Pokemon Go’ Player Shot 3 Times, Robbed While Playing Game

  27-07-2016 20:00
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Police say a man playing “Pokemon Go” in an Ohio park was robbed of his cellphone and shot three times.
  Columbus police say 26-year-old Gregory Wheeler and a woman were playing the smartphone game Tuesday night when a 14-year-old boy asked to use the phone to call his mother.
  Police say the teenager fled with the phone and Wheeler was first struck in the head by another person when he chased after the boy, then shot. Wheeler’s condition wasn’t
  
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• Pittsburgh police chief defends himself after DNC speech

  27-07-2016 19:51
  
  Police Chief Cameron McLay says he committed no ethics violations when he traveled to the Democratic National Convention and gave a speech as an invited guest.
  
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• Man To Stand Trial In Bloomfield Fatal Hit-&-Run

  27-07-2016 19:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man facing charges stemming from a fatal hit-and-run in Bloomfield last month appeared in court on Wednesday.
  Kyle O’Connor, 21, waived his right to a preliminary hearing and will stand trial.
  On June 28, Jessica McChesney, 26, was hit by a car around 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of Baum Boulevard and Morewood Avenue. She later died at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.
  (Photo Courtesy: Bracken Funeral Home)
  In the hours that followed, police arrested O’Connor
  
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• UPMC, affiliates agree to pay $2.5 million in false claims settlement

  27-07-2016 18:38 via post-gazette.com
  
  Starting in 2006, UPMC’s neurosurgical practice enjoyed “astonishing” growth, becoming the single highest-grossing physician group of its kind in the nation, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.
  
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• Justice Dept: UPMC, affiliates agree to pay $2.5M for false billing claims

  27-07-2016 18:38 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Justice Department said today that UPMC and three affiliates have agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle claims that they submitted false bills for payment to Medicare.
  
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• Justice Dept: UPMC, affilates agree to pay $2.5M for false billing claims

  27-07-2016 18:38 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Justice Department said today that UPMC and three affiliates have agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle claims that they submitted false bills for payment to Medicare.
  
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• Trump Says Russia Should Find Clinton’s Missing Emails

  27-07-2016 18:29
  
  MIAMI (AP) – Donald Trump has a message for Russia: find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails.
  The Republican presidential nominee, holding a Wednesday press conference, said that the 30,000 missing emails from Clinton’s private email server would reveal “some beauties” and made an extraordinary plea for a foreign power to locate them.
  “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said. &ldquo
  
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• Daughter of Scaife files new petition challenging will

  27-07-2016 18:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  The daughter of the late billionaire publisher Richard Mellon Scaife today expanded a year-old challenge to his will, alleging that not one, but two estate documents were the subject of undue influence by attorney H. Yale Gutnick.
  
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• McLay defends himself, as local police union criticizes DNC appearance

  27-07-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay said he was pleased to receive an invitation to speak at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night because it was an opportunity to speak on a subject about which he is passionate: police and community relations.
  
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• Local police union criticizes McLay for DNC speech

  27-07-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  The president of the Pittsburgh police union said he believes the chief should be penalized for speaking Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention.
  
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• FOP president decries police chief's DNC speech

  27-07-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police Chief Cameron McLay said he was pleased to receive an invitation to speak at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night because it was an opportunity to speak on a subject about which he is passionate: police and community relations.
  
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• Cause of fire that killed family of 5 will never be known

  27-07-2016 18:13
  
  What sparked a fire that killed a married couple and their young children at home? The Allegheny County fire marshal says it will never be determined.
  
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• Driver Examined After Crashing Through Brookline Fence

  27-07-2016 18:06
  
  BROOKLINE (KDKA) – A driver is being examined after crashing through a fence in Brookline Wednesday morning.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the accident happened in the 900 block of Bay Ridge Road around 11:30 a.m.
  The male driver is believed to be in his 90s.
  The building inspector has been called to determine if a nearby house suffered any structural damage.
  The cause of the crash has not been determined.
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• Beaver County Couple Found Dead, Police Investigating As Murder-Suicide

  27-07-2016 17:30
  
  DARLINGTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Police in Beaver County are investigating a murder-suicide.
  Police were called to a home in the 100 block of County Line Road in New Galilee Borough just after 11 a.m. Tuesday.
  According to the coroner, 45-year-olds Duane and Sonya Myers were found dead inside the home.
  Officials believe Duane shot his wife before turning the gun on himself.
  No other information has been released at this time.
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• The Ice Bucket Challenge actually worked?

  27-07-2016 17:24
  
  The social media campaign that convinced people to dump cold water on their heads is being credited for helping scientists find a gene connected to ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
  
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• Guilty plea may be likely for former federal probation officer accused of leaking info

  27-07-2016 17:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former federal probation officer in Pittsburgh charged with leaking information to the sister of a drug suspect targeted in a state heroin investigation indicated today she will plead guilty next month in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg.
  
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• Guilty plea may be likely for former federal probation office accused of leaking info

  27-07-2016 17:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former federal probation officer in Pittsburgh charged with leaking information to the sister of a drug suspect targeted in a state heroin investigation indicated today she will plead guilty next month in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg.
  
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• AGH gets low rating in annual CMS report

  27-07-2016 17:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has given Allegheny General Hospital one star out of five in its annual comparison of the nation’s hospitals, saying the North Side facility scored below the national average for safety of care, patient readmissions and patient experience.
  
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• AGH 1 of 6 hospitals in state to get low rating from agency

  27-07-2016 17:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has given Allegheny General Hospital one star out of five in its annual comparison of the nation’s hospitals, saying the North Side facility scored below the national average for safety of care, patient readmissions and patient experience.
  
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• Pa. attorney general sues owner of Robinson mobile home park

  27-07-2016 16:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state attorney general’s office has filed a civil lawsuit against a Robinson mobile home park owner it alleges “engaged in unlawful and deceptive business practices” by forcing out residents without compensation due them under the law to assist them in relocating.
  
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• AG's office sues Robinson mobile home park owner

  27-07-2016 16:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  The state attorney general's office has filed a civil lawsuit against a Robinson mobile home park owner it alleges “engaged in unlawful and deceptive business practices” by forcing out residents without compensation due to them under the law to assist them in relocating.
  
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• Franklin Regional H.S. Stabbing Suspect’s Trial Postponed

  27-07-2016 16:40
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA/AP) – The trial for a man charged with slashing and stabbing 20 fellow students and a security guard at Franklin Regional High School has been postponed until Oct. 3.
  Alex Hribal is now 18, but was just 16 when he was accused in the April 2014 rampage.
  His trial had been set to begin on Aug. 1 in Westmoreland County but online court records posted Wednesday show it has been postponed more than two months.
  District Attorney John Peck and Hribal’s attorney, Patrick Tho
  
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• Independent Blogger Says Police & Protesters Have Been ‘Friendly’ So Far At DNC

  27-07-2016 16:18
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Most of the activity of the Democratic National Convention is happening inside the Wells Fargo Center, but there is also a lot of action outside.
  Brian Gallagher, independent blogger and former Pittsburgher now living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, knew there would be plenty to cover on the streets of Philadelphia. So, he started a crowd funding campaign on his blog and raised enough money to make the trip.
  “I just wanted to come [to Philadelphia] because I kn
  
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• Bayer income jumps on prescription drug sales

  27-07-2016 16:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  German drug and chemicals maker Bayer said second-quarter net income jumped by 19 percent as demand for new prescription drugs to treat blood pressure and cancer helped offset weaker markets for agricultural and over-the-counter consumer health products.
  
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• Three injured in North Side home invasion

  27-07-2016 16:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two men were shot and a third man was pistol-whipped during a home invasion early today in the Allegheny Commons apartment complex on the North Side.
  
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